Category: Alliance Report

Stakeholders Voice Concerns Over Latest Postal Reform Efforts By Eric Katz June 28, 2016 House lawmakers earlier this month introduced a measure with bipartisan support to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service, and expressed optimism the draft bill would finally clear the hurdles that have prevented similar legislation from becoming law for several years running. The…

MailSmart Logistics blog post on centralized delivery section of draft bill Legislation Aims to Stop Delivering Mail to Your Door! June 29, 2016 A postal reform bill containing multiple options to improve the profitability of the U.S. Postal Service is being considered by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  While the mailing industry is…

Alliance notes—click the links to read the stories July 7, 2016 Multibriefs: Second half of 2016 may deliver big changes for the mailing industry Federal News Radio: Gary Reblin: USPS offers range of new products, including Informed Delivery Credit Union Times: Expand Dodd-Frank, Allow USPS to Offer Banking Services, Dems Say The Globe and Mail:…

  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…