Category: Alliance Report
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Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers letter opposing iPost
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:…
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Coalition letter opposing iPost
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…
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Countdown to exigent surcharge emancipation
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…
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Alliance highlights errors in costing proposals
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…
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Alliance notes
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…
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Historic postage reduction should be coming soon
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…
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Regulatory review is about 23 objectives and factors
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…
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Report from Alliance MTAC representatives
January 20, 2016 Postmaster General Megan Brennan pledged at the January 12, 2016 Mailer’s Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) open session the following commitments to the mailing industry: service improvement, industry engagement, minimizing barriers to entry, and innovation. The pledge of service improvement included predictable delivery in order for business and nonprofit customers to grow their…
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Alliance notes
January 20, 2016 USPS Office of Inspector General: How was the Postal Service’s package processing performance this peak season? MultiChannel Merchant: USPS Rate Increases Not Expected to Materially Impact Volume, Share. Reuters: Wall Street in relentless selloff as oil prices sink. USA Today: Post Office, others raise shipping service rates. The NonProfit Times: A Guinness…
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Ten reasons to be optimistic about USPS in 2016
January 6, 2016 Since United States Postal Service (USPS) volume peaked in 2006, we have been inundated with negative outlooks and pessimistic interpretations about its present state and its future. Sometimes it seems we cannot see the forest for the trees. It is time to take a look at reasons to be optimistic about one…