POSTAGE RATE SHOCK: MAILERS FACE NEW HIKES IN 2018
The PRC’s proposed changes to the postage rate-setting process will mean additional rate hikes for mailers in 2018. The first round of rate hikes, already approved, [...]
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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 [...]
RATE HIKES COULD TOP 7% FOR MAILERS … EACH YEAR!
The newly unveiled PRC rate-setting system keeps the inflation price cap, but gives the Postal Service ample room to build on top of it with mailers paying all along the way. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
POSTCOM Celebrates 70th Anniversary; Honors Cochrane, Hanberry
Postcom — the Association for Postal Commerce — celebrated its 70th anniversary at a recent reception in Washington, DC. Members of the Postcom Board of Directors [...]
PRC Approves Increase In Move Update Charge
On June 30, 2017, the Postal Service filed a that it intends to amend prices and classification language for its market dominant products. Specifically, the Postal Service [...]
SEPTEMBER 3: First-Class Mail Parcels Transfer to the Competitive Price Listing
On September 3, 2017 First-Class Mail Parcels (“FCMP”) product from the market-dominant product list to the competitive product list. The approved new rates (13 rate [...]
Mailer Groups: USPS – Spendthrift Monopolist
Opinion of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce In the ongoing “Ten Year Review” [...]
RATE WAR: USPS, Mailer Groups Fight Over Rate Cap
A war of words has erupted between the USPS and some mailer group executives over the PRC’s ratesetting review. ‘We cannot let false and irresponsible claims made [...]
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 [...]
e-Bay Launches Petition Opposing Postage Rate Hikes
The eBay Community is calling on the Postal Regulatory Commission – the government entity that oversees USPS rate changes – to keep postal prices low and eliminate [...]
PRC Issues 2016 Annual Report
The Postal Regulatory Commission released its Annual Report to the President and Congress providing an account of the activities undertaken by the Commission during 2016 [...]
PRC Issues 2017 Postage Rate Ruling … First Class, Standard Rate Hikes OK’d
The Postal Regulatory Commission issued its 2017 postage rate ruling today. It largely approved what the Postal Service requested. The new rates take effect January 22, 2017. [...]
USPS FILES 2017 RATES WITH PRC
The USPS filed 2017 Postage Rates with the PRC last Wednesday … (click for rate filing) Single Price for Commercial Letters up to 3.5 ounces, Adjusts FSS Pricing; [...]
PRC Releases 2017-2022 Strategic Plan
The Postal Regulatory Commission has issued a five-year Strategic Plan to guide its activities for 2017-2022 … (Click to [...]
Obama Nominates Taub PRC Chairman
President Obama has nominated Robert G. Taub as a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission and upon appointment the designated Chairman … Click for more [...]