Sometimes it’s hard to get a straight answer. One such occasion was at the recent meeting of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee. In a session that included a presentation about USPS service performance, the presenter showed charts (like the one above) that, among other data, compared service in late September 2025 to what it was a year earlier. After looking…
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Workshops begin October 14, 2025. Registration is open. Despite the value of such a program, employee development is sometimes well down the to-do list of commercial mail producers. To help company executives better understand why developing future managers is a wise practice, and a good investment, please consider these points: In short, for small businesses – where resources are tight…
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Traditionally, a postmark would provide evidence of timely mailing, and would be critical to ensuring mailed-in ballots are accepted by election officials. However, both voters and the agencies that oversee elections are concerned that ongoing Postal Service operational changes may eliminate postmarks or end their relevance to when a ballot was mailed. For example, as reported September 26 by the…
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