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State Attorneys General File PRC Statement Opposing Mail Service Cuts

Attorney General William Tong today joined a group of 21 attorneys general and two cities calling on the Postal Regulatory Commission to oppose Postmaster General DeJoy’s efforts to increase delivery times for First-Class Mail and other essential postal services. [...]

USPS Remains Open on Juneteenth Citing Service

The U.S. Postal Service issued this statement regarding the new Juneteenth federal holiday on June 17, 2021: “The U.S. Postal Service is fully supportive of the new [...]

USPS Chief Retail Officer Kristin Seaver To Retire

Chief Retail and Delivery Officer Kristin Seaver will retire Aug. 28, concluding a Postal Service career that began almost three decades ago. In a memo announcing the news [...]

First-Class Mail, Periodicals See Service Improvements While Marketing Mail Declines

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service provided new service performance data today for the week of May 29 through June 4, 2021. During the seven-day period, First-Class [...]

Postal Customer Council Leaders Honored

WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Postal Service recognized Postal Customer Councils (PCCs) throughout the nation for their outstanding achievement and innovation during the unique [...]

OIG Releases Vote By Mail Primer

The U.S. Postal Service delivered more than 135 million ballots to or from voters in the 2020 general election. Vote by mail had been growing steadily in usage in the United [...]

USPS Withdraws From ECOMPRO for Priority Mail Int’l Shipments

The USPS issued the following notice without explaining why it was taking this action: “This notice affects international shippers only. Effective immediately, USPS has [...]

Postage Forms, Info For August Rate Hike

Here are redlined postage forms and links to help you prepare for the upcoming USPS rate hike on August 29, 2021: Mail Classification Changes effective in August [...]

MAILERS HIT WITH MASSIVE SECOND RATE HIKE IN 2021: Postage To Rise 6.8% For First Class And Marketing Mail in August

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 [...]

NEW POSTAGE RATES effective August 29, 2021

The U.S. Postal Service announced new postage rates, effective August 29, 2021 as follows: Flat Rate Pricing Retail Prices: Priority Mail Express Priority Mail First-Class [...]

USPS RESUMES NETWORK CONSOLIDATION

WASHINGTON, DC — The USPS will resume network consolidations that were suspended in 2015 after outcries from mailers and consumers that service would suffer from more [...]

LIST OF POSTAL FACILITY CLOSURES

As the USPS resumes its facility consolidations since suspending them in 2015, it announced the following … (click to read [...]

APWU Opposes USPS Plans For Plant Consolidations

From APWU: On Tuesday April 27, 2021 postal management informed the APWU of management’s intent to pursue consolidations and operational mail moves in 18 facilities [...]

Postcom Joins In Legal Challenge To PRC Rate System

The Association for Postal Commerce (PostCom) filed a “Mailer Petitioner Initial Brief” on April 13, joining other mailing associations in DC Circuit court to [...]

Postal Union to Congress: Don’t Mess With USPS Board

From The American Prospect: The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the union of the men and women who deliver the mail, warned members of Congress last month not [...]

Seamless Acceptance Informational PDF

The USPS has released the Seamless Acceptance/Automated Verification – 2021 Industry Informational PDF to help educate mailers on the benefits of seamless acceptance [...]

PostalOne! Changes April 25, 2021; New Mail.Dat Client Required

This document details software updates scheduled for Sunday, April 25, 2021. Impacted Commercial Systems include: — PostalOne! System Release 52.1.0.0 * — [...]

USPS Releases Enterprise Payment System Presentation

Learn more about the USPS Enterprise Payment System in this new PDF presentation … (click to read [...]

New Informed Delivery Mailer Onboarding Guide

This is the Mailer Onboarding Guide for Informed Delivery Campaigns. This covers how to set up a Business Customer Gateway (BCG) account and permit account for testing [...]

Postmaster General, Union Leadership Form Joint Task Force on Service Performance

The following Joint Statement was issued March 23, 2021 by: Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Louis DeJoy Fred Rolando, President of the National Association of [...]