Category: Alliance Report
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Alliance notes – August 20, 2021
Alliance notes August 3, 2021, Federal News Network – USPS, exempt from vaccine requirements, sees uptick of employees in quarantine August 6, 2021, Government Executive – USPS Board Meeting Turns Testy as Biden Appointees Voice Disagreements With DeJoy’s Vision August 6, 2021, NPR – The Postal Service Presses Forward With Unpopular Plan…
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Mailers have been let down – July 29, 2021
Mailers have been down by the institutions that are supposed to protect them from the abuse of power by the United States Postal Service. The two most important groups that should protect mailers—the Board of Governors and the Postal Regulatory Commission—are disregarding and dismissing the needs of businesses and organizations that rely on USPS to…
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Alliance notes – July 29, 2021
July 2, 2021, Freight Waves, Obscure language in postal reform bills causes stir July 8, 2021, AP, Critics: Postal Service plans imperil community newspapers July 14, 2021, Federal News Network, USPS IG warns 10-year plan may not save as much money as agency projects July 19, 2021, The Dallas Morning News, USPS debuts same-day and…
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Alliance urges rejection of illegal USPS rates
June 28, 2021 In a filing today at the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Alliance made clear that the recent record rates filing by USPS is unlawful and should be rejected by the regulator. The PRC to date has been ignoring the voice of the customer in its proceedings leading up to these disastrous rate…
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Three new USPS Governors attend first meeting
June 28, 2021 The three new USPS governors appointed by President Biden were sworn in and attended their first closed meeting the week before last. On June 15, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice swore in Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ron Stroman at the Old Executive office Building in Washington, DC. As…
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USPS issues press releases on service; OIG launches service performance web page
June 28, 2021 To augment its required quarterly service performance reports, the Postal Service has taken to issuing press releases when service improves, or at least holds steady. The latest release shows service improvements by 6 to 9 percentage points through most of the current third quarter: Performance numbers below include the weeks…
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First Class mail slowdown review proceeds
June 28, 2021 The USPS proposed slowing service standards for First Class Mail for about 39 percent of the volume, extending from 2 to 3 days to 2 to 5 days on September 1. The Postal Regulatory Commission established a lengthy review process that will lead to an advisory opinion on July 20 that…
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July 1 marks the 50th anniversary of USPS
June 28, 2021 The Postal Reorganization Act attempted to transform the Post Office into a self-funding independent agency. Courtesy of the USPS Historian we know: On August 12, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Postal Reorganization Act, the most comprehensive postal legislation since the founding of the republic. The law transformed…
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Alliance notes
June 28, 2021 June 2, 2021, The NonProfit Times, Nonprofit Postal Rates Set To Skyrocket June 3, 2021, Government Executive, USPS Projects Continuing Mail Delays, Setting Targets Well Below Historical Standards June 24, 2021, The Dispatch, Why Is the Mail Still So Slow?
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USPS announces its long-sought above-CPI rates
June 1, 2021 Late Friday afternoon, May 28, 2021, the United States Postal Service announced and filed with the regulator its decision to use all of the new above-inflation rate increase authority (red bars) plus the additional CPI authority accrued this year (yellow bars). The average increase will be 6.9 percent effective August 29, 2021. …