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CQ MAGAZINE – Features Dec. 10, 2018 Postal Service Prayer: Deliver Us From Fiscal Doom By Kellie Mejdrich, CQ The United States Postal Service faces a major policy shakeup at a time when package delivery has become more central to Americans’ lives than ever. A growing reliance on e-commerce has driven demand for direct-to-door shipping…

USPS Wins Approval for Largest-Ever Price Increase for Stamps By Eric Katz November 13, 2018 26 Comments RELATED Trump Signs Law to Curb Postal Service’s Unintentional Role in Opioid Crisis October 26, 2018 10Comments White House Announces That the U.S. Intends to Withdraw From International Postal Agency October 17, 2018 105Comments White House Expected to Keep Postal Task Force…

Nonprofit Leaders Expecting Federal Gridlock NOVEMBER 7, 2018       MARK HRYWNA Nonprofit leaders are not expecting much after last night’s mid-term elections. Action will probably be as gridlocked as the Washington, D.C. beltway at 4 p.m. on a Friday. Democrats took back control of the U.S. House of Representatives and it looks as if Republicans strengthened…

NEWS AND ANALYSIS OCTOBER 18, 2018  PREMIUM Nonprofits Decry Latest Proposed Postal-Rate Increases By Julian Wyllie CHRONICLE PHOTO BY ARIELLA PHILLIPS Nonprofits say a proposed postal-rate hike slated for next year, most notably a 10 percent increase for first-class stamps and a 2.5 percent increase for marketing mail and periodicals, would make a significant dent…

NPT News & Articles Fundraisers To Get Smacked With Postal Hike Fundraisers To Get Smacked With Postal Hike  OCTOBER 11, 2018       MARK HRYWNA The price of a First Class stamp would rise 10 percent, from 50 cents to 55 cents, and other classes of mail heavily used by nonprofits would see price hikes next year…

USPS REGULATIONS & UPDATES Oct. 9 2018 03:37 AM Are Changes to Standard Mail on the Horizon? By Leo Raymond   An unfortunate yet chronic criticism of the Postal Service is that it seems to not understand its commercial customers’ businesses. What they do, why they do it, what their business objectives are – all that seems…

Call to Action: Respond to the USPS Proposal on Non-Paper Based Components PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS UPDATE (10/3/18): The USPS issued a clarification on September 20th stating that IF the rules for enclosures changes, any new requirements will not go into effect until 2020 at the earliest. The industry has done a great job submitting opposition letters and the…

How the USPS’s Proposed Changes to Marketing Mail Hurts Customers Written by Phil Thompson on October 02nd, 2018 in All, Leading Change   On August 23, the United States Postal Service filed a Federal Register with proposed changes to the definition of Marketing Mail Contents. This proposal has mailers at all levels very concerned, regardless of industry. Members of the…

POSTAL UPDATES Task force’s recommendations to Trump remain a mystery September 26, 2018 06:00 PM The planned Aug. 10 release of the study of USPS finances has passed without any disclosure of what the presidential task force recommended to Trump. Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister Ever since President Trump ordered a commission to study…

Lawmakers stand behind the “Federal agency with the highest public approval rating.” Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill want to stop a Trump administration plan that envisions a privatized U.S. Postal Service. (Brynn Anderson/AP) By Joe Davidson Columnist September 24 A hefty, bipartisan congressional coalition wants to ensure that the mail carriers who trudge through snow,…