The ACMA is happy to offer a member-exclusive $250 registration discount to the upcoming PostalVision event to be held June 5-7 at The Ritz Carlton Pentagon City just outside Washington. The event theme, “Embracing the USO – Universal Service Opportunities,” brings a diverse selection of topics and speakers. Among the speakers will be the ACMA’s Hamilton Davison […]
A Word From Legal Corner Author Martin Eisenstein In this Legal Corner we turn our attention to the subject matter of increasing concern to ACMA members: California and other state privacy laws. Please click here to read Brann & Isaacson’s monthly newsletter, which we have mailed to some, but not all, members of ACMA. My partners […]
The following recap from the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meetings held February 26-27, 2019, at USPS HQs in Washington was compiled specifically with catalog interests in mind by ACMA VP & Deputy Director Paul Miller from reports by ACMA member Nancy Cushman of Crate & Barrel and ACMA President & Executive Director Hamilton Davison. […]
Dear Member: The USPS has established a new policy for overweight packages. As of January 27, 2019, any package USPS workers discover to weigh greater than the 70-pound maximum will be put aside at the postal facility in which it is discovered. The Postal Service will then notify the shipper that the item must be […]
Dear Member: The US Postal Service recently released all details on its revived promotion/incentive program for 2019. There will be six programs, including five repeated from 2017 and a new one for Informed Delivery. (With no Board of Governors, promotions were suspended in 2018; however, the two new governors approved these promos for next year.) […]
Dear Member: On December 4th, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a 74-page report in response to President Trump’s April 12th executive order for a task force to evaluate and make recommendations to return the nation’s postal system to financial stability. A summary can be accessed here; however, below are the task force’s primary recommendations: Improving governance by strengthening the […]