HSGAC Hearing: Oversight of the United States Postal Service (video)

MEMBER STATEMENTS CHAIRMAN GARY PETERS (D – MI) DOWNLOAD STATEMENT WITNESSES LOUIS DEJOY Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer United States Postal Service DOWNLOAD TESTIMONY THE HONORABLE ROMAN MARTINEZ IV Chairman Board of Governors United States Postal Service DOWNLOAD TESTIMONY THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KUBAYANDA Chairman Postal Regulatory Commission DOWNLOAD TESTIMONY TAMMY HULL Inspector General United…

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U.S. Postal Service Recommends New Prices for July 2024

April 9, 2024 USPS has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services price changes to take effect Sunday, July 14. The proposed adjustments, approved by the Postal Service governors, would raise mailing services product prices approximately 7.8 percent. The commission will review the changes before they are scheduled to take effect. If favorably reviewed,…

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PRC Issues Report Evaluating USPS Service Levels and Rates

March 29, 2024 Washington, DC ā€“Late in the afternoon yesterday, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued itsĀ FY 2023 Annual Compliance DeterminationĀ (ACD) assessing the Postal Serviceā€™s compliance with regulations regarding rates and service performance. Each year the Commission must issue its ACD 90 days after the filing of the Postal Serviceā€™sĀ Annual Compliance ReportĀ (ACR) (39 U.S.C. Section 3653)….

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USPS OIG Report: Variations and Trends in Postal Regulatory Oversight

Unlike most of its international peers, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) only oversees the postal sector rather than multiple sectors. Further, it is unique in that it oversees only one entity, the Postal Service, and not the entire postal sector. The U.S. postal regulatory framework is different in that the national post itself can set…

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New prices will take effect Jan. 21 – USPS announced the changes last fall

January 17, 2024 The Postal Service price changes announced last fall will take effect Sunday, Jan. 21. Under the changes, prices will rise approximately 2 percent for mailing services, 5.7 percent for Priority Mail, 5.9 percent for Priority Mail Express and 5.4 percent for USPS Ground Advantage. The price adjustments are needed to provide the…

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U.S. Postal Service Proposes New Prices for 2024

October 6, 2023 USPS has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services price changes to take effect Jan. 21, 2024. The proposed adjustments, approved by the governors of the Postal Service, would raise mailing services product prices approximately 2 percent. The proposed changes include: ā€¢Ā Letters (1 ounce):Ā 66 cents (current), 68 cents (planned) ā€¢Ā Letters (metered…

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USPS BOG Unanimously Approves Adjusted FY 2024 Budget for Postal Regulatory Commission

September 11, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC ā€” The United States Postal Service Board of Governors today announced its unanimous approval of an adjusted Fiscal Year 2024 budget for the Postal Regulatory Commission. The approved budget of $21.124 million, when combined with the PRCā€™s other resources, results in a spending plan for FY 2024 totaling $27.202 million….

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Postal Service is soliciting comments on its Draft Flats Plan

August 16, 2023 Notice of Availability of Draft Plan for Flat-Shaped Mail Section 206 of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA), Public Law 117ā€“108, 206, 136 stat. 1127 (2022), required the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission), in consultation with the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service, to conduct a Flats Operations Study…

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