Category: Alerts
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Statement on Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century
June 26, 2018 Statement on the USPS section of the June 21, 2018 Executive Office of the President Report: Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers will respect the process and wait for the August 10, 2018 report by the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal System. We agree…
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Press Release–Nonprofit Mailers Applaud President’s Task Force on our Postal System
Contact: Stephen Kearney Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Phone 202-462-5132 steve@nonprofitmailers.org 1211 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 610 Washington, DC 20036 www.nonprofitmailers.org Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Press Release Nonprofit Mailers Applaud President’s Task Force on our Postal System Comprehensive Reform is Needed Washington, DC, April 24, 2018: The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers strongly endorses the April 12,…
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Alert–President Orders USPS Task Force
April 13, 2018 President Trump Orders Task Force on United States Postal System Last evening, President Trump issued an order forming a task force to evaluate the state of the U.S. Postal Service and make recommendations for changes within 120 days, which would be mid-August. The Press Release is provided below. The Task Force will…
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New Postal Reform Bill Introduced in Senate
March 22, 2018 New Postal Reform Bill Introduced in Senate Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), joined by bipartisan co-sponsors, Senators Moran, Heitkamp, and McCaskill, introduced a bill to reform the Postal Service. The bill has many similarities to the House bill, but also some important improvements: Attempts to correct underfunding of USPS retirement liabilities. While…
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Alert–Our Comments on the PRC Rates Proposal
For Immediate Release Thursday, March 1, 2018 Contact: Mike Czin, mczin@skdknick.com Mail-Industry Leaders File Joint Comment in Opposition to Massive Postal Rate Increases Group Calls Out PRC for Not Having the Power to Re-write Rate-making Provisions or the Right to Implement Massive Price Increases While Ignoring Efficiency, Cost Savings and Rate Stability Washington, D.C.…
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Alert–American Mail Alliance Opposes PRC Rate Increase Proposal
February 28, 2018 The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers on Thursday will file its detailed comments on the Postal Regulatory Commissioners’ proposal to raise postage rates as much as 40% over the next 5 years. In addition, many nonprofits already have sent comments to the PRC. Yesterday, we joined the rest of the mailing community in…
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USPS Delays Move Update Assessment Fees to April
February 12, 2018 The Postal Service today announced that the new fees it will begin charging mailers for failure to fully comply with Move Update rules will be delayed until April 2018. The fees will be based on “census” measuring of all mailpieces entered. Here is the USPS announcement of the delay and information on…
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Alliance and Grass-Roots Effort Prevents Major Rate Hit to Nonprofit Mailers
February 7, 2018 Saves Nonprofit Mailers $61.5 Million per Year Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued an extremely important order, agreeing with the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers and over 80 nonprofits that wrote letters. The USPS will not be allowed to change the calculation of the 60 percent ratio between nonprofit and commercial Marketing Mail…
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Alert–PRC Announces Proposal to Increase Rates Well Above Inflation
December 1, 2017 The Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, Robert Taub, announced today that the current pricing system is not meeting all of the goals of the 2006 postal law. Therefore, the Commission is proposing to keep the CPI cap but also add several adjustments, all of which definitely or potentially add cost to…