Category: Alliance Report

March 25, 2021   The Plan is Fatally Flawed   On March 23, the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service, headlined by Chairman Ron Bloom and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, announced their new strategic plan with much fanfare.  Mailer, customer, and service provider associations that were not at all involved in developing the plan, saw…

March 25, 2021 USPS Conference on Service Degradation   Moving rapidly to show its resolve to implement its plan, the Postal Service announced its intention to file at the regulator for service degradation:   Pursuant to 39 C.F.R. § 3020.111(d), the Postal Service provides the Postal Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) this Notice of its intent to…

March 25, 2021   February Results: Question the Plan Forecast   Everyone who is taking as given the USPS forecast of a ten-year loss of $160 billion absent its new plan should think twice.  The whole plan is predicated on this expected cumulative loss.   But USPS is profitable five months into FY2021.  It has…

March 2, 2021   It is important that nonprofit mailers be aware that there are several very important developments going on with our Postal Service that are very much interrelated.   New rate authority—mid-2021 large increases New strategic plan Three new Governors nominated Congress working on reform Poor service   New rate authority—mid-2021 large increases…

February 11, 2021   Remain Vigilant   Several developments surrounding the United States Postal Service mean that changes are likely to be coming soon. Whether these changes are good or bad for mailers of letters and flats remains to be seen.  There are several ongoing developments that mailers need to keep an eye on:  …

  February 11, 2021   Important Postal Policy Questions   All that is going on with our postal system leads us to pose important policy questions:   Under its current structure and mandates, can the USPS ever reach the point of operating efficiently and effectively as a private business would? The record seems to indicate…