On August 7, 2012, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved the USPS 2012 Holiday Mobile Shopping Promotion, which is scheduled to run from November 7 to November 21, 2012, with registration beginning... View More
Post&Parcel--Federal agencies including USPS should increase their efforts to buy transportation services using less petroleum, according to a new report from an environmental NGO. The American Clean... View More
The Motley Fool--With the Postal Service just missing a $5.5 billion payment for employee benefits and reducing hours at 13,000 rural facilities across the United States with more office shutdowns inevitable,... View More
Melissa Data is proud to announce a new ebook that explores the challenge of determining when data values are or are not valid and correct, how data values can be made correct, and how data cleansing services... View More
Slate--Wednesday, Aug. 1, will be a banner day in American postal history, but not in a good way. The United States Postal Service will default on a scheduled $5.5 billion payment to cover future retiree... View More
Courier Express & Postal Observer--Currently the Postal Rate Commission is considering two cases that illustrate the conundrum of United States postal policy. Should postal law and regulatory policy... View More
Postal News Blog--The US Postal Service's Inspector General has released a report confirming the postal service's contention that it could run short of operating cash as soon as this October. The shortfall... View More
Minneapolis, MN - August 01, 2012 - Lorton Data, a leader in data driven marketing services, announced it has joined forces with Krengeltech, a custom software solutions and internet applications developer,... View More
FOSTER CITY, Calif., July 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EFI(TM) (Nasdaq:EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced a new certification training program for its... View More
Grove City, Ohio - Kern Inc, a leading provider of document output management production systems, peripherals and end-to-end solutions and IPS, an emerging leader in personalized payment card fulfillment... View More
The U.S. Postal Service will not make mandated prefunding retiree health benefit payments to the Treasury of $5.5 billion due Aug. 1, 2012 or the $5.6 billion payment due Sept. 30, absent legislation enacted... View More
GAITHERSBURG, MD., July 26, 2012 - ProList, Inc., a Maryland based direct marketing service was awarded the Mailing and Fulfillment Service Association (MFSA) Mail Industry Ingenuity Award for the development... View More
WASHINGTON-- The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet Aug. 9 in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The public is welcome to observe... View More
Post&Parcel--Businesses in the US are being encouraged to use a bank-provided alternative last mile service to speed up customer payment processes in the light of changes to the US mail network. As... View More
The US Postal Service has posted a second notice seeking contractors interested in providing "second generation" Flat Mail Sequencing System (FSS). The USPS says it wants the machines to serve markets... View More
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: The Courier Express and Postal Observer has calculated that the share of retail sales that are delivered direct to consumers in May hit 21.3% of all deliverable retail... View More
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The best deal in shipping just added a bit more cushion as the U.S. Postal Service has introduced the first Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope.... View More
Post&Parcel--Fouad H Nader, president of Adrenale Corporation looks at the trends in the mailing industry to reveal optimism for postal strategies to stem the decline in transactional mail In recent... View More
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: In a a filing with the SEC this week Harte-Hanks, provided an indication that the slowdown in Standard Mail volume and revenue that the Postal Service has recently... View More
Modern Service Standards Maps Service Standards maps and data files containing originating, destinating, and destination entry data files have been added to the Modern Service Standards page on RIBBS®... View More