Reform bill introduced to boost USPS’ viability May 18, 2011 – 12:46 pm EDT Washington, D.C.—A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would address several issues affecting the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service and help ensure its future solvency.Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del, has floated a new bill—the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act of 2011—that would offer relief from the Postal Service’s current obligations to prefund future pension obligations, and cut Saturday home mail delivery. It is estimated that the bill would provide overall savings, or access to new funds, of about $8 billion annually. The Postal Service continues to hemorrhage money, due largely to changing consumer and business communications that rely on electronic communications instead of physical mail. B@B Online
WASHINGTON, DC—Mr. ZIP’s financial woes keep growing, and the news promises to get worse. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the second quarter of this fiscal year (Jan. 1 to March 31) with a net loss of $2.2 billion, compared to a net loss of $1.6 billion for the same period in FY 2010.
The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission ruled on April 20, 2011 that the U.S. Postal Service has applied a double standard when it comes to handling disc mailers from GameFly compared with Netflix and Blockbuster.
PC Postage Postal Solutions for Business Customers PC Postage – is a software program that enables the user to print out a shipping label and/or just postage from their personal computer (PC) to be used with a variety of postal services with postage being paid from a credit card or ACH debit. Click-N-Ship and PayPal now offer a Bill Me Later option.
New Prices for US and international rates are in effect as of Aprile 2011. To see the new rates for domestic and international services on this link http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm To save money on mailing CDs and DVD call edocpublish.com at (800) 819-3362.