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OIG Finds Problems With Seamless Acceptance

October 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

The USPS Office of the Inspector General released a report detailing issues with Seamless Acceptance and what mailers and the USPS can do to fix them. The report found the Postal Service waives most of the issued assessments that are appealed. [...]

USPS Vote-By-Mail Analysis: 136 Million Ballots Processed and Delivered

January 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service today released an updated 2020 Post-Election Analysis that outlined the steps the agency took to deliver a record 136 million [...]

GAO Report On USPS Offering Non Postal Services

January 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

The GAO issued a report on the USPS Offering Nonpostal Services through Its Delivery Network Would Likely Present Benefits and Limitations. It found that providing new [...]

What’s Driving Postal Transportation Costs?

March 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

From the OIG: While costs in general are expected to increase over time due to inflation, there were other factors that put downward pressure on the Postal Service’s [...]

Using Mail To Build Brands

September 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

The OIG reports ads designed to elicit an emotional response or that used metaphorical symbols of the brand’s value were generally more effective for branding than ads that [...]

President’s Postal Task Force Report Kept Under Wraps

September 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

The President’s Task Force on the Postal Service has completed its work and submitted its findings to the White House. But as of September 6, 2018, the report has not [...]

Paper Shipments Decline 5% In July

August 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Forest & Paper Association released its July 2018 Printing-Writing Paper report on August 20. According to the July 2018 [...]

Understanding Postal Governance

April 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

President Trump’s three nominees to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors (BOG) appeared before a Senate panel last week, the next step in their confirmation. When [...]

Mail Collection Box Management Reviewed By OIG

September 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Mail collection boxes, introduced in 1858, are used primarily to collect mail from customers. Nationwide, there were about 153,000 collection boxes at the end of fiscal year [...]

Accenture Report: Digital Performance In The Post And Parcel Industry

April 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Accenture undertook an in-depth cross-industry study of more than 370 companies in nine industries to better understand the interplay between digital and financial [...]