| November 2008 | |
| US Postal Service “Move Update” | |
The US Postal Service “Move Update” requirements for standard mail are effective November 23rd, 2008. What is changing?… those of you who mail Standard Mail Flats or Parcels through UPS Mail Innovations for delivery by the USPS, are required to have methods in place to ensure your business only uses addresses that were updated within the previous 95 days when communicating to your customers. For example, a mailing tendered on Nov. 23rd must bear addresses that were updated no earlier than Aug. 20th. Why bother checking for accuracy of your address list? Accurate and updated addresses are required to ensure you maintain current discounted rates after Nov. 23rd. Consider these statistics:
How many of these people are your customers or members? UPS Mail Innovations has provided several options for consideration through previous communications regarding these new “Move Update” requirements for Standard Mail. As your service provider, and mailer of record, we are required to have on file the completed form (PS Form 6014 titled “Certification of Move Update Compliance”) which identifies to us and the US Postal Service, the particular method that you will be using to comply with these new requirements. To that end, if you have not yet completed and returned the form it is critical that you do so now. For more information about the Move Update, please visit http://ribbs.usps.govand click on NCSC Products, Services & Publications, this will take you to the US Postal Service National Customer Support Center and provide the necessary information about this new “Move Update” requirement and information on address hygiene tools can help improve the quality of your mailing lists. We are standing by to assist you …..Please contact your account executive or call our Customer Care Department at 1-800-500-2224, #2. UPS Mail Innovations |
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| October 2008 | |
| New USPS Move Update Requirements | |
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Effective Nov. 23, 2008 the United States Postal Service is extending its efforts to improve the percentage of deliverable mail by revising their Move Update standards. The changes include:
The Move Update standards for mailers is to reduce the number of mailpieces that require forwarding or return, requiring the periodic matching of a mailer’s address records with customer filed change-of-address (COA) orders, through one of four pre-approved methods: 1) ACS If you have additional questions, we are here to assist. Please contact Mail Innovations customer care staff at 800-500-2224, option 2, or visit us at www.upsmailinnovations.com |
Form 6014 USPS Move Update Guide Move Update Options http://www.usps.com/ncsc/addressservices/moveupdate/moveupdatemenu.htm Additional Move Update Information http://www.usps.com/mailpro/2008/mayjune/page5.htm |
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| September 2008 | |
| Hurricane Ike | |
| Service update for Texas and Louisiana Tuesday, Sept. 30, 9 a.m. ET |
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| Texas | |
Hidden Space |
Mail Processing Facilities Stations and Branches In Beaumont, the Main Post Office (77707), South End Station (77701, 77702, and 77705) and Tobe Hahn Station (77703, 77706, 77708, and 77713) are providing limited retail and delivery service, while Lumberton Station (77657) is operating normally. The following offices are closed: Gilchrist (77617), Port Bolivar/Crystal Beach (77650), High Island (77623), Sabine Pass (77655), Port Arthur (77640-43), Bobs Lyons Station (77551) and Wallisville (77597). Note: Customers from Gilchrist, Port Bolivar/Crystal Beach, High Island, Sabine Pass and Wallisville are being served with alternate delivery at the Winnie, TX, and Post Office (77655). Galveston, TX The Galveston Main Post Office at 601 Rosenberg (77550) is closed. Post Offices located outside the city encompassing the greater Houston, Beaumont and Galveston areas (ZIP Code areas 773, 774, 775, 776 and 777) have reopened, except where noted above. All Post Offices in ZIP Code areas 779, 783, and 784 have resumed full operations. |
| Louisiana | |
Barataria (70036) and Lafitte (70067) Post Offices are operating normally. The following Post Offices in Zip codes 703 - 704 are closed:
All Post Offices in Zip Codes 705 and 706 have resumed operations except for the following:
Note: In areas where delivery is curtailed due to flooding, residents can retrieve their mail at their local Post Office. |
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| Ohio | |
Columbus Cincinnati |
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| Hurricane Custav | |
| Alabama and Mississippi 8:00 PM EDT Sep. 1, 2008 |
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All Post Offices Service update for Harrison County, MS |
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| LOUISIANA 2:00 PM EDT Sep. 1, 2008 |
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The following mandatory evacuations have curtailed mail delivery until after Hurricane Gustav passes through and weather and road conditions permit resumption of deliveries: Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermillion and Washington. Service updates for SCF New Orleans |
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| TEXAS 2:00 PM EDT Sep. 1, 2008 |
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Houston All other Houston ZIP Code areas (770, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777 and 778) are operating normally at this time.
Service update for SCF Beaumont TX (777-778) |
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| June, 2008 | |
| Iowa Flooding | |
| Waterloo, IA, and Cedar Rapids, IA | |
Waterloo, IA, 50701
Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401Numerous evacuations have been ordered in the city and Interstate 380 has been closed down through much of the city.All operations at the Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, facility have been suspended. The office will not be accepting drop shipments. All drop shipments destined for Cedar Rapids 52401 must be redirected to the Quad Cities Processing & Distribution Facility, 7700 68th St, Milan, IL, 61264-9997. The Finance Unit located at 311 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401, has been evacuated and will have no retail services until further notice. The Main Post Office, West Station and Southeast Station are all without power. |
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| Wisconsin Flooding | |
| Fond du Lac, Gays Mills and Viola, WI | |
Fond du Lac, WI, 54935
Gays Mills, WI, 54631Due to flooding, all operations, including distribution, rural and PO Box service for the Gays Mills, WI, Post Office have been relocated to the Soldiers Grove, WI, 54655 Post Office on June 9, and will remain there indefinitely.Viola, WI, 54664Due to flooding, all operations, including distribution, rural and PO Box service for the Viola, WI, Post Office have been relocated to the Readstown, WI, 54652 Post Office on June 9, and will remain there indefinitely. |
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| May, 2008 | |
| Postal Forum | |
| UPS Mail Innovations attends the 2008 Postal Forum in Anaheim, California | |
| January, 2008 | |
| UPS MI new Southeast Processing Center | |
| UPS Mail Innovations launches new Southeast Processing Center in Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| October, 2007 | |
| Wildfires in Southern California | |
| Wildfires continue to wreak havoc in southern California, forcing the evacuation and closure of Post Offices throughout the area. As a result, retail service and mail delivery was cancelled or curtailed in a number of locations. This mail is being staged and will be delivered as soon as evacuation orders are rescinded and employees and residents can return. Over the next two days, the Postal Service will consider alternate mail pick-up locations. | |
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