Category: Alliance Report

February 17, 2016 Further solidifying its march back to strong finances, USPS made an operating profit of $1.3 billion in the three months ending December 31, 2015. The USPS delivered 42 billion pieces of mail during the quarter. It ended the quarter with $7.3 billion in cash and cash equivalents.

February 17, 2016 The New York Times: E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard Linn’s Stamp News: Obama 2017 budget plan for U.S. Postal Service likely dead on arrival The Motley Fool: Is This the Real Reason Why Amazon.com Wants Its Own Delivery Service? The Washington Post: Why USPS doesn’t celebrate rare net profit;…

February 3, 2016 A January 21 hearing held by the Senate oversight committee left the impression that there is consensus support among customers of the Postal Service in favor of the iPost postal reform bill introduced by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) on September 17, 2015. Indeed, Postmaster General Megan Brennan emphasized consensus in her testimony:…

      January 28, 2016 The Honorable Ron Johnson Chairman Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax: (202) 228-6965 Re: For the Record of the Hearing, Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service, January 21, 2016 Dear Senator Johnson:…

February 3, 2016   The Honorable Ron Johnson Chairman Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate 340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax: (202) 224-9603 Re: For the Record of the Hearing, “Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service”, January 21, 2016 Dear Senator Johnson: As representatives…

February 3, 2016 In accordance with the recent order by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the USPS filed its first bi-weekly “countdown to exigent emancipation” report on February 1. The report gives us some indication of when to expect the removal. As of January 31, USPS had $377 million in surcharge revenue left to go ($4.634…

February 3, 2016 On January 25, the Alliance and several other associations representing market-dominant mailers filed comments with the PRC in opposition to two proposals made by UPS which we described as: “Proposal One would allocate to individual mail products all variable costs, whether or not those costs are caused by the particular product to…

Alliance notes–February 3, 2016 USPS: Irresistible Mail Award. Bipartisan Policy Center: USPS: The Path to Profitability. PRC: Chairman’s Information Request No. 7. MailSmart Logistics: In Praise of the U.S. Postal Service. Jeff Bezos: Amazon testing drones in Canada, UK, and Denmark. San Francisco Chronicle: The Postal Service’s failing finances need answers, not delays. The Washington…

  January 20, 2016 Not since the July 1, 1885 two cent postage reduction, and the July 1, 1919 removal of the World War I one cent “exigent” surcharge, have we seen a general reduction in postage rates. We should experience one in April 2016, but only after postal customers will have paid $4.6 billion…

January 20, 2016 As we approach the December 2016 start of the review of USPS pricing regulation by the PRC, more and more of our attention will be on the task at hand. It is important to recall that the focus will be on the following 23 equally-weighted objectives and factors. `Sec. 3622. Modern rate…