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.
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.
03/16/2016
Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Update
This document provides a Plant-Verified Drop Shipment Update for Intelligent Mail®.
03/16/2016
Manifest Analysis Certification (MAC™) R-001 MAC Cycle R Advisory
This document provides information on the BMAC Cycle R Certification.
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®.
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).
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.
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.
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.
09/01/2015
Postal Customer Council (PCC) Insider
PCC newsletter, including updates on membership, education, communication, and policy.
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.
06/02/2015
NCOALink® MPE Pricing Letter
This announcment indicates a change in NCOALink Mail Processing Equipment licensing fees.
06/02/2015
NCOALink® Pricing Letter
This announcement indicates a change in NCOALink licensing fees.
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.
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.
10/01/2014
NCOALink® Weekly & EU Monthly Fulfillment
This document provides the weekly and monthly fulfillment for the NCOALink® product.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
05/07/2013
CASS™ and MASS™ Cycle O Deferment Letter
This letter announces the deferment of CASS™/MASS™ Cycle O implementation.
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.
02/25/2013
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Reporting Reminder
This licensing announcement covers new changes to NCOALink reporting compliance.
02/22/2013
Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) for Large Files
As an effort to provide a more efficient method for USPS® product fulfillment, the USPS is seeking beta testers for a new electronic product fulfillment service.
01/11/2013
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Pricing Changes Reminder
This licensing announcement serves as a reminder, effective January 27, most of the NCOALink licensing fees will change.
01/11/2013
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® MPE Pricing Changes Reminder
This licensing announcement serves as a reminder that the NCOALink Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) licensing fees will change on January 27, 2013.
01/10/2013
Transition of the RDI™ Product to an AIS
To facilitate the needs of the mailing industry, the USPS® has decided to categorize the RDI™ Product as an AIS (Address Information System) data product, effective January 27, 2013. As a result of this change, the parcel shipping requirement, as well as the RDI License Agreement, will be eliminated.
01/01/2013
ACS™ Announcement: Traditional ACS™ Service Type ID FAQ
This document details frequently asked questions regarding the Traditional ACS required change.
12/07/2012
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® MPE Price Change
As a result of the USPS® Domestic and International Mailing Services Price Change, effective January 27, 2013, the NCOALink Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) licensing fees will change.
12/07/2012
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Price Change
As a result of the USPS® Domestic and International Mailing Services Price Change, effective January 27, 2013, the NCOALink licensing fees will change.
11/29/2012
Licensing Announcement: DPV®/DSF2® Files to Support Hurricane Sandy
To support addresses impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the USPS® is providing vacant and no-stat information via a weekly download from the Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) website.
09/07/2012
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Product Release #1044
It has been determined that delivery of NCOALink product release# 1044, that was shipped Tuesday, September 5, has been delayed.
07/25/2012
DPV® PBSA Records
Effective with the August release, the USPS® has included the PBSA (Post Office Box Street Address) records in the following products.
05/07/2012
Licensing Announcement: PAF Requirements Reminder
As a reminder, NCOALink® and FASTforward® licensees are required by their license agreements to acquire a Processing Acknowledgement Form (PAF) for each of their customers.
04/26/2012
Licensing Announcement: Issues with NCOALink® 48-Month Hash Data
The NCOALink® hash data product (release# 1025) contains the previous release’s data. Please do not attempt to load the NCOALink hash data.
01/17/2012
DPV® CMRA Table Expansion
Effective with the February release of the DPV® monthly data fulfillment, P.O. Box™ (PBSA) records will be added to the CMRA table.
12/21/2011
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Price Changes
As a result of the USPS Domestic and International Mailing Services Price Change, effective January 22, 2012, the NCOALink® licensing fees will change.
11/02/2011
Licensing Announcement: DSF2® Throwback Table Expansion
In an effort to provide value added enhancements to the traditional P.O. Box™ service, 3,700 postal locations are adding ‘P.O. Box Street Addresses’ (PBSA) to the AMS database.
08/01/2011
SuiteLink® Requirement Modification
The Postal Service® is modifying the current CASS™ Cycle N requirement that to qualify for an automation price, mailers must show on the mailpiece the suite number returned by SuiteLink® processing used to determine the correct ZIP +4™ code.
02/01/2011
NCOALink® Pricing Changes
Effective April 17, 2011, most of the NCOALink® licensing fees will change.
06/30/2010
Licensing Announcement: NCOALink® Release Number 930
The NCOALink® data fulfillment received this week was labeled with the incorrect release number. The correct release number is 930, not 929.
05/20/2010
NCOALink® Release Number 925
Regarding NCOALink® release number 925, there will be no additional moves out of ZIP™ codes that begin with ‘00’ and ‘33.’ This release is scheduled to be mailed the week of May 24.
03/30/2010
CASS™ Cycle N Partnership in Tomorrow Minutes
The Partnership in Tomorrow Meeting was hosted by the National Customer Support Center in Memphis, TN with attendees and webinar participants from various industry representatives. These minutes are a record of discussions held during the meeting
11/06/2009
NCOALink® Data Release #897
The NCOALink® data contained in data release #897 will include fewer records due to the expired records rolling off of the database.
10/29/2009
CASS™ and MASS™ Cycle N Deferment Letter
The implementation date for CASS/MASS Cycle N is being deferred to August 1, 2011.
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.
02/16/2009
ACS™ Announcement: OneCode ACS® Fulfillment
Information regarding OneCode ACS data content regarding the Intelligent Mail (IM) barcode
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.
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.