USPS National Map Gives Live Status At Postal Facilities
The U.S. Postal Service’s National Map is an online, interactive tool that allows employees to track the operational status of postal facilities. It provides a visual [...]
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Issues Impacting Mailer Scorecard
The USPS issued an Industry Alert about issues with updating the Seamless Tab of the mailer Scorecard on August 15, 2018 … (click to read [...]
Good-bye, POSTNET
The USPS has issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register for the amendment of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, (DMM) to [...]
Presidential Postal Task Force Report Due This Week
On April 12 President Trump ordered a review of the Postal Service, charging the task force to “conduct a thorough evaluation of the operations and finances of the [...]
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 [...]
Postal Reform Architect John McHugh Heads Amazon-Backed Package Coalition
WASHINGTON, DC — A diverse group of America’s leading retailers, e-commerce and logistics companies announced that they have come together to form The Package [...]
GAO Releases Review Of USPS Capital Spending Processes
From the Government Accountability Office: GAO was asked to review USPS’s capital-spending plans and examine how its capital-spending processes address uncertainties [...]
Ready, Set, Gopost: USPS Adds More Parcel Lockers
The Postal Service is continuing to offer gopost lockers where customers can ship and receive packages. The latest gopost location, Pine Street Station in San Francisco, [...]
Millenials & The Mail: OIG Report Shows Promise
The OIG found that while Millennials check their mail less frequently than older generations, their overall satisfaction with the Postal Service is similar to older age [...]
Census Bureau Tests USPS Informed Delivery
The U.S. Census Bureau recently tested Informed Delivery’s ability to raise awareness of the agency’s questionnaires. Informed Delivery allows users to receive digital [...]
New USPS Enterprise Payment System Account Creation Fact Sheet
The new Enterprise Payment System (EPS) replaces the current product-centric payment with a centralized account processing system enabling customers to pay and manage their [...]
New Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Reporting User Guide
This guide provides information about the United States Postal Service (USPS) Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV-MTR) application, which allows mailers to [...]
President Proposes USPS Privatization; PMG Responds
The President’s Task Force on the Postal Service is not due to deliver its report until August 10, but it has tipped its hand that privatization will like be a [...]
Online Postal Permit, Fee Payment Information Updated
The USPS has released updated information on opening an online postal permit. To mail at a discounted rate you are required to open a mailing permit. There is no fee to apply [...]
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 [...]