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

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.

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Classes are Mail-Only by H.J. Cummins
April 5, 2004

Direct Magazine
Posting a Profit by Kurt Ruppel
April 1, 2004

Graphic Impressions
What Customers Don't Know Can Hurt You, April 2003