rate increase

Aug 16th

Newspapers Group To PRC: Reject Rate Increase But Approve Standard Mail Incentive Program

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 […]

Aug 12th

Printers Head to D.C. to Urge Block of Postal Rate Hikes

Press Release Printing Industries of America’s members from across the country are gathering on Capitol Hill next month to oppose an emergency postal rate hike proposal that would dramatically bust caps on postal rate increases imposed by Congress in 2006. The USPS is petitioning to raise rates higher than allowed by current law, claiming that […]

Aug 12th

USPS Manager Can't Say If Flats Strategy Is Achieving Hoped-For Savings

As many readers may recall, Frank Neri, is the former district manager for the USPS Philadelphia district. He was replaced in 2008 by Jim Gallagher, a veteran USPS manager,after news reports of excessive mail backlogs. Now Neri is now at  USPS Headquarters as Manager, Mail Processing Operations. In Neri’s testimony to PRC he reportedly said: […]

Aug 10th

USPS Tells PRC It Still Needs Rate Increase Even With $Billions Of Relief From Congress

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 […]

Aug 9th

USPS To PRC: We Use Business Judgment To Determine Price Increases

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 […]

Aug 9th

Sen. Susan Collins Urges PRC to Reject USPS Rate Case Proposal

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 […]

Aug 9th

PRC Schedule For Three Public Hearings On USPS Rate Increase Request

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has posted schedule of live audio broadcasts for three public hearings to question Postal Service witnesses in the exigent rate case.  Links to the audio will be posted on the PRC website approximately 10 minutes prior to the broadcasts. All public hearings begin at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, 8/10/2010 – USPS Executive Vice […]

Aug 4th

PRC Is Taking Affordable Mail Alliance's Request To Dismiss Rate Case Under Advisement

The Postal Regulatory Commission issued the following : ORDER TAKING MOTION TO DISMISS UNDER ADVISEMENT (Issued August 4, 2010) On July 26, 2010, the Affordable Mail Alliance filed a motion to dismiss the Postal Service’s proposed rate adjustment.1 Answers to the Motion were filed on August 2,2010, by the Postal Service and several other companies […]

Jul 26th

Affordable Mail Alliance Calls on PRC to Dismiss Postal Service Rate Hike Request

Press Release Wrong on the Law, Wrong on Policy, Wrong on the Economy, and Wrong on Jobs: Washington, DC – The Affordable Mail Alliance (AMA) today called on the Postal Regulatory Commission to dismiss the Postal Service’s rate hike proposal filed on July 6, 2010. AMA’s motion argues that the rate hike violates the cost […]