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[FR Doc 04-26237] 1. United States Postal Service Board of Governors; Sunshine Act Meeting

Published: 2004-11-26 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-25558] 2. Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters

This rule provides contact information for submission of questions or comments and all notification, plans, and reports directed by regulation throughout 39 CFR Part 501Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters.

Published: 2004-11-18 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

[FR Doc 04-24887] 3. Address Sequencing Services

The United States Postal Service provides mailers with both manual and electronic address sequencing services for their address lists, including electronic address sequencing (EAS) service and computerized delivery sequencing (CDS) service. Mailers who prepare their mail using these services may qualify for postage discounts. In addition, these

Published: 2004-11-09 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-23997] 4. Discontinuance of Volume Discount Availability for IPA and ISAL Mailers

This final rule deletes International Mail Manual (IMM) 292.212, 292.213, and 293.75, which authorized mailers who spent $2 million or more combined on International Priority Airmail (IPA) and International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) in the preceding Postal Service fiscal year to receive discounted postage rates.

Published: 2004-11-03 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-24555] 5. Priority Mail Flat-Rate Box

This final rule sets forth the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards adopted by the Postal Service to implement the Priority Mail flatrate box experiment pursuant to the October 27, 2004, Decision of the Governors of the Postal Service approving the Recommend Decision of the Postal Rate Commission in its Docket No. MC20042. The recommended decision

Published: 2004-11-02 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-23646] 6. Eligibility Requirements for Standard Mail

In this final rule the Postal Service adopts an amendment to Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) standards concerning material eligible for mailing at Standard Mail postage rates. The revised standards clarify the circumstances in which mail containing ``personal'' information may be eligible for Standard Mail, rather than FirstClass Mail, rates. The

Published: 2004-10-27 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-23647] 7. Use of Ancillary Service Endorsement for Mailing Certain Types of Checks

This proposed rule would amend the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) to require an endorsement requesting forwarding or return on certain mailpieces containing checks sent at Standard Mail postage rates, including ``convenience'' and ``balance transfer'' checks.

Published: 2004-10-27 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-22234] 8. Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters

This final rule amends the regulations that define a postage meter and its components and a manufacturer and/or distributor of postage meters. The rule also puts forth the responsibilities of any authorized person or entity to notify the Postal Service upon a change in ownership or control, or bankruptcy or insolvency, and identifies factors the

Published: 2004-10-07 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

[FR Doc 04-22233] 9. International Mail Manual; Incorporation by Reference

The Postal Service announces the issuance of Issue 30 of the International Mail Manual (IMM), and its incorporation by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Published: 2004-10-05 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-22285] 10. Changes in Domestic Mail Classifications

This notice sets forth the changes to the Domestic Mail Classification Schedule to be implemented as a result of the Decision of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on the Opinion and Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission Approving Stipulation and Agreement on Experimental Periodicals Copalletization Dropship Discounts

Published: 2004-10-05 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-22231] 11. General Information on Postal Service

This rule amends the Postal Service regulations to reflect current information regarding the publication and availability of the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM).

Published: 2004-10-04 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-22232] 12. Change to the Retirement Plan for Manually Set Postage Meters

By this notice, the Postal ServiceTM revises the Retirement Plan for Manually Set Postage Meters, published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2000, pages 7793477938, for meters with lease expiration dates on or after October 1, 2004. The retirement date for these manually set electronic meters will be May 31, 2005. The Postal

Published: 2004-10-04 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-21557] 13. Bylaws of the Board of Governors

On September 14, 2004, the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service adopted a number of amendments to its Bylaws. These amendments changed the quorum of Governors required to vote on a recommended decision of the Postal Rate Commission, reserved the election of the Board's Vice Chairman to the Governors, and altered the rules for

Published: 2004-09-29 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-20095] 14. Authorization To Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters

This rule corrects outdated or incorrect information in the text of the cautionary label required to be placed on rented postage meters.

Published: 2004-09-15 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-20418] 15. Sunshine Act Meting

Times and Dates: 11 a.m., Monday, September 13, 2004; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 14, 2004.
Place: Boston Massachusetts, at the Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Avenue, in the Esplanade Room.
Status: September 1311 a.m. (Closed); September 148:30 a.m. (Open) Matters to be Considered:

Monday, September 1311 a.m. (Closed)

1. Office of

Published: 2004-09-08 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-20185] 16. Eligibility Requirements for Certain Nonprofit Standard Mail Material

In this final rule, the Postal Service adopts an amendment to Domestic Mail Manual standards governing insurance advertising in Nonprofit Standard Mail. The amendment sets forth guidelines for determining whether the coverage provided by an insurance policy offered by an authorized nonprofit organization to its members is not generally otherwise

Published: 2004-09-07 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-20184] 17. Restrictions on Private Carriage of Letters

This rule amends the Postal Service regulations on enforcement and suspension of the Private Express Statutes to correct obsolete addresses.

Published: 2004-09-07 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19781] 18. Standards Governing the Design of Wall-Mounted Centralized Mail Receptacles

This final rule replaces United States Postal Service[reg] (USPS[reg]) Standard 4B, Receptacles, Apartment House, Mail, which governs the design of wall mounted centralized mail receptacles whether utilized in commercial, residential, mixed
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residential or other types of structures. The new standard was developed

Published: 2004-09-03 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19992] 19. Address Visibility on Bundles of Flat-Size and Irregular Parcel Mail

The Postal Service is seeking comments on a proposal that adds additional standards for the visibility of address elements and presort designation (i.e., optional endorsement lines, barcoded pressure sensitive package labels, or facing slips) on bundles of flatsize and irregular parcel mailpieces. The proposed new standards apply only to bundles

Published: 2004-09-02 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19991] 20.

This proposed rule provides standards that would allow sample copies of authorized Periodicals publications to be mailed with merchandise mailed at Parcel Post[reg] or Bound Printed Matter rates of postage.

Published: 2004-09-02 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19990] 21. Signature Confirmation Service: Elimination of Signature Waiver Option

This proposed rule provides a change to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMMTM ) that would eliminate the signature waiver option for Signature ConfirmationTM service under DMM S919.1.10. The Postal ServiceTM is proposing this change because the signature waiver option is no longer necessary. Additionally, this option has

Published: 2004-09-02 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19976] 22.

This interim rule provides standards for a Postal Service\TM\ experiment. The experiment will test whether additional rate incentives would encourage the copalletization and dropshipment of currently sacked bundles of individual Periodicals publications that have high editorial content, are heavier weight, and have small mailed circulation. This

Published: 2004-09-02 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19782] 23.

This rule amends the Postal Service regulations on general organization, delegations of authority, and relationships and communication channels to bring these regulations into line with the Postal Service's current organizational structure. It also removes several obsolete parts from the subchapter dealing with organization and administration.

Published: 2004-08-31 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-19195] 24.

This rule amends the Postal Service's regulations concerning tort claims to correct mailing addresses and to clarify ambiguous provisions.

Published: 2004-08-27 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

[FR Doc 04-18772] 25. Issue 3 of the Purchasing Manual; Incorporation by Reference

The Postal Service announces the publication of Issue 3 of the Postal Service Purchasing Manual. Issue 3 supersedes previous editions of the Purchasing Manual, and is incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Published: 2004-08-19 POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

 

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