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    <description>Daily Publications of Meetings and Rules Changes for the Federal Government</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, May 20 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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</p><p>    By telephone vote on March 5, 2013, members of the Board of 
Governors of the United States Postal Service met and voted unanimously 
to close to public observation its meeting held in Washington, DC, via 
teleconference. The Board determined that no earlier public notice was  possible.<br/> Matters Considered<br/> </p><p>    1. Strategic Issues.</p>
<h3>General Counsel Certification</h3>
<p>    The General Counsel of the United States Postal Service has 
certified that the meeting was properly closed under the Government in 
the Sunshine Act.
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-26-2013-06906</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of promotional rates for 
Global Express Guaranteed[supreg] (GXG[supreg]) service consistent with 
Governors' Decision No. 1202.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Mar 26 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-14-2013-05863</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service<SUP>TM</SUP> proposes to revise Mailing 
Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 
(DMM[supreg]) 604.9, and other DMM sections, to remove obsolete 
standards pertaining to postage refunds and stamp exchanges; 
standardize processes for requesting refunds for PC Postage[supreg] 
labels and extra service refunds; and change the methods for 
calculating refund assessment amounts.
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  <pubDate>Thu, Mar 14 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Product Changes:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-28-2013-04602</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services 
contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail 
Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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  <pubDate>Thu, Feb 28 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-26-2013-04302</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service is exploring the advisability of requiring 
the use of Intelligent Mail[supreg] package barcodes (IMpb) or unique 
tracking Intelligent Mail barcodes (IMb<SUP>TM</SUP>) on all commercial 
parcels, and providing support to mailers to assure their ability to 
apply unique tracking barcodes to all commercial parcels.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Feb 26 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-22-2013-04053</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United States Postal Service[supreg] is proposing to 
modify a General Privacy Act System of Records. These updates are being 
made due to changes to a Web site developed for retired postal 
employees.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Feb 22 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-22-2013-04055</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services 
contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail 
Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Feb 22 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-22-2013-03926</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service will revise the Mailing Standards of the 
United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) 709.3 
to include new promotions and incentive programs that will be offered 
at various time periods during calendar year 2013 for Presorted and 
automation FirstClass Mail[supreg] cards, letters, and flats, and 
Standard Mail[supreg] letters, flats, or parcels.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Feb 22 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-19-2013-03664</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The National Customer Support Center (NCSC) is seeking current 
National Change of Address Link (NCOA[supreg]), Delivery Point 
Verification (DPV[supreg]), Delivery Sequence File, Second Generation 
(DSF[supreg]), and Address Matching SystemApplication Program 
Interface (AMS API) licensees to test a beta web service that allows 
the electronic download of these products through the USPS[supreg] 
Electronic Product Fulfillment (EPF) Web site.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Feb 19 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-14-2013-03379</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service hereby provides notice that it has filed a 
request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to remove Confirm[supreg] 
service from the Mail Classification Schedule's MarketDominant product 
list.
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  <pubDate>Thu, Feb 14 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Evidencing]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-06-2013-02514</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service is amending the rules concerning the 
manufacture and distribution of postage evidencing systems to clarify 
that effective January 1, 2016, all postage evidencing systems (postage 
meters and PC Postage[supreg] products) will be required to produce 
InformationBased Indicia (IBI) or Intelligent Mail[supreg] Indicia 
(IMI) for evidence of prepaid postage, and that indicia from 
noncompliant systems will not be recognized as valid postage.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Feb 6 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-06-2013-02522</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services 
contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail 
Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Feb 6 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-02-04-2013-01759</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service is updating and consolidating the 
submission procedures and performance criteria for Postage Evidencing 
Systems (PES).
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  <pubDate>Mon, Feb 4 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-01-30-2013-01900</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services 
contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail 
Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Jan 30 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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</p><p>    By telephone vote on January 10, 2013, members of the Board of 
Governors of the United States Postal Service met and voted unanimously 
to close to public observation its meeting held in Washington, DC, via 
teleconference. The Board determined that no earlier public notice was 
possible.
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  <pubDate>Mon, Jan 28 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <pubDate>Thu, Jan 24 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Product Changes:]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-01-18-2013-00962</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services 
contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail 
Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Jan 18 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-01-14-2013-00480</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United States Postal Service[supreg] is proposing to 
modify a General Privacy Act System of Records. These changes are being 
made to accommodate new data elements used in the Workplace Environment 
Tracking System (WETS), a new electronic national database for 
workplace related inquiries and complaints.
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  <pubDate>Mon, Jan 14 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-01-08-2013-00074</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the 
Postal Regulatory Commission to add Global Expedited Package Services
NonPublished Rates 4 (GEPSNPR 4) to the Competitive Products List.
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  <pubDate>Tue, Jan 8 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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