Feb. 6 2013
Postal News Blog--Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe lacks the constitutional and statutory authority to unilaterally implement his announced plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery to tens of millions... View More
Feb. 6 2013
Multichannel Merchant--Direct-to-customer merchants who mail catalogs told Multichannel Merchant they are fine with the United States Postal Service's 5-day delivery plan, which is scheduled to go into... View More
Feb. 5 2013
WASHINGTON - The Postal Service ranks as the fourth most trusted company - a two-point increase from 2011 and its highest company ranking since the survey's inception by the premier privacy trust study... View More
Feb. 4 2013
Plockmatic International AB, one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of document finishing technology, has acquired Morgana Systems Ltd. of the UK. The acquisition dramatically expands... View More
Feb. 4 2013
Postal Explorer® (pe.usps.com) is your source for up-to-date mailing standards. The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) is fully searchable on Postal Explorer and features fly-out menus, cross-reference... View More
Feb. 4 2013
Washington Post--Hallmark really wants you to be able to open that birthday card on a Saturday. But Saturday mail delivery costs the U.S. Postal Service $2.7 billion a year, and it's a burden the cash-strapped... View More
Jan. 27 2013
Dead Tree Edition--The Flats Sequencing System is costing the U.S. Postal Service more than it is saving, information submitted by USPS this week indicates. USPS's response to a question from the Postal... View More
Jan. 27 2013
Post&Parcel--The US Postal Service might be able to win more federal shipping business by separating out some of its service costs as surcharges, then offering a lower basic rate. That's the view of... View More
Jan. 24 2013
Postal Reporter News Blog--In his latest State of the Business video, PMG Pat Donahoe answers questions he has received from employees about important subjects affecting USPS. The PMG reports that most... View More
Jan. 24 2013
Effective January 27, 2013, there will be a change in how single-piece commercial residual First-Class Mail® letters are reported on PS Form 3600-FCM, Postage Statement - First-Class Mail. The pricing... View More
Jan. 24 2013
Multichannel Merchant--Citing the fact that the United States Postal Service "cannot wait indefinitely for legislation," the USPS Board of Governors said last week that it has directed management to accelerate... View More
Jan. 24 2013
Dead Tree Edition--I consistently find that the people in the industry who really care about environmental issues are the ones who buy paper or put ink on it. They're the only ones you'll hear talking... View More
Jan. 24 2013
Presort.com--Here's a point that gets lost in all the heated public debate surrounding the Postal Service's towering debt and what should be done to reduce it: Taxpayers don't support the Postal Service®;... View More
Jan. 20 2013
Postal News Blog--The US Postal Service, which often seems to have an obsession with "branding", has decided to abandon one of its best known and oldest brands: "Parcel Post" Parcel Post just celebrated... View More
Jan. 18 2013
Matthew Broder, VP, External Communications, Pitney Bowes--It's the new year, and despite comforting phrases like wiping the slate clean' and making a fresh start,' I am sorry to report that some bad habits... View More
Jan. 18 2013
New postage statements associated with the January 2013 price change are available on Postal Explorer®. The Postage Statement link is in the left column under *NEW* Jan. 27, 2013 Price Change Info.... View More
Jan. 14 2013
Post&Parcel--An arbitration panel has ruled on a new four-and-a-half-year labour agreement for the US Postal Service with the National Association of Letter Carriers. The deal running through to 20 May,... View More
Jan. 13 2013
Multichannel Merchant--Baynote today revealed the results from its 3nd Annual Holiday Online Shopping Survey. The study, conducted in partnership with the e-tailing group, surveyed 1,000 U.S. online holiday... View More
Jan. 13 2013
PostalOne! Release 33.0.0 Deployment - will require an extended maintenance window to complete all software updates. There will be a PostalOne!® outage from 8 p.m. Saturday, January 12, 2013, through... View More
Jan. 13 2013
Deseret News--The U.S. Postal Service and its employee unions are chafing at requirements to pre-fund its retirement health care obligations. They argue that this squeezes the agency, while critics respond... View More