Dead Tree Edition--In announcing rate increases yesterday, the U.S. Postal Service actually managed to win praise from many mailers. It's not that the new rate structures scheduled to take effect April... View More

Karen Cornelius was installed as the first female president of Mail Systems Management Association (MSMA) effective January 1, 2011 after beginning as a Regional Director in 2000. She is employed as the... View More

Recognizing ongoing concerns about mailers' readiness for broader adoption of the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb®), the USPS® has decided that automation discounts for mail with POSTNET barcodes... View More

From the DMM Advisory--Today, we notified the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that we will change prices for our Mailing Services products, which include First-Class Mail®, Standard Mail®, Periodicals,... View More

Presort.com--Marketing mailing lists can be an efficient way to increase a company's revenue. The mailing list is the most important ingredient in creating a successful campaign. Small and large businesses... View More

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