Category: Alliance Report
-
Alliance Report – May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024 Issue 24/06 The leading voice for nonprofits on postal issues for over 44 years. Copyright 2024 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers—All rights reserved. A 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization established by nonprofits for nonprofits. DeJoy is taking the heat for trying to perform a miracle, and he wants everyone to have faith in…
-
Alliance Report – May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024 Issue 24/06 The leading voice for nonprofits on postal issues for over 44 years. Copyright 2024 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers—All rights reserved. A 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization established by nonprofits for nonprofits. DeJoy is taking the heat for trying to perform a miracle, and he wants everyone to have faith in…
-
Alliance Report–April 3, 2024
Major rate increases likely to be filed early next week As we told you on March 25, we expect USPS to file major rate increases for July implementation. They will be driven mostly by the adders that the Postal Regulatory Commission began allowing in 2021. The largest adder is the “mail density” formula that grants…
-
Alliance Report–March 6, 2024
5 takeaways from Biden’s nomination of Walsh Last week we let you know that President Biden was planning to nominate Marty Walsh to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service. He is the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association and former Secretary of Labor on President Biden’s cabinet. Biden appointees will…
-
Alliance Report – February 9, 2024
February 9, 2024 Copyright 2024 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Projecting rates through 2025 The Postal Service recently shared projections for upcoming average rate increases for “compensatory” products: Projected average USPS rate hikes for compensatory mail July 2024: +7.7% Jan 2025: +1.2% July 2025: +7.3% The January increases include only the effect of increases in the…
-
Alliance Report – January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024 Supreme Court to strike down deference to agencies According to experts it now appears certain that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the 1984 Chevron doctrine. As an article in Government Executive late yesterday says: “Supreme Court appears ready to end deference to federal agency expertise. The conservative majority is skeptical…
-
Alliance Report – January 5, 2024
PRC rate add-ons will drive July increases upward In a December 29 filing at the Postal Regulatory Commission, the United States Postal Service expressed its intention to continue using its full rate authority to increase prices for Market Dominant mail every six months: Schedule for Regular and Predictable Rate Adjustments – Effective through Calendar Year…
-
Alliance Report — December 11, 2023
The holiday season delivers a ray of hope to mailers In case you missed our Alliance Alert on the day before Thanksgiving, there is some good news for USPS mailers. The Postal Regulatory Commission agreed to review its 2020 pricing rules two years ahead of schedule. These are the rules that allow the United States…
-
Alliance Report — November 6, 2023
USPS is delivering rate shock to America’s mailers and a risky business strategy to all Americans 24-1-21 USPS Rate hikes 2021-2024 Impact of 6 Thanks to Alliance sponsor Quad, we can see the impact of the USPS pricing strategy to use all of its rate authority, double the frequency, and compound every six months. Over…
-
Alliance Report–October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023 USPS rate filing for Jan 21, 2024 The latest semi-annual rate increase filing occurred late Friday before the three-day federal holiday weekend. It will be the fifth rate increase since Louis DeJoy was appointed as Postmaster General in May 2020. As we previously have reported the average increase will be…