Archive for the ‘USPS’ Category
USPS Site Compromised
United States Postal Service web site http://ribbs.usps.gov was infected last week with a Blackhole Exploit Kit built by Russian hackers that’s increasingly being used in attacks. RIBBS stands for Rapid Information Bulletin Board System and points to the USPS’ Intelligent Mail services, the barcodes that provide business mail with better tracking and logistics. Zscalar, the [...]
USPS Sued for Patent Infringement
An 11-year-old Alabama company called Return Mail Inc has sued the United States Postal Service in the Court of Federal Claims charging it with infringing its patent for processing returned and undeliverable mail. It’s looking for damages. Its complaint alleges that the USPS copied its technology after meeting with the company at least five times [...]
USPS on the Verge on Bankruptcy
The US Postal Service said Friday that it lost $8.5 billion in the fiscal year ended September 30. That’s $4.7 billion more than in fiscal 2009 and more than the $2.8 billion it lost in 2008. That’s also after saving $9 billion over the last two years, primarily from cutting about 105,000 jobs “more than [...]
USPS Denied its Price Hike
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the overseer of the US Postal Service, last Thursday shot the legs out from under the post office’s case for raising rates again in January. Mailers like the Affordable Mail Alliance (AMA), formed to fight the increase, cheered. Unless the USPS comes back with a more convincing argument to justify [...]
USPS Told To Go Digital: Report
Major customers told the United States Postal Services that it needs to start offering electronic services if it expects to survive in a world where communications are turning completely digital. What these services might be is a question since the USPS is forbidden by law to compete with the private sector, which seems to have [...]
USPS Tries To Lure e-Tail into Print
The US Postal Service is reaching out to e-tailers with a campaign that claims paper catalogs can double their online transactions and that print extensions of their Internet shopping web sites can lift their revenue over 100%. A market study by comScore found that twice as many catalog recipients made a purchase when they visited [...]
USPS Seeks Direct Mail Buddy
The cash-strapped US Postal Service is looking for a direct mail partner, somebody “with the experience, qualifications, proven approaches, solutions and industry best practices necessary to deliver and operate an end-to-end online direct mail solution targeted at the small/medium enterprise segment.” It’s only a request for “market research and planning purposes,” not an RFP. The [...]
USPS Pushes Forward on Delivery Cuts
The US Postal Service’s board of governors has given the agency the go-ahead to move on its five-day delivery proposal and file a request for an advisory opinion with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on March 30, a statutory requirement ahead of any major change. Cutting Saturday deliveries starting next year, a move that needs [...]
USPS Tries Plan B
Having gotten little to no political support in Washington for its idea about cutting deliveries from six days a week to five, despite the fact that it may go broke in the process, the United States Postal Services has now regrouped around Plan B. Suppose, it says, we leave post offices open on Saturday but [...]
USPS, Others Leverage the iPhone
The USPS is offering a free application for the iPhone and iPod touch at Apple’s App Store. The new USPS mobile application leverages Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) capabilities, using the Locator function to show the post offices, automated postal centers and collection boxes closest to the user. Maps and directions – driving, walking or mass [...]