New Mail.dat Technical Specifications
The USPS has released new Mail.dat Specifications on June 9, 2019. Click to download Mail.dat Technical [...]
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FL Man Pleads Guilty To Informed Delivery Fraud
BOSTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery [...]
Isaac Cronkhite Named Chief Human Resources Officer
Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Megan Brennan has announced that Isaac Cronkhite will serve as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President, [...]
PostalOne! June Price Change Release Overview
The Postal Service has updated the changes currently under development for the next PostalOne! software release scheduled for June 9, 2019. The Postal Service will change the [...]
Stamps.com Slammed As USPS Renegotiates With Resellers
Stamps.com’s stock plummetted after reporting First Quarter 2019 financial results following termination of USPS discount contracts. Adding to the company’s woes [...]
Iowa Absentee Ballots Required To Have IMB
Governor Kim Reynolds signed a law requiring all absentee ballots in Iowa have USPS Intelligent Mail Barcodes for tracking purposes … (click to read more) Iowa [...]
INFORMED VISIBILITY 2019: Provisioning Mail Quality Data
With the Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV-MTR) application (iv.usps.com), mailers are able to get mail tracking data for letter and flat containers, [...]
Award Winning Mail
The U.S. Postal Service has recognized Frederick Yocum and The Standard Group with the Next Generation Campaign Grand Champion Award for their ability to create exceptional [...]
Pitney Bowes, Royal Alliances, and Intelisent Win Data Driven Award
The U.S. Postal Service has recognized Pitney Bowes, Royal Alliances, and Intelisent with the Data Driven Excellence Award for utilizing the Informed Visibility platform to [...]
FCA US, TracFone and AT&T Honored with Mail Innovation Award
The U.S. Postal Service has recognized FCA US, TracFone Wireless, Inc. and AT&T with the Informed Innovation Award for their creative efforts using USPS technology. The [...]
USPS Testing Self-Driving Trucks
The Postal Service is testing self-driving trucks for long haul mail and package distribution … (click to read [...]
UPDATE: QR Code on Return Labels
On May 3, 2019 the Postal Service has updated the Merchandise Return Application (MRA) and the Web Tools API to provide consumers the ability to print a Quick Response (QR) [...]
USPS Governors Temporary Emergency Meeting May 10
WASHINGTON, DC— The Temporary Emergency Committee (TEC) of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet May 10, 2019 in Indianapolis, IN to review quarterly [...]
Secretive Facility Where USPS Sells Lost Mail
An investigative reporter tracked down where lost USPS mail is sent and later sold — traveling to a Georgia facility where his film crew was detained … (click to [...]
Required Mail.dat Client Version For June Price Change
The June Price Change 2019, PostalOne! System Release 49.0.0.0, will result in a new required Mail.dat client version. Users should download Mail.dat client version [...]
Fairness Act Would Repeal USPS Pre-Funding Mandate
New bipartisan legislation introduced April 28 titled the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) would repeal the mandated pre-funding of retiree health benefits and thus improve the [...]
OIG: Mail Mix Matters For Effective Ad Mail
USPS Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb referenced an upcoming study that details the importance of the household mail mix for ad mail effectiveness in her presentation at [...]
New Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee Roster
The MTAC membership roster has been updated effective May 4, 2019. Click to [...]
Strapping Machines For Trays, Boxes and Pallets
More than a dozen different mail tray, box and pallet strapping systems make up the extensive line of strappers from Dynaric — including automatic, semi-automatic, and [...]
No Changes To Merchandise In Marketing Mail
The USPS announced earlier this month it would abandon its plans to eliminate merchandise from Marketing (Standard) Mail, after a broad outcry from mailers. The USPS said it [...]
