Postal DIM Weight Pricing Expansion June 23, 2019
Sharon Owens, USPS VP for Pricing and Costing, outlined the 2019 postage rate hikes and other developments including 2019 Mailing Promotions. She also said the dimensional [...]
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USPS Mailpiece Design Approval Knowledge Base
The Postal Service has launched a Mailpiece Design Approval Knowledge Base, to provide consistent and universal evaluations of mailpieces entered through Business Mail Entry [...]
USPS Reports $3.9 Billion Loss In 2018
PMG: Urgent need to advance legislative and regulatory reforms, along with continued aggressive postal management actions to generate new revenue and control costs [...]
California Wildfires: Post Office Closures; Mail Service Disruptions
Last updated 11-19-18 at 1pm ET: California Los Angeles District Due to wildfires and road closures, the following Post Offices in Malibu remain closed: Malibu, 23838 Pacific [...]
USPS, APWU Agree To Continue Negotiations Into November
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) have agreed to extend contract negotiations on a new collective bargaining [...]
PostalOne! January 2019 Changes
The USPS issued the PostalOne! January 2019 release notes, to become effective January 27, 2019. Included in this document are the changes that are under consideration for [...]
USPS Introduces New Proof of Delivery Letter
— From USPS Mail and Package Information Systems, Enterprise Analytics, 9-13-18: On July 22, 2018, the Postal Service released an improved version of the Proof of Delivery [...]
Postal Mail Tracking Codes: What They Mean
What does “Received By Agent” mean? You probably have seen that and a dozen other terms and not understood. The USPS uses such terminology as part of its mail and [...]
Hurricane Florence: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Post Offices Mail Service Update; Zip Code List
Mail Service Disruption Alert Last updated 9-27, 8:30 p.m. ET North Carolina The Post Offices listed below remain closed with services available at alternate locations: [...]
Senate OK’s Two Governors
The U.S. Senate confirmed two nominees for the USPS Board of Governors — Robert M. Duncan, a Kentucky resident, and David C. Williams, an Illinois resident. Williams is [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
