Marti Dowie, Meredith Print Advantage--You may recall, back in January, 2010, the USPS announced they were reducing the amount of droop allowed to qualify for automation rates for "FLAT" category mail... View More

Federal News Radio--The Postal Service is getting away from the classic "brick and mortar" facilities. Congress recognized in 2006 that the Postal Service had more buildings than it really needed, and... View More

STAMFORD, Conn., August 26, 2010 - Postal News Blog reports that Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today announced it is opening a new domestic mail presorting facility in Jacksonville, Florida. The new site... View More

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer--The Postal Service filed their July 2010 preliminary financials with the Postal Regulatory Commission and the results raise more questions about its financial viability... View More

Presort.com--Mike Porter's recent piece "Do your customers trust you?" touches on a point about how the mail center can transform and promote itself as a trusted partner to their customers... View More

Courier, Express and Postal Observer--Readers that are expecting an answer to the question in the title will be disappointed. The truth is I do not know. However, I do know that the most recent forecasts,... View More

Dayton Daily News--As most of you know, the USPS is in deep financial trouble. There are discussions of making drastic changes in the level of service the USPS provides. On the other hand, Fed Ex is known... View More

AdWeek has reported that "According to Borrell Associates, political ad spending will reach $4.2 billion this year, double the $2.1 billion the firm estimated was spent in 2008." Read the full story... View More

From Business Wire: "GovDelivery, the leading provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions, and Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, today announced a partnership to aid government... View More

Philadelphia Magazine--My mission was simple the other day, when I stopped by the post office on South Broad. I needed some stamps. I even had a few crisp dollar bills ready for the automated stamp machine.... View More

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer--Currently there is a major argument over whether the Bush tax cuts should be extended for those earning high incomes. The argument is being fought on traditional... View More

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The Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) has established a workgroup (#139) addressing "Start-the-Clock for all Business Mail." The workgroup will develop an approach to calculate and provision... View More

Government Executive has reported that "In an Aug. 16 report, USPS Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Financial Accountability John Cihota found that a $6.8 billion surplus in Federal Employees Retirement... View More

Printing Impressions World has noted that "Against all odds, traditional advertising is perceived by consumers as more informative, entertaining and necessary than online advertising. Of more than 1,200... View More

DM News has reported that "Direct marketers and catalogers are preparing to face paper cost increases this fall, while also planning for a possible significant postal rate increase in January. Marketers... View More

From Intelisent.com--The Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) first became available for both letters and flats in May 2007. Since then, customers have mailed nearly 40 billion IMb mailpieces. Beginning May... View More

Presort.com--A pair of congressional panels approved spending bills for fiscal year 2011, including a measure to maintain six-day mail delivery. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 18-12 to approve... View More

The Postal Service has announced new officer appointments within Mailing and Shipping Services and Operations. Previously vice president of Sales, Susan Plonkey is now acting president of Mailing and Shipping... View More

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