Category: Alliance Report

Alliance Report — August 12, 2015 Every quarter, U.S. Postal Service (USPS) leadership meets with representatives of its customers and mail service providers who participate in the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. While it has “technical” in its name, MTAC covers more strategic issues and often features presentations and…

June 26, 2015 Eliminating the “count once” constraint should have almost no effect if the Commission uses the correct unit contribution numbers When the Court of Appeals on June 5 vacated the “count once” constraint on recession-related Postal Service (USPS) loss recovery, the USPS jumped to the mechanical conclusion that the action would add approximately…

June 26, 2015 It is time to bring to a close the Postal Service’s five year campaign to extract as much excess, above-inflation revenue as possible from postal customers. The USPS thinks otherwise and has asked the PRC to re-litigate the “new normal” principle that the court affirmed and did not vacate or remand to…

June 26, 2015 Alliance notes USPS to expand grocery deliveries to New York City. USPS Board of Governors meet with PRC. USPS and APWU battle over service standards. Undeliverable as Addressed mail is costly to customers and not being reduced. Support for USPS banking won’t go away. com drone deliveries expected next year. IRS wants…

Court rules on exigent; USPS assumes at least $1.4 billion more surcharge revenue; will argue for more; asks PRC to continue surcharge while it deliberates; customers face continuing uncertainty and higher postage – June 10,2015 We reported on the U.S. Appeals Court ruling on Friday in an Alliance Alert. The court ruled that the Postal…

Customers matter – June 10, 2015 When a business, organization or government agency that is funded by customers experiences a crisis that threatens its relevance, what does that entity need most? It needs its customers, of course. It needs loyal customers who will stay with it through thick and thin because they value what the…

Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers notes – June 10, 2015 Megan Brennan’s mission to save the USPS USPS cannot keep emergency price hike forever, court rules USPS can’t increase rates forever USPS court victory will cost mailers billions Exigency to cost mailers at least $1.2 billion more USPS deploying $250 million mobile devices primarily  for package…

Exigent Surcharge’s Days Might be Numbered   On January 26, 2014, postage rates increased by an average of 6 percent. Part of that was the Consumer Price Index (CPI) cap increase of 1.696 percent, and the rest was a 4.3 percent exigent surcharge that was applied across the board. Today we mark the passing of…

USPS Plant Consolidations Delayed Until 2016 May 27, 2015 The USPS shelved plans to consolidate 82 mail processing plants during 2015 in the second phase of its “network rationalization” that was supposed to save $750 million annually in addition to the $865 million savings from the 2012 phase one closing of 141 plants. This decision…

PMG Names Solid Executives to Key Posts May 27, 2015 Recently, Postmaster General Megan Brennan named James Cochrane as Chief Marketing and sales Officer and Randy Miskanic as Chief Information Officer. While both are in an acting status they should be great permanent appointments. Jim Cochrane has broad experience over his 39 years at USPS…