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Post&Parcel--The US Postal Service might be able to win more federal shipping business by separating out some of its service costs as surcharges, then offering a lower basic rate. That's the view of... View More

Dead Tree Edition--The Flats Sequencing System is costing the U.S. Postal Service more than it is saving, information submitted by USPS this week indicates. USPS's response to a question from the Postal... View More

Multichannel Merchant--Citing the fact that the United States Postal Service "cannot wait indefinitely for legislation," the USPS Board of Governors said last week that it has directed management to accelerate... View More

Dead Tree Edition--I consistently find that the people in the industry who really care about environmental issues are the ones who buy paper or put ink on it. They're the only ones you'll hear talking... View More

Presort.com--Here's a point that gets lost in all the heated public debate surrounding the Postal Service's towering debt and what should be done to reduce it: Taxpayers don't support the Postal Service®;... View More

Postal Reporter News Blog--In his latest State of the Business video, PMG Pat Donahoe answers questions he has received from employees about important subjects affecting USPS. The PMG reports that most... View More

Effective January 27, 2013, there will be a change in how single-piece commercial residual First-Class Mail® letters are reported on PS Form 3600-FCM, Postage Statement - First-Class Mail. The pricing... View More

Postal News Blog--The US Postal Service, which often seems to have an obsession with "branding", has decided to abandon one of its best known and oldest brands: "Parcel Post" Parcel Post just celebrated... View More

New postage statements associated with the January 2013 price change are available on Postal Explorer®. The Postage Statement link is in the left column under *NEW* Jan. 27, 2013 Price Change Info.... View More

Matthew Broder, VP, External Communications, Pitney Bowes--It's the new year, and despite comforting phrases like wiping the slate clean' and making a fresh start,' I am sorry to report that some bad habits... View More

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Post&Parcel--An arbitration panel has ruled on a new four-and-a-half-year labour agreement for the US Postal Service with the National Association of Letter Carriers. The deal running through to 20 May,... View More

Deseret News--The U.S. Postal Service and its employee unions are chafing at requirements to pre-fund its retirement health care obligations. They argue that this squeezes the agency, while critics respond... View More

PostalOne! Release 33.0.0 Deployment - will require an extended maintenance window to complete all software updates. There will be a PostalOne!® outage from 8 p.m. Saturday, January 12, 2013, through... View More

Multichannel Merchant--Baynote today revealed the results from its 3nd Annual Holiday Online Shopping Survey. The study, conducted in partnership with the e-tailing group, surveyed 1,000 U.S. online holiday... View More

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: In the decade that the long-term financial problems of the Postal Service have been discussed openly, Post Office naming bills have become a focus of Congress. In... View More

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Times Herald-Record--On Jan. 27, the same day first-class and several other postal rates increase, the U.S. Postal Service also will launch some cost-saving services. Beginning that day, the USPS will... View More