We have a dedicated team of expert professionals who not only provide outstanding technical support, but we help keep you up to date. Staying abreast of the ever-changing rules and regulations, policies and procedures in the mailing and shipping industry is a daunting task at best. We hope you will find this blog filled with pertinent information you can use to run your business more efficiently and profitably. As always, we welcome your feedback and comments.
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This item came in from the USPS’ DMM Advisory – your input is needed! Click on the link to access the survey-
USPS Seeks Feedback on Annual Price Changes
The recently passed Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) provides for predictable annual price changes. As we work with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on the best time to implement these price changes, we are seeking feedback from the mailing community. Please take a few minutes to respond to this short survey so we can consider your input. Click here for survey.
We look forward to receiving your survey. Responses must be in by Thursday, April 26, 2007.
Please be sure to check out the upcoming offerings in our latest effort to inform and educate, our Webinar Series. Several upcoming webinars are posted here:
http://www.windowbook.com/Webinars.aspx
The webinars are intended to help mailers keep up with USPS and industry activites. The schedule is flexible, with morning and afternoon repeating sessions designed to make it easy for any time zone to attend. Webinars are being recorded for those who cannot attend the live sessions.
Current offerings include a look at the 07-1 new Mail.dat specifications, and a continuing series reporting on the Mailer’s Technical Advisory Committee meetings at Postal Headquarters in Washington, DC.
Do you have a topic you would like to see covered in a future webinar? Please let me know at lbowes@windowbook.com
Best wishes,
Lisa
From today’s Postal Bulletin, some handy reference tools have been posted by the USPS:
New Quick Service Guides in HTML and PDF formats and Notice 123, Ratefold, are now available on usps.com/ratecase. The Quick Service Guides will be linked to the new edition of the Domestic Mail Manual as soon as it becomes available next week.
Use the Quick Service Guides, new Postage Statements, frequently asked questions and other tools at usps.com/ratecase to help you prepare for the May 14 changes to rates and mailing standards.
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Let me know if you have any questions on the new postage statement requriements,
Best wishes,
Lisa
from the USPS DMM Advisory:
Periodicals Proposal – Send Your Comments!
Our Periodicals mailing standards proposal we published on usps.com/ratecase is included in today’s print and online versions of the Federal Register [PDF] | [TXT]. We encourage you to review and comment on our proposal as you prepare for the July 15 Periodicals pricing change. Please send your written comments on or before April 25, 2007, to the Manager of Mailing Standards, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW RM 3436, Washington DC 20260-3436. We will consider and respond to all comments in our final rule.
I will be attending the MTAC USPS Flats Symposium as described below. Any WBI clients with flats questions that you may want researched at this event are welcome to submit those questions to me directly for follow up.
Best wishes,
Lisa
MTAC-USPS FLATS SYMPOSIUM
May 17 ? Washington, DC
Please join MTAC and the U.S. Postal Service for an opportunity to:
Get an update on the vision for the future of flats processing that includes the new Flats Sequencing System (FSS), the machine that will delivery point sequence flats.
Hear an exchange of ideas between mailing industry and USPS representatives about impacts and issues related to implementation of this vision.
Dialogue, discuss, debate. Have an opportunity to ask questions and provide input related to the implementation of the flats vision.
The latest version of DAT MAIL will now allow users to import both 05-2 and 07-1 Mail.dat files. 07-1 Mail.dat files will be rquired in order to access the new postal rates. The week of 4/23, we plan to release the new postage statements as well. At that time, the date of mailing entered controls which set of rate tables and which postage statements are to be applied to a particular mailing.
PostalOne users need to time their update to the 07-1 version carefully. The latest version of DAT-MAIL will import and export Mail.dat files in 07-1 format for all mail except Periodicals. PostalOne can only accept current rates in 05-2 format, and new rates in 07-1 format. Current rate PostalOne users will need to upload via the 05-2 Mail.dat format.
Please contact me directly if you have any questions or concerns regarding the new Mail.dat file specifications.
Best wishes,
Lisa Bowes
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