Category: Alliance Report

November 4, 2015  Click the link to read the story Carper invites comments on his new postal bill by mail or email. Fred Thompson passed away Nov 1 at age 73. As chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, he helped pass S.2686 in 2000, locking in the rate relationship between nonprofit and commercial mail.…

November 4, 2015 We reported on August 31 that Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had been working diligently with stakeholders representing customers, the mailing industry, employees, the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Office of the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and other…

October 15, 2015 Recently, a group of USPS customers got together and agreed on a “top ten” list of pricing suggestions for the Postal Service. The list was given to the Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Jim Cochrane. We really believe that following these suggestions is in the Postal Service’s best interest as they will…

October 15, 2015 There is no doubt that the U.S. Postal Service has a lot going on, but we want to emphasize that retaining its existing customers should not be lost or diminished in the business of everything else. In fact, we believe that customer retention is one of the most cost-effective and strategically important…

October 15, 2015 Over the past five years, USPS management has made multiple attempts—at the regulator, at the federal appeals court, and in Congress—to price well above the rate of inflation because it lost volume during the 2007-2009 recession. U.S. Postal Service leaders need to know that this is more than an academic exercise. It…

  October 15, 2015 2015 USPS Christmas shipping deadlines. Ballots and utility payments late in the mail. Postal Service lost dozens of college ACT exams. Inspector General looking into simplifying pricing for letters and flats. USPS governors are not the only Obama nominees frozen in Senate. Canada Post study shows how direct mail works well.…

  October 1, 2015 Sometimes being the U.S. Postal Service must feel like being an offensive lineman on a football team. The only times you get noticed or mentioned are when you commit a holding penalty, jump offside, or cause your quarterback to be sacked when you miss a block. For the U.S. Postal Service…

  October 1, 2015 On September 30, 2015, the U.S. Postal Service filed documents related to its appeal of the Postal Regulatory Commission’s order that the exigent surcharge related to the 2007-2009 recession shall end this coming spring when a revenue target is met. Key among yesterday’s postal documents was the PETITIONER’S STATEMENT OF ISSUES…

October 1, 2015 Should Postal Service be sold to save it? USPS buying Ram ProMaster vans to deliver packages and mail. New USPS vans are for large package delivery. Department of Transportation building a public database of location of all U.S. addresses. Yahoo CEO speaks of dangers of ad blocking. Making direct mail more sustainable.…

Alliance Report — September 15, 2015 Sometimes running the United States Postal Service (USPS) seems to be similar to the challenges that were faced by Civil War generals.  At war with obsolescence and disruption, the USPS must protect certain flanks and attack new ground at the same time. Recently, the Postal Service has been protecting…