Modifications to DPV® License and Supporting Documents

This document lists modifications to the DPV® license agreement and supporting documents.

Modifications to DPV® License and Supporting Documents

This document lists modifications to the DPV® license agreement and supporting documents.

No-Stat Reason Code Table - DPV® (March 30, 2018)

No-Stats Increase (November 22, 2017)

No-Stat Record Increase

NDD Tables in DPV® Product (October 13, 2017)

SHA-256 Filenames (July 19, 2017)

EPF REST Web Services Issues (June 23, 2017)

Reminder on SHA-256 Conversion

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.

Licensing Announcement: Discontinuation of the DirectDPV Product

As a follow up to the DirectDPV retirement notice sent November 18, 2015, the DirectDPV table has been discontinued and is no longer included in the DPV and DSF2 Products.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

DPV® PBSA Records

Effective with the August release, the USPS® has included the PBSA (Post Office Box Street Address) records in the following products.

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.

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.

February 1, 2008 Licensing Announcements

This is an announcement concerning the centralized email account and the proper use of the term ‘Intelligent Mail®.’

Licensing Announcement: DPV® Known False Positives (January 25, 2008)

Below are important announcements regarding the DPV Known False Positive files, a DSF2 clarification on False Positive Reporting, and maintenance of False Positive reports.

June 15, 2007 Licensing Announcements

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.

Notification to Vendors - DPV Split File has increased to 2 CD ROMS

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.