Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST®) Release 16.0, originally scheduled for deployment March 6, 2011, will now be deployed to the Production environment effective Sunday, April 17, 2011. Updated... View More
Dead Tree Edition--A Congressional panel heard the blunt truth today about how Congress' budget games have put the U.S. Postal Service on track to run out of money in September. "Burdensome and flawed... View More
Post&Parcel--The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed yesterday a number of ways it is working to improve the flow of parcels and packages into the United States. Security measures put... View More
The 2011 NPF Workshop Matrix is now available to view and download at www.npf.org. This matrix provides a complete day-by-day, hour-by-hour listing of the workshop schedule. There are over 130 workshops... View More
Postal News Blog--In a letter to President Obama, five of the nation's largest mailing industry trade groups have asked the President to direct his Office of Personnel Management to "recalculate the Postal... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the first quarter of this fiscal year (Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010) with a net loss of $329 million, compared to a net loss of $297 million for the same period... View More
Post&Parcel--Royal Mail has chosen Neopost as a partner for two of its new solutions to aid SMEs. Neopost has been selected by the operator to be a development partner for Royal Mail Tracked and Royal... View More
As the situation in Egypt continues to evolve, our acceptance policy for mail destined to that country also is evolving. Effective immediately, all Post Office and other mail acceptance locations cannot... View More
AuctionBytes.com--Some postal employees have been incorrectly telling online sellers that they must use SCAN Forms when dropping off packages with prepaid online postage. SCAN Form (PS Form 5630) is a... View More
Courier, Express and Postal Observer--The Postal Journal has just posted three recent studies looking at the changing ways that consumers and businesses receive and pay bills. The articles as a group suggest... View More
Postal News Blog--On Jan. 7, PMG Pat Donahoe announced the beginning of an organizational redesign that will help streamline the Postal Service. The announcement included a 16-percent reduction in the... View More
Currently most postal customers have their rates set as a discount from a base rate for the class of the product being mailed. The discount is based on an analysis of the savings generated from reductions... View More
RealtorMag--Real estate professionals have long understood how personalization in mailings helps boost response. A well-crafted mail piece can help you develop new relationships and reinforce your connections... View More
