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

STAMFORD, Conn., December 13, 2012 - Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today released a white paper that offers strategies that can help mailers and service bureaus improve the effectiveness of direct mail... View More

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"The 112th Congress adjourned without having passed postal legislation. Such legislation could quickly restore the Postal Service to profitability and put the organization on a stable, long-term financial... View More

Post&Parcel--The solution to the woes of the US Postal Service could be to convert the US mail into more of a hybrid public-private partnership system, according to a new report from a Congressionally-chartered... View More

The USPS Marketing Mail Product Development team will present a webinar onWednesday, January 9, 2013 for mail owners and mail service providers that willinclude a live demonstration on how to register... View More

ACS is an on-piece address correction service that allows mailers to receive change-of-address (COA) and other reasons for non-delivery electronically and reduces the number of manual (hardcopy) address... View More

Advertising Age--A couple years back I had a conversation with my accountant. He told me "money is dangerous because success can hide failure." This is a good way to describe the conundrum now facing the... View More

On the Money--Key lawmakers in both parties say the odds of a postal reform measure being enacted this year are growing slimmer and slimmer. With just two weeks left in 2012, congressional negotiators... View More