Category: Alerts

May 9, 2025   Alliance Members,   The USPS Governors selected David Steiner as the 76th Postmaster General of the United States. He will start in July if he passes the ethics and security clearances underway. Chair McReynolds waited until the very end of the Board of Governors meeting to announce this news, which she…

Louis DeJoy has left the office of Postmaster General. Doug Tulino, a longtime USPS employee and Deputy Postmaster General will take over until the USPS Governors name a permanent PMG. It appears that TIME broke the story: https://time.com/7271271/louis-dejoy-resigns-postmaster-general/

  February 18, 2025   Alliance Members:   The Postal Service announced this morning that Louis DeJoy requested that the Governors begin a search for his successor. The announcement is here: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/0218-usps-announces-tenure-plan-of-pmg-louis-dejoy.htm   DeJoy, in a letter dated Monday, told the USPS Board of Governors to begin the process of searching for a new Postmaster…

February 12, 2025   This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the January 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI), which increased by 3.0 percent from January 2024 and increased by 0.5 percent from December 2024 (seasonally adjusted). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf   The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) CPI price cap authority for a United States Postal Service (USPS)…

  September 13, 2024   Dear Alliance Members & Sponsors:   Our excellent General Counsel Eric Berman debunked the spurious claims made by USPS attorneys about the PRC regulatory review.   In a filing on behalf of the Alliance and all nonprofits yesterday, Berman explained the falsehood of USPS assertions:   USPS professes that the…

August 9, 2024 June 2024 Results Yesterday, at its Board of Governors meeting the Postal Service tried to put a positive spin on third-quarter results by focusing on revenue growth for the quarter along with a reduction in transportation costs. Separately, they filed the latest required monthly financial update for June with the Postal Regulatory…

July 26,2024 New Nominees for USPS Governor   Yesterday, President Biden announced his intention to nominate two USPS Governors. Here is the White House announcement:   WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as leaders in his administration:   Val Demings, Nominee to be a Governor…

  July 23, 2024   Dear Alliance Members:   The Postal Regulatory Commission has extended the due date for reply comments in its Rate Review from August 13 to September 12. This was done at the request of the PRC’s “Public Representative.”   The Alliance will be filing reply comments to follow on our initial…

July 9, 2024   Alliance Members & Sponsors:   The regulatory review of the current rules for postal rate increases is finally underway! And your Alliance went all-out in filing our opening comments. We urge the Postal Regulatory Commission to return to the inflation-capped annual rate hikes that preceded its experiment over the last three…

Statement – Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers                                   May 6, 2024 Contact: Stephen Kearney, Executive Director steve@nonprofitmailers.org The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Warns of a USPS Death Spiral, Urges Immediate Actions by its Regulator USPS behavior is actively reducing its customer base and creating massive barriers to entry for new mail Regulatory action is essential now to…