Category: Other News
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Declaration of Michael Nadol to PRC on behalf of Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers
To download a PDF version of the declaration, click here. BEFORE THE POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001 STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS Docket No. RM2017-3 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL NADOL ON BEHALF OF ALLIANCE OF NONPROFIT MAILERS, ASSOCIATION FOR POSTAL COMMERCE, AND MPA—THE ASSOCIATION OF MAGAZINE…
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Alliance Alert: New CPI Cap Price Increase of 1.966% Coming April 26, 2015
January 15, 2015 The Postal Service announced a filing at the Postal Regulatory Commission today for a 1.966% price increase using its full authority accumulated under the CPI cap for implementation April 26, 2015. They mentioned that they are proposing above average increases for “under-water” products. These include Standard Mail Flats and Periodicals, both of…
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Alliance Alert: New CPI Cap on Postage Increase=1.965%
December 17, 2014 Based on the November CPI figure (-0.3% released this morning, the biggest decline since December 2008), the Postal Service’s rate adjustment authority (now reflecting 15 months of CPI) is 1.965%. That’s up from 1.857% last month. You might ask why the postal cap increased in a month that the CPI decreased. While…
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Alliance Alert: New Postmaster General
The Postal Service announced today that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will retire in February and be replaced by Megan Brennan, currently the Chief Operation Officer. The Alliance has been a big fan and supporter of Mr. Donahoe and we thank him for his service and wish him well in retirement. We also welcome Megan Brennan whom we…
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Alliance Alert: USPS Suffers Cyber Attack
The Postal Service announced this morning that employee and customer data had been hacked, and they began remediation this weekend. They said that no customer financial information was involved. The FBI is leading the investigation and some web sites or systems used by customers may have been or will be temporarily shut down during the…
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Venable LLP Nonprofit Alert
Nonprofit Fundraising: Top Ten Things to Know about Charitable Solicitation Regulation Overview In their search for the next big donor, many well-intentioned nonprofit fundraisers believe that “the wider the net, the greater the catch.” Yet expansive outreach can quickly become expensive outreach. Without a thorough understanding of charitable solicitation laws and registration requirements, comprehensive fundraising…
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Venable LLP Nonprofit Alert
Active Overseas? What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know and Do to Minimize the Risk of Terrorist Financing If your nonprofit operates outside the United States, you now have additional reasons to worry about your organization being associated with – and abused by – terrorists or terrorist groups. Absent additional internal controls and heightened due diligence,…
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Venable LLP Nonprofit Alert
Five Vital Legal Considerations for Nonprofits Developing a Mobile App Mobile applications or “apps” are everywhere. Mobile devices are outselling personal computers, and an increasing percentage of internet access is made through mobile devices. These developments have driven the rapidly growing usage of apps. It has, therefore, become increasingly important for nonprofit organizations to invest…
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October 7, 2014 Mailers Notes
Politicians are continuing to make their opposition to further postal plant closings clear. They are unlikely, however, to pass legislation preventing January’s start of the next round of closings.
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USPS Takes Some Pricing Uncertainty off the Table
Much uncertainty about USPS pricing in 2015 and beyond remains because of the pending appeals court decision on the exigent rate surcharge of 4.3 percentage points that customers are currently paying. With the oral arguments on September 9 that we reported in our newsletter the next day, the timing and substance of the court decision…