PRC Releases 2017 Annual Report; Outlines Ratesetting Changes
The Postal Regulatory Commission issued its 2017 Annual Report to the President and Congress which includes commentary on its proposed changes to the postage rate-setting [...]
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PRC’s Blueprint For Regulating Future Postal Rates & Classes
The Postal Regulatory Commission released its proposed changes for how the U.S. Postal Service sets postage rates for its primary mail classes — First-Class Mail, [...]
PRC GOES POSTAL
U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan will get the money she says the Postal Service so desperately needs, following the PRC’s announcement of a new rate-setting system [...]
YIKES! Mailers Will Pay Up To 3% More Plus Inflation With PRC Ruling
The Postal Regulatory Commission found that the current rate-setting system has not been effective, but not so bad as to remove the inflation price cap on any First-Class, [...]
PRC CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON NEW RATE SETTING SYSTEM
Click for PRC press release. Below is the transcript of the announcement from Chairman Taub on December 1, 2017: Good afternoon everyone good afternoon everyone, I am Robert [...]
BREAKING: PRC Announces New Postage Rate Setting System
The Postal Regulatory Commission issued its proposed final decision on the current system for regulating postage rates and classes for First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, and [...]
UPDATE: PRC OK’s Postage Rate Hike
The Postal Regulatory Commission approved USPS rate hikes for competitive products as well as updates to the Mail Classification Schedule … (click to read more) The PRC [...]
PRC Postage Rate System Decision Soon
WASHINGTON, DC — Leaves will start falling in Fall, but postage rates could start rising. Fall begins September 22 and so does the countdown for the critical decision [...]
Postage Rates May Soar 5-10% Next 12 Months
Exigent Ghost Haunts Mailers As USPS Presses Congress; PRC Ruling Soon WASHINGTON, DC – Business mailers celebrated the historic rate cut last year as emergency postage [...]
Good-Bye Rate Cap? Reading The PRC Tea Leaves
Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Taub’s luncheon presentation at MAILCOM ’17 was probably the most anticipated session of the conference. The PRC is [...]
PRC Says Financial Concerns Persist For USPS
Are USPS finances getting better? That is the contention of mailers who want to keep the current inflation-based price cap on rate increases. The USPS says its finances are [...]
BATTLELINES: Who Is For & Against Postage Rate Cap
The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers summarizes the organizations that agree with it that the postage rate hike cap should remain and those who don’t think so … [...]
Bankers: Keep Postage Rate Cap
The American Bankers Association urged the PRC to keep the CPI price cap on postage rate hikes, stating the current system is working well … (click to read [...]
Postal Union: End Postage Rate Cap
The American Postal Workers Union is against the current inflation-based price cap on postage rate hikes, it stated in a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission … [...]
USPS: No Price Cap; PRC “After The Fact” Monitoring
The USPS filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), an alternative pricing system that does not include a price cap. Instead, the PRC would be responsible [...]
PRC Issues 2016 Postal Compliance Report
The Postal Regulatory Commission issued its 2016 Annual Compliance Determination Report, a fulfilling the Commission’s responsibility to produce an annual assessment of [...]