Courier, Express, and Postal Observer--In a major effort to reduce costs to match projected revenue, the Postal Service has proposed eliminating overnight delivery of single-piece mail. The Postal Service... View More
This Sunday, Aug 28, 2011 PostalOne! will be unavailable due to system maintenance and deployment of a scheduled patch release (27.0.2). Please, be advised that the outage window is being expanded to begin... View More
The August 11, 2011, Postal Bulletin Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) article about the Reply Rides Free Incentive Program contains a URL for use by mail owners wishing to participate in the program. Since... View More
In November 2011 (Release 28) and January 2012 (Release 29), the Postal Service will release software for the PostalOne!® and Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST®) systems that include... View More
Join The Association for Postal Commerce for a webinar on Thursday, August 25th at 1:00 PM Eastern presented by Cheryl Chapman, chairman of the EMA Foundation Institute for Postal Studies as she discusses... View More
The Mailers Technical Advisory Committee has formed a new work group focusing on "Physical Location Defaults and Redirections Review." Currently maintaining and determining the correct drop ship location... View More
We're delighted and pleased to announce that we made this year's Inc 500-5000 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies, for the second year in a row. "Two years in a row is hard to do," explained CEO... View More
Postal Affairs Blog--This post has been recreated in its entirety from the Mailing and Fulfillment Service Association's top-notch publication, PostalPoints. It was written by industry expert and MFSA... View More
Courier, Express & Postal Observer--In the FY11 third quarter, the Postal Service reported growth in nearly all parcel and express products that equalled or exceeded industry growth rates. The growth... View More
The mail industry in the United States now appears to be "too fragile" for the US Postal Service to raise its postal rates by above-inflation amounts, US Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said on Wednesday.... View More
Folio: It appears the United States Postal Service has had a change of heart. After issuing a request to the Postal Regulatory Commission in July to raise postal rates in January 2012 over 4 percent (considered... View More
The USPS is withdrawing the requirement for MLNA/BCNO update to comply with Move Update. He said the USPS will put something out in the FR to that affect... View More
Today the Federal Register published our final rule, introducing a new competitive product called First-Class Package Service, which replaces and removes First-Class Mail® commercial base and commercial... View More
Postal News Blog--Twitterer @nonprofitpostal has been providing updates from today's MTAC meeting. A few minutes ago he tweeted the answer to the question of whether the USPS would have to shut down next... View More
GAITHERSBURG, MD -- MCS, Inc., a leading provider of technology for the production direct mail market, announced RTC Direct Mailing Inc. of Shoemakersville, PA has recently purchased its third Eagle Inkjet... View More
Dead Tree Edition--The U.S. Postal Service will not seek an "exigent" (higher-than-inflation) rate increase this year, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe told the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee today.... View More
InsideARM: Recently the United States Postal Service announced it will be seeking permission to increase postage by an average of 4% on most classes of mail in January 2012. This announcement comes less... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service was recognized recently by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) with a 2010 Silver Award for outstanding international express mail service. The Postal Service was rated... View More
Today the Federal Register published our proposed rule on creating folded self-mailers (FSM) and other unenveloped mailpieces such as forms, statements, and official notices that will improve processing... View More