Chicago Tribune--Headlines across the country have been declaring the U.S. Postal Service in dire need of drastic reform to ensure its viability. But the most talked-about proposal - eliminating Saturday... View More
WASHINGTON - Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe today announced the top executives who will work directly with him in creating a more profitable, nimble U.S. Postal Service, able to compete aggressively... View More
From PCC Insider--In an order issued last Thursday, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) found that the 2011 competitive product prices announced recently by the U.S. Postal Service comply with statutory... View More
Direct Marketing News--Senator Susan Collins, R-ME, introduced a new bill aimed at helping the Postal Service regain its financial footing and upped the ante that some sort of bill to fix the Postal Service's... View More
Postcom.org reports that the International Mailers' Advisory Group (IMAG) has elected a new Board of Directors to guide the organization through 2012. IMAG's new Chairman is Karen Houk, Director of Postal... View More
Post & Parcel--USPS postmaster general Pat Donahoe urged his workforce to adapt to the "reality of a smaller marketplace", as he began his first day in the new job today. In an open letter to United... View More
Washington, DC - The Commission has begun work on Section 701 of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) as required to issue its report to the President and Congress concerning the operation... View More
WASHINGTON - The incoming postmaster general told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Thursday that one of his highest priorities would be to improve the customer experience, making the Postal Service "leaner,... View More
Post & Parcel--The incoming postmaster general told a US Senate subcommittee today (2 December) that one of his highest priorities would be to improve the customer experience, making the Postal Service... View More
Direct Marketing News--American voters sent a clear message about government spending last month when they voted in a new House of Representatives class dominated by Republicans. Direct marketing industry... View More
Postal News Blog--As we told you earlier today, the report of the national debt commission falsely suggested thet the USPS had received a "bailout" from Congress in 2009. This afternoon the National Association... View More
Presort.com--The US Postal Service ended the first month of fiscal year 2011 with a profit according to an unaudited financial statement filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday. The statement... View More
Postal Affairs Blog--Yesterday Dead Tree Edition published this post on Barriers to Intelligent Mail, identified by the Office of Inspector General here. I am referencing the same OIG doc below, but focusing... View More
PHOENIX, Nov. 30, 2010 - UPS Mail Innovations, the business mail services unit of UPS (NYSE: UPS), has opened a new processing center near Phoenix to improve service to companies in Arizona and New Mexico... View More
Directmag.com--The U.S. Postal Service has filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the next step in its appeal of the Postal Regulatory Commission's order denying... View More
Postal Affairs Blog--a call for unity from Gene Del Polito, President, Association for Postal Commerce This is a subject we can all agree on and rally around. Take action "Well, the Thanksgiving Day holiday... View More
Postal News Blog--A survey of Chief Marketing Officers shows that most companies are spending about the same on holiday advertising in 2010 as they did last year, but they're shifting their mix of ads.... View More
Postal News Blog--Contract negotiations between the APWU and the Postal Service resumed Nov. 29, with a Dec. 1 deadline fast approaching. Talks will continue on Nov. 30. The union and management discussed... View More
Postcom.org--e USPS on November 23, 2010, held a webinar with PostCom and others to air its draft proposals for folded self-mailer designs [slides] based on the results of its testing. The proposed formats... View More
The Memphis Commercial Appeal has noted that "The United States Postal Service is routinely castigated for losing money, but in a series of internal audits it has identified $94 million in unnecessary... View More