Tag: USPS

Alaskan carriers want post office to obey rules

Posted by | Jul 12, 2004 | |

Nineteen Alaskan air carriers have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) contending that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been shortchanging them as they deliver mail to rural Alaskan communities.

In the complaint, the carriers contend that the Postal Service violated DOT rules and imposed its own mileage chart for reimbursements last November. If left alone, the change could have cost the carriers an estimated USD335,000 a year.

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activePDF Inc. Enables Digital PDF Signing With United States Postal Service Electronic Postmark

Posted by | Jul 6, 2004 | |

activePDF Inc. and AuthentiDate Inc, the technical provider of the United States Postal Service Electronic Postmark®, announced today that the USPS EPM has been integrated to work with activePDF Toolkit. activePDF Toolkit is a scalable, programmable, COM object that allows dynamic creation and manipulation of PDF files. activePDF Toolkit now provides the capability to apply the USPS EPM for time and date stamping, and to enable digital signing of PDF files.

Backed by the integrity of the United States Postal Service, the USPS EPM can detect unauthorized document tampering.

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USPS statement on agreement with GLS

Posted by | Jul 2, 2004 | |

In January 2002, the United States Postal Service announced an agreement with Royal Mail to use their pan European delivery network to deliver Global Express Mail and Air Parcel Post to 23 countries. This agreement formally expires on December 31, 2004 and the Postal Service and Royal Mail have mutually agreed to let the contract expire on that date. The Postal Service will revert to the individual Foreign Postal Administration for delivery of these two products in each country that Royal Mail’s subsidiary, GLS, served effective January 1, while GLS will continue to focus on its core product: Business to Business deliveries utilizing commercial customs clearance.

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ShipShapes First to Take Advantage of USPS Changes Allowing Direct Mail Attachments

Posted by | Jun 28, 2004 | |

ShipShapes, the pioneer in Customized MarketMail (CMM), is the first to take advantage of recent changes authorized by the United States Postal Service (USPS) that allow marketers to add attachments, such as a key, casino chip, product samples, compact disc, gift card or business reply card to CMM direct mail pieces. CMM, a classification of mail approved by the USPS last year, allows for non-rectangular, over-dimensional pieces of mail to be shipped without a package, carton or envelope. ShipShapes allows direct marketers to take advantage of CMM to communicate with target customers and increase their return on investment.

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US Postal Service Dedicates New Philadelphia Mail-Processing Center

Posted by | Jun 26, 2004 | |

US Postal Service officials yesterday dedicated their new Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center, touting it as the first of a new generation of mail centers that will cut costs and improve service. The sprawling center, with more floor space than three football fields, will not be finished until late next year. The USD300 million center will be the first urban processing facility built for modern, computer-aided distribution networks, said S. David Fineman, the Philadelphia attorney who chairs the USPS board of governors.

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