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... View More
According to one writer for DM News, "Direct mail will be dead for many companies and dying for many more - if postal rates rise in 2011. Many, including Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), favor abolishing... View More
Intelisent has highlighted some important quotes from a recent OIG audit of the PostalOne!, including: "While we recognize the need to schedule interruptions in system availability for maintenance and... View More
DM News has noted that "The US Postal Service is encouraging e-retailers to turn to print catalogs to raise revenue. Our experts debate whether they should expand their reach to print or stay green'."... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 (April 1 - June 30) with a net loss of $3.5 billion, compared with a net loss of $2.4 billion for the same quarter last... View More
Postal News Blog--The Postal Regulatory will hear from three USPS finance executives this week as it considers the postal service's request for an exigent' rate increase. All hearings will be broadcast... View More
Dramatic changes are being proposed for the United States Postal Service, including dropping Saturday delivery and substantially boosting rates. In most news articles about the Postal Service's financial... View More
The US Postal Service reported a 4.2% year-over-year increase in Standard Mail for the third quarter of its fiscal year, indicating advertising mail has rebounded for the second straight quarter. Read... View More
As Helium has noted, "in accounting terms, liquidity is different than being bankrupt. On paper, the USPS is a considerably wealthy organization, with a massive pool of assets: offices, mail handling facilities,... View More
Today, we have more ways to communicate with one another than ever before: U.S. Mail, landlines, cell phones, voice mail, e-mail and texting - just to name a few. And while mail continues to play a vital... View More
According to the Huffington Post, "Rather than raising prices at a time when its customers are just beginning to recover from the recession, the Postal Service should be emulating its closest competitors,... View More
For one day, Monday, AUGUST 23rd, the Los Angeles NDC will be CLOSED. Please advise drop shippers of the following: - Closure is due to major facility work that will suspend ALL electrical power between... View More
The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is freezing hiring and promotions for all administrative positions at post offices, field offices and its Washington headquarters until further notice as it tries... View More
The Atlanta Business Chronicle has reported that "MailExpress has received a delivery of $10 million in venture financing from its current investors. MailExpress Inc. offers high-volume corporate mailers... View More
From Dead Tree Edition: Sometimes, it seems, the Postal Service bends over backwards to ensure that periodicals are mailed inefficiently so that it can bellow about how unprofitable they are. The latest... View More
In separately filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission in the matter of the Postal Service's exigency rate increase request, the Saturation Mailers Coalition, Valassis Direct Mail, Inc., Valpak... View More
Postal News Blog--Excerpts from testimony filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission by former USPS Chief Financial Officer Michael J. Riley. Riley testified on behalf of the National Association of Letter... View More
Government Executive has noted that "The Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Thursday approved spending bills that include provisions... View More
WASHINGTON - The man who grew the U.S. Postal Service's international shipping business to annual sales of more than $2 billion was named president of the department most responsible for revenue generation.... View More
WASHINGTON - Saying the Affordable Mail Alliance made "manifestly misleading comparisons" and advanced a "strained and fatally flawed interpretation" of existing law, the U.S. Postal Service today asked... View More