Per today’s Industry Alert from the USPS: “In conjunction with the price change occurring on July 13, 2025, Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) mailings will be verified and accepted as follows: Current Prices— PVDS mailings verified and paid for on or before July 13, 2025, using the current prices will be accepted at destination entry postal facilities through Monday, July 28, 2025, when presented using…
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Registration and vendor participation at this year’s National Postal Forum was greater than in recent years, and offered attendees an extensive matrix of sessions, a busy exhibit hall, and evening receptions on Sunday and Monday evenings.Outgoing Executive Director Maureen Goodson, incoming Executive Director Karen McCormick, Mary Guthrie, NPF’s Director of Marketing and Exhibits, and the entire NPF staff rightly deserve…
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In a February 20 article in The Washington Post, reporter Jacob Bogage stated that the administration is seeking to take control of the Postal Service. Entitled “Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say,” the article – excerpted below – revealed the machinations. Reportedly, the plan was known to PMG DeJoy but not to his inner…
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The five members of the Postal Regulatory Commission and the nine governors of the Postal Service are all appointed by the president and seated only after Senate confirmation. On each panel, a partisan majority cannot exceed one seat, which makes for interesting choices when a president must fill vacancies with a nominee from the other party. Also, both commissioners and…
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Although the Postal Service has always offered package services, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is fixated on transforming the agency from one focused on paper mail into one built around the package business. Accordingly, the new delivery vehicles on order are bigger – to hold more boxes – and the facilities in the USPS processing and delivery network are getting more…
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Earlier today, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission urging that the Postal Service’s April 9 price filing be rejected. In a statement issued shortly after, the Alliance explained its action: May 6, 2024
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On March 22, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved a Postal Service proposal, filed November 22, 2023, to add a new Zone 10 to the prices for Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, and USPS Ground Advantage. The USPS had stated in its filing that, if approved, the new Zone 10 prices would be effective at a future date, but no sooner…
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Last February 7, a bill was introduced in the Illinois Senate by Senator Rachel Ventura (43rd). As synopsized at the time, SB 1440: “Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act to knowingly mail or send a postcard or letter to a recipient in the State if the postcard…
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On September 27, the American Catalog Mailers Association filed a motion with the Postal Regulatory Commission asking it to waive a rule regarding cost coverage. The commission’s rule (39 CFR 3030.221) requires that “Whenever the Postal Service files a rate adjustment filing affecting a class of mail which includes a product where the attributable cost for that product exceeded the…
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In an order issued September 27, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved as filed the “growth incentives” proposed by the Postal Service on August 11. The incentives As the USPS stated in its filing: “… The two incentives are substantially identical. A mailer is eligible for the First-Class Mail Growth Incentive when its combined volume of qualifying pieces in the incentive…
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