Exigent Rate Increase Blog Tag Exigent Surcharge is Over: Postage Rates Slated to Drop in April info Posted March 1, 2016 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Postal Issues Updates Those of us involved in the mailing industry are about to witness a unique event: Falling postage prices. The Postal Service has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that it will remove the exigent surcharge from postage rates on Sunday, April 10. The PRC rulings that allowed the Postal Service to collect the exigent surcharge […] + Read More Postal Service News from the MTAC Meetings info Posted January 20, 2016 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates Last week, I was able to escape the freezing temperatures in the Midwest for the (relatively) balmier weather of Washington D.C. and the quarterly Mailers Technical Advisory Council (MTAC) meetings. A lot of Postal Service news was shared during the meetings that could have a big impact on our industry, so today I wanted to […] + Read More The Postage Rates Landscape for 2016 info Posted December 8, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates At this time of year, children may be nestled all snug in their beds with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, but those of us involved in the mailing industry are more likely to be dreaming about what to do with our 2016 postage budgets. Although the outlook for postage rates in 2016 […] + Read More An End is in Sight for Exigent Postage Rates info Posted August 5, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates The good news is that we finally have some certainty about the future of the exigent postage rates. The bad news is that mailers have to wait until spring to see the rates finally rolled back. Regular readers of our postal updates will remember that in June the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […] + Read More Your Mid-Year Postal Issues Update from IWCO Direct info Posted July 15, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates It’s been a busy first half of the year for those of us involved in postal issues. From concerns about postage rates, to operational changes that resulted in service performance challenges, to new options for connecting mail and digital, we’ve had a lot of moving parts to track this year. Let’s jump in and see […] + Read More Pages: 1 2 3Load More Articles
Exigent Surcharge is Over: Postage Rates Slated to Drop in April info Posted March 1, 2016 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Postal Issues Updates Those of us involved in the mailing industry are about to witness a unique event: Falling postage prices. The Postal Service has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that it will remove the exigent surcharge from postage rates on Sunday, April 10. The PRC rulings that allowed the Postal Service to collect the exigent surcharge […] + Read More
Postal Service News from the MTAC Meetings info Posted January 20, 2016 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates Last week, I was able to escape the freezing temperatures in the Midwest for the (relatively) balmier weather of Washington D.C. and the quarterly Mailers Technical Advisory Council (MTAC) meetings. A lot of Postal Service news was shared during the meetings that could have a big impact on our industry, so today I wanted to […] + Read More
The Postage Rates Landscape for 2016 info Posted December 8, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates At this time of year, children may be nestled all snug in their beds with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, but those of us involved in the mailing industry are more likely to be dreaming about what to do with our 2016 postage budgets. Although the outlook for postage rates in 2016 […] + Read More
An End is in Sight for Exigent Postage Rates info Posted August 5, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates The good news is that we finally have some certainty about the future of the exigent postage rates. The bad news is that mailers have to wait until spring to see the rates finally rolled back. Regular readers of our postal updates will remember that in June the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […] + Read More
Your Mid-Year Postal Issues Update from IWCO Direct info Posted July 15, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates It’s been a busy first half of the year for those of us involved in postal issues. From concerns about postage rates, to operational changes that resulted in service performance challenges, to new options for connecting mail and digital, we’ve had a lot of moving parts to track this year. Let’s jump in and see […] + Read More
