Stamp Out Hunger with the USPS Annual Food Drive

USPS Informational Webinars on Service Standard Changes

The new service standard changes took effect April 1st, 2025. The new measurement is using a 5-D to 5-D versus the less granular 3-D to 3-D. Phase one of this change will be adding in an additional day into single piece First-Class mail that is entered more than 50 miles from an origin Regional Processing and Distribution Center (RPDC) and non destination entered Marketing Mail and Periodicals.

New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

The Postal Service, published on May 1st in the Federal Register a proposed rule for the structure changes as part of the proposed July 2025 postage increase. A final rule will be published once the Postal Regulatory Commission approves the R2025-1 Market Dominant rate change.

Search for a new Postmaster General (PMG) – could the wait be over?

This is the first National Postal Forum in my recollection in which we did not have a permanent Postmaster General (PMG) in office. There have been transitional periods in USPS leadership – such as when acting PMG is in place due to retirement, resignation, or before a successor is officially named, but historically that replacement has been named prior to the NPF.

Takeaways from the National Postal Forum 2025

Last week concluded a very successful National Postal Forum in Nashville, TN. GrayHair participated in six sessions at the forum on topics of Address Quality, Hot topics in Mail, Bridging the Gender Gap with leadership tips, and working with Postal and Client Data at Scale.

July 2025 Postage Increase

The U.S. Postal Service recently filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing services price changes to take effect July 13. The new rates include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp (increasing from 73 cents to 78 cents). The bulk mail price file has yet to be posted on the PRC site.

The USPS Annual Food Drive is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th, 2025. The event (which began in 1993) is the country’s largest single-day food drive.

Residents can leave non-perishable food for collection at their mailboxes on Saturday, and Letter carriers will pick them up in cities and towns across the country.

“Letter carriers see every day the struggles that people in their communities face,” NALC President Brian L. Renfroe said. “For more than three decades, we’ve helped to meet their needs, and we are proud to do so again.”

More information about the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive can be found online at www.nalc.org/food