Mailing & Fulfillment — Looming Changes for Mailers

True to its word, the USPS gave mailers 90 days notice of the major rate hike--twice what the law requires. But the value of 90 days notice isn't the same now as it was in the past. Although the 1970 law (replaced in December 2006 by "postal reform") prescribed a protracted ratesetting process, and although the final form of a case filed under that law wasn't known until the PRC issued its recommended decision, the duration of the process at least allowed for thought about, and general planning to comply with, the rules that would eventually implement the case's results.