Monday, May 23

PRC Sets Shortened Rate Case Schedule

DMNews.com
Click here to download the rate case schedule from the PRC web site

Sunday, May 22

Navy's postal ads called misleading

Connecticut Post

E-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

- Chairman Collins Questions Presidential Postal Nominees
- House Subcommittee Passes Federal Retiree Tax Relief Measure
- Financial Relief Possibly Also for Active Employees
NAPUS web site

Plan to Let F.B.I. Track Mail in Terrorism Inquiries

New York Times

Thursday, May 19

DHL reins in ambitions in US market

Financial Times (subscription)

Denton: Postal Reform Affects Nonprofits, Too

DMNews.com

NALC-USPS hold DOIS talks

NALC Bulletin

USPS releases April financial results

Total Mail Volume for April, FY 2005 was 195 million pieces or 1.1% below same period last year (SPLY). First- Class Mail, Express Mail, Periodicals, International and All Other mail categories were below their SPLY levels. First- Class Mail and Periodicals were 275 million pieces and 89 million pieces below SPLY, respectively. Standard Mail volumes were 164 million pieces above SPLY.

Year- to- date, Total Mail Volume is 2.7% or 3.4 billion pieces above SPLY. Over 2.4 billion of the 3.4 billion piece increase occurred in November. The most significant mail volume increase above SPLY for April FY 2005 YTD is in the lower revenue- per- piece Standard Mail category, which increased 3.4 billion pieces or 6.1%. YTD, First- Class Mail volume is 0.1% less than SPLY generating $261 million or 1.2% less revenue than SPLY.

USPS web site

Saturday, May 14

Thursday, May 12

APWU questions Peoria REC closing

Peoria Journal Star

USPS Reports Income Decline in Quarter

DIRECT
Click here for the USPS Quarter 2 Financials in .pdf format, or here for the Microsoft Word version.
A copy of the financial presentation given to the Board of Governors is available at Postcom.org.

USPS to Publish Transformation Plan Sept. 30

DMNews.com

Mail volume on the rise

Delivery points increase 400,000
USPS Link Online

Sunday, May 1

E-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter for 4/29

- CBO Slashes Cost of Postal Reform Bill by $4.5 Billion
- PMG Potter Asks Appropriators to Fund Congressional Mandates
- NAPUS Intervenes in Rate Case
NAPUS web site

Vanity Stamps Go Postal Again

The Smoking Gun's take on the re-introduction of photo stamps.