Exigent Rate Increase Blog Tag Court Rules on Exigent Postage Rates: Now What? info Posted June 10, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Direct Marketing Trends, Postal Issues Updates This past Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its long awaited ruling regarding the future of the exigent postage rates. The court agreed with the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) finding that the emergency rates could not be made permanent. However, it also questioned the PRC’s methodology for calculating the […] + Read More Breaking News: Postal Regulatory Commission Approves Standard Mail Postage Rates info Posted May 7, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Postal Issues Updates The Postal Regulatory Commission today approved the U.S. Postal Service’s most recent proposal for adjusted rates for Standard Mail, Periodicals and Package Services. These were the last pricing elements to be approved, so implementation of all new rates (including First-Class Mail, which was approved earlier this year) is expected to take place on Sunday May […] + Read More Much More Than Envelopes: Key Postal Issues Addressed at EMA Spring Meeting info Posted April 24, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Postal Issues Updates I had the privilege of participating in the Envelope Manufacturers Association Spring Meeting last week. It’s always enlightening to meet with other envelope manufacturers and members of the paper-based communications industry. The theme for this meeting was Agility: The Foundation of our Future. We discussed a wide range of topics from how EMA members can […] + Read More Musings on Postal Rates info Posted January 24, 2014 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates Even if you’re not a postal geek like I am, you’ve probably noticed that the U.S. Postal Service has a rate increase coming up. Don’t forget to pick-up some forever stamps – still 46¢ this week, but they go up to 49¢ next week. On Sunday, rates will increase an average of 5.9%. Part of […] + Read More Postal Reform Groundhog Day and Why Section 301 is Unacceptable info Posted January 23, 2014 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates It seems like we’ve been here before. The need for comprehensive postal reform is urgent. The leaders of the postal oversight committees in Congress are saying all the right things about wanting to provide financial stability for the Postal Service. But will anything substantial pass Congress this year? The one difference is that the stakes […] + Read More Pages: First Page12Load More Articles
Court Rules on Exigent Postage Rates: Now What? info Posted June 10, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Direct Marketing Trends, Postal Issues Updates This past Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its long awaited ruling regarding the future of the exigent postage rates. The court agreed with the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) finding that the emergency rates could not be made permanent. However, it also questioned the PRC’s methodology for calculating the […] + Read More
Breaking News: Postal Regulatory Commission Approves Standard Mail Postage Rates info Posted May 7, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Postal Issues Updates The Postal Regulatory Commission today approved the U.S. Postal Service’s most recent proposal for adjusted rates for Standard Mail, Periodicals and Package Services. These were the last pricing elements to be approved, so implementation of all new rates (including First-Class Mail, which was approved earlier this year) is expected to take place on Sunday May […] + Read More
Much More Than Envelopes: Key Postal Issues Addressed at EMA Spring Meeting info Posted April 24, 2015 by Kurt Ruppel in Announcements, Postal Issues Updates I had the privilege of participating in the Envelope Manufacturers Association Spring Meeting last week. It’s always enlightening to meet with other envelope manufacturers and members of the paper-based communications industry. The theme for this meeting was Agility: The Foundation of our Future. We discussed a wide range of topics from how EMA members can […] + Read More
Musings on Postal Rates info Posted January 24, 2014 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates Even if you’re not a postal geek like I am, you’ve probably noticed that the U.S. Postal Service has a rate increase coming up. Don’t forget to pick-up some forever stamps – still 46¢ this week, but they go up to 49¢ next week. On Sunday, rates will increase an average of 5.9%. Part of […] + Read More
Postal Reform Groundhog Day and Why Section 301 is Unacceptable info Posted January 23, 2014 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates It seems like we’ve been here before. The need for comprehensive postal reform is urgent. The leaders of the postal oversight committees in Congress are saying all the right things about wanting to provide financial stability for the Postal Service. But will anything substantial pass Congress this year? The one difference is that the stakes […] + Read More
