Mailers' Technical Advisory Committee Update: Changes to Move Update Standards Mailing Systems Technology

The USPS announces the withdrawal of the Proposed Rule, Revised: Changes to Move Update Standards, published in the Federal Register July 12, 2011. This Federal Register notice proposed the revision to the Move Update standards to require mailers to update their address lists with changes-of-address filed by postal employees, commonly known as Moved-Left-No-Address and PO-Box-Closed,-No-Forwarding-Order (MLNA/BCNO) orders. A current analysis of the annual volume of MLNA/BCNO orders filed shows a significant decline since the date of the proposed inclusion of MLNA/BCNO as part of the Move Update standard. By removing the MLNA/BCNO requirement the USPS is hopeful the mailing industry will instead focus their efforts on the implementation of the Full Service Intelligent Mail barcode program.