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

Federal Times has noted that "The U.S. Postal Service has frequently failed to justify millions of dollars worth of "workshare discounts" given to mailers for efficiency reasons and other grounds, a newly... View More

As the January 2, 2011 is approaching, USPS' systems are in a ready mode and we are ready to work with you to accept mail using the new postage statements. We appreciate the efforts of the software vendor... View More

Post&Parcel--Next year looks set to be a more favourable year for the US Postal Service, according to federal regulators - with the exception of its retiree health benefits problem. In its end-of-year... View More

To broaden its national footprint for delivery of printed statements, bills, invoices and customer correspondence, Financial Statement Services, Inc. (FSSI) announced the opening of a new operations facility... View More

Presort.com--The U.S. Postal Service has named a former letter carrier to the CIO position in a series of executive appointments aimed at making the agency a more agile, customer-oriented organization.... View More

Postal News Blog--Credit card issuers are working harder than ever to retain existing customers and attract new ones. According to Mintel Comperemedia, a service that provides direct marketing competitive... View More

from Window Book Postal Concierge The United States Postal Service® (USPS®) announced changes to the Labeling List data, effective December 6, 2010, with a mandatory use date of February 17, 2011.... View More

Today, the Postal Bulletin published the upcoming DMM® standards for the optional preparation of flat-sized mailpieces in Flats Sequencing System (FSS) zones. These standards were previously provided... View More

Multichannel Merchant--The Affordable Mail Alliance objects to a Dec. 10 ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission that allows the U.S. Postal Service to bank a negative CPI (Consumer Price Index) instead... View More