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Pricing & Classification DMM Advisory

Pricing & Classification DMM Advisory
Message board to keep postal customers informed of changes to mailing standards, services, and prices.

Welcome to the new DMM Advisory.

The Advisory keeps you informed about mailing issues that are important to your business. You will find updates to our mailing standards and prices, information about our Web tools, and helpful reminders about mailing issues. To subscribe to the DMM Advisory or to send comments and suggestions, email us at dmmadvisory@usps.com.


April 17, 2009 Notice of the Intelligent Mail Services weekly update.

April 16, 2009 Notice of an extension to the barcode requirement for customers using Priority Mail commercial base pricing with permit imprint.

April 13, 2009 Notice of an updated Notice 123-Price List available on usps.com. Additionally, the March/April MailPro is now available.

April 9, 2009 Notice of the Intelligent Mail Services weekly update.

April 9, 2009 Notice of an advance copy of the letter-size booklets Federal Register is available on Postal Explorer.

April 7, 2009 Announcement that the Federal Register final rule for letter-size booklets will be published later in the week.

April 6, 2009 Summary of April DMM revisions.

April 3, 2009 Updates for PostalOne! and Fast outages; New Business Customer Gateway; Postal Wizard; and Mail.XML technical specifications.

April 2, 2009 Notice that the May 2009 price change Federal Register final rule is available on Postal Explorer. Also, an announcement that the implementation of standards for letter-size booklets will be postponed until September 2009.

March 30, 2009 Announcement that we will not be implementing a mandatory tray-based preparation for First-Class Mail automation flats in the May 2009 price change.

March 27, 2009 Announcement of an amended notice filing with the PRC to postpone the Move Update noncompliance charge, and to adjust prices for Confirm service.

March 26, 2009 Announcement of the Intelligent Mail weekly update.

March 24, 2009 Notice of the availability of the May 2009 postage statements.

March 20, 2009 Notice of weekly communications and updates as we prepare for the implementation of Basic and Full-Service options for Intelligent Mail.

March 20, 2009 Reminder of Intelligent Mail webinars held for customers every other Friday.

March 16, 2009 Notice that the PRC confirmed our Mailing Services prices except for the annual mailing fees for Confirm service.

March 13, 2009 Reminder that new address placement standards for commercial flat-size mail go into effect March 29, 2009.

March 5, 2009 Summary of March DMM revisions. Also, an update to Notice 123- Price List, for the May 2009 price change.

February 26, 2009 Announcement of new Intelligent Mail webinars. Also, the Postal Service continues to collaborate with mailers on the testing of folded self-mailer designs.

February 23, 2009 Announcement that the new standards for letter-size booklets and folded self-mailers will include only recommendations for folded self-mailers, rather than requirements.

February 19, 2009 Notice for mailers on how to use the plant-verified drop shipment (PVDS) during the price change. Also, an announcement that the January/February MailPro is currently available on usps.com.

February 18, 2009 Announcement that all of the domestic and international Federal Registers supporting the May price change are available on Postal Explorer.

February 13, 2009 Reminder that the new addressing standards for flat-size mail are effective March 29, 2009.

February 11, 2009 Announcement of price change tools on usps.com/prices/pricechanges.htm.

February 10, 2009 Announcement that the Governors of the Postal Service have approved new prices for mailing services. The new prices go into effect May 11, 2009.

February 6, 2009 Announcement that the Federal Register published our revised proposed rule for the May 2009 mailing services price change. We encourage customers to comment before March 6, 2009.

February 3, 2009 Announcement that, based on proposed rule comments, the Postal Service will continue to test folded self-mailer designs. The final rule will incorporate recommendations only for folded self-mailers and requirements for booklets.

January 28, 2009 Announcement of the updated advance notice Federal Register for the May 2009 Mailing Services price change posted on Postal Explorer.

January 22, 2009 Announcement of the advance notice Federal Register for the May 2009 Mailing Services price change being posted on Postal Explorer.

January 21, 2009 Notice that the Consumer Price Index was updated today.

January 18, 2009 Notice that the Shipping Services price change went into effect today. Also announced is the summary of January DMM revisions.

January 16, 2009 Announcement of the published detached address labels (DALs) final rule Federal Register.

January 8, 2009 Reminder that the Shipping Services price change is effective on January 18, 2009. Additionally, a new smaller Priority Mail flat-rate box is introduced on January 18, and is priced the same as the Priority Mail flat-rate envelope.

December 30, 2008 Notice that the Postal Service filed its Annual Compliance Report with the Postal Regulatory Commission. Also, the November/December MailPro can now be accessed online.

December 29, 2008 Announcement that the Federal Register published our letter-size booklets and self-mailers proposed rule. We encourage review and comments by January 28, 2009.

December 23, 2008 Announcement of a new email address to accept comments on the letter-size booklets and folded self-mailers Federal Register proposed rule.

December 19, 2008 Announcement of the domestic and international January pricing changes published in the 12/18/08 Postal Bulletin. Also announced was the letter-size booklets and folded self-mailers Federal Register notice posted on Postal Explorer.

December 18, 2008 Announcement of the updated Consumer Price Index (CPI) today.

December 12, 2008 Notice of full restoration of online services for usps.com.

December 12, 2008 Announcement of where customers can obtain information on the upcoming January Shipping Services price change.

December 11, 2008 Notice of partial online availability for usps.com services.

December 11, 2008 Announcement of RIBBS Web site update and new enhanced features.

December 10, 2008 Notice of intermittent technical service interruption on usps.com.

December 9, 2008 Notice of updates to three Intelligent Mail technical guides and the introduction of a new guide for customers implementing the full-service solution for their business.

December 4, 2008 Summary of December DMM revisions.

December 1, 2008 A notice to customers that the Move Update Customer Policy and FAQs are posted on the RIBBS Web site.

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