Post&Parcel--Postal regulators in the United States held their first public forum yesterday on potential reforms to the country's postal legislation as enacted in 2006. An informal hearing by the Postal... View More

Post&Parcel--Pitney Bowes has appointed Ian Davidson as president of Global Mailing Solutions (GMS). Davidson will now oversee the development, growth and profitability of the division throughout Europe.... View More

Intelisent--All Reply mail must be transitioned from using POSTNET to using the Intelligent Mail barcode by May of 2011 in order to qualify for automation discounts. The USPS is offering little to help... View More

Postal News Blog--Although the union is "increasingly frustrated" at the slow pace of contract negotiations, bargaining is continuing, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. After briefing the Rank... View More

DMM Advisory: January DMM Update. Postal Explorer® (pe.usps.com) is your source for up-to-date mailing standards. The Domestic Mail Manual is fully searchable on Postal Explorer and features fly-out... View More

Direct Marketing News--Marketers reacted with weariness to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposal to implement an online "Do-Not-Track" option that would allow consumers to opt out of all third-party... View More

Full-Service ACS Update: PostalOne!® Release 26, which was deployed on January 2, 2011 corrected two issues affecting provisioning of Full Service ACS records. Full Service ACS information for mailers... View More

Dead Tree Edition--With a radical management reorganization, including the break-up of the Intelligent Mail group, new Postmaster General Pat Donahoe showed once again yesterday that he won't just quietly... View More

Lexiconn Blog--It's only a few days into the new year, and the US Postal Service (USPS) has managed to cause some major issues for many ecommerce merchants. What looked like a simple, straightforward update... View More

The Postal Regulatory Commission is conducting the first five-year review of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). Section 701 of the Act requires the Commission, at least every five years,... View More

As background, the Postal Service developed a process (model) to estimate the deferred revenue for prepaid postage (PIHOP) at the end of a reporting period. This audit found that changes in consumer purchase... View More

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service is ringing in the new year with an expedited package delivery service that provides a simpler way to ship to regional destinations. Designed for commercial shippers,... View More

ARLINGTON, TX January 6, 2011-- Print/Mail Consultants (PMC), a provider of informational content for document industry vendors and document operations consulting services, announced today it has become... View More

Dead Tree Edition--The U.S. Postal Service's costs for handling Periodicals mail are so high partly because it insists on providing services that publishers don't want, according to a leading publishing... View More

The Associated Press has reported that "The post office wants to get into the gift card business. Pre-paid cards have become one of the most popular gift items and postal officials want to do more than... View More

Post&Parcel--Itella has made its e-letter solution NetPosti available to mobile devices The NetPosti service is now available on iPhone and Android phones, as well as tablet devices, such as the Apple... View More

Washington Times--A recently settled U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigation into online retailer Amazon.com revealed the company was shipping parcels at postal rates cheaper than the prices they... View More

Gather Technology--The American postal system has left much to be desired. No matter what service we use or what company we use, there is always something that could be done better. The main problem is... View More

Intelisent--"On January 2, the USPS will require new postage statements. The official USPS position has been that you cannot use the statements prior to the implementation date, but you must do so on the... View More

from Window Book Postal Concierge--There are a number of recent developments affecting the mailing industry, particularly with regard to USPS® changes scheduled to be effective in January, 2011. Delay... View More