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05/28/2025
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08/21/2024
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02/27/2024
Election Mail and Ballot Mail STID Finder
The Election Mail and Ballot Mail Service Type IDentifier (STID) Finder is a tool designed to assist election officials and their mail service providers in selecting an appropriate Election Mail and Ballot Mail STID for their outbound mailings.*
A STID is a unique three-digit code that indicates the service type for an individual mailpiece. Use of the appropriate STIDs allows for Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking and Reporting (IV®-MTR) to identify mailpieces, with all expected service combinations, during mail processing.
How it Works
The tool asks users to answer a series of yes/no and multiple-choice questions related to the main attributes that determine which STID may match the mailer’s needs for Intelligent Mail barcoded mail.
It is critical when utilizing the tool to understand the difference between Ballot Mail and Election Mail in order to select the optimal STID.
Ballot Mail is a mailpiece sent to or from an authorized election official containing a live ballot that may be used to cast a vote in an election. Ballot Mail is a subset of Election Mail, which is any item mailed to or from an authorized election official that enables citizens to participate in the voting process, such as live and sample ballots, voter registration cards, absentee ballot applications, and polling place notifications.
This tool supports ONLY Election Mail and Ballot Mail. All other types of mailings should refer to the full list of STIDs available on Postal Pro at https://postalpro.usps.com/mailing/service-type-identifiers.
*Please note that the tool’s results are suggestions only. For further insight into what each STID offers, contact the Address Management System (AMS) Help Desk via email at ACS@usps.gov or by phone at 877-640-0724, option 2 for IMb.
06/22/2023
12/16/2021
CVE-2021-44228 - log4j 2 Vulnerability Mitigation (Windows 32)
To mitigate CVE-2021-44228 when running the Mail.dat Client, download the shell/batch scripts and replace log4j-api-2.13.3 with log4j-api-2.16.0 and log4j-core-2.13.3 with log4j-core-2.16. with those in the folder where the Mail.dat Client has been extracted.
12/16/2021
CVE-2021-44228 - log4j 2 Vulnerability Mitigation (Solaris)
To mitigate CVE-2021-44228 when running the Mail.dat Client, download the shell/batch scripts and replace log4j-api-2.13.3 with log4j-api-2.16.0 and log4j-core-2.13.3 with log4j-core-2.16. with those in the folder where the Mail.dat Client has been extracted.
03/09/2021
03/05/2021
03/04/2021
12/11/2020
12/11/2020
12/09/2020
12/09/2020
12/08/2020
11/25/2020
Mailpiece Qualification Tips
The Mailpiece Qualification Tips is a document that will provide you tips with:
- Does my mailpiece qualify?
- Does my barcode qualify?
- Do I have an Origin IMb MID?
- Tips in Designing New Reply Mailpieces
11/25/2020
08/22/2020
Live-Client Projects in the Virtual Classroom - Email to Faculty
Live-client experiences—in which students create real integrated marketing campaigns in response to real business challenges—are a key component of a well-rounded marketing education, but have become difficult to execute due to social distancing and a shift to online learning.
Use this email template to introduce faculty members at colleges and universities to the three-part Direct Effect webinar mini-series that will guide them through the steps to providing their students an insightful and rewarding virtual live-client experience.
07/14/2020
Sample DEIC Completion Letter
Congratulatory letter from USPS for distribution to student participants. May also be used as a sample for letters from school administrators or other parties.
07/14/2020
DEIC Winner Certificate Template
Customizable certificate for distribution to students on the winnning team.
07/14/2020
DEIC Participant Certificate Template
Customizable certificate for distribution to all participating students.
07/14/2020
DEIC Judging Score Sheet
Forms for use by judges when evaluating student presentations.
07/14/2020
DEIC Judging Criteria
Recommended criteria for evaluating student presentations.
07/14/2020
DEIC Student Presentation Template
Template that may be provided to students to help them structure and present their integrated campaigns.
07/14/2020
DEIC Gallery of Student Mailpieces
A collection of student-designed and constructed direct mail pieces in response to live-client challenges from previous Innovation Challenges.
07/14/2020
DEIC Integrated Marketing Canvas
Visual tool designed to guide student participants through the integrated campaign design process.
07/14/2020
DEIC Condensed Event Schedule
This document shows a condensed view of the day-long Innovation Challenge to provide to students, judges, and others.
07/14/2020
DEIC Annotated Event Timeline
This provides a detailed sample timeline for an online Innovation Challenge event.
07/14/2020
DEIC Live-Client Presentation Template
Presentation template that may be provided to live clients to help them structure their business challenge for students.
07/14/2020
DEIC Participant Information Spreadsheet
Use this template for tracking key student participant information for Innovation Challenge events.
07/14/2020
DEIC Event Invitation Template
Use this template to customize invitations to students, judges, clients, and others to an Innovation Challenge event.
07/14/2020
DEIC Planning Checklist
This checklist will help organize steps and resources required to plan and execute an online Innovation Challenge.
02/07/2020
Address Element Correction (AEC) Calculator
The AEC Calculator estimates the potential return on investment for mailers utilizing AEC/AEC II® service based on the assumption that records submitted to AEC/AEC II currently do not ZIP + 4® or DPV® validate to the primary number.
07/30/2019
ACS™ Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Download Manager Software (Client Side)
Please send an email to ACS@usps.gov requesting the current versions of the EPF download managers and documentation to create your own download manager.