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 […]
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 […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission says it has received over 12,000 comments from the public on the postal service’s proposal to end Saturday mail delivery. The PRC issued this thank you to to the public: Dear Members of the Public, thank you for writing us. The Commission has received more than 12,000 letters, cards, emails, and […]
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting, Public Invited TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11 a.m. PLACE: Commission Hearing Room, 901 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268-0001. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN PUBLIC SESSION: 1. Review of postal-related congressional activity. 2. Report on international activities. 3. Review of active cases. […]
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H. YOUNG ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding USPS Five-Day Delivery Request: My name is William H. Young. I submit this testimony on behalf of Intervenor National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (“NALC”), which serves as the collective bargaining representative of […]
This report presents the results of our audit of the fiscal year (FY) 2009 Standard Mail® Volume Incentive Program (Project Number 10BO008FF000). The report responds to a request from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). Our objectives were to evaluate the Standard Mail Volume Incentive Program (Summer Sale) to determine whether the Postal Service achieved its […]
The Postal Regulatory Commision requested that USPS provide the following: For each of the city carrier employee types indicated in Attachment 1 of USPS-T-7, please provide the distribution of total city carrier work years, indicated in the third column of the first table, by day of the week, for FY 2009. Here are the charts: […]