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    Click here for the column by our Executive Director Stephen Kearney: The NonProfit Times Mail … Stephen Kearney   Pricing, Delivery Woes Can NPOs continue to rely on the Postal Service?   Many nonprofits depend on an affordable, reliable United States Postal Service (USPS). The agency delivers outbound fundraising, membership, subscription, and call-to-action appeals,…

Regulation Swift Action Expected On Postal Reform The NonProfit Times Friday | February 11th, 2022 A rare instance of bipartisan support on Capitol Hill could propel a postal reform bill swiftly through Congress this month. “The Senate will take its first vote to move forward on this bill on Monday!” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…

You are here: Home » News » Prepare Your Postal Budgets for Significant Increases January 26, 2022 It is time to prepare for impacts to your mailings scheduled for late summer and beyond. The USPS is proposing a postage rate increase of 6.4% to 8.4% in July 2022. According to The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers,…

Agency Oversight Federal appeals court upholds USPS regulator’s decision to allow higher mail rates Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED November 23, 2021 4:14 pm 6 min read        A federal appeals court is upholding a Postal Service regulator’s decision that has led to higher mail prices. A three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…

PRC again questions USPS mail delivery plan Oct 9, 2021, 11 AM By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent Two days before the United States Postal Service inaugurated a new, slower mail delivery plan, the Postal Regulatory Commission once again cast doubt on key elements in the plan. But the commission conceded in a Sept. 29 news…

  Postal Updates Ethics issues continue to swirl around PMG DeJoy Aug 18, 2021, 9 AM Recent news reports are focusing critical attention on United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the nation’s top postal official. Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister A week after the Washington Post published two articles that raised ethics issues about…

Our Communities Historic Postal Rate Increase on Co-op Marketing Mail Starts Aug. 29 Published July 29, 2021 Author Cathy Cash Historic Postal Rate Increase on Co-op Marketing Mail Starts Aug. 29   Starting Aug. 29, electric co-ops will be paying historically high postal rates when they mail bills, newsletters, magazines and other materials for members.…

Wednesday | July 21st, 2021 Nonprofit Mailers To Appeal Postal Rate Hike Mark Hrywna News July 21, 2021 The second postal rate hike of this year is on track to take effect at the end of next month following approval this week by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The United States Postal Service (USPS) filed…

Postal Updates PRC endorses U.S. Postal Service rate case Jul 20, 2021, 3 PM Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved plans for a postal rate increase in excess of the rate of inflation this summer, sidestepping legal objections that mailing groups had filed over the changes. In a decision…

Why Is the Mail Still So Slow? Even as the pandemic wanes, we shouldn’t expect a return to 2019-level service anytime soon. Price St. Clair Jun 24 37 31 (Photograph by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images.) The U.S. Postal Service has traditionally been one of the more popular government agencies in America. In a March 2020 Pew…