DIRECT MAIL OUTLOOK — POSTAL REFORM IN PERIL

Murphy sees the likelihood for postal reform in this Congress as being “all but dead” and feels the best hope for printers is to address USPS funding requirements independently in the 110th Congress. And while postal rates continue to escalate, he points out that the USPS has made significant changes in the structure of postal rate categories and rate increases to better align USPS processing costs for each category.