Federal Times--In the past three months, the U.S. Postal Service has defaulted twice on payments it owes the federal government and reached its $15 billion borrowing limit from the U.S. Treasury. In short,... View More
Postal News Blog--The Postal Service's gopost pilot program has expanded to three locations in Maryland, including one across from the University of Maryland. With gopost, the electronic parcel locker... View More
Stars&Stripes--The ban on shipping electronics with rechargeable lithium batteries overseas through the U.S. Postal Service will likely end soon, but not before the holiday season is over. The International... View More
Contingency plans for acceptance of mailings are available for mailers who may be affected by Hurricane Sandy. If PostalOne! ® is unavailable in hurricane-impacted areas, or mailers are unable to produce/submit... View More
IWCO Direct--Happy Halloween everyone. Since it's the day for ghosts, ghouls and goblins it seemed appropriate to talk about an interesting article on Target Marketing's blog entitled, "Direct Mail Still... View More
Postal News Blog--Hurricane Sandy is already impacting the movement of mail in the Northeast- the USPS says FedEx, which transports Priority, Express and some first class mail, has cancelled service to... View More
Due to severe weather conditions expected in the Washington DC Metro area starting on Monday, October 29, 2012, the TEM Release deployments for PostalOne!® and FAST applications are cancelled for Monday,... View More
Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the East Coast on Monday, October 29, 2012. There may be major flooding, high winds and power outages throughout the East Coast. If PostalOne!® is unavailable in... View More
No, it's not a scam (despite the scam-like title!) In the 10/17/2012 Federal Register Notice, the USPS is proposing giving mailers back up to $5000 under a new incentive called the Full-Service Technology... View More
E-commerce bytes--The race for same-day delivery is on, with eBay, Amazon, Walmart and other retailers all vying to get there first. Last week, the USPS said it was testing same-day delivery through a... View More
Federal Times--Despite maxing out a $15 billion line of credit with the U.S. Treasury last month, the U.S. Postal Service can scrape by at least through March. That's according to Ruth Goldway, chair of... View More
A"2013 Price Changes" webinar presentation by Jeff Williamson, Vice President of Pricing. This webinar will address the business impacts of the proposed "Mailing and Shipping Services Price Change Effective... View More
The planned Full-Service Release 11 deployments for PostalOne!®, eVS, FAST®, Program Registration, and SASP have been postponed. The PostalOne! Release 32.0 Production deployment originally scheduled... View More
USPS OIG--There has been a surplus in the U.S. Postal Service's Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) pension program since 1992. Most recently, the FERS surplus was projected to be $11.4 billion,... View More
Mark Bosler, Target Marketing--"We're in a deep financial crisis today because we have a business model that's tied to the past," Patrick Donahoe, USPS postmaster general, told The New York Times. "Our... View More
(Reuters) - The financially struggling United States Postal Service has hit its $15 billion borrowing limit for the first time ever, meaning it will have to rely on revenues from stamps and other products... View More