Topic: Postal Regulatory Commission

USPS Cuts To Slow First-Class Mail

Already mocked by some as "snail mail," first-class U.S. mail will slow even more by next spring under plans by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal...

Post Office Rate Hikes Take Effect

The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service increased postage rates on Monday, including a 1-cent increase in the cost of first-class mail, to 45 cents...

Mailing a Letter To Cost More Next Year, AP reports

It will cost a penny more to mail a letter next year, according to a report by the Associated Press. The AP report states that the cash-strapped...

Post office looking to close offices to save money

0 . The Postal Service is launching a study of thousands of local post offices for possible closure in an effort to save money.. . The ...

Post office to streamline process for closings

0 . The financially strapped Postal Service wants to streamline the process for closing local offices.. . As many as 3,000 offices across the ...
Doc feels a little sorry for the US Postal Service who seem to be in a no-win situation. Still, the USPS didn't get any sympathy from the Postal Regulatory Commission last month when they decided to deny a rate increase.. The ...
The Affordable Mail Alliance has responded to an informal ruling by Postal Regulatory Commission general counsel Stephen L. Sharfman that would set the U.S. Postal Service's rate authority at 1.447 percent and not account for periods of deflation when ...

Postage Hike Request Rejected

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has denied the request by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to increase postage rates in January 2011 by an amount in excess of the current inflation rate. In its decision, the PRC ruled that the growing ...
Almost four months after the United States Postal Service proposed an exigent rate case that would force rates for periodicals mailers up 8 percent and raise First-Class mail stamps to 46 cents, the Postal Regulatory Commission today unanimously voted to deny the ...
In another effort to help stem its staggering financial losses, the U.S. Postal Service in July proposed enacting an exigent rate case, which could force rates for periodicals mailers up 8 percent. The USPS also proposed to raise First-Class mail stamps ...