Category: Alliance Report

  Much to concern mailers in draft postal bill June 22, 2016 As we previously reported, five members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a discussion draft of a possible postal reform bill. They are inviting comments here through June 29, after which they expect to introduce a bill by July 15.…

PMG statement withholds support for the moment June 22, 2016 PMG Megan Brennan released the following statement about the draft bill: “I thank the leadership of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for introducing a bipartisan postal reform discussion draft. This is an important step toward enacting meaningful postal reform. We will carefully review today’s…

Postal union not supporting draft bill for now June 22, 2016 The American Postal Workers Union issued the following press release on the draft legislation: The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a “discussion draft” of a postal bill on June 15. “Any comprehensive postal legislation is critically important to our members,” said…

Federal employee and retiree association opposes the Medicare portion of draft bill June 22, 2016 The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) legislative director was quoted in an article as saying: “This version of the legislation is an improvement over the original plan but still contains a requirement that postal retirees must enroll…

PRC approves USPS mail promotions for 2017 June 22, 2016 Promotion Registration Period Promotion Period First-Class Mail Promotions:   Earned Value Reply Mail   Personalized Color Trans-promo     November 15-December 31, 2016   May 15 – December 31, 2017     January 1 – June 30, 2017   July 1 – December 31, 2017…

Alliance notes—click the links to read the stories Deseret News: Jay Evensen: Can Chaffetz fix the Postal Service? Federal News Radio: Time to ‘push the envelope’ for Postal Service reform eCOMMERCE BYTES: Postal Reform Edges Nearer – Postal Rates Addressed AMI Newswire: Postal Service reform on the way from Congress Linn’s Stamp News: House bill…

June 1, 2016 Alliance weighs in on potential House bill The Alliance and several of its members, shown in bold, along with representatives of most of the Nation’s postage-payers, signed this letter to the House Oversight Committee as it considers possible postal reform legislation:   May 24, 2016   The Honorable Jason Chaffetz Chairman, Committee…

June 1, 2016 USPS beats its April profit plan by $343 million USPS reported a $187 million April operating profit after planning for a $156 million loss. Wow! That’s quite an earnings beat! If USPS beat by that amount every month it would reap an additional unexpected annual profit of $4.1 billion. It shows you…

Alliance notes–click the link to read the story–June 1, 2016 WAVY: First woman appointed as Postmaster of Norfolk Recode: Jeff Bezos insists Amazon isn’t trying to kill UPS Linn’s Stamp News: April financial results better than U.S. Postal Service predicted Reuters: S. consumer spending increase strongest in over six years Daily Mail: Send your stuff…

House hearing on postal reform–May 18, 2016 The House Committee on Oversight and Government reform chaired by Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) held a hearing on the Postal Service on May 11. The panel of witnesses was similar to that at the Senate hearing in January: Ms. Megan Brennan Postmaster General United States Postal Service Testimony The…