Category: Alerts
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Alliance Alert–PRC Announces Ten-Year Rate Proposal
December 1, 2017 The Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission 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 customers: 2%…
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Alert–PRC To Start Rulemaking To Change USPS Rates System
November 30, 2017 Tomorrow at 1 PM EST, the Postal Regulatory Commission will announce a proposed rulemaking to change the current system for setting and regulating USPS Market Dominant mailing postage rates. This comes as the result of 255 days of private deliberation after the PRC received numerous comments from customers, the USPS, its unions,…
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USPS Mail Prices Approved for January 21, 2018
November 9, 2017 The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued an Order approving all of the Market Dominant mailing price changes that the Postal Service proposed for implementation on Sunday, January 21, 2018. The PRC Order can be found here. This Order does not include any change to the calculation of the 60 percent ratio of…
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USPS Calculation of 60% Ratio of Nonprofit to Commercial
October 10, 2017 The law requires the US Postal Service to ensure that the revenue per piece it receives from the customers who use Nonprofit Marketing Mail equal 60 percent of that received from commercial users of Marketing Mail. This is a matter of public policy to encourage charitable giving, similar to the tax deductibility…
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Alert–USPS Proposes Higher Rates for 2018
USPS Proposes Higher Rates for 2018: Drop-Shipped Nonprofit Marketing Mail Letters Take Another Hit Above Inflation Exclusive ANM Rate Comparison Charts available through the links below Friday, October 6, 2017 The US Postal Service issued the following announcement today. The filing at the Postal Regulatory Commission can be found HERE. WASHINGTON — The United States Postal…
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Your Action Is Needed Now
This is an important call to action for anyone who cares about keeping nonprofit fundraising mail affordable. We all need to write brief letters to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) by September 18. We need to write in opposition to a stealth attempt by the Postal Service (USPS) to add another price increase on Nonprofit…
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USPS Files With PRC to Change Nonprofit Rates
On July 31, the Postal Service filed a request at the Postal Regulatory Commission to change the methodology by which nonprofit rates are set. It relates to the legal requirement that nonprofit marketing mail revenue per piece must equal, as closely as practicable, 60 percent of commercial mail’s. Since the postal law change of 2006…
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USPS Files Notice with PRC on MOVE UPDATE
On Friday, July 1, 2017, the USPS filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission proposing new fees for non-compliance with Move Update thresholds. Read the full notice here. Those mailers who uses a good mail service provider should have little problem with meeting the threshold and avoiding the extra 8 cent charge. But if you…
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USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist
June 1, 2017 USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist Opinion of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce In the ongoing “Ten Year Review” of postal pricing, the Postal Regulatory Commission is considering whether to retain, loosen, or eliminate the CPI cap on price increases for market-dominant products.…