Category: Alerts

March 11, 2022 New Rate Authority With yesterday’s release of new CPI data, we updated the rate authority USPS will be granted by the PRC for an early April announcement of July mailing rate hikes. The authority has escalated since USPS released a projection in January. We provided you with a projection last month and…

Decision on Appeal of PRC Rules

  November 19, 2021 Alliance Members and Sponsors: The White House today indicated its intention to nominate two new USPS Governors.  The replacement of two Governors, appointed by President Trump and involved in selecting Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, could lead to the PMG’s eventual departure.  If the new Governors are confirmed by the Senate, President…

21-8-24 Order Denying 2d Stay Motion   August 24, 2021   Alliance Members and Sponsors,   Sorry to report this news.  Our request for a “stay” of the August 29 mailing rate increases allowed under new rules was denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals with a nonsubstantive order providing no reason or analysis.  Please…

  August 6, 2021   Alliance Members and Sponsors,   Moving ahead to slow down the mail Despite opposition stated by two new Governors, the Postal Service announced at its open meeting today that it will move ahead with its PLAN to lengthen the service standards for almost 40 percent of First Class Mail and…

July 26, 2021 Dear Alliance Members and Sponsors, On Friday evening, we and our allies renewed our request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stay, or put a hold on, the postal rate increases scheduled for August 29, 2021.  The stay would be in effect until the court makes its decision…

          June 29, 2021 Alliance Members and Sponsors, Yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals, our mailer coalition filed a brief, as did the USPS.  Ironically, in different ways, we both were supporting the PRC. In the mailer brief, we oppose the effort of the USPS to get even more pricing…

Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Statement May 13, 2021 – Representing the interests of nonprofit organizations that rely on USPS mail for over 40 years, we thank the House Committee on Oversight and Reform for moving forward legislation to greatly reduce the agency’s costs for retiree health benefits.  This is an important step forward, and a…

Statement on the New USPS Strategic Plan March 23, 2021 – On behalf of the hundreds of nonprofit organizations that use USPS mail to raise funds, distribute publications, build membership, communicate with members, donors, constituents, and lawmakers, we thank the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service for their work on a new strategic plan.  We…

December 18, 2020   Today, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers challenged in court the Postal Regulatory Commission final rules allowing the United States Postal Service to impose large above-CPI price increases on mailers, which we have long believed to be unlawful.   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT   Alliance…