Changes will be reflected in Address Information Systems subscription products On July 1, a series of ZIP Code changes will go into effect across the country. By aligning delivery territory and adding... View More

June 13, 2007 Washington, DC - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, of which Senator Susan Collins is the Ranking Member, has approved a resolution that she and Senator Joseph... View More

[1001] Repositionable Notes (RPN) service allows mailers of First-Class Mail, Periodicals and Standard Mail to affix a Post-It-type note to the outside of a mailpiece for a fee, in addition to postage... View More

The Postal Regulatory Commission has announced it will hold three public hearings as part of its development of regulations for a modern postal rate making system. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement... View More

A recent survey completed by International Communications Research (ICR) revealed that even in today's digital world, consumers clearly prefer mail over other communications vehicles such as e-mail for... View More

Pitney Bowes Chairman Michael J. Critelli was recently honored with the distinguished Global Achievement Award from the Global Envelope Alliance (GEA). The award was given during the GEA conference held... View More

The APWU, together with an organization representing a coalition of consumers and nonprofit mailers, has filed a suit challenging secret policy-making by a Postal Service advisory committee. The panel,... View More

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This from Linn's Bill McAlllister: Postal Service will sell postage for bound printed matter rate on request By Bill McAllister Washington Correspondent In a May 24 statement, United States Postal... View More

May 30, 2007 Ladies and gentlemen, earlier this morning we announced that the Postal Service is the first mailing or shipping company to achieve Cradle-to-Cradle certification for our packaging.What's... View More

Half a Billion Packages and Envelopes Meet Higher Environmental Standards USPS Consumers now can send a very "green" message across town or around the world when sending Priority Mail and Express Mail... View More

Siemens announced that it has been awarded a $217.5 million fixed-price contract to provide key technologies of the Flats Sequencing Systems (FSS) contract from the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:... View More

May 25, 2007 The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) expressed its disappointment today at the refusal of the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to revise its recommendation for exorbitant postage increases... View More

[Federal Register: May 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 100)][Proposed Rules] [Page 29100-29101]From the Federal Register... View More

Final Rule On Changes Now Posted Online The Postal Service is changing prices and mailing standards for Periodicals July 15. The new prices enhance efficiency, offer more choices and better ensure that... View More

The Rasmussen Report on customer satisfaction with the USPS. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/us_postal_service_gets_favorable_reviews_despite_higher_price_of_stamps... View More

Multichannel Merchant has an interesting piece on the finger-pointing that has escalated between the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) and the Direct Marketing Association. http://multichannelmerchant.com/news/ACMA-Greco-05212007/

The Postal Service is testing an additional application of the Seamless Verification System using Friend-To- Friend Mail postcards. The postcards will be bound into five magazines between May and December.... View More

The Postal Service is testing an additional application of the Seamless Verification System using Friend-To- Friend Mail postcards. The postcards will be bound into five magazines between May and December.... View More

The increase in postage rates that took effect May 14 has been the subject of numerous news stories purporting to analyze the size of the increase and speculating about the future role of hard-copy communication.... View More