ST. LOUIS PCC

July 6, 2010                                                                     

 

 

As outlined in the Postal Service’s action plan presented on March 2, price changes are one of a series of solutions that we are pursuing to become financially sound.

 

Later today, we will file with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) a price change proposal for our Market Dominant products, which includes First-Class Mail®, Periodicals, Standard Mail®, Package Services and Special Services.

June 18, 2010

 

The Mail.XML® data distribution, which provides full-service feedback from the Mail Data Quality reports (originally included in PostalOne!® Release 22 of 11/2009), has now been re-activated. Reports are currently being distributed to mailers. 

 

Additional information can be found in section 3.2.2 — "User Access to Electronic Mailing Information and Reports Guide:  Business Customer Gateway Information, On-line Services, and Full-Service Tools” Volume I, found at:

 

http://ribbs.usps.gov/intelligentmail_guides/documents/tech_guides/user_access/ElectronicMailingInfoReportsGuide1.pdf.

 

June 11, 2010

 

On occasion, the Postal Service™ receives inquiries from mailers about who they should contact when they cannot get questions resolved at the acceptance unit of their business mail entry office. This DMM Advisory provides the escalation process and contact information to assist mailers in getting their questions answered as quickly as possible.

June 11, 2010

 

 

The Federal Register notice proposing new DMM® standards for Submission of Electronic Documentation with Comailed and Copalletized Mailings was posted today on Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.   

 

This proposed revision would require mail owners participating in a comailing or copalletization process for letters or flats to use an approved method to prepare electronic documentation to support their mailpieces, and would require consolidators to electronically submit documentation to the USPS® by an approved method. 

 

We encourage customers to review and comment on or before July 7, 2010 

June 4, 2010

We recently revised the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to postpone the Intelligent Mail® barcode (IMb) requirement for Qualified Business Reply Mail® (QBRM) and permit reply mail (PRM) pieces until May 2011. Current DMM standards, which we are not proposing to change, require an IMb on all BRM letters and on all PRM pieces as of May 2011.

 

This advance announcement is intended to provide customers with reasonable time to use up existing stock. We will be publishing a Federal Register proposed rule to require BRM flats (in addition to letters as stated above) to use an Intelligent Mail Barcode as of May 2011.  In addition, in the Federal Register proposed rule, Courtesy Reply Mail™ that does include a barcode must bear an Intelligent Mail barcode effective May 2011.