USPS to Purchase New Sorting Equipment
Apr 3, 2008 7:59 AM
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors approved funding to purchase The 550 Advanced Facer Canceller System (AFCS) technology to postmark letters faster and sort them better. ...

In Good Shape
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Larry Riggs
New mail formats could be the cure for DMers' postal headaches ...

Bare Bones
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Larry Riggs and; Ray Schultz
Postal reform works. The rate hike that takes effect May 12 is the lowest in memory: an average of 2.88%. And some mail classes are getting even less than that. ...

USPS Reduces Some Proposed Letter Rates
Mar 28, 2008 7:57 AM, By Larry Riggs
The U.S. Postal Service has reduced prices by 1.1 cents for both commercial and nonprofit standard mail machinable (nonautomation) mixed automation area distribution center (AADC) letters. ...

USPS Launches Tables to Help Detect Undeliverable Mail
Mar 27, 2008 7:49 AM
To reduce undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail, the U.S. Postal Service has developed a new data table to use in conjunction with address matching software that should help mailers determine when they may be sending to vacant addresses. ...

PRC May Ask Postal Service to Rejustify Barcoding Discount
Mar 19, 2008 7:34 AM, By Larry Riggs
The U.S. Postal Service may need to file a new notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission in order to justify a 1.4 cent-per-piece discount it wants to offer mailers in return for putting barcodes on certain standard mail pieces. ...

USPS to Discount Express and Priority Mail
Mar 13, 2008 8:12 AM, By Larry Riggs
The U.S. Postal Service will begin offering volume related other price incentives for Express Mail, Priority Mail and other shipping services on May 12. ...

USPS Seeks to Make Sticky Note Classification Permanent
Feb 29, 2008 8:14 AM, By Larry Riggs
The U.S. Postal Service has asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow mailers to place repositionable [sticky] notes on their market-dominant mailing packages on a permanent basis. ...

USPS Certifies Reusable Envelopes
Feb 21, 2008 8:09 AM
The U.S. Postal Service has certified EcoEnvelopes' reusable envelopes as fit for use in the mail. ...

Some Rates to Exceed 2.9%; Mailers Tolerant
Feb 13, 2008 8:22 AM, By Larry Riggs
While the U.S. Postal Service said Monday it would raise standard mail rates by an average of 2.9% in May, a closer look at the rates shows some that will go up more. ...