RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO PRC ORDER NO. 1890 (Full-Service Intelligent Mail® barcode (IMb) requirements The United States Postal Service hereby provides its response to Order No. 1890, which was issued on November 21, 2013. In that Order, the Commission determined that the rates proposed for First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, and Periodicals1 […]
DMM Advisory The U.S. Postal Service® is disappointed with the portion of last week’s ruling from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) which held that the implementation of Full-Service Intelligent Mail® barcode (IMb™) constitutes a rate increase. This ill-conceived decision will impair complete adoption of Full-Service IMb and hinder the Postal Service’s ability to promote a technology that […]
On November 21, 2013, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued its decision on USPS’s request to increase prices effected January 26, 2014. The PRC “determined that the rates proposed by the Postal Service are consistent with the law, provided that the Postal Service does not implement Full Service IMb requirements concurrently with the proposed increased […]