The National Association of Postmasters of US Executive Director Ken Engstrom (NAPUS) reports:

One of the most frustrating issues a Postmaster has out in the field during a rate change is the non-information we receive. Customers and mailers know about proposed rates and changes before we do. On September 27 the USPS proposed rules to provide the mailing standards that would accompany the new prices if R2006-1 is adopted. In the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers report it spells out all the new changes. Some of them are very different from what the Postal Employee is used to seeing.