Category: Alerts
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Make a Difference For All Nonprofit Mailers
Action is needed now. We are more than halfway through the time allotted to submit your comments to the PRC regarding the regulatory review. If you plan to submit your comments via USPS mail, you’ve only TWO WEEKS LEFT to ensure they are included in this landmark decision. Before reading any further, please take a moment…
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URGENT Call To Action – Defend Affordable Postage
We need your help now. It is critical that as many nonprofit mailers as possible participate in the pricing review being performed by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The PRC NEEDS to hear your story to understand the importance of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation cap on postage increases. The comment period is…
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Alliance comments on USPS proposal to rule out nonprofit customized postage
The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers delivered the following letter to the USPS in response to a Federal Register Notice that proposes to create only two categories for images and words allowable on customized postage: commercial and social. This rule would essentially prohibit a third category: nonprofits. The Alliance suggests that the USPS add a third…
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Alliance and MPA Request Information
January 17, 2017 Necessary to Evaluate Achievement of Regulatory Objectives RE: STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS This afternoon, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA, filed a motion to ask that the Postal Regulatory Commission request information of the U.S. Postal Service. The requested information…
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Alliance and MPA Request Changes to PRC Procedural Schedule
January 17, 2017 RE: STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS This morning the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA, filed a motion to modify the procedural schedule that the Postal Regulatory Commission has proposed. We respectfully request two changes: Allow a round of reply comments in…
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Alert – 2017 Promotions & Incentives
The U.S. Postal Service has published the final program requirements for the 2017 Promotions & Incentive programs. Please click on the links below to learn more about qualifying for these incentives, and how they can benefit you. 2017 Promotion Calendar At-A-Glance We especially encourage nonprofit mailers to consider the Earned Value promotion. If you…
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Alert – Nonprofit Rate Changes for 2017
Additional information regarding the recent USPS rate filing and how it will affect Standard Mail Nonprofit rates is now available. Please read on to learn more about how this affects your rates, and how to manage the changes. Updated rate charts for Nonprofit Periodicals, as well as Standard Letters and Flats are available HERE. The…
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USPS Announces Pricing Changes For 2017
The USPS has released the following Industry Alert, announcing the pricing changes for 2017 filed with the PRC today. Postal Service Announces 2017 Mailing Services Prices Single Price for Commercial Letters up to 3.5 ounces, Adjusts FSS Pricing; Allows Extra Weight for Standard Flats WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service today filed notice with the…
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Advance Notice of 2017 USPS Changes
The Postal Service has posted several important notices of their plans for next year’s pricing and product changes. These come in response to suggestions by customers that USPS provide more advance notification of coming pricing and product changes. They also are a product of the new Pricing & Costing and Product Management…
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Alliance Alert–New Draft Postal Bill
June 15, 2016 The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a discussion draft of a bipartisan postal reform bill. The full bill is available here. And a summary is available here. Stakeholders will have until June 29 to comment to the committee staff. More to…