The Senate Bill The likelihood that the Congress will address the financial difficulties facing the U.S. Postal Service increased significantly as four key Senators who are leaders on postal issues joined behind a single piece of legislation. And, this group includes both Democrats (Lieberman and Carper) and Republicans (Collins and Brown). Titled “The 21st Century [...]
Associated Mail & Parcel Centers (AMPC) members pay dues to support the organization’s efforts to support their businesses. The money pays for a staff to develop benefits, programs, discounts, research, education, and advocacy for the members. Joining AMPC is easy. To help us support your industry and business, go to www.ampc.org and sign up. For a [...]
Who is EquaShip? EquaShip is a new shipping company that is offering Mail & Parcel Centers an alternative hybrid shipping system that combines the software of EquaShip, the logistics of Blue Package Delivery with the last mile delivery to every address in the US by the United State Postal Service. The advantage to Mail & [...]
Tucked away in the President’s jobs message is the Administration’s plan to address the financial situation of Postal Service. In the following detailed talking points: Provide Postal Service financial relief and undertake reform. The Administration recognizes the enormous value of the Postal Service (USPS) to the Nation’s commerce and communications, as well as the urgent [...]
The Postal Service says the next price adjustment for all products will be January 22, 2012. Although the infamous “exigency case” is still pending at the PRC after being returned by a Federal court for more consideration, the word from the Postal Service is that no matter how the PRC decides it, we understand the [...]
Now is the time to act to protect your business and create awareness of the industry’s abilities to partner with the USPS. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has issued its non-binding advisory opinion, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) has issued its cost reduction estimate and now it goes to Congress to decide whether Saturday delivery [...]
At the National Postal Forum, AMPC made a short presentation to the USPS Executive Leadership Team (Postmaster General, Deputy Postmaster General and the six Executive VPs) stating that we support five-day delivery and we believe the USPS will need this and other cost savings to survive, but the Commercial Mail Receiving Agents (CMRA) will have [...]
You have spent the money to attend the AMPC 2011 Convention – Expo and you’re here. The sessions are much more than you expected. The amount of useful information is overwhelming. You are quickly absorbing information that will make your business prosper. You have an open mind about the new ideas being presented. You are [...]
The USPS says it has 229 Post Offices and 137 Stations and branches whose operations are suspended, although it isn’t 100% positive- the USPS response says: “Despite significant effort, this list may still contain errors.” Read the List Here
