Category: Alerts

  • Alliance Alert 12/11/2025 — Protect Paper Choice

      December 11, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The House of Representatives may this week consider H.R. 2441, the “Improving Disclosure for Investors Act,” which has been included in the House capital markets legislative package (H.R. 3383).  The Act, if passed by Congress, would allow a significant volume of financial information that today is legally required to be sent to Americans via…

  • Alliance Alert — 11/24/25 USPS Files October Financial Information

      November 24, 2025   Dear Alliance Members: The Postal Service has filed its unaudited October financial information at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The USPS reported a net loss of $545 million for October, compared to its planned loss of $220 million, and same period last year (SPLY) of a $701 million net income.  The USPS…

  • Alliance Alert 11-20-25: USPS Files FY2026 Integrated Financial Plan (IFP)

      November 20, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The Postal Service has filed its FY 2026 Integrated Financial Plan (IFP) at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).  https://prc.arkcase.com/api/prc-dockets/filing/downloadFile?fileId=249526&inline=true Another significant loss projected for FY2026.  The USPS is projecting another net loss of $8.1 billion and a controllable loss of $1.8 billion in FY 2026, according to the IFP.  Its…

  • USPS Shares Updated Price Forecast

      October 20, 2025   Dear Alliance Members:   Today, as part of the Atlantic Area AIM (USPS Areas Inspiring Mail) meeting, USPS Vice President of Pricing & Costing Sharon Owens presented the below updated price change forecast. The total increase now being forecast for July 2026 is 4.8% — Owens noted that thanks to…

  • Alliance Alert – No Postage Rate Increase in January

      September 24, 2025   Dear Alliance Members:   The U.S. Postal Service announced this afternoon that it will not raise postage rates in January 2026.   As we previously reported, the rate authority allowed by the Postal Regulatory Commission at this time is 1.274%, based on six months of the Consumer Price Index.  …

  • Alliance Alert – Board Meets PMG David Steiner

    September 18, 2025   The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Board of Directors greatly appreciates new Postmaster General David Steiner meeting with us at our September 18, 2025, meeting at Disabled American Veterans. We look forward to working with Mr. Steiner and his team!   L to R: Brian Horting, AARP, Tracey Burgoon, DAV, Jerry Mathis,…

  • Alliance Alert – Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Names Kathleen J. Siviter as Next Executive Director

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Names Kathleen J. Siviter as Next Executive Director Washington, D.C. — September 2, 2025 — The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (ANM) announced today that Kathleen J. Siviter will become its next Executive Director, effective October 1, 2025. Siviter will succeed Stephen M. Kearney, who will retire after twelve…

  • Alliance Alert – USPS July Financial Results

      August 25, 2025   Dear Alliance Members:   On Friday, the Postal Service released its preliminary financial results for July. They continued the losing trend for this year. Moreover, when you exclude the accounting adjustment for non-cash workers’ compensation, the USPS is performing $1.3 billion worse than its plan and $570 million worse than…

  • Alliance Alert – We File Reply Comments in Rate Review

      August 7, 2025   Dear Alliance Members:   Today, we filed reply comments in the current phase of the Postal Regulatory Commission’s rate review. This phase covers only two proposals by the PRC: (1) to limit USPS rate increases to once a year, and (2) to incentivize greater pricing efficiency by forcing the Postal…

  • Alliance Alert – We File Important Comments About USPS Rates

    July 28, 2025   Dear Alliance Members:   Today, your Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers filed regulatory comments in support of a return to no more than annual postage rate increases and no more reductions of work-share discounts below the cost avoided by the Postal Service.   We also urgently ask the Postal Regulatory Commission to…