Dec. 1 2011
Post&Parcel--US Postal Service executives resolved to fix problems in their periodicals processing yesterday, as mailers pressed their concerns about significant delays. On-time performance levels... View More
Dec. 1 2011
Postal Reporter News Blog--From Postcom.org: The Postal Service will be filing its service changes with the PRC on 12/5. Among the changes - an adherence to the principle of servicing mail in strict accord... View More
Dec. 1 2011
Pitney Bowes Inc. announced today that it has signed thirty strategic alliance agreements with large third-party mailers for the Volly secure digital delivery service. The signed agreements are with large... View More
Dec. 1 2011
SEATTLE, WA - December 1, 2011 - Satori Software today announced that through a new agreement with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) it is the preferred OEM partner reselling SAP® BusinessObjects® Postalsoft... View More
Nov. 29 2011
Post&Parcel--The US Postal Service could be making more than $360m a year in extra revenue by using its vehicles as a platform for advertising. That is the claim of Denver-based Light Promotions, Inc.,... View More
Nov. 27 2011
Window Book--Think you don't have enough volume to drop ship? Interested in drop shipping small volumes of locally entered mail? Have delivery service issues to problem areas? Interested in getting First-Class... View More
Nov. 27 2011
Informationweek--The U.S. Postal Service should offer email, secure document storage, and other online services as a way for the financially strapped agency to leverage the Web as a service platform, according... View More
Nov. 27 2011
Multichannel Merchant: In defense of a bid for an exigent rate increase next year, the U.S. Postal Service claims the recession impacted its finances to the tune of $2.34 billion during fiscal years 2008-09,... View More
Nov. 21 2011
WASHINGTON - Although the contracts with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC) and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO (NPMHU) expired at midnight Sunday, Nov. 20, the... View More
Nov. 17 2011
Post&Parcel--US regulators said today that any move by the US Postal Service to seek an "exigent" increase in postal rates could take months to review. The Postal Regulatory Commission convened today... View More
Nov. 17 2011
WindowBook--The United States Postal Service® (USPS®) announced changes to the Labeling List data, effective November 12, 2011, with a mandatory use date of January 28, 2012. The Labeling Lists... View More
Nov. 15 2011
Dead Tree Edition--It's still not clear whether the U.S. Postal Service's $1.4 billion investment in the Flats Sequencing System will pay off, according to the chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission... View More
Nov. 15 2011
AGOURA, Calif., November 15, 2011 - Datatech SmartSoft Inc, developer of the end-to-end print workflow solution PressWise (www.presswise.com), today announced an integration partnership with Aleyant Systems,... View More
Nov. 13 2011
Post&Parcel--Mail processing staff in the United States are unhappy with proposals by the US Postal Service to scrap lay-off protections, reform overtime rules and allow an increased use of part-time... View More
Nov. 10 2011
Post&Parcel--US digital mail provider Zumbox has said 10 years of transactional mailers to switch to online billing has effectively "stalled", on the grounds that it is too complicated for consumers.... View More
Nov. 10 2011
Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), today released a white paper that provides insight on improving document capture and processing to better... View More
Nov. 10 2011
Postal News Blog--The Direct Marketing Association has sent the following letter to its members: Dear DMA Member, Your Business is Being Threatened. On Monday, the United States Postal Service (USPS) told... View More
Nov. 10 2011
Business Customer Gateway production environment will be unavailable on Sunday, November 13, 2011, from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. CST for scheduled maintenance. During this time, all USPS® services accessed... View More
Nov. 10 2011
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service today announced a two-week amnesty period to encourage the rapid return of postal-owned equipment, especially pallets and mail tubs. This announcement comes on the... View More
Nov. 8 2011
Heritage Foundation--With nine days to go before the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) faces default, a Senate committee on Wednesday is expected to vote on a new plan to address the crisis. The plan takes a... View More