PRC Concludes Rate System Has Not Achieved Necessary Objectives and Issues Proposed Rulemaking to Address Shortcomings

PRC Concludes Rate System Has Not Achieved Necessary Objectives and Issues Proposed Rulemaking to Address Shortcomings

Would Retain Price Cap System Washington, D.C. – 12/01/17 – Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued its findings related to the statutorily mandated review of the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products that was first established in 2006 by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). The law required the […]

Beam Bros. Trucking, Inc., Beam Bros. Holding Company and Executives Sentenced on Federal Conspiracy Charges

Beam Bros. Trucking, Inc., Beam Bros. Holding Company and Executives Sentenced on Federal Conspiracy Charges

Four Corporate Officers Admitted to Conspiring to Violate Federal Highway Safety Regulations Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA – 11/30/17 – A Mount Crawford based trucking company that formerly hauled United States mail and it holding company, as well as four of its most senior officers, the President, VicePresident, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, were all sentenced […]

Former Postal Employee Sentenced and Ordered to Pay Almost $1.0 Million for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Former Postal Employee Sentenced and Ordered to Pay Almost $1.0 Million for Workers’ Comp Fraud

GREAT FALLS – 11/30/17 – The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Deborah Joy Durand, a 55-year-old resident of Fruitland, Idaho, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $903,316.48 in restitution and forfeiture. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris Morris presided over the sentencing hearing. […]

December 2017 Postal News

December 31, 2017 Video: Postal workers endure freezing temperatures PEN Video: Cape Coral man tracks down owner of misdelivered Christmas card – PEN Lawmakers attempt to close loophole allowing postal delivery of synthetic drugs – News and Tribune December 30, 2017 Video: Man arrested for armed robbery of metro Detroit postal carrier PEN Video: $10,000 reward in […]

Togolese National Sentenced for Mail Fraud

Togolese National Sentenced for Mail Fraud

Defendant transferred to ICE custody for deportation proceedings BOSTON – 11/30/17 – A Togolese national charged with mail fraud pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federal court in Boston. Roukayatou Damerogo, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail before U.S. District Court Judge Dennis F. Saylor IV, who then sentenced Damerogo […]

Petersburg, VA mail carrier charged after car repossessed with hundreds of pieces of mail inside

Petersburg, VA mail carrier charged after car repossessed with hundreds of pieces of mail inside

PETERSBURG, Va. – A Petersburg mail carrier is facing charges after the Inspector General confirms his personal vehicle was repossessed with several hundred of pieces of mail inside. Some of that mail included hundreds of pieces of first class mail, advertisement mail, and Social Security checks of Petersburg residents, according to the Inspector General confirms. […]

Alzheimer’s Semipostal Fundraising Stamp Dedicated

Alzheimer’s Semipostal Fundraising Stamp Dedicated

BALTIMORE — Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan dedicated a stamp today to fund research to help find a cure for one of the top 10 leading causes of death — Alzheimer’s. The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the Alzheimer’s Semipostal Fundraising stamp took place at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. Please share the news […]

PRC to Make Announcement on the Future of the Postal Ratemaking System

PRC to Make Announcement on the Future of the Postal Ratemaking System

PRC – November 30, 2017 BACKGROUND: The Postal Regulatory Commission was required to initiate a review of the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products to determine if the ratemaking system has achieved the objectives of 39 U.S.C. 3622(b), taking into account the factors enumerated in 39 U.S.C. 3622(c). On December 20, […]