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On January 9, 2018, the USPS® published a Federal Register Notice proposing a new "Green & Secure" alternative method to meet the Move Update standard for eligible First-Class Mail® and USPS Marketing Mail Letters and Flats that meet the requirements for Full-Service or Basic mailings. The USPS is doing this to reduce handling costs of Undeliverable as Addressed (UAA) mail by minimizing the cost or processing return mail. Comments on the proposed method are due by February 8, 2018

After more than 43 years of USPS® service, Chief Customer and Marketing Officer James P. Cochrane will retire in February of 2018. Cochrane’s retirement was announced by Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan in a January 2 memo. She noted that Cochrane has had “a lasting impact” on the organization and the mailing and shipping industry.

On January 24, 2018, Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, announced internally that Jacqueline (Jakki) Krage Strako will be detailed to the position of Chief Customer and Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, effective February 3, 2018.