Category: Alliance Report

March 19, 2015 PRC remands rates back to USPS a second time. The second remand Order. President re-nominates 5 of 6 to Board of Governors. Proposed postage increases worry nonprofit magazine publishers. PMG Brennan wants to keep exigent surcharge permanent. Mailer groups are optimistic about new PMG. Sticker shock for nonprofit publications. Nonprofits jolted by…

March 19, 2015– Price Changes Range from -8% to +16%  Several Nonprofit Publications Are Threatened The current CPI-based rate increase case (R2015-4) has unexpectedly turned into a roadside bomb for Periodicals, with the mail class experiencing the widest range of price changes in years.  Some of the largest increases will fall upon nonprofit publications, including…

Special Report: Nonprofits Reel from Proposed Periodicals Postage Increases March 4, 2015 Only in the last few days have nonprofits learned the true impact of the Postal Service’s January 15 rate case on their publications. And the impact could be devastating. The overall postal price increase on each class of mail was capped at 1.966%,…

Video of Danny Glover, spokesperson for the American Postal Workers Union. Periodicals rates are going up less than USPS intended due to an error. Linda Malone was named VP, Network Operations for the USPS. Changeable assumptions drive estimates of postal unfunded liabilities. Be careful what you assume: OIG invites comments on liabilities white paper. Technical…

February 19, 2015 Inexplicably, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has taken much longer than anyone expected to issue a decision in the appeal of the PRC’s exigent rate case decision. The D.C. Circuit normally issues its decisions on Tuesday and Friday mornings before 11 AM, so we keep watching and waiting.…

February 19, 2015 New Postmaster General Megan Brennan was greeted with a standing ovation and many smiles as she entered her first Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meeting as the CEO of the Postal Service. PMG Brennan focused on the positive in her remarks, including recent profitable financial results and an optimistic outlook for growth,…

February 19, 2015 Groundhog Day came twice this month for the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers. Once when Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on February 2 and thereby predicted six more weeks of winter. And a second time when the Postal Service explained its pricing for Standard Mail in its response to the PRC Chairman’s Information…

February 4, 2015 Inexplicably, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has taken much longer than anyone expected to issue a decision in the appeal of the PRC’s exigent rate case decision. The D.C. Circuit normally issues its decisions on Tuesday and Friday mornings before 11 AM, so we keep watching and waiting.…

PRC Order granting our motion for more time to evaluate FSS pricing. PMG Brennan will host a web conference Friday at 11 AM ET. New PRC web site is launched. Questions raised about USPS entry into same-day delivery. Elizabeth Johnson named VP, corporate communications, USPS. Royal Mail video about their IMb. Video about direct mail…

February 4, 2015 Extension of the Comment Deadline in the Current Rate Case While a deadline extension might seem small or technical, in this case it is meaningful. The Alliance along with two other mailers associations, MPA and Postcom, filed the request on January 26 and it was approved on February 2. The decision by…