Documents from Postal Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Ruth Y. Goldway To Senator Thomas Carper in response to his questions on her travel: The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information,Federal Services and International Security U.S. Senate Washington D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Carper, Pursuant to your letter of February 8, 2012, please […]
Documents from the GameFly Court Case: Excerpts from the Respondents Brief: Petitioner GameFly is a company engaged in the online rental of video games. It distributes its rental games by mailing DVD’s to customers, who then return the DVD’s to GameFly in pre-addressed reply mailers. In 2009, it filed a complaint with the Commission under […]
Postal Regulatory Commission finds process in need of fixes Washington, Feb 16 – Congressman Bill Owens (NY-23) joined over 100 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in asking Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe to place a moratorium on the USPS’s discontinuance process leading to post office and mail processing facility closures until […]
PRC supports NNA recommendations for better selection criteria for post office closings WASHINGTON—The Postal Regulatory Commission has recommended that the U.S. Postal Service take another look at its approach to closing post offices, supporting many criticisms made by National Newspaper Association in its fall 2011 testimony. The PRC released its opinion in the USPS proposal […]
Press Release from the Postal Regulatory Commission January 6, 2012 Washington, DC–Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway this week announced the start of Nanci E. Langley’s term as Vice Chairman of the Commission, succeeding Commissioner Mark Acton. PRC regulations provide that the Commissioners elect a member to serve as Vice Chairman for a term […]
Washington, DC – December 23, 2011- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and one of the authors of bipartisan postal reform legislation, today issued the following statement regarding the Postal Regulatory Commission’s advisory opinion on the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close almost 3700 post offices […]
USPS will test a new product called First Class Tracer in a limited market area. The product will enable customers to follow their greeting cards, postcards, and personal and business letters as they travel through the mail processing system. Here’s how it will work. Customers will purchase an adhesive barcode that will be placed directly […]
Excerpts from USPS filing to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) requesting an advisory opinion regarding service standards. USPS received 4,200 comments from its Federal Register notice in September 2011. Based on an analysis of fiscal year 2010 costs, the Postal Service has determined that a combination of service changes centered on eliminating overnight service for […]
Ignores Union’s call to appoint Democrat to the Postal Regulatory Commission December 2, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Tony Hammond – Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission Tony Hammond, Nominee for Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission Tony Hammond served on the Postal […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued a decision to deny a complaint by NAPUS and the League of Postmasters to renew an expedited complaint or a request a stay to prevent the Postal Service’s Final Rule from going into effect on December 1, 2011. The PRC did grant the Postmaster associations the right to re-file […]