Category: Alliance Report
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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. …
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Alliance notes
June 1, 2021 May 26, 2021, Government Executive – USPS Faces Preemptive Backlash to Expected Soaring Price Hikes May 28, 2021, Federal News Network – USPS sends first RIF notices to non-union employees, seeks to raise mail prices above inflation May 28, 2021, CBS News – USPS says stamp prices will rise…
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House readies Postal bill
May 12, 2021 The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this Thursday will mark up a postal reform bill. The business meeting to consider any amendments or objections to the draft bill will be held virtually and in person. The session will be streamed through the OGR website starting at 10 am ET.…
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Democrats urge federal funding for 75 percent electric USPS fleet
May 12, 2021 When the Postal Service awarded a new contract to Oshkosh Defense, the agency decided that all-electric would be too expensive, not yet feasible, and the defense contractor could convert some drivetrains to electric as needed. At most, about 10 percent of postal trucks would be electric. When pressed on the issue…
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Federal funding of USPS is no longer taboo; in fact, it is necessary
May 12, 2021 For years, USPS has appended this statement to its press releases: “The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.” A recent example: “These ARE the Droid Stamps You’re Looking For: Star Wars-Inspired Stamps Are Here…
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USPS reports much better than projected six-month financial results as shift to packages accelerates; holds record $25 billion cash
may 12, 2021 The official plan of the Postal Service projected a loss of $3.2 billion for the six months ending March 31, the first half of Fiscal Year 2021. (Last year, USPS lost $5.3 billion in the same six months.) The USPS projects in its ten-year plan a loss for FY21 of $9.7…
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Great results should pause above-inflation rate increases, but they won’t
May 12, 2021 Rate-paying mailers and their private sector service providers are anticipating a filing for mail price increases of 5.5 percent to 7.5 percent above inflation this month. The recent open USPS Board of Governors meeting revealed that postal management presented a proposed set of higher rates to the strategic planning and…