Applying for Access to Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV®-MTR)

This presentation provides instructions for applying for access to the IV Mail Tracking & Reporting application (IV-MTR). The instructions include how to register for a Business Customer Gateway (BCG) account, add the IV-MTR service in the BCG, and how to sign in to the IV-MTR portal to begin using the service. 

Publication for Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats (Pub 685)

Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats (Pub 685) contains the policies and processes for the verification of eligible business mailings using tools provided by Intelligent Mail® Full-Service, eInduction, and Seamless Acceptance.

Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV®-MTR) Development Tracker

This document provides a list of active IV-MTR work to be as well as items completed in FY25.

Deadline Extension 2026 NPF Ticket Contest

INFORMATIONAL - MAILER ID (MID) Validation for Payments POSTPONED

INFORMATIONAL - USPS APIs System Deployment February 7, 2026

USPS Ship Data Dictionary

Detailed information on the USPS Ship (Formerly Package Platform) data elements available through the Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV-MTR) application.

INFORMATIONAL - Commercial System Releases - February 25 2026

Informed Delivery API Release Notes V1.2

Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Reporting Machine Count

List of US Postal Service machines by site, including a description of each machine.

Early Warning System (EWS002C0.ZIP)

This file is the EWS production file and is updated weekly. This file contains the Early Warning System data file for the CASS™ and MASS™ certification process.

Z4 Info File

A downloadable ZIP file containing information related to the Z4 Info File