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Postal issues are understandably top of mind for today’s direct mailers and keeping up with
changes is important to being compliant and getting the most for postal dollars. In an effort to
continually improve our service, Harte-Hanks provides the Postology Report. This quarterly
report is designed to keep you informed of the latest postal happenings and the impact
of these changes on your business.
If you'd like to see a specific topic covered, or want to express an opinion on something
shared here, please contact Charley Howard, Vice President of Postal Affairs, at
charley_howard@harte-hanks.com.
Thanks for your continued interest!
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PRC Fills Postal Service’s Christmas Stocking
with a Couple of Treats and What Appears to be a Lump of Coal! |
| On Friday December 10, 2010 the PRC ruled favorably on the three requests the USPS filed concerning Reply Rides Free, the Saturation/High-Density Incentive and the raising of the Move Update threshold from 70% to 75%. The Move Update threshold item, however, turned into a piece of coal... | |
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IMb-Full Service eDoc Penalties
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| The USPS is delaying Full-Service eDoc postage corrections, which they had planned to deploy on January 2, 2011, in order to give mailers more time to use information from a new report to help correct errors in their electronic documentation. | |
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How to Save on Postage – Part One
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| I am going to start a small series in this forum on how to save postage. The topic comes up every so often and one gets into the mindset that every mail owner is already doing all that is necessary. But not everyone knows all the tricks and sometimes plans go awry. | |
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Here is a sampling of industry news from across the nation:
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Government Executive has reported that "The U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union have put employee reassignments on hold as negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement continue... DMM Advisory: FSS Standards Coming January 2, 2011. Today, the Postal Bulletin published the upcoming DMM® standards for the optional preparation of flat-sized mailpieces in Flats Sequencing System (FSS) zones. These standards were previously provided in the Federal Register notice dated August 23, 2010... From the Postal Bulletin: "Effective January 2, 2011, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Ser-vice, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 345.6.9.4, 445.7.6.4, 507.1.2.3, and 602.3.2 to remove a restriction on the use of simplified addressing for saturation flat-size mailpieces and irregular parcels that are delivered by USPS® city carriers or to Post Office™ (PO) boxholders at Post Office locations with city delivery service... The Postalnews blog has reported that "The Postal Service recently marked the third anniversary of its first fully-operational Flats Sequencing System (FSS) at the Dulles, VA, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) — a milestone in the way the Postal Service sorts flats. FSS technology also has helped the Northern Virginia District reduce costs... How the USPS Can Rebrand Itself: Clever Pop Up Shops |
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