The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes for Mailing Services products scheduled to take effect in January 2017. Standard Mail is being rebranded as USPS Marketing Mail to better align the...

Crazy confusion from the USPS on new flats regulations; D. Edward Tree helps sort it out all.  It looked like the USPS was sneaking in a tiny rate hike for flat mail senders, “a small fraction of 1% for most...

With the end of the exigency surplus collection in sight, mailers may be in for some relief in the form of lower rates. But don’t expect it to last. Earlier this month, the USPS submitted a new rate chart expected...

New legislation could wipe out the planned return to previous rates. Saying that the Postal Service needs an extension on the exigency rate hike, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del) has sponsored  legislation that could make those rates permanent for at least...

Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today introduced the Improving Postal Operations, Service, and Transparency Act of 2015 (iPOST). Designed to strengthen a similar bill he introduced two years ago in...

Taking advantage of a slow moving court system and foot-dragging Congress, the USPS moves to keep the exigent rate hike alive. Again.Al Urbanski could be excused for being less than thrilled with the recent move by the USPS. As senior...

The Postal Regulatory Commission today today ruled that the US Postal Service has justified the recovery of $1.191B of contribution in addition to the $2.766B of contribution the PRC previously granted from the original 2013 exigent rate request. That amounted...

There’s been talk in the industry about possible rate reductions in August, when the USPS is expected to reach its revenue cap on the current exigent rate hike. While some are saying we can expect a rollback, it’s too early...

On its surface it seems like good news for commercial mailers. According to Michael Rondon in Folio:, “A federal appeals court ruled that the USPS will have to roll back its exigent rate hike in a big win for magazine...

It’s been a wild ride, but the Postal Regulatory Commission has finally approved the USPS’ rate hike plan, and new prices are set to go into effect at the end of this month. We've seen a lot of back and...