Category: Alliance Report
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USPS price cap change not the answer
April 19, 2017 Mounting evidence that altering the price cap is not the answer We believe the last thing the U.S. Postal Service needs to fix its current predicament is price increases above inflation brought on by removal of the current CPI price cap system. The price cap is the closest thing USPS has to the…
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Nonprofits are an anchor in the mailbox
April 6, 2017 A note from a friend “I have been reading every letter submitted to the PRC by the many members of your Association commenting on the 10-year review. Each letter delivers a powerful message about the importance of our charitable organizations and the importance of stable and predictable postage rates for their mission…
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Nonprofits weigh in with PRC Commissioners
April 6, 2017 Notes from many friends in the nonprofit sector Leaders in over 30 nonprofit organizations took the unusual step (for them) to write a letter or declaration to the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission. They urged the Commissioners to retain the current system of regulating postal rates. The future of nonprofit mailers…
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Summary of Additional Rate Review Comments
Summary of Rate Review Comments (By parties other than Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce) Read the comments by clicking here. Lengthier comments American Catalog Mailers Association: Generally supportive of our position. American Bankers Association: Supports our position. American Forest & Paper Association: Supports our position.…
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Summary of Alliance Comments
Summary of Comments of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce (Comments were filed at the Postal Regulatory Commission on March 20, 2017) The Postal Service is a regulated monopoly. For this reason, the law requires the Commission to regulate the prices charged by the Postal…
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More Nonprofit Mailer Comments are Welcome
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Please consider telling your story about the importance of mail with stable pricing. You can mail a letter to the PRC Commissioners at: Postal Regulatory Commission 901 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20268-0001 RE: Ten-Year Rate System Review, Docket No. RM 2017-3 Dear Commissioners: Letters should be mailed…
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Rate Review Comments Due March 20
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Price cap on postage is at stake Twelve days from now, all eyes should be on the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) comment page for the ten-year rate review. This is for public input to the process in which the PRC must decide whether the postage rate regulatory process that has been…
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Rate regulatory review accepting comments
The Postal Regulatory Commission is open for business, accepting comments by mail or directly on their website. The Alliance will be submitting comprehensive comments on behalf of all rate-paying nonprofit mailers and their constituents. Anyone sending by postal mail is urged to mail early to ensure their letter is received and entered as official comments…
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3 versions of USPS 1st quarter results reported
Depending on the report you read, the USPS had a great, a pretty good, or a terrible first quarter. The net income according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) was $1.4 billion. The “controllable” by postal management net income was $522 million, and the GAAP net income minus an adjustment to workers’ compensation (WC) expense…