Category: Alliance Report
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Takeaways from USPS FY 2019 Results
December 4, 2019 Operating revenue increased by over half a billion. The $514 million increase to $71.1 billion in the agency’s operating revenue is somewhat impressive, given all the gloomy news about the Postal Service. An increase of $1.3 billion in the package segment offset losses in the mail monopoly part that continued its long,…
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The Inspector General Takes a Look at Postal Labor Costs
December 4, 2019 The USPS Office of Inspector General released a 44-page white paper on December 2 titled, “A Closer Look at Postal Labor Costs.” With labor costing $57 billion or 76 percent of all costs, a closer look is very important. The OIG found that in the ten years 2009-2018, USPS did a good…
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Alliance Notes
Alliance Notes December 4, 2019 Dec 4 – The Agitator – Riding the Unicorn—Fundamentals and proven basic practices, like mail, be not damned. Dec 3 – The Washington Post – Finland’s prime minister resigns over postal service dispute—Does the postal system matter in our political system, as we do have the world’s best and it…
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2020 Should be a Year of Major Postal Change
November 6, 2019 What’s Unique About 2020? Next year we should see major changes in the postal landscape. There are at least eight reasons for this: A new Postmaster General. 5 new U.S. Postal Service Governors. 3 new Postal Regulatory Commissioners. A new House Oversight Chair. A new PRC 10-year rate review proposal. Maybe new…
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Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Notes
November 6, 2019 Nov 5 – The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Can the Boom Times Last? Nov 5 – Engadget – CVS starts delivering prescriptions to homes via UPS drones Nov 5 – The Salt Lake Tribune – In historic shift, The Salt Lake Tribune gets IRS approval to become a nonprofit Nov 1 –…
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The ‘First Do No Harm’ Rate Increase for 2020
October 22, 2019 – USPS rate cases should conform to the concept attributed to the Hippocratic Oath: “First do no harm.” Or as the AD 245 version said: “I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm.” In other words, the primary goal of every postal rate case should be to do the least harm…
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Postmaster General Retirement not a Surprise, as Governors Want Their Own Person
October 22, 2019 – Some have called it surprising, but we were not taken off guard when Postmaster General (PMG) Megan Brennan announced she will retire at the end of January. We were not surprised because the Postal Service has five newly minted Governors, all appointed by President Trump. (Not “most” as reported by some…
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After 21 Years of Leadership by Fellow Career Employees, Postal Unions are Likely Concerned About a New PMG
October 22, 2019 – Postal unions much prefer to work with PMGs who came up through the ranks and belonged to a union earlier in their careers, as they have for the last 21 years. They appear to be concerned about who the next postal leader will be. It may seem counter-intuitive, but is…
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Mailers Express the Need to Work with the New Governors
October 22, 2019 – Associations, including your Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, representing the postage-paying mailers and the mail service industry this week sent the following open letter to the five new USPS Governors: October 21, 2019 c/o Robert M Duncan Chairman, United States Postal Service Board of Governors 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW Rm 10300 …
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Alliance Notes – October 22, 2019
Oct 21 – Transport Topics – FedEx Completes First Commercial Drone Delivery Oct 21 – CNBC – Stamps.com Shares Surge on UPS Partnership Oct 19 – Dawn – Google Competes First Drone Delivery in US Oct 19 – The Washington Post – Virginia town becomes home to nation’s first drone package delivery service Oct 18…