After the House Subcommittee on Government Operations heard from the Postal Regulatory Commission on June 4, and the Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs reviewed two nominees to be governors of the Postal Service on June 17, the postal trifecta was completed when Postmaster General David Steiner appeared before the Senate committee on June 24. Statements Neither the PMG’s opening remarks…
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In recent years, the process for commercial mail acceptance, payment, and entry has become entirely automated by a complex web of interrelated Postal Service data systems. Generally, the mail producer uploads data describing the content, preparation, and postage payment for a mailing and the Postal Service processes this to confirm payment and authorize entry of the mail. Meanwhile, the mail…
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After last week’s Congressional hearing, anyone reading the statements and hearing the comments by the Postal Regulatory Commission’s four commissioners has a thorough summary of the PRC’s perspectives about the Postal Service. Collectively, their observations about USPS finances, operations, and service were not positive, and generally traced the source of their concerns to the 10-Year Plan initiated five years ago…
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On June 4, the four current members of the Postal Regulatory Commission testified before the House Subcommittee on Government Operations. Though the hearing was captioned simply as a hearing with the commissioners, its primary purpose was to learn their perspective on the state of the Postal Service and related issues. In both their written testimony and responses to questions from…
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In a 288-page order issued May 27, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved as filed the prices for market-dominant products that were proposed by the Postal Service on April 9. The commission also approved all proposed incentives and promotions and related classification changes as filed, except for the proposed new NCOA+ service. Charts reflecting the approved rates are at the end…
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