Licensing Announcement: SHA‐256 Products on EPF

To comply with the recommendations from the December 2014 Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of the NCOA^Link® program, the USPS^® will transition the monthly AMS API data from SHA‐1 to SHA‐256 technology as the method for data encryption.

Program Registration Online Enrollment User Guide

This document is intended for new users of the Online Enrollment Program Registration application. New users can use this document as a guide to understand the requirements for each external page and how the pages interact throughout the enrollment process. 

Appendix B: Universal Name/Address Record

This appendix to the PAVE technical guide contains information on universal name / address record for BMA certification.

Licensing Announcement: Reminder on SHA-256 Conversion

As a reminder, the USPS has begun the conversion of its licensed products from SHA‐1 to SHA‐256. This conversion is based on an OIG (Office of Inspector General) recommendation to transition USPS Licensed Products to a more secure algorithm to comply with current USPS security policies.

Share Mail™ Layout Guidelines

This document provides guidelines for Share Mail dimensions, Facing Identification Marks (FIMs), Indicia, and the submission process.

New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products

On October 12, 2016, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective January 22, 2017. This final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) that we will adopt to implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments.

Questions should be directed to Lizbeth Dobbins (lizbeth.j.dobbins@usps.gov) or Audrey Meloni (Audrey.M.Meloni@usps.gov).

Personalized Color Transpromo Samples

This document shows samples of acceptable and unacceptable color statemenst for 2017 Personalized Color Transpromo 

Address Information System (AIS) Area/District 3-Digit and 5-Digit ZIP Code™ Assignments

USPS® Verification of Periodicals Advertising Percentage

The Postal Service requires publishers, qualifying for Periodicals mailing privileges, to provide the percentage of advertising and non-advertising content for each issue to determine the pound price charge (DMM 207.2.1.5) of the mailing.

PCC Award of Excellence

This document is the PCC Award of Excellence certificate.