Category: Alliance Report

  • OIG explains USPS service lapse this summer

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      October 21, 2020   OIG explains USPS service lapse this summer   The USPS Office of Inspector General released a report yesterday in response to an August 7 congressional request.  The Alliance notified its members and sponsors with an Alliance Alert last evening.   The OIG evaluated why on-time mail delivery declined during July…

  • Market Dominant Mail rates are going up on January 24, 2021

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        October 21, 2020   Market Dominant Mail rates are going up on January 24, 2021   We notified our members and sponsors with an Alliance Alert on October 9, when USPS filed its monopoly mail price increases for 2021.  With a Consumer Price Index cap of 1.458 percent, plus some “banked” cap space,…

  • Alliance notes

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    Alliance notes  October 21, 2020 Bloomberg City Lab, August 31, 2020 — Public Transit and the Postal Service Have the Same Problem Bloomberg, September 28, 2020 – DeJoy Says USPS Workers Could Abuse Election Overtime Order Fox News, September 28, 2020 — Pennsylvania judge halts USPS cuts ahead of 2020 election amid mail-in voting worries…

  • Ten things you need to know about 2021 postage increases

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    September 28, 2020 Ten things you need to know about 2021 postage increases   Next year will be a tale of two rate increases.  One will happen as expected on schedule.  The other is very likely to happen, but its amount and timing are very uncertain.  The potential range for rate increases on Market Dominant…

  • USPS delivery service continues decline

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    September 28, 2020 USPS delivery service continues decline We mailers know very well that USPS delivery service performance dropped substantially as a result of the pandemic.  Using the third fiscal quarter of 2019 as a baseline, our table below shows that in the April-June 2020 quarter, roughly when the pandemic started its impact, First-Class Mail…

  • Postal Service financial performance through August

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    September 28, 2020 Postal Service financial performance through August The Postal Service filed its 11-month fiscal results through August.  The rotation out of mail and into packages is stark.  Year-to-date, Market Dominant mail volume was down 11.5 percent, and revenue declined 8.8 percent.  Competitive packages, on the other hand, were up 20.8 percent in volume…

  • Alliance Notes

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    September 28, 2020 Alliance Notes – Click on the link for the full story.  Each article includes comments by Alliance Executive Director Stephen Kearney. Federal News Network, July 15, 2020 – USPS warns staff of temporary mail delays as it cuts ‘soaring’ delivery costs Linn’s Stamp News, July 16, 2020 – U. S. postmaster general’s…

  • Postal Update

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    August 28, 2020 In case you haven’t noticed, the U.S. Postal Service has been at the center of attention in recent days.  There is a mixture of fact and fiction, but we believe some things are pretty clear.  Of course, surprises always happen, so there are no guarantees.   The focus is on Postmaster General…

  • USPS Fact vs. Politics: 15 Pieces of Information

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      August 13, 2020   These are crazy times regarding the Postal Service.  We see a choice between following the political debate about whether the new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, is purposely sabotaging the USPS, or staying with the facts we know and continuing our mission.  Of course, we choose the latter.  The Alliance always…

  • Alliance files comments

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    July 14, 2020   Alliance files comments noting that the PRC proposal for multiple rate surcharges is now obsolete; urges reconsideration; USPS opposes, saying “nothing has changed.”   On July 2, the Alliance, along with MPA and PostCom, filed supplemental comments responding to the April 2 PRC order denying our March 23 request that the…