Archived Articles

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Spring 2010

• Postal Service Outlines Plan to Address Declining Revenue and Volume
• $75 Billion Pension Overcharge Compounds USPS Financial Woes
• Postal Service Announces Second Standard Mail “Summer Sale”
• Postal Service Announces Plan for Five-day Delivery and Processing
• Postal Service Narrows Losses in First Four Months of FY2010
• Postal Briefs

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Fall 2009

• Financial Woes Continue for Postal Service
• Postal Briefs

POSTAL ISSUES EXTRA
Spring 2009

• Move Update Enforcement Postponed
• USPS Financial Woes Continue

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Spring 2009

• Postage Price Increase: What’s Coming in May (and November)?
• Move Update Enforcement to Begin in May – Mailer Beware
• Postal Service Announces Plans to Revamp Processing Network
• Implementing Intelligent Mail Barcodes (IMb)
• Postal Service Releases First Service Performance Measurement Results
• Postal Service Ends FY2008 in Red, Continues Trend into FY2009

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Summer 2008

• Implementing Intelligent Mail Barcodes (IMB)
• New Move Update Requirements Take Effect in November
• Postal Service Calls on Marketers to Become "Enviromailists"
• Postal Notes
• Postal Service Submits "Network Plan" to Congress
• Volume Declines Cloud Postal Service Financial Picture

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Winter 2008

• PMG Announces Delay in Mandatory Use of Intelligent Mail Barcodes for Automation Discounts
• USPS Announces First
  “Price Adjustment”
  Under CPI Price Cap
• Strategic Planning
• USPS Sets Service Standards, Issues Performance Measurement Proposal
• Postal Notes
• Postal Service Shows Positive Net Income Despite Volume Drop

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Fall 2007

• Implementing Postal Reform
• Intelligent Mail Vision Moving toward Reality
• Service Standards and Measurement
• Postal Notes
• Postal Service Projects $5.4 Billion Loss for FY 2007
• Draft Rules Issued for Address Placement on Flats-Sized Mailpieces

POSTAL ISSUES NEWSLETTER
Summer 2007

• Mailers Adjust to New Postage Rates
• Implementing Postal Reform
• Mail Moves America Coalition Formed to Combat Do-Not-Mail Legislation
• Direct Mail Coalition Works to Prevent Tax on Postage and Mailing
• USPS Continues Push for Improved Address Quality
• USPS Agrees to Contracts with Clerks and Mail Handlers — Negotiations with Carriers Stall
• Accounting Shifts, Volume Decline Affect USPS Financial Performance
• Intelligent Mail Program Moves Forward

Agents Sales Journal
A Trigger Mail Primer - Marketing to Prospects Based on Life Events
by Debora Haskel
March 2009

DM News
Technique: Color Your Campaign to Boost Results
with Luke Teboul
February 16, 2009

Senior Market Advisor
Getting Personal With Direct Mail
by Debora Haskel
November 2008

FundraisingSuccessMag.com
Make Your Fundraising Postage Work Harder
by Kurt Ruppel
October 21, 2008

Direct Magazine
In Good Shape
by Larry Riggs
April 2008

Printing Impressions
Challenges, Opportunities: Q&A with Jim Andersen
by Erik Cagle
April 2008

Whattheythink.com
IWCO Direct: A Conversation with Jim Andersen
by Cary Sherburne
March 23, 2007

POSTAL REFORM BILL PASSES THE 109th CONGRESS

Click here for the latest information on the passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 and what it means to the direct marketing and mailing communities.

Printing Impressions
Plastics Printing — Handle with Care
by Erik Cagle
August 2006

Direct Magazine
Best Practices at Best Buy
by Richard H. Levey
July 2006

Direct Magazine
Room Service
by Beth Negus Viveiros
May 2006

Printing Impressions
Variable Data Integrity — Zero Tolerance Policy
by Mark Smith
April 2006

DM News
Strategies for DMers in a Tight Paper Market
by Mary Hyland
March 14, 2006

Graphic Art Monthly
Progress Requires Change
by Jim Andersen
November 2005

Direct Magazine
Get On A First Name Basis
by Debora Haskel
May 1, 2005

Printing Impressions
The Direct Approach
by Erik Cagle
February, 2005

DM News
Designing Direct Mail Pieces That Get Opened
by Debora Haskel
May 24, 2004