Category: Alerts

  July 20, 2026 Dear Alliance Members: The USPS late last week filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for a waiver to the rules around how the Density additional rate authority is calculated (the timing of the current process).  If the PRC grants the USPS’ request, it would allow the Density rate authority to…

  May 28, 2026 Dear Alliance Members: The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has issued its decision on the USPS proposed price changes to take effect July 12, 2026.  The PRC approved the USPS’ proposed changes with the exception of the USPS’ proposed new National Change of Address (NCOA) service. “Although the price adjustments proposed in this proceeding…

  February 17, 2026 Dear Alliance Members: The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers has petitioned the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for changes to the USPS rate system, in response to the PRC’s invitation to stakeholders to do so. The Alliance petitioned the PRC to return the rate system to the CPI-cap that was in effect for nearly 14 years before…

  December 11, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The House of Representatives may this week consider H.R. 2441, the “Improving Disclosure for Investors Act,” which has been included in the House capital markets legislative package (H.R. 3383).  The Act, if passed by Congress, would allow a significant volume of financial information that today is legally required to be sent to Americans via…

  November 24, 2025   Dear Alliance Members: The Postal Service has filed its unaudited October financial information at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The USPS reported a net loss of $545 million for October, compared to its planned loss of $220 million, and same period last year (SPLY) of a $701 million net income.  The USPS…

  November 20, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The Postal Service has filed its FY 2026 Integrated Financial Plan (IFP) at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).  https://prc.arkcase.com/api/prc-dockets/filing/downloadFile?fileId=249526&inline=true Another significant loss projected for FY2026.  The USPS is projecting another net loss of $8.1 billion and a controllable loss of $1.8 billion in FY 2026, according to the IFP.  Its…

  October 20, 2025   Dear Alliance Members:   Today, as part of the Atlantic Area AIM (USPS Areas Inspiring Mail) meeting, USPS Vice President of Pricing & Costing Sharon Owens presented the below updated price change forecast. The total increase now being forecast for July 2026 is 4.8% — Owens noted that thanks to…

  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.  …