From the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website: 6/2/2021 Washington, DC – Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued its analysis of the United States Postal Service (Postal Service) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Annual Performance Report and FY 2021 Performance Plan. The Commission is statutorily required to review whether the Postal Service met its goals and may provide recommendations to…
The AUSPL PAC continues to prove its value by getting AUSPL leadership in front of legislators involved in postal reform AUSPL President Mark Dattel and Harry Glenn met on Monday, May 17 with Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Senator Peters gave a preview of the postal reform legislation being prepared by…
On May 28 the Senate approved the nomination of Anton Haijar to the USPS Board of Governors. Mr. Haijar is a former General Counsel of the American postal Workers Union. The Board now has nine appointed governors plus the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General – the full number named by statute 39 U.S.…
The United States Postal Service plans to raise rates in August of 2021. As part of its 10-year plan, “Delivering for America,” a request for these increases was filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission on May 28. According to a USPS press release, the proposed Mailing Services price changes include: Product Current Prices Planned Prices…
Currently the USPS cannot ship beer, wine, or distilled spirits based on an outdated Prohibition ban.
May 11, 2021 Representative Carolyn Maloney, NY-12, Chair of the House Oversight Committee introduced two bills targeting improvements in USPS operations. Representative Maloney gave AUSPL Hill Day participants a preview of her postal reform bills at the virtual luncheon on May 11. HR 3076 – The Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 is intended to…
AUSPL President Mark Dattel pens letter to AUSPL’s more than 50 members who participated in the first virtual HILL DAY. In addition, Mark summarizes the exception success of this event and discusses H.R. 3076 The Postal Service Reform Act of 2021 sponsored by House Oversight Chairman, Representative Carolyn Maloney.
May 6, 2021 Last week a group of U.S. Legislators sent a letter to Congress urging consideration of pilot programs for postal banking as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill. The letter asks for $6,000,000 to implement the pilot programs which are intended to “expand its [the USPS]…
May 7, 2021 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service today announced its financial results for the 2021 second quarter ended March 31, reporting a net loss of $82 million, compared to a net loss of approximately $4.5 billion for the same quarter last year, as a pandemic surge in demand for package deliveries was not enough…
April 28, 2021 The Honorable Mike Quigley The Honorable Steve Womack Chairman Ranking Member Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government House Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Quigley and Ranking Member Womack, We write to strongly encourage you to include the below language supporting postal non-bank financial services pilot programs in the Fiscal…