Postal News Blog--Embracing electronic technology to promote the use of direct mail, the Postal Service has revamped the companion website to Deliver magazine, its publication for marketers. The new "how-to"... View More
EUS Marketing Blog--The U.S. Postal Service has developed two options for the use of the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMB): full-service and basic. The basic option is very similar to the current POSTNET... View More
According to Post & Parcel, "Another company has joined the queue of technology specialists seeking the chance to switch part or all of the United States Postal Service delivery fleet to electric vehicles.... View More
Postal News Blog--According to a copy of the order posted at Postcom.org, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the USPS request for expedited consideration of its appeal against the Postal Regulatory... View More
Postal News Blog--Postcom published the following comments from USPS Senior VP Steve Kearney. The remarks appear to be a response to this recent comment on Intellisent's Postal Affairs Blog. From the USPS... 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
Presort.com--The SuiteLink product from the United Stated Postal Service® (USPS®) provides improved business addressing information by adding known secondary information to business addresses,... View More
DMM Advisory: 2011 Shipping Services Prices and Incentive Program Proposals Filed at PRC. Today we submitted two filings to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), one for price changes for our competitive... View More
The Postal Service will sponsor a webinar on PostalOne! Release 25 Update and Creating Accurate Full-Service Electronic Documentation on Thursday, November 4 at 2:00 PM EDT and again on Tuesday, November... View More
WASHINGTON - Volume discounts and free additional weight are included in proposed mailing standards changes the U.S. Postal Service filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today. These two incentives... View More
WASHINGTON - The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in open session Nov.12 at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning... View More
WASHINGTON - The simpler way to ship - with Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes from the U.S. Postal Service - is set to extend its popularity with consumers and shippers in the new year when new prices take... View More
PostalOne! Release 25.0 and FAST Release 15.0 will deploy to production Sunday, November 7, 2010. PostalOne! production (including FAST OPS web services) will be unavailable from 9 p.m. (CDT) Saturday,... View More
Postcom.org reports that the PRC has just issued an information request asking the USPS to provide additional information in regards to its request for temporary waivers to periodic reporting of service... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended acceptance of inbound international mail originating in Yemen effective October 30, 2010. This service suspension has been issued in response... View More
Big Fat Marketing Blog--What are we to make of Jack Potter's decision to retire as U.S. Postmaster General on Dec. 3? The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news quite a bit in recent years, notably for... View More
The threat of financial doomsday scenarios at the US Postal Service, coupled with advancements that make customer communications possible in an instant, are forcing marketers to prepare for a day... View More
Santa Maria Times--Mail-in ballots now account for more than 40 percent of voters statewide and more than 54 percent on the Central Coast, and the numbers are rising... That kind of shift toward the more... View More
"The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service has fallen behind in generating revenue from new applications of information technology, such as switching to a FedEx-like tracking system, selling USPS data to mailers... View More