The News/Media Alliance submitted reply comments on September 12 to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Statutory Review of the System for Regulating Rates and Classes for Market Dominant Products. In particular, the Alliance responded to the Public Representative’s comments which stated that “more significant revenue-generating action is necessary.” Our comments reiterate that the rate increases have been more than double the rate of inflation, which have been driven by the current non-compensatory authority and the density authority. In addition, we noted that the Postal Service is not meeting the Commission’s expectation that they control Periodicals costs.
Holly Lubart is Vice President, Government Affairs at the News/Media Alliance. Previously, she served as Vice President of Government Affairs for the PA NewsMedia Association and started her career as a journalist. Lubart has over 20 years of political and communications experience.