Mail On Your Phone … USPS Informed Delivery Tests In NYC
New Yorkers are one of several locations where the Informed Delivery program is being tested. A daily email with pictures of what is coming to your mailbox is sent to postal [...]
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No, You Can’t Mail Weed States Made Legal
The legalization of marijuana in some states has led some to question the legality of mailing it … (click to read [...]
Protest Over Native American Depiction In Post Office
A mural in the Durham, NH post office depicting a native ready to torch a settler’s home has brought calls for its removal … (click to read [...]
USPS Prepares For Record Holiday Season
The USPS expects to deliver more than 16 billion cards, letters, and packages during the 2016 holiday season … (click to read [...]
UPS, FedEx, USPS Project Record Holiday Volumes
The major carriers and USPS are projecting record holiday shipments, with double-digit increases over last year’s record-breaking performance … (click to read [...]
PRC Approves Priority Mail, Parcel Rate Hikes; Fee Increases
The Postal Rate Commission approved the Postal Service’s proposed 2017 rate hikes for Priority Mail, Parcels, International, and service fees. Click for PRC Final [...]
Some Mailers Don’t Like The Name “Marketing Mail”; Can Continue Using “Standard Mail”
The Postal Service will formally change “Standard Mail” to “Marketing Mail” in the new year, better reflecting what this mail class is used for. The [...]
Share Mail Product Info Released
The Postal Service has released information on Share Mail, a postal product that lets users send Single-Piece First-Class Mail without affixing a stamp. Mailers can send [...]
NLRB Judge Rules For Union Over Staples Deal
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas upheld the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) assertion that the USPS-Staples Approved Shipper [...]
USPS Reports 2016 Financial Results; First Class Drops, Standard Steady; Revenue Up 2.3%
WASHINGTON — After accounting for a $5.8 billion retiree health benefit prefunding obligation, the U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of approximately $5.6 billion [...]
Postal Reform In 2016: It Could Happen … No More Mail Delivery To Business Customer’s Doors?
For business mailers use to the snail’s pace of postal reform legislation, the very idea that the Congress would pass a Postal Reform 2016 bill in the lame-duck session [...]
What Happens With No USPS Governors December 8?
The last remaining governor’s time on the USPS Board of Governors will end December 8, 2016. If no new governors are confirmed before then, the Postal Service will lose the [...]
OIG Blasts USPS Private Studies
The Office of the Inspector General released a report on USPS use of private contractor studies, stating the Post was unable to produce 30 of the 97 studies when OIG asked to [...]
MYSTERY: Did USPS Sign Partnership With Chinese Package Shipping Firm?
CNBC reports: ” The United States Postal Service isn’t on the same page with a major Chinese company that claims they have an agreement in the works. The USPS [...]
RESULTS: How Many Mailers Did The 2016 USPS Mailing Promotions?
At the November MTAC meeting the Postal Service announced the results of its 2016 mailing promotions … how many companies participated and how much mail volume was [...]
Emergency Committee of the USPS Meets Nov. 15
The Temporary Emergency Committee of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (“TEC”) will meet Nov. 15 in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 [...]
VIDEO: Postmaster General Updates
Postmaster General Megan Brennan delivers a video update on USPS strategies … (click to read [...]
Nativity Forever Stamp Issued
The U.S. Postal Service is ready for Christmas with a new Nativity Forever stamp issued today. The stamp was dedicated at Saint John’s Church in Washington, DC, and is [...]
Feds Seek $100 Million From Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis For USPS Sponsorship
The Federal court is deciding whether to rule against the U.S. government’s lawsuit against Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis to recover USPS sponsorship monies … [...]
Full-Service Assessments To Begin November 14, 2016
The Postal Service will begin Assessments for Electronic Verification Metrics in November 2016 for October data. The assessments result in the removal of the Full-Service [...]