Save the Post Office--The Postal Service helps out FedEx and UPS by providing "last mile" delivery of their parcels, and two recent studies argue that the Postal Service should privatize its retail and... View More
Window Book Postal Concierge--On June 10, 2013, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved the request by the United States Postal Service® (USPS®) to offer the Technology Credit Promotion.... View More
Dead Tree Edition--Mailing-industry leaders fear that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of requesting emergency rate increases of up to 10%. After lying dormant for a couple of years, the multi-industry... View More
Post&Parcel--Judges have backed US postal regulators in ordering the US Postal Service to reduce the excessive discounts it offers for presorted mail. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia... View More
Business Customer Gateway/eAdmin Release 4.4 Deployment - to Production is scheduled for Sunday, June 9, 2013, from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. CT during the regular maintenance window. During the deployment, applications... View More
WASHINGTON, D.C. , June 5, 2013- Today, the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association joined dozens of other industry associations in the support of independent contractors by adding its voice to the... View More
STAMFORD, Conn., June 5, 2013 - Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced the winners of its 2013 Brilliant Communication Awards. The awards recognize leading high-volume print and mail organizations... View More
WASHINGTON - World Environment Day, sponsored by the United Nations, is one of the most widely observed global days for environmental awareness. Demonstrating this year's World Environment Day theme -... View More
The Full-Service Technology Credit (Tech Credit) program is pending approval by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) and will not begin on June 1, 2013. We will provide an update once the PRC decision... View More
Postal News Blog--In his latest State of the Business video, PMG Pat Donahoe describes the progress USPS has made mid-way through 2013, along with some of its plans for the rest of the year. Read more!
The notes from the recent MTAC Focus Group Sessions are to be posted under the heading "Quarterly MTAC Meetings and Focus Group Sessions: 2013" on the MTAC page of the Postal Service's RIBBS website: https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=mtac.... View More
Direct Marketing News--When the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced in February a plan to eliminate mail delivery on Saturday, mailers approved. Many told Direct Marketing News that by and large such... View More
Today the Postal Regulatory Commission issued a request for comments on proposed rules to streamline the procedures for considering Postal Service proposals to make nationwide, or substantially nationwide,... View More
Inland Press--With the postal regulatory battle lost, newspapers are looking to Congress and the courts to stop the discount deal the United States Postal Service (USPS) struck with the big direct mailer... View More
PostalOne!® Release 34.1.0 Deployment - is scheduled for June 2 during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and will include several infrastructure changes. There will be a PostalOne!® outage... View More
PostalOne!® Release 34.1.0 Deployment - is scheduled for June 2 during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and will include several infrastructure changes. There will be a PostalOne!® outage... View More
Post&Parcel--Swiss Post has signed an agreement with Pitney Bowes Limited and Pitney Bowes Ireland Limited concerning the purchase of their mailroom and document management business in the United Kingdom... View More
Post&Parcel--The U.S. Postal Service ended the second quarter of its 2013 fiscal year (Jan. 1 - March 31) with a net loss of $1.9 billion. The Postal Service continues to grow revenue and reduce expenses... View More
Post&Parcel--The trial of automated parcel locker terminals at the US Postal Service has seen a "very slow" uptake by consumers, according to an audit by the Inspector General. The Postal Service launched... View More
AGOURA HILLS, Calif., May 15, 2013 - Datatech SmartSoft, the Canadian-owned leader in postal software and address accuracy technology, today announced two major new solutions for the Canadian market, along... View More