USPS rate increase

Dec 31st

Senator Collins’ Statement on USPS Rate Increases

Dec 30, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement that the Postal Regulatory Commission has approved an exigent rate increase, affecting first-class, standard, periodicals and package mailing. On October 18, 2013, Senator Collins wrote to Postal Regulatory Commission Secretary Shoshanna Grove, explaining that […]

Nov 29th

USPS To Defer Implementation Of Full-Service IMb requirement and Move Forward on Rate Increase

On November 21, 2013, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued its decision on USPS’s request to increase prices effected January 26, 2014. The PRC “determined that the rates proposed by the Postal Service are consistent with the law, provided that the Postal Service does not implement Full Service IMb requirements concurrently with the proposed increased […]