WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service ended the 2012 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2012) with a record net loss of $15.9 billion, compared to a net loss of $5.1 billion for the same period last... View More

WASHINGTON - During today's meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Mickey D. Barnett was elected chairman and James H. Bilbray was elected vice chairman. Barnett, the Board's current vice... View More

Chanhassen, Minn. (November 15, 2012) - IWCO Direct, a leading national provider of direct marketing solutions, has launched a completely revamped website along with its industry-leading SpeakingDIRECT... View More

The Globe & Mail--The poor, pitiable United States Postal Service, suffering from declining mail volumes and burdensome employee benefits. It seems any company that ties its fortunes to the U.S. Mail... View More

Window Book Postal Concierge--The United States Postal Service® (USPS®) recently proposed six (6) new promotions/incentives for First-Class and Standard Mail® mailers to take advantage of at... View More

WASHINGTON - 'Tis the season, and for the 237th year the U.S. Postal Service is ready for The Best Holiday Ever! with 365 million packages expected to be delivered this holiday season - a 20 percent increase... View More

Durham, N.C., Nov. 8, 2012 - Bell and Howell, a leading provider of solutions and services for paper-based and digital messaging, today announced it will integrate the HP C500 Color Print Module inkjet... View More

Federal Times--In the past three months, the U.S. Postal Service has defaulted twice on payments it owes the federal government and reached its $15 billion borrowing limit from the U.S. Treasury. In short,... View More

Postal News Blog--The Postal Service's gopost pilot program has expanded to three locations in Maryland, including one across from the University of Maryland. With gopost, the electronic parcel locker... View More

Stars&Stripes--The ban on shipping electronics with rechargeable lithium batteries overseas through the U.S. Postal Service will likely end soon, but not before the holiday season is over. The International... View More

Contingency plans for acceptance of mailings are available for mailers who may be affected by Hurricane Sandy. If PostalOne! ® is unavailable in hurricane-impacted areas, or mailers are unable to produce/submit... View More

IWCO Direct--Happy Halloween everyone. Since it's the day for ghosts, ghouls and goblins it seemed appropriate to talk about an interesting article on Target Marketing's blog entitled, "Direct Mail Still... View More

Postal News Blog--Hurricane Sandy is already impacting the movement of mail in the Northeast- the USPS says FedEx, which transports Priority, Express and some first class mail, has cancelled service to... View More

Due to severe weather conditions expected in the Washington DC Metro area starting on Monday, October 29, 2012, the TEM Release deployments for PostalOne!® and FAST applications are cancelled for Monday,... View More

Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the East Coast on Monday, October 29, 2012. There may be major flooding, high winds and power outages throughout the East Coast. If PostalOne!® is unavailable in... View More

E-commerce bytes--The race for same-day delivery is on, with eBay, Amazon, Walmart and other retailers all vying to get there first. Last week, the USPS said it was testing same-day delivery through a... View More

Federal Times--Despite maxing out a $15 billion line of credit with the U.S. Treasury last month, the U.S. Postal Service can scrape by at least through March. That's according to Ruth Goldway, chair of... View More

A"2013 Price Changes" webinar presentation by Jeff Williamson, Vice President of Pricing. This webinar will address the business impacts of the proposed "Mailing and Shipping Services Price Change Effective... View More

The planned Full-Service Release 11 deployments for PostalOne!®, eVS, FAST®, Program Registration, and SASP have been postponed. The PostalOne! Release 32.0 Production deployment originally scheduled... View More

USPS OIG--There has been a surplus in the U.S. Postal Service's Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) pension program since 1992. Most recently, the FERS surplus was projected to be $11.4 billion,... View More