The arrival of the holiday season brings with it thoughts of reflection, celebration and special times spent with family and friends. Traditionally, the end of the year also brings with it an increase in commerce and mailing activity. We are hopeful that will be true again this year as the economy and the Postal Service […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission announced its decision rejecting the requested price hike at a news conference Thursday. “After careful consideration, the Commission agreed with the Postal Service that the recent severe recession, and the decline in mail volume experienced during the recession, do qualify as an extraordinary or exceptional circumstance under the law. However, the […]
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 The following is an extraordinary letter to the editor of the New York Times from long-time postal sage Murray Comarow: The Postal Service’s proposal to switch to five-day delivery is complex and controversial. [New York Times article “Sides Form Over Threat to Saturday Mail Service,” 7-6-10] Congress has therefore directed the Postal Regulatory […]
Ruth Goldway, chairman of the U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission, talks with Bloomberg’s Lori Rothman about the Postal Service’s decision to reduce U.S. mail deliveries to five days from six. Goldway says the decision is “not final by any means” and that the commission will give the proposal a “very thorough review.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Postal Regulatory Commission: “Within our regulatory framework, I would like to encourage a national conversation on the future of mail and hardcopy communications in the United States,” Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway. The Nation’s mail system faces serious financial challenges exacerbated by historic declines in mail volume. The Postal Service has responded by cutting costs, downsizing […]