Category: Alerts

May 7, 2020 The Honorable Ron Johnson                                                             The Honorable Gary Peters Chairman                                                                                             Ranking Member Homeland Security and                                                                      Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee                                                     Governmental Affairs Committee U.S. Senate                                                                                          U.S. Senate Washington, DC  20210                                                                    Washington, DC  20210   The Honorable Carolyn Maloney                                                     The Honorable Jim Jordan Chairwoman                                                                                       …

May 5, 2020   Dear Members & Sponsors of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers: The U.S. Postal Service announced in an 8-K filing dated yesterday that Governor David C. Williams resigned on April 30, 2020.  The filing simply said: Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory…

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi                                                  The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Speaker                                                                                        Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives                                                U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC  20215                                                            Washington, DC  20215   The Honorable Mitch McConnell                                            The Honorable Chuck Schumer Majority Leader                                                                          Minority Leader U.S. Senate                                                                                   U.S. Senate Washington, DC  20210                                …

The House of Representatives passed the $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid bill, previously passed by the Senate, by voice vote, and it now goes to the President for his signature.  The CARES Act includes the following provisions for the United States Postal Service.  The increase in borrowing authority should take care of liquidity concerns in the…

This is an update on United States Postal Service and coronavirus issues. Mail is safe.  In an updated statement on their Service Alerts page, the USPS has indicated that “there is currently no evidence that COVID-19 is being spread through the mail.”   Service is normal.  Also on the Service Alerts page and consistent with…

We participated in another call with senior U.S. Postal Service officials today.  Here are our notes from the meeting.  We will continue to update you as the coronavirus crisis evolves. USPS will become much more proactive about communicating. Postmaster General Megan Brennan formed a full time team that includes Steve Monteith as our point of…

March 6, 2020 Dear Friends of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers: We just had a call with Steve Monteith, VP of marketing at USPS, about coronavirus.  The short version is that the U.S. Postal Service has decided on no significant changes nor identified any service issues at the moment, except for previously announced impacts on…

December 5, 2019 The Postal Regulatory Commission this morning announced a new proposal and rulemaking process in its 10-year rate review that started December 6, 2016.  A copy of the press release is attached.  Comments on the proposal are due on February 3 2020, with reply comments due on March 4 2020.  The Alliance will,…

Alliance Alert—2020 USPS Price Cap to be 1.9% With today’s data released by the Postal Regulatory Commission, it is highly likely that the price cap on each class of mail will be 1.9 percent.  We expect the USPS Governors to approve a pricing proposal soon, and to file it at the PRC before October 10.…

September 16, 2019 On Friday the 13th of September, before the rise of the full moon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the decision by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to allow a record 10 percent increase in single-piece First Class stamp postage was unlawful and must be reviewed. (We…