Category: Alliance Report
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The Four Horsemen of the Postal Apocalypse
May 16, 2018 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. Depicted from left to right are Death, Famine, War, and Conquest. The Lamb is visible at the top. A wise person in the nonprofit sector said recently, “The stakes were never higher.” This got our attention, so we looked at the…
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Alliance Notes—Articles Worth Reading
May 16, 2018 WLNS6, May 2, 2018–LSC Communications and RRD Enter into a Definitive Agreement for LSC to Acquire the Print Logistics Government Executive, May 4, 2018–For New Addresses, USPS Will No Longer Deliver Mail to Your Door The Hill (opinion), May 7, 2018–Postal Service banking system possible if past pitfalls avoided American Banker (opinion),…
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USPS makes “centralized delivery the preferred mode”
May 3, 2018 The Postal Service has taken another step to make centralized delivery of mail, primarily in cluster boxes, the “preferred mode of delivery.” They did this by revising their internal manual called the Post Office Manual, effective April 26. It applies to “all new residential and commercial developments.” This further tightening of the…
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PRC Analysis of the Postal Service’s FY 2017 Annual Performance Report Reveals Major Productivity Problem
May 3, 2018 The April 26 report issued by the PRC on FY 2017 performance said the USPS underperformed its goals in all four areas: High-Quality Service Excellent Customer Experiences Safe Workplace and Engaged Workforce Financial Health Because the PRC is currently proposing very large rate increases for customers adding up to as much as…
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Alliance Announces its Support for the Comprehensive Approach of the President’s Task Force
May 3, 2018 In case you missed our press release about the Task Force, here it is: 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, 2018 Executive Order of President Trump establishing…
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Committee Holds Hearing for Governors of the Postal Service
May 3, 2018 Two to Full Senate The three candidates nominated to be Governors of the Postal Service by President Trump were granted a hearing by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Reform Committee on April 18. Robert Duncan, Calvin Tucker, and David Williams faced questions by the committee members. Speculation is that two—a Democrat…
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Alliance Notes—Articles Worth Reading
May 3, 2018 The New York Times, April 4, 2018–Is Amazon Bad for the Postal Service? Or Its Savior? Gizmodo, April 5, 2018–Former Postmaster General Says Trump Is Completely About Amazon Tech Crunch, April 9, 2018–Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive Government Executive, April…
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Alliance Files Reply Comments
April 4, 2018 Alliance Replies for Nonprofits On Friday, March 30, 2018, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers filed “reply comments” with the Postal Regulatory Commission on its proposed revamp of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) price cap on postage increases. We filed 87 pages of public comments, along with some additional ones under seal. The…
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Highlights of our Reply Comments
April 4, 2018 Here are highlights of our 87 pages of public reply comments. Read the full comments at the PRC website here. The initial comments confirm that the proposed above-CPI rate increases are fundamentally arbitrary. Despite the commenters’ disparate conceptions of an ideal ratemaking system, the most striking feature of the initial comments is…
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Alliance Notes—Articles Worth Reading
April 2, 2018 Folio, March 21, 2018–Meredith to Lay Off 1,200 Employees as Part of Time Inc. Integration Sludge Feed, March 22, 2018–US Postal Service Files Patent for Backing up Data With the Blockchain Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, March 22, 2018–New Postal Reform Bill Introduced in Senate National Association of Letter Carriers,…