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Large Volume NPO Mailers Might Get 30% Break by Richard H. Levey on August 15th, 2023 The United States Postal Service (USPS) has filed two proposals with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). If approved, the first would offer credits for mailers sending out more than 1 million pieces during calendar year 2024. The second would establish financial incentives…

Postal Service employees sort mail at the Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center on Nov. 30, 2022. The new cost-saving proposal will have to receive approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission.  FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Management USPS to offer discounts in hopes of boosting mail usage The Postal Service hopes to boost revenue from…

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U.S. Postal Service sees decline in customers after recent mail thefts, postage price increases Story by Payton Marshall • Sunday CINCINNATI (WXIX) –The United States Postal Service has been seeing a decline in customers after recent mail thefts and postage increases have occurred over the years, according to Director for the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers…

“No End in Sight” to USPS Price Hikes, Former Treasurer Warns “We haven’t been told when this will stop,” the ex-USPS treasurer and VP of pricing said. By Abby Reinhard July 24, 2023 Shutterstock At this point, price hikes are nothing new for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Most recently, on July 9, the agency…

Exclusive Management ‘My plan is about growth’: DeJoy charts path for USPS to thrive, not just survive Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED July 24, 2023 8:09 am 19 min read       The Postal Service no longer teeters on the brink of a crisis. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is trying to keep it that way. USPS no longer finds…

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Eschews Oversight, Rips into PRC May 17, 2023 Ina Steiner Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified at an oversight subcommittee hearing on Wednesday (May 17, 2023) about his Delivering for America plan, and when questioned by one lawmaker, laid into the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which is an independent Federal agency that…

Mailers defend the PRC’s public inquiry into Delivering for America May 13, 2023 On April 20, the Postal Regulatory Commission opened a Public Inquiry docket to examine the Postal Service’s Delivering for America plan, particularly the initiative to relocate carriers from post offices to large Sorting & Delivery Centers. On May 5, the Postal Service filed a motion arguing…

New Postal Rates Might Spike 8.1% by Richard H. Levey on April 11th, 2023 Inflation rates, along with a drop in U.S mail volume, are boosting the case for postage rate increases, according to a memo from The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers. U.S. Postal Services officials filed its case at the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday.…

The Postal Service has suffered significant volume losses so far this fiscal year, leading to an overall dip in revenue. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Management USPS Is Losing a Lot More Money in 2023 Than It Expected The Postal Service has gotten rising costs under control, but mail volume losses are accelerating. March 27, 2023 The…