Category: Alerts
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Alliance Alert – No Postage Rate Increase in January
September 24, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The U.S. Postal Service announced this afternoon that it will not raise postage rates in January 2026. As we previously reported, the rate authority allowed by the Postal Regulatory Commission at this time is 1.274%, based on six months of the Consumer Price Index. …
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Alliance Alert – Board Meets PMG David Steiner
September 18, 2025 The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Board of Directors greatly appreciates new Postmaster General David Steiner meeting with us at our September 18, 2025, meeting at Disabled American Veterans. We look forward to working with Mr. Steiner and his team! L to R: Brian Horting, AARP, Tracey Burgoon, DAV, Jerry Mathis,…
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Alliance Alert – Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Names Kathleen J. Siviter as Next Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Names Kathleen J. Siviter as Next Executive Director Washington, D.C. — September 2, 2025 — The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (ANM) announced today that Kathleen J. Siviter will become its next Executive Director, effective October 1, 2025. Siviter will succeed Stephen M. Kearney, who will retire after twelve…
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Alliance Alert – USPS July Financial Results
August 25, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: On Friday, the Postal Service released its preliminary financial results for July. They continued the losing trend for this year. Moreover, when you exclude the accounting adjustment for non-cash workers’ compensation, the USPS is performing $1.3 billion worse than its plan and $570 million worse than…
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Alliance Alert – We File Reply Comments in Rate Review
August 7, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: Today, we filed reply comments in the current phase of the Postal Regulatory Commission’s rate review. This phase covers only two proposals by the PRC: (1) to limit USPS rate increases to once a year, and (2) to incentivize greater pricing efficiency by forcing the Postal…
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Alliance Alert – We File Important Comments About USPS Rates
July 28, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: Today, your Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers filed regulatory comments in support of a return to no more than annual postage rate increases and no more reductions of work-share discounts below the cost avoided by the Postal Service. We also urgently ask the Postal Regulatory Commission to…
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Alliance Alert – PMG Steiner Sends Video and Letter to Employees: He Expects to Make the Current Structure Work
July 17, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: New Postmaster General David Steiner sent a letter and a video address to all USPS employees. In them, he expresses confidence in the agency’s ability to succeed under the current structure as an independent establishment of the executive branch. Mr. Steiner rejects calls for the privatization or supplemental…
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Alliance Alert – We Fight for Lowest Combined Cost for Mailers
July 17, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers joined several other excellent associations to urge the Postal Regulatory Commission and the United States Postal Service to price the upcoming zoned USPS Marketing Mail to achieve the lowest combined cost between the private and public sectors. This will benefit the…
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Alliance Alert – USPS Governors Appoint David Steiner PMG Effective July 15, 2025
July 14, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: Late on Friday, July 11, the United States Postal Service filed an official notice with its regulator, the Postal Regulatory Commission. Because the USPS submitted the notice so late in the day, the PRC accepted and posted it today. To wit, the five USPS Governors voted on…
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Alliance Alert – USPS Proposal to Remove Bound Printed Matter Denied by PRC
June 25, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: It’s a win for mailers. This afternoon, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued an order denying the United States Postal Service’s request to remove Bound Printed Matter (BPM) from the product list. The PRC concluded: The Commission finds that the Postal Service’s rationale for…