Category: Press

By Mark Hrywna – April 17, 2015 A postage rate increase that’s expected to whack nonprofits that mail periodicals especially hard isn’t likely to change much, other than a new effective date later this year. The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Thursday filed its response to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) order from last…

The Nonprofit Times Postal Service Delays Rate Hike By Patrick Sullivan – March 31, 2015 Nonprofit mailers have gotten a reprieve from potentially ruinous rate increases for periodicals. The U.S. Postal Service would have implemented new rates on April 26, but the Postal Regulatory Commission remanded—sent back—some of the increase requests for a second time.…

TheNonprofitTimes By Stephen Kearney – March 24, 2015 It is a well-known fact within the nonprofit community that many, if not all, nonprofits depend on the United States Postal Service (USPS) for their very existence. For many, the mail is the lifeblood that funds the critical missions that nonprofits pursue. While other segments of our…

NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 23, 2015 Nonprofit Mailers Scramble, Again, to Fight Postal-Rate Increases By Holly Hall Charity mailers are continuing their campaign to stave off big postage increases for many nonprofit periodicals following an unprecedented development that makes it impossible for the Postal Service to implement new rates by April 26 as scheduled. The…

ELSEWHERE ONLINE MARCH 19, 2015 Postal Panel Wants Review of Rate Hike Blasted by Nonprofits For the second time in less than two weeks, the Postal Regulatory Commission has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to review a planned rate increase on periodical mailings that has angered nonprofit magazine publishers, reports Postalnews.com, an industry news site.…

NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 16, 2015 By Holly Hall Some iconic publications by charities like Consumer Reports and Guideposts may decide to publish less frequently in print because of unexpectedly large postage increases due to take effect next month. Under the new rates, which will take effect April 26 if approved by the Postal Rate…

NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 06, 2015 Postal Commission Rejects Rate Hikes That Angered Nonprofits By Holly Hall, Features Editor, Chronicle of Philanthropy The Postal Regulatory Commission today rejected a rate increase proposal that had angered many nonprofits that publish printed magazines like Consumer Reports andGuideposts. The nonprofits complained of big spikes in the cost of…

Dead Tree Edition Thursday, March 5, 2015 Sticker Shock: Size of Postal Increase Stuns Publishers March 6 update: The PRC sent the proposed Standard, Periodicals, and Package Services rates back to the Postal Service for revisions and clarifications. Here’s the PRC press release.Although the April postage hike for Periodicals will supposedly average only 1.4%, some…

UPDATE: Postal Regulatory Commission returns rates to US Postal Service But there is hope: USPS can adjust the rate 03/05/2015 UPDATE: March 6 – Citing numerous errors, incomplete information, and failures to comply with the law, the Postal Regulatory Commission today returned the current CPI-cap rate case back to the Postal Service for Periodicals, Standard…

  PRC Rejects Standard Mail Price Increases Citing a large number of errors and omissions in the rate request, the Postal Regulatory Commission returns it to the Postal Service for modifications March 6, 2015 Al Urbanski, Senior Editor, Direct Marketing News The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has returned proposed rate adjustments to the U.S. Postal…