WASHINGTON, DC — For over two years the Postal Regulatory Commission delayed releasing the revised postal ratesetting system. Then in December, the PRC dropped the [...]
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Postal Service filed notice on May 28 with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) requesting price changes to take effect Aug. 29, 2021 [...]
Alabama Updated 12:30pm 9-17-20: Delivery and retail operations are scheduled to resume at the following Post Office: Georgiana Post Office, 248 N Miranda Ave., 36033-9998. [...]
Informed Delivery Mail.dat Mailer Guide This is the mailer guide for creating campaigns via Mail.dat and submitting them to PostalOne! via eDoc submission. Effective January [...]
From the OIG: The same-day delivery of merchandise and groceries in the U.S. accounted for only 249 million packages in 2018, making it a niche market with uncertain [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission issued a revised notice of proposed rulemaking December 5, 2019 aimed at modifying the system for regulating rates and [...]
Updated as of 9-19-19 5pm: Texas – Southeastern Due to serious flooding caused by Tropical Depression Imelda, customers are advised of the following impacts to our [...]
The Postal Service no longer sells international postal money orders destined for Canada, and USPS no longer cashes international postal money orders issued by Canada Post. [...]
Updated 9-9-19 8:48am: South Carolina Due to mandatory evacuations in the counties listed below because of Hurricane Dorian, there are impacts to USPS operations: Redirect [...]
A new study from the OIG found that the most important external determinant of postal productivity is weather. Other factors include regional differences in real wages and [...]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service reported total revenue of $17.1 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2019 (April 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019), a decrease of [...]
Mailers will face new rate hikes in January 2020 with a PRC filing in October, according to Steve Phelps, Vice President, Pricing & Costing (Acting) who made a [...]
From the Government Accounting Office: Revenue from USPS’s most profitable product—First Class Mail—has declined over the last decade. To help stem its significant [...]
The Postal Service is proposing to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to include a more flexible option for package [...]
Secure Destruction Mail Service is available for First Class letter and flat mail only. First Class Mail, by postal definition, is a protected class of mail because it [...]
The USPS Enterprise Payment System (EPS) replaces the existing Centralized Processing System (CAPS) for eligible postal products and services. Mailers were originally told [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service reported total revenue of $19.7 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 (October 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018), an increase [...]
The Address Information System (AIS) Products Technical Guide contains documentation on all AIS products, including Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI), Z4Change, ZIPMove, [...]
The USPS is piloting a platform of new concepts called Informed Address, which enables mail to be sent and delivered without the customer’s physical address by leveraging [...]
Here is the final calendar of all 2019 postal promotions mailers can take advantage of to get discounted postage rates … (click to read) Click for additional details on [...]