07/15/2009
Use of PCC Logo and other Postal Service Intellectual Property
The Postal Service brand is much more than a logo or a word. It’s the sum of all the tangible and intangible characteristics in verbal and visual messaging that makes Postal Service products and services unique to consumers, employees and other stakeholders.
05/20/2009
NCOALink® Reporting and Technical Changes Required
The following changes were established during the NCOALink® Developer meetingheld in December 2008. These requirements should be implemented by all users byOctober 1, 2009.
05/08/2009
Traditional ACS™ MOD 10 Keyline Utility with Microsoft Excel®
ACS™ MOD 10 Keyline Utility utilizing Microsoft Excel®
05/04/2009
NCOALink® Enhancement Advisement
In the continuing effort to provide greater value and product improvement, the US Postal Service® is pleased to announce the enhancement of the NCOALink® product with the inclusion of approximately two million additional change-of-address records.
04/01/2009
Licensing and Certification Key Personnel Form for LACSLink®
This document provides information on Licensing and Certification Key Personnel Form for LACSLink®.
03/29/2009
New Address Standards for Flat-Size Mail Poster
New address placement standards apply to all Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Package Services flats mailed at presort, carrier route, and automation prices (optional for First-Class Mail). This document provides detailed information on address placement.
03/29/2009
New Address Requirements for Automation, Presorted, and Carrier Route Flat-Size Mail
The Postal Service adopts new address placement and formatting requirements for Periodicals, Standard Mail®, Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail®, and Library Mail flat-size pieces sent at automation, presorted, or carrier route prices.
03/12/2009
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Form/ Sample Letter for PCC Use
The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate disclosure of Confidential Information by the Postal Service to the Company for the Intended Purpose.
02/19/2009
Intelligent Mail Move Update DVD User Guide
This document contains a user guide for Intelligent Mail Move Update (video).
02/16/2009
ACS™ Announcement: OneCode ACS® Fulfillment
Information regarding OneCode ACS data content regarding the Intelligent Mail (IM) barcode
02/15/2009
PCC Access to and Use of Mailing Lists and Other List Data
This article will outline the rules regarding use by PCC members of mailing lists and other name and address data concerning PCC members and potential PCC members.
01/01/2009
New Address Standards for Commercial Flat-Size Mail Presentation
This presentation outlines the standards for commercial flat-size mail including address characteristics and placement, Federal register overview, mailpiece examples, and FAQ's.
01/01/2009
Intelligent Mail® Barcode Technical Resource Guide
This document contains the technical guide for Intelligent Mail® Barcode.
12/19/2008
NCOALink® Foreign Processing
The NCOALink® Full (section 4.4) and Limited Service (section 4.3) Provider License Agreements state the following: “Licensee agrees that it violates this Agreement to provide Services to an Entity located or operating outside of the Territory or using the Updated Mailing Lists outside of the Territory.”
12/15/2008
Meeting and Event Sponsorship Guidelines
This summary is a follow up on the PCC Management Insights summary on Fund Raising Guidelines that was distributed in October 2008.
11/07/2008
Service Provider PAF and RTD
The NCOALink® Processing Acknowledgement Form has been updated to reflect the addition of the alternate PAF method.
10/15/2008
Fundraising Guidelines
Sources of PCC funding include membership fees, sponsorship donations of cash, goods and services, and fees collected through educational seminars and vendor shows, subject to the rules outlined in Publication 286.
06/26/2008
Sample Carrier Route File
This document provides a sample of a Carrier Route .txt file.
06/26/2008
Sample Delivery Statistics File TXT
This document provides a sample of a Delivery Statistics .txt file.
06/26/2008
Sample Z4CHANGE File TXT
This document provides a sample of a Z4CHANGE .txt file.
06/26/2008
Sample ZIPMove File TXT
This document provides a sample of a ZIPMove .txt file.
06/26/2008
Sample Five Digit ZIP File TXT
This document provides a sample of a Five Digit ZIP .txt file.
06/25/2008
Enhanced Line of Travel (eLOT) Sample File
This document provides a sample data file for eLOT.
04/28/2008
DSF2® Definition of Throwback Table
This document contains a throwback table for DSF2®.
04/25/2008
Licensing Announcement: DPV®/DSF2® Header Files
DPV and DSF2 Products currently have a very limited header file called month.dat which only contains the product month.
04/23/2008
Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) Sample ZIP Code™
This document contains sample ZIP Code™ file for CDS.
04/23/2008
Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) Conversion Software (Unix-Sun32)
This document contains the Unix (Sun-32) conversion software for the CDS product.
04/23/2008
Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) Conversion Software (Linux)
This document contains the Linux conversion software for the CDS product.
04/22/2008
Move Update: Are You In Compliance?
This presentation from March 2005 National Postal Forum (NPF) on move update compliance. Covers address quality solutions including NCOALink®, FASTforward®, and Address Change Services (ACS™).
04/22/2008
ANKLink® Request Form
This document contains the request form for the ANKLink® product.
03/19/2008
03/15/2008
Guidelines for Trademark Use in Advertising
This document provides a user guide for Trademark Use in Advertising.
03/08/2008
USPS-LR-L-62
This library reference documents the development of test-year volume, characteristics, and costs of processing Undeliverable-As-Addressed mail (UAA) mail. This is a Category 2 library reference sponsored by witness Cutting (USPS-T-26).
02/15/2008
Licensing Announcement: USPS® NCOALink® Full and Limited Service Licensees
This document contains announcements concerning NCOALink® product fulfillment for the week of February 18, product fulfillment schedule changes, and usage of current NCOALink PAFs.
02/04/2008
Intelligent Mail® Barcode Resources
This document provides additional information and resources on IMb.
07/13/2007
Licensing Announcement: CASS™ Cycle L Reminder
As a reminder, the CASS™ 2006-2007 (Cycle K) version of the AMS API Product ceased to function effective August 1, 2007.
06/11/2007
DPV® License Responsibilities Letter
If you sublicense your CASS™ Certified address matching software to a third party for their use to create their own customized product, their compliance with the DPV™ license terms and conditions remain your responsibility.
05/01/2007
LACSLink® Licensee Performance Requirements Updates
This document provides updates and realease information on LACSLink® lincensee performance requirements.
10/06/2006
DPV®, DSF2®, CASS™ Grading Requirements
This document contains grading requirements for DPV®, DSF2®, and CASS™ products.
05/01/2006
Z4 Info File Layout
This data file presents a table of codes for primary and secondary numbers to describe Z4Info files.
03/08/2006
USPS-LR-L-61
This study provides comprehensive information on the volume, characteristics, and costs of Undeliverable-As-Addressed (UAA) and Personal-KnowledgeRequired (PKR) mail and on addressing deficiencies by rate category and applicable mail processing category.
12/01/2005
Electronic Address Sequencing (EAS) Processing Acknowledgement Form (PAF)
A mailer or a party acting on behalf of a mailer (Mailer), who submits an address list to the United States Postal Service (USPS) for Level 3 Address Sequencing Service must complete the this processing acknowledgement form (PAF).
04/28/2005
02/17/2005
Footnote Code Changes
As presented at the CASS PIT meeting on February 17, 2005, there are some changes to the Footnote codes and how to process records when there is no delivery type on a match. We would like to clarify the changes to the Footnote codes.
01/01/2005
11/08/2004
Letter to CASS™ Vendors
The USPS® Address Management office has determined that there is a small percentage of addresses that will produce a false positive match when presented to the DPV™ Split File Product.