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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…

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…

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…

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…

No Plan B More people than usual have been asking us lately, what’s up with the Postal Service? The short answer is that it’s a one-man show, more than ever before, and there’s no Plan B. There is Louis DeJoy and his Delivering for America plan. That’s it. The Postal Service is an essential agency…

  August 10, 2023 Rates Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for July. This is the fifth of six monthly CPI numbers that will determine the price cap for the expected January 2024 postal rate hikes. Through July 12, the Postal Regulatory Commission had the price cap pegged at 1.39%.…

The good news for mailers: CPI inflation is moderating The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) released today is very positive for mailers. As we know, much of the recent postage rate increases have been based on the CPI. You can see this in the non-red, lower segments of the bar chart below. We expect CPI…

Very light regulatory oversight of USPS is a problem Many have believed for some time that the United States Postal Service enjoys very light, even lax regulatory oversight. It makes the recent complaints by Postmaster General DeJoy seem way off base. Never before has the leadership of the Postal Regulatory Commission admitted its weakness so…

Alliance Report                                                                                                                                        May 31, 2023 Issue 23/06   The leading voice for nonprofits on postal issues for over 40 years.                                                                                           © 2023 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers—All rights reserved. A 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization established by nonprofits for nonprofits.   For the first time, a USPS rate hike on monopoly mail does not…