The following are excerpts of comments by North Carolina Postmaster Mark Jamison submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding exigent rate case : The truth is that until the PRC, the Board of Governors or Congress are willing to truly look at how those measurements are constructed, reported and managed they will never know the […]
“The Affordable Mail Alliance – a growing coalition of nearly 1,000 non-profits, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, major trade associations, consumer groups, and citizens representing the vast majority of the mail sent in the United States – submitted further comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday. The comments focused on last week’s hearings at the […]
The following is a letter submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission by the Envelope Manufacturers Association opposing the proposed rate increase: Re: Docket No. R2010-4, Rate Adjustment Request Due to Extraordinary or Exceptional Circumstances August 12, 2010 The purpose of this letter is to offer our comments on the above-mentioned request that is now before […]
Switch to Competitive Products Means Seamless Offerings for Customers WASHINGTON — In a move designed to maintain true value in a competitive shipping market, the U.S. Postal Service has asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to reclassify some Standard Mail parcels to complement its current shipping product line. The strategy for Standard Mail small parcels […]
The Newspaper Association of America (“NAA”)1 hereby submits these comments on the Postal Service’s unprecedented request under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (“PAEA”) for permission to impose rate increases that substantially exceed inflation. For the reasons stated herein,NAA: • Opposes the Postal Service’s proposed exigent rate increases because the statutory requirement of […]
Washington, DC –The Postal Regulatory Commission invites press and interested parties to a briefing on the actuarial report of The Segal Company regarding calculation of U.S. Postal Service pension liability for former Post Office Department employees. Questions will be entertained following the briefing. What: Public briefing on the actuarial analysis of liability related to funding […]
From Postcom.org At the Postal Regulatory Commission: (focus: testimony of Stephen J. Masse, V.P. Finance and Planning, USPS) The Postal Regulatory Commissioners started the day by acknowledging the contributions of the late senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash yesterday. In response to modest gains in mail volume, largely in quarter […]
From Postcom.org: * USPS CFO Joseph Corbett has testifed before the Postal Regulatory Commission that, even if the Postal Service receives the billions of relief it is seeking from Congress, the Postal Service says it still needs a greater-than-inflation postal rate increase in order to survive. [EdNote: If this is true, the USPS as an […]
RESPONSE OF USPS JAMES KIEFER TO PRESIDING OFFICER’S INFORMATION REQUEST “… the Postal Service used its business judgment to determine the relative price increases each category should be asked to bear. This judgment was informed by knowledge of the industries that use these products, and our customers for these products. This knowledge was gained by […]
In a letter filed with the PRC as part of the docket considering the rate proposal, Senator Susan Collins, co-author of the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA), wrote the following : As the author of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of2006 (PAEA), which grants the Postal Service the limited authority to file […]