Announcements
04/15/2016
Reminder on Updated MPE Testing Requirements

This document provides updated MPE Testing Requirements.

Announcements
03/25/2016
Licensing Announcement: LACSLink® File Size Expansion

In an effort to reduce the number of density-related collisions (false positives) in the LACSLink Product, the file size of the llk.hsa binary hash table will increase.

Announcements
03/18/2016
Postal Customer Council (PCC) Workshop: Secure Destruction

A Postal Customer Council (PCC) workshop presentation on Secure Destruction, as part of the new sustainable BlueEarth mail service offering.

Announcements
03/16/2016
Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Update

This document provides a Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Update for Intelligent Mail®.

Announcements
03/16/2016
Manifest Analysis Certification (MAC™) R-001 MAC Cycle R Advisory

This document provides information on the BMAC Cycle R Certification.

Announcements
02/26/2016
IDEAlliance® & Mail.dat & Mail.XML Version Supported by The Postal Service®

This document provides information on the Mail.dat and Mail.XML files for IDEAlliance®.

Announcements
01/26/2016
Licensing Announcement: Issue with Downloading Both SHA-1 and SHA-256 Products on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF)

This announcement details an issue with downloading both the SHA‐1 and SHA‐256 versions of the products using the SOAP Web Services (ColdFusion).

Announcements
01/07/2016
Licensing Announcement: SHA-256 Products on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF)

To comply with the recommendations from the December 2014 Office of Inspector (OIG) audit of the NCOALink® program, the USPS® will begin the transition from SHA‐1 to SHA‐256 technology as the method for data encryption.

Announcements
11/05/2015
Licensing Announcement: Clarification to Addresses on NCOALink® PAFs

In an effort to help clarify the PO Box address issues when the physical street is not provided or not valid on the ZIP + 4® database, this announcment provide guidelines to follow.

Announcements
09/14/2015
Licensing Announcement: Addresses on NCOALink® PAFs

As a reminder, all parties signing NCOALink Processing Acknowledgement Forms (PAFs) must provide a physical street address.

Announcements
09/01/2015
Postal Customer Council (PCC) Insider

PCC newsletter, including updates on membership, education, communication, and policy.

Announcements
08/07/2015
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Onsite Reviews

In a coordinated effort that began in December 2014, the Licensing and Certification Department and United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) have teamed up to conduct NCOALink onsite reviews at Licensees’ site locations.

Announcements
06/02/2015
NCOALink® MPE Pricing Letter

This announcment indicates a change in NCOALink Mail Processing Equipment licensing fees.

Announcements
06/02/2015
NCOALink® Pricing Letter

This announcement indicates a change in NCOALink licensing fees.

Announcements
04/28/2015
ACS™ Announcement: Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Invoice Modification

The ACS EPF Billing Invoice PDF version has been modified effective with the April 24, 2015 invoice.

Fact Sheets
02/26/2015
Periodicals Critical Entry Times (CET) Memo

This message describes changes to the standardized National Destination Critical Entry Times (CET) for periodical mailing customers.

Announcements
10/01/2014
NCOALink® Weekly & EU Monthly Fulfillment

This document provides the weekly and monthly fulfillment for the NCOALink® product.

Announcements
03/14/2014
ACS™ Announcement: Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Planned Maintenance and Migration Rescheduled

Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) maintenance previously planned for March 15, 2014 has been tentatively rescheduled to begin March 22, 2014 at 10am CST and end March 23, 2014 at 10pm CST.

Announcements
03/14/2014
Licensing Announcement: Reminder on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Server Migration

As a reminder, the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website will be migrated to a new server Saturday, March 15.

Announcements
11/19/2013
Licensing Announcement: Reminder on NCOALink® Weekly Product Updates via Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF)

This licensing announcement is a reminder that weekly product updates for NCOALink are posted each Monday.

Announcements
10/08/2013
Alternative Processing Acknowledgement Form (PAF) Renewal Policy

The Alternative PAF renewal policy serves as an option to the existing PAF renewal policy. The two models enable licensees to choose an option that best suits their business needs.

Announcements
05/17/2013
Licensing Announcement: Reminder on Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) for Large Files Beta Test

This licensing announcement serves as a reminder that the EPF for Large Files beta test concludes on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

Announcements
05/07/2013
CASS™ and MASS™ Cycle O Deferment Letter

This letter announces the deferment of CASS™/MASS™ Cycle O implementation.

Announcements
02/25/2013
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Reporting Requirements

Effective with the March 2013 reports, the USPS® will be validating the Monthly NCOALink reports for accuracy. Licensees and vendors will be required to provide corrected reports to the USPS in accordance with the Licensee Performance Requirements.

Announcements
02/25/2013
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Reporting Reminder

This licensing announcement covers new changes to NCOALink reporting compliance.