Federal Times has noted that "The U.S. Postal Service has frequently failed to justify millions of dollars worth of "workshare discounts" given to mailers for efficiency reasons and other grounds, a newly... View More
from Window Book Postal Concierge--There are a number of recent developments affecting the mailing industry, particularly with regard to USPS® changes scheduled to be effective in January, 2011. Delay... View More
Post&Parcel--Next year looks set to be a more favourable year for the US Postal Service, according to federal regulators - with the exception of its retiree health benefits problem. In its end-of-year... View More
Postal News Blog--Credit card issuers are working harder than ever to retain existing customers and attract new ones. According to Mintel Comperemedia, a service that provides direct marketing competitive... View More
To broaden its national footprint for delivery of printed statements, bills, invoices and customer correspondence, Financial Statement Services, Inc. (FSSI) announced the opening of a new operations facility... View More
Presort.com--The U.S. Postal Service has named a former letter carrier to the CIO position in a series of executive appointments aimed at making the agency a more agile, customer-oriented organization.... View More
Multichannel Merchant--The Affordable Mail Alliance objects to a Dec. 10 ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission that allows the U.S. Postal Service to bank a negative CPI (Consumer Price Index) instead... View More
from Window Book Postal Concierge The United States Postal Service® (USPS®) announced changes to the Labeling List data, effective December 6, 2010, with a mandatory use date of February 17, 2011.... View More
Today, the Postal Bulletin published the upcoming DMM® standards for the optional preparation of flat-sized mailpieces in Flats Sequencing System (FSS) zones. These standards were previously provided... View More
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - In a move that is expected to help businesses grow - especially small businesses who currently don't use the mail because they can't afford it - and... View More
Postal News Blog--The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today ruled against the US Postal Service's attempt to block mailers groups and others from intervening in its appeal of the PRC decision in the... View More
IWCO Direct--The USPS Office of the Inspector General recently released a report highlighting survey findings that the adoption of the Full-Service Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) is hindered by the high... View More
DMM Advisory: Letter to MTAC from MTAC Co-Chair. We are delaying Full-Service eDoc postage corrections, which we had planned to deploy on January 2, 2011, to give mailers more time to use information from... View More
tal Nirvana has reported that "eKey Technologies is the design and technology division of Butler Mailing Services. Butler appears to be a very untraditional provider of traditional letter shop services.... View More
Post&Parcel--Credit union staff will be able to use address verification software to cut down on returned mail, under a new partnership between software company Experian QAS and IT company Symitar.... View More
Postal News Blog--The US Postal Service will introduce its previously announced "Critical Mail" service next month. The service will only be available to mailers who commit to mailing at least 5,000 pieces... View More
SUSSEX, WI, December 16, 2010 - Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: QUAD), the second largest provider of print, digital and related media services in North America, announced today that it has created a new Commercial... View More
Federal News Radio--For months we've been hearing that the Postal Service would be able to improve its bottom line if only it changed its prefunding levels for pensions and retiree health benefits. The... View More
The Postal Service recently marked the third anniversary of its first fully-operational Flats Sequencing System (FSS) at the Dulles, VA, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) - a milestone in the... View More
Dead Tree Edition has told its members that "If only every Postal Service delay were this beneficial to customers . . . The maximum 2011 price increase on most types of mail dropped a bit this morning... View More