Post&Parcel--Ralph Nader, the renowned consumer advocate and five-time candidate for President of the United States, has warned key US Congressmen that cutting postal services is a "suicidal prescription... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service will post a net loss of $1.9 billion on declining volumes of 88.1 billion pieces of mail for the six months ended March 31, 2010, further evidence that the Postal... View More
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer--The Postal Service's network restructuring will add an extra day to most First Class Mail delivery standards. While it is theoretically possible for bulk First Class... View More
Pushing the Envelope: "Fuel For Thought" The Postal Service is a leader among federal agencies in sustainability efforts. In 2009, it joined with 20 international postal operators to commit to a 20 percent... View More
GoLocalProv--You may have heard that the US Postal Service is due to run out of money sometime in September. I've seen a fair number of articles moaning about how the advent of email and texting makes... View More
Postcom.org--How is mail stacking up to the newest communications mediums what does the future really hold for the USPS - in spite of the rumors of the demise of mail; find out the facts about the USPS... View More
Longmont, CO, and Stuttgart, Germany, Post Expo Conference, Booth 4020, September 27, 2011 Parascript, LLC, the image analysis and pattern recognition technology provider, today announced a partnership... View More
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer--In a major effort to reduce costs to match projected revenue, the Postal Service has proposed eliminating overnight delivery of single-piece mail. The Postal Service... View More
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Postal Service has launched a new mobile application for iPhone users that allows them to use the device's camera to scan barcodes on shipping labels for quick, easy and convenient... View More
New Deal 2.0--My local post office is in crisis. Claiming that the U.S. Postal Service is in danger of financial collapse, the Postmaster General is proposing to close thousands of post offices and postal... View More
eCommerce Bytes--The U.S. Postal Service entered into a deal with eBay and China Post last year to help Chinese sellers send small packages to the U.S. in a much shorter period of time than regular international... View More
Post&Parcel--Mailing equipment provider Kern has signed a deal to distribute a new materials handling vehicle that can operate around a mailroom without an operator. The iCart has been developed by... View More
Today the Federal Register published the final rule which requires the use of an Intelligent Mail® unique tracking barcode on all commercial parcels (except Standard Mail® parcels) claiming presort... View More
Post&Parcel--America's largest catalogue and magazine printer and mailer, Quad/Graphics, Inc., has said this year it is breaking industry records for the postage savings it is achieving for customers... View More
Sunday, Sept 4, 2011, the PostalOne! MicroStrategy reporting environment will be unavailable to internal and external users during the scheduled maintenance window of 4AM through 8AM CDT to allow for system... View More
At a recent Mailers Technical Advisory Council meeting, we announced that the revised proposed rule, Changes to Move Update Standards, published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2011, will be withdrawn... View More
The Postal Service has announced new officer appointments within Mailing and Shipping Services and Operations. Previously vice president of Sales, Susan Plonkey is now acting president of Mailing and Shipping... View More
Post&Parcel--Business technology and outsourcing company CSC has been awarded two contracts to manage mail transport equipment on behalf of the US Postal Service. The contracts are set to run for three... View More
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer--The Postal Service has published its first quarterly report on the use of its newest product, Every Door Direct Mail. Most customers are new to the Postal Service... View More
Windowbook--The United States Postal Service® (USPS®) recently filed a request for a non-binding advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) regarding their plans for network optimization.... View More