Author: Steve Kearney
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USPS Has a Great Year, and Says So
November 19, 2014 Anyway you cut it; the USPS had a great fiscal year 2014. Their announcement even had something positive in the headline, “U.S. Postal Service Reports Revenue Increase,” for the first time in recent memory. And though there was much positive to report, you can almost hear Pat Donahoe quote Butch Cassidy to…
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Who Are Those Guys?
November 19, 2014 Butch Cassidy said it. And now that the USPS Board of Governors (BoG) has chosen Megan Brennan to be the new PMG, we might ask that too. Indeed, Senator Tom Carper, the erstwhile Chairman of the Senate oversight committee, seemed to wonder about the process the BoG used in selecting Brennan: “Megan…
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Brennan Should Continue Operational Excellence, Cost Containment and Other Donahoe Strengths
November 19, 2014 In additional to being a part of a line of outstanding operational leaders, Megan Brennan has known and worked with Pat Donahoe for much of her career. They both come from Pennsylvania and are both products of the Sloan Fellowship program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Here is her official…
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Patrick Donahoe Announces Retirement; Megan Brennan to Take Over February 1
November 19, 2014 The two most important functions of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) are to raise rates and pick a new Postmaster General. We all know that the BoG has been exercising its rate-raising muscles for some time, with annual Inflation-capped increases and the January 2014 exigent…
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November 19, 2014 Mailer Notes
House hearing on USPS data security. Learn more » Several vying to be Chairman Issa’s replacement. Learn more » Alliance sponsor Quad Graphics explains USPS delivery performance. Learn more » A new Inspector General report on the USPS Universal Service Obligation. Learn more » Sen. Jon Tester statement on New PMG Megan Brennan. Learn more » PMG…
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Alliance Alert: New Postmaster General
The Postal Service announced today that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will retire in February and be replaced by Megan Brennan, currently the Chief Operation Officer. The Alliance has been a big fan and supporter of Mr. Donahoe and we thank him for his service and wish him well in retirement. We also welcome Megan Brennan whom we…
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Alliance Alert: USPS Suffers Cyber Attack
The Postal Service announced this morning that employee and customer data had been hacked, and they began remediation this weekend. They said that no customer financial information was involved. The FBI is leading the investigation and some web sites or systems used by customers may have been or will be temporarily shut down during the…
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November 5, 2014 Mailer Notes
Esquire blog post says business at USPS should be booming. Learn more » Print magazines have a future, as CNET adds one to its online presence. Learn more » Lame-duck postal reform prospects are not great. Learn more » Postal Sales VP Cliff Rucker discusses USPS package shipping competitive advantages. Learn more » Joe Schick…
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Alliance and its Allies Initiate Debate about 2017 Review
Last week lawyers representing the Alliance and seven other mailer groups submitted a white paper to the PRC. The full text is available here. The paper concerns the extent of the PRC’s authority with respect to the review the 2006 postal law directs it to perform in 2017, ten years after the enactment of the…
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Waiting for the Court of Appeals Decision
While reform legislation has a very low probability of happening, the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals about the exigent rate case definitely will be issued in the near future. It is now 57 days since the September 6 oral arguments and a decision could come any time, but almost certainly before Christmas. We…