The Postal Regulatory Commission approved the USPS request to move Premium Forwarding Service from the market-dominant to the competitive product category. The new postal law allows the USPS to reclassify products based on market conditions and other factors. Premium Forwarding Service lets residential customers reship virtually all of their mail from their permanent address to a temporary address once a week via Priority Mail .

On November 23, the Move Update standards expand from First-Class Mail automation and presort-price mailings to include all Standard Mail mailings. The minimum frequency of Move Update processing also changes from 185 days to 95 days prior to mailing. To meet the new requirements, mailers must use addresses that were updated within the previous 95 days. Mailings entered on November 23, for example, must have addresses updated no earlier than August 20. If an address used on a mailpiece in a mailing at one class of mail is updated, the same address may be used during the following 95 days in another mailing, even if it's another class of mail. Quick Service Guide 230a provides an overview of the Move Update standards, and information is available on ribbs.usps.gov (click "Move Update"). Please contact your business mail entry manager if you have questions.