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Well, the wait is over and Nov. 23rd has past.  This means we are under new guidelines regarding the Move Update Regulations of Standard Class Mail.

Move update refers to methods for making sure that the person or business you are mailing to is still at the address you have for them.  We have partnered with a leader in mailing technology to offer NCOA Full Service Processing.  This will enable us to provide our clients with quick and easy adherence to the new standards.

Learn more about it here:
http://www.inptech.com/ncoa_processing.php

The USPS is going to begin checking mailings for compliance using their current MERLIN program.  MERLIN program, an acronym for Mail Evaluation Readability Lookup INstrument, is a tool that is used by the U.S. Postal Service to assist with the acceptance of business mail.

MERLIN will read the addresses of mail pieces and check them against USPS Change of Address Database to determine if the mailing is compliant.  When a mailing is found to be Non-Compliant the USPS can (an likely will) levy fines against the mailer.

Mailers (that would be us) will require their clients to fill out a Form 6014 (Certification of Move Update Compliance) and/or submit their mail list through NCOA and fill out a PAF (Processing Acknowledgement Form).  It will be required of all mailers to be able to present to the USPS proof that the mailing is Move Update Compliant.

View the 6014 as well as a presentation by USPS on the Move Update:
http://www.inptech.com/resources.php

NEW MOVE UPDATE STANDARDS – EFFECTIVE NOV 23rd, 2008

Starting in November the United States Postal Service will implement a new set of guidelines and requirements for Move Update standards.  Previously the standards only required that 1st class mail be subject to the Move Update process.  The Move Update process is using customer-filed change-of-address orders to match mailers addresses periodically to reduce undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail.

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