PostalOne!® Outage: A major Oracle® database technology upgrade will be completed during an extended maintenance window from 6 p.m. CDT on Saturday, July 14, 2012, through 8 a.m. CDT on Sunday... View More
Postal News Blog--Business mailers will receive an upfront 2-percent postage discount on Standard Mail and First-Class Mail letters, flats, and cards (presort and automation only) that include a two-dimensional... View More
Courier, Express & Postal Observer--In repsonse to a question on Twitter, Congressman Dennis Ross has confirmed that H.R. 2309, the Postal Reform Act, will reach the House floor on July 10, 2012. Read... View More
Window Book Postal Concierge--The United States Postal Service® (USPS®) sent a notice on June 27, 2012 to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) requesting approval for a "Holiday Mobile Shopping... View More
Courier, Express & Postal Observer--With the May preliminary financial results now out, the Postal Service appears likely to complete this year in better financial shape than expected when forecasts... View More
Multichannel Merchant--The American Catalog Mailers Association wants its members with ties to Republican congressional districts to contact their elected officials and voice their displeasure regarding... View More
Alliance of Non-profit Mailers--Washington, DC, June 27, 2012 - Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform and the leading sponsor of the postal... View More
Durham, N.C., June 26, 2012 - Bell and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital messaging, today announced that it has received ten new U.S. patent awards for innovations... View More
SEATTLE, WA - June 25, 2012 - Satori Software is pleased to announce the election of Corey Smith, Satori Software vice president of production mailing solutions, to the Mailing & Fulfillment Service... View More
The New York chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) has honored Leslie Abi-Karam, executive vice president and president, communications solutions at Pitney Bowes, as a "Woman of Power and... View More
Knowledge@Wharton--Nearly half the world's mail is delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS), a massive operation with 26,000 post offices and over half a million employees. Patrick Donahoe,... View More
Postal News Blog--The idea that the US Postal Service just doesn't provide the service that its private competitors do is pretty much sacred dogma for politicians in both parties. According to a recent... View More
Puget Sound Business Journal--Amazon.com recently disclosed that it had settled a mysterious investigation by the U.S. Postal Service for a "nominal amount."ââ Amazon never revealed what the... View More
Window Book--Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you are already aware that Postal Service is planning to "sunset" the POSTNET barcode in January 2013 in favor of the Intelligent Mail® barcode... View More
Knowledge@Wharton--The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in dire financial straits -- and the solution will involve painful restructuring. The reason: Like many large, once successful organizations,... View More
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: The Postal Service's customer interface systems (i.e. FAST, IMB, Postal One, Click n Ship, label printing, Postage purchase, etc.) were out as much as twelve hours... View More
Each year the Print, Services and Distribution Association (PSDA) hosts a contest where printers can enter unique designs and solutions to be judged by a team of industry specialists. This year The Flesh... View More
Post&Parcel--US postal regulators have noted "substantial" opposition to a $107m mailing contract proposed between the US Postal Service and one of its largest direct mail customers. The terms of the... View More
intelisent--Highlighting two items from this article. The first is about PostalOne downtime. No brainer. The second item, on "Partners", really highlights some of the trouble with the USPS and how they... View More
WhatTheyThink.com--The second Postal Vision conference drew 150 attendees to Washington DC's L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. This was two Metro stops from the real decision makers, i.e., Congress and the United... View More