The Postal Service has delivered 1 billion pieces of mail using Intelligent Mail Full Service. The milestone mailing entered the distribution network on Dec. 4. Since the May implementation of Intelligent... View More
Dead Tree Edition--The U.S. Postal Service could save about $1 billion annually by closing nearly 10,000 postal facilities that house both retail and carrier functions, according to a study released today.... View More
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Zumbox and Computershare Communication Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Computershare Limited (asx:CPU), today announced the availability... View More
Post&Parcel--Pitney Bowes has appointed Ian Davidson as president of Global Mailing Solutions (GMS). Davidson will now oversee the development, growth and profitability of the division throughout Europe.... View More
The Telegram & Gazette told its readers that "In something of a miracle, postal regulators this past week denied a request from the U.S. Postal Service to hike its rates yet again come January 1. The... View More
Presort.com--Came across this posting the other day on DMNews.com entitled: "How to save the US Postal Service" And it got me to thinking - always a dangerous proposition I assure you. But I got to thinking... View More
Postal News Blog--APWU President Bill Burrus has responded to the anti-postal comments of the American Enterprise Institute's "economist" Kevin Hassett. The column has been reprinted in a number of newspapers... View More
From Presort.com--By now you've heard the news that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) denied check that, unanimously denied the USPS requests to raise postage rates in January beyond the rate of inflation,... View More
Presort.com--Charities need to consider the cost of not cleaning their data following a campaign as it is often greater than that incurred by doing so, according to Macmillan Cancer Support's head of supporter... View More
PostalOne!® Release 29 successfully deployed to production on January 8, 2012. Identified known issues, with business workarounds as applicable, are posted on RIBBS® under the Major/Minor Release... 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
The Associated Press has reported that "Sticking stamps on all those holiday or birthday cards could become a thing of the past. The Postal Service wants to test the idea of letting greeting card companies... View More
#1. It's more popular with the "younger generation" than you think. Research from ICOM's 2010 study of North American consumers' marketing communication channel preferences showed that the always coveted... View More
Intelisent has quoted from one of the USPS' electronic documentation rules: "Contingency: In the event of a USPS system or telecommunications network failure preventing Participant from transmitting (as... View More
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo, Deliver Magazine Digital technologies have tempted some marketers to take their business online. But a new type of marketing integration appears to be flipping the trend on its... View More
According to Government Executive, "Several proposals could bring the Postal Service's obligations to employee benefits back in line, however, and give the agency some additional flexibility with its cash... View More
Postcom.org reports that, "The U.S. Postal Service has filed for a review before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding the Postal Regulatory Commission decision in Docket No.... 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
Dead Tree Edition--In an attempt to hold down next year's increase in postage rates, an alliance of mailers today challenged as "nonsensical" an informal ruling issued by a Postal Regulatory Commission... View More