RULES: Bound printed matter machinable parcels; marking requirement,
Published: 2006-03-15
This final rule adopts a new marking requirement for Bound
Printed Matter (BPM) machinable parcels consisting of multiple pieces
secured with transparent shrinkwrap. The new marking will enable our
automated equipment to recognize that these BPM machinable parcels are
intended for a single address. Under the new standards, mailers must
use a firm
NOTICES: Customized Postage; expanded market test authorization,
Published: 2006-03-13
The Postal ServiceTM provides notice of its
intention to expand testing of the concept of Customized Postage for a
period of up to 2 years, commencing no sooner than March 20, 2006.
RULES: Inspector General Office; criminal investigators arrest and investigative powers,
Published: 2006-03-10
This rule describes the procedures for service of
administrative subpoenas by criminal investigators employed by the
Office of Inspector General.
PROPOSED RULES: Periodicals flats in mixed area distribution center bundles and sacks; new preparation,
Published: 2006-03-07
The Postal Service currently allows Periodicals mailers to
prepare two types of mixed area distribution center (ADC) bundles and
sacks, including a new type of optional mixed ADC bundle and sack that
improves service for Periodicals without adding processing costs. We
are proposing to make this optional separation a requirement beginning
July 6,
RULES: Inspector General's Office; subpoenas served on employees; technical amendments,
Published: 2006-03-06
This rule makes editorial corrections to the Office of
Inspector General regulations pertaining to subpoenas served on
employees of the Office of Inspector General.
RULES: Postal property conduct,
Published: 2006-03-06
This rule amends the enforcement provisions of the rules for
conduct on Postal Service property to restate the statutory basis for
the powers of members of the Postal Service security force, and the
authority of postal installation heads to enter into agreements with
state and local law enforcement agencies for the enforcement of those
rules.
RULES: Bundles of flat-size and irregular parcel mail; bundle integrity,
Published: 2006-02-24
This final rule requires mailers to use two bands to secure
all bundles of presorted flatsize mail and irregular parcels when
those bundles are not shrinkwrapped.
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-02-16
Date of Meeting: February 7, 2006.
Status: Closed.
Previous Announcement: 71 FR 5384, February 1, 2006.
Addition: Proposal to File Request for Postal Rate Commission Advisory Opinion on Service Changes.
At its closed meeting on February 7, 2006, the Board of Governors
of the United States Postal Service voted unanimously to add this item
to the
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-02-01
Times and Dates: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2006; 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2006.
Place: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
Status: February 710:30 a.m. (Closed); February 88:30 a.m. (Open); February 810 a.m. (Closed).
Matters To Be Considered:
RULES: Periodicals mail prepared in sacks; new standards,
Published: 2006-01-12
This final rule adopts new mailing standards for Periodicals
mail prepared in sacks. The standards include two new types of sacksa
3digit carrier routes sack and a merged 3digit sackand a new
minimum of 24 pieces for most other sacks.
