The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it is changing its policy that effectively banned cigarettes from being mailed to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The policy, which took effect at the end... View More

From Postal News Blog: The National League of Postmasters has posted the following statement on its web site: The recession has had a devastating impact on the finances of the Postal Service. The Postal... View More

USPS CFO Joseph Corbett has testifed before the Postal Regulatory Commission that, even if the Postal Service receives the billions of relief it is seeking from Congress, the Postal Service says it still... View More

At the Postal Regulatory Commission: (focus: testimony of Stephen J. Masse, V.P. Finance and Planning, USPS): The Postal Regulatory Commissioners started the day by acknowledging the contributions of the... View More

According to D. Eadward Tree, "Most of what's wrong with the Postal Service is the fault of Congress. Congress has been bleeding billions of dollars annually from the supposedly independent and self-sustaining... View More

Media Daily News has reported that "U.S. media and communications spending is poised for big growth from 2009-2014, according to a new forecast from Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private-equity firm in the... View More

Postal News Blog--The Postal Regulatory will hear from three USPS finance executives this week as it considers the postal service's request for an exigent' rate increase. All hearings will be broadcast... View More

The US Postal Service reported a 4.2% year-over-year increase in Standard Mail for the third quarter of its fiscal year, indicating advertising mail has rebounded for the second straight quarter. Read... View More

Dramatic changes are being proposed for the United States Postal Service, including dropping Saturday delivery and substantially boosting rates. In most news articles about the Postal Service's financial... View More

Intelisent has highlighted some important quotes from a recent OIG audit of the PostalOne!, including: "While we recognize the need to schedule interruptions in system availability for maintenance and... View More

According to one writer for DM News, "Direct mail will be dead for many companies and dying for many more - if postal rates rise in 2011. Many, including Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), favor abolishing... View More

As Helium has noted, "in accounting terms, liquidity is different than being bankrupt. On paper, the USPS is a considerably wealthy organization, with a massive pool of assets: offices, mail handling facilities,... View More

DM News has noted that "The US Postal Service is encouraging e-retailers to turn to print catalogs to raise revenue. Our experts debate whether they should expand their reach to print or stay green'."... View More

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 (April 1 - June 30) with a net loss of $3.5 billion, compared with a net loss of $2.4 billion for the same quarter last... View More

Today, we have more ways to communicate with one another than ever before: U.S. Mail, landlines, cell phones, voice mail, e-mail and texting - just to name a few. And while mail continues to play a vital... View More

According to the Huffington Post, "Rather than raising prices at a time when its customers are just beginning to recover from the recession, the Postal Service should be emulating its closest competitors,... View More

Postal News Blog--Excerpts from testimony filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission by former USPS Chief Financial Officer Michael J. Riley. Riley testified on behalf of the National Association of Letter... View More

From Dead Tree Edition: Sometimes, it seems, the Postal Service bends over backwards to ensure that periodicals are mailed inefficiently so that it can bellow about how unprofitable they are. The latest... View More

For one day, Monday, AUGUST 23rd, the Los Angeles NDC will be CLOSED. Please advise drop shippers of the following: - Closure is due to major facility work that will suspend ALL electrical power between... View More

The Atlanta Business Chronicle has reported that "MailExpress has received a delivery of $10 million in venture financing from its current investors. MailExpress Inc. offers high-volume corporate mailers... View More