Archive for June, 2009
USPS Looks to Reduce the Cost of Ride-Alongs
USPS TEM Testing for Full-Service Approval
Several companies that I know of have completed USPS TEM (Test Environment for Mailers) electronic documentation testing for Full-Service, however, none of them have been approved. After completing the scenarios laid out in the Full Service Checklist up on http://ribbs.usps.gov/ (you’ll never find it there without knowing in advance that it is cryptically filed under Intelligent Mail>>Business Customer Gateway), applicants are then sent to USPS HQ “for final approval”. So far this has amounted to a sort of limbo status - nobody can advise how long this second level of approval will take, or where an individual applicant currently stands. After putting in a lot of work to do the testing in a timely manner, it is frustrating to now have to wait for an undetermined amount of time for final approval.
Please feel free to comment and tell us your TEM testing story. Anybody out there approved for Full Service??
H.R. 22 moves toward full committee
DMM Advisory
Congratulations to the DMM Advisory for adding it’s 10,000th subscriber. You can see how often I post information from this valuable USPS communication resource.
The DMM Advisory archives are located here:
http://pe.usps.gov/DMMAdvisory.asp
Worth a bookmark.
PostalOne! Scheduled Outage-DMM Advisory
Per the DMM Advisory, there will be a scheduled PostalOne! outage on June 28 from 4am and 7am (CDT).
Business Meeting Notice :: House Subcommittee
To discuss HR22 and financial relief for the USPS.
USPS eyes help from Congress
Troubled USPS eyes help from Congress- The New Haven Register - Serving Greater New Haven, CT.
Why is HR 22 taking so long?
Saturation Mail Incentive Program Enrollment Extended
Per a DMM Advisory, the USPS Saturation Mail Incentive program enrollment deadline has been extended out until August 1st. The new deadline gives mailers more time to apply to participate in the volume incentives.
For complete details, go to RIBBS.usps.gov, and look for Saturation Program in the site index.
Letter-Sized Booklets Reminder - DMM Advisory
The USPS sent out a DMM Advisory reminder today regarding the new standards for Letter-Sized booklets. These new standards are effective as of September 8, 2009.
What exactly is defined as a “Booklet”? Booklets are mailpieces with a bound edge, and include sheets fastened with at least two staples in the manufacturing fold (saddle-stitched), perfect bound, pressed-glued, or joined together by another binding method that is automation-compatible and produces an end where pages are attached. Booklets are generally open on three sides before sealing, like a book.
In general, booklets must be uniformly thick. Large, bound booklets that are folded for mailing, also called “quarter-fold” booklets, qualify for automation and machinable prices if the final mailpiece remains nearly uniform in thickness.
The new standards include requirements for securing open edges.
Details can be found here:
New Standards for Letter-Size Booklets
