USPS To Retire External First Class Measurement (EXFC) System
On July 5, 2018, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved Internal Service Performance Measurement (SPM) as the Postal Service’s official system of record for [...]
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Hawaii To Conduct All Elections By Mail
Hawaii is on its way to becoming the fourth state in the nation to conduct all elections by mail, beginning in two years, according to the USPS. Colorado, Oregon and [...]
PRC Proposes Revised Formula For Calculating Competitive Product Costs
The Postal Regulatory Commission released a revised formula to be used to calculate the minimum amount that competitive products as a whole are required to annually [...]
Enterprise Analytics PDF Report At MTAC
The USPS made a presentation on Enterprise Analytics at MTAC’s June meeting, detailing a plethora of mailing issues and solutions including Informed Visibility, [...]
STOP Law Forces USPS To Track International Mail
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved H.R. 5788, Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, by a vote of 353-52. The law [...]
Postal Reform Bill Introduced In House
An updated Postal Reform Act of 2018 was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives June 15, a mirror bill of the Postal Reform Act of 2017. The only difference [...]
ACS Billing Suspended; No Bills In June
The USPS announced that ACS billing has been suspended until the issue with ACS billing is resolved. There will not be invoicing in June 2018. Earlier in the month the USPS [...]
Self Service Post Office, Automated Guide Vehicles Deployed
The Postal Service is continuing to innovate with automation, opening its first self-service only retail unit and deploying automated guide vehicles (AGVs). USPS Chief [...]
2019 Postage Hikes Could Top 5% As Inflation Soars
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in May, marking a 2.8% rise in the last 12 months. That means mailers will be paying more come January 2019. Under current law the USPS can [...]
Direct Mail Equipment: Mailing Machines To Get Your Bulk Mail Out The Door
Mail operations depend on mailing machine equipment and technology like no other industry to cut labor costs and gain bulk discounts from the U.S. Postal Service. But [...]
Scratch-n-Sniff Frozen Treats Forever Stamps
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service’s first scratch-and-sniff stamps will add the sweet scent of summer to letters of love, friendship, party invitations and other [...]
ZIP Code Lookup
Look Up a ZIP Code by address, by city or by state from the official source, the United States Postal Service: Click to Lookup ZIP Code By Address Click to Lookup Zip Code By [...]
President Trump Orders Review Of USPS
President Trump ordered a review of the Postal Service, signing an executive order late Thursday April 12 that creates a task force to “conduct a thorough evaluation of [...]
Move Update – Green and Secure Final Rule
The USPS has implemented a new method for measuring compliance for meeting the Move Update requirement using a Census based approach. USPS uses scans from Mail Processing [...]
PRC Financial Analysis Of USPS Released
The Postal Regulatory Commission has released its financial anaylsis of USPS for Fiscal Year 2017 … (click to read more) Related Article: PRC Issues 2017 Annual [...]
Here Come The Postal Delivery Robots
The Office of Inspector General released two reports that look at mail delivery robots by the Postal Service. One report shows a positive public perception for the concept. [...]
Guide to USPS Acronyms and Abbreviations
New mailers sometimes have a challenging time learning Postal acronyms. This reference guide provides a listing of common postal abbreviations & acronyms and can be [...]
Secure Destruction: A Primer For Mailers
Secure Destruction eliminates UAA Return to Sender mail at the USPS facility. Secure Destruction was created in response to mailers asking to reduce handling costs for [...]
How To Use Informed Delivery In Your Mailings
Informed Delivery is an optional, free feature that gives residential consumers the ability to digitally preview their mail and manage their packages from one convenient [...]
SPY PHOTOS: Is This The New USPS Mail Delivery Vehicle?
The USPS is in the hunt for a replacement to its iconic Grumman mail delivery truck. Recent photos have been published of what it may look like … (click to read [...]
