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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PRC Approves Growth Incentives
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…
Read MoreIs Mail Getting Faster or Slower? Yes
The article below was written by Dave Lewis for the SnailWorks September newsletter, and reprinted with permission. When you are looking at USPS service performance a week at a time it can be hard to detect trends. You really need to step back and look at larger time spans to get some definition. SnailWorks began measuring aggregate data in May…
Read MoreNetwork Transformation and its Impact on USPS Data Files
The following article was provided by Deborah Damore, Director, Postal Affairs, Enru Logistics & Postal Optimization. Enru is a Mailers Hub Cornerstone Sponsor. There are multiple facets to the Postmaster General’s 10-Year Plan, each having an impact on costs, revenue, employees, and USPS customers. The part of the plan causing some angst this month is resulting from Network Transformation. The…
Read MoreFixing What’s Not Broken
Sometimes it might be better to retain a working process rather than implement something else. The article below is a report from one of our subscribers, and illustrates a situation in which a practical ad hoc solution was ended simply because it wasn’t “official.” If only the Postal Service would operate like a business! Here is the perfect example of…
Read MoreLegislators Express Concerns Over Price Increases
Ratepayers and commercial mail producers have long expressed concern over the negative effects of the aggressive price increases being pursued by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his supporters on the Board of Governors. If one recent development is any indication, these concerns may finally be motivating similar expressions of concern by legislators. Familiar concerns As reported September 9 by Keep…
Read MoreUSPS Begins Insourcing Transportation Work
Looking to reduce the Postal Service’s use of air transportation, and make feasible slower service for First-Class Mail, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy moved significant quantities of mail onto ground transportation routes for all but the greatest distances. Now, looking for ways to reduce the reliance on contractors for that service, the PMG is beginning to insource USPS transportation. As reported…
Read MoreNow Available On-Demand – Tax Deep Dive
On February 21, in their webinar, the “Bad News About Sales Tax: The Tax Man Cometh,” lawyers Martin Eisenstein and Jamie Szal of Brann & Isaacson, the Mailers Hub-recommended law firm, cautioned close to 100 attendees – from direct mail producers and other companies – of the threat of state sales taxes and other taxes pose that they may unknowingly be exposed…
Read MoreGCA, USPS, Differ Over Information Request
In an August 14 filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, the Greeting Card Association moved for the issuance of an official information request as part of the Public Inquiry on Changes Associated with the Delivering For America Plan (Docket No. PI2023-4). Motion and opposition The GCA explained the reasons for its motion: “The DfA plan depends pervasively on certain projections.…
Read MoreUSPS Files for Market-Dominant NSA
This article and more can be found in the August 28, 2023 issue of Mailers Hub News Late on Friday, August 11, the Postal Service submitted a request to the Postal Regulatory Commission seeking approval for a negotiated service agreement with Publishers Clearing House. Though the USPS files NSA requests many times a week, the August 11 filing was different…
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