Ed Gleiman

Thanks to U.S. laws banning more than two consecutive presidential terms, in November, there won’t be anyone outside the White House chanting: “Four more years!”. Instead, there is an exciting race for a new candidate to step into office, embodying hope and change. For years, the USPS has held sovereign control over rate cases, without regulations in place, like the consecutive-term legislation, to protect public interest. “One of the big issues under the old laws was whether the then Postal Rate Commission (PRC) had the authority to look at the size of the piece of pie that the Postal Service was asking for and

DMA calls on distributors to speak up on USPS issues. By Sarah Lerow On June 30, The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) raised its rates for the third time in 18 months. Undoubtedly, this increase was felt throughout the printing industry, but perhaps the first place one would experience the impact is in the realm of direct mail. The biggest problem for distributors, according to Ed Gleiman, a Washington-based consultant to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), New York, is that the rate increases have exceeded the rate of inflation. "It is troublesome for any businessperson to have one of his or her major costs of