How the new postal rate-making process affects catalogers, Part 1 of 2

By Jerry Cerasale

That work has paid dividends. In October the PRC released final regulations to implement new, modern rate-making and classification systems for market dominant and competitive mail products. This came eight months ahead of schedule. Then on Nov. 15, the USPS Board of Governors decided that future prices will be adjusted using these new regulations. So the next postal rate change will be under the 2006 postal reform law, not the antiquated 1970 postal law.