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Congress grants Postal Service a big extension

Fri, 12/23/2011

By Ed O'Keefe (Timothy Fadek - BLOOMBERG) The massive funding bill passed by lawmakers over the weekend delivered an eight-month reprieve to the U.S. Postal Service, potentially saving it billions of dollars. Read More

A letter from the Postmaster General

Tue, 10/25/2011

Patrick R. Donahoe Postmaster General, CEO United States Postal Service Dear Valued Customer, The United States Postal Service has been in the news quite a bit lately, and as a major customerof ours, you deserve to hear directly about the issues we are facing.  To paraphrase a line from Mark Twain, "I'd like to assure you that the reports of our imminent demise are greatly exaggerated." Read More

Postal Service Adjusts Mailing Services Prices for 2012

Tue, 10/18/2011

WASHINGTON — Beginning early next year, it will cost just a penny more to mail letters to any location in the United States, the first price change for First-Class Mail stamps (Forever stamps) in more than two and a half years. The new 45-cent price for Forever stamps is among price changes filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission today. Highlights of the new single-piece First-Class Mail pricing, effective Jan. 22, 2012, include: • Letters (1 oz.) – 1-cent increase to 45 cents • Letters additional ounces – unchanged at 20 cents Read More

Donahoe: US mailing industry “too fragile” for major rate increase

Fri, 08/19/2011

The mail industry in the United States now appears to be “too fragile” for the US Postal Service to raise its postal rates by above-inflation amounts, US Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said on Wednesday. Speaking at the latest quarterly meeting of the USPS with its major customers and industry associations, Donahoe declared that the Postal Service is dropping its legal battle with regulators to force a 5.6% rate increase. Read More

DMA: PRC Says USPS Postage Increase Within Price Cap

Fri, 02/18/2011

February 17, 2011 by LuFiled under: PRC, postal, postal news, press releases but Flat- Read More

New Postal Service Pricing Announced

Tue, 02/15/2011

Postmaster General Reaches Out to Business Mailers WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Patrick R. Read More