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In our August newsletter, we announced that the USPS was resuming billing ACS™ customers for ACS-related notifications and forwarding services. However, according to a September 28 USPS Industry Alert, some ACS record charges for the July 25 to August 24 period were flagged as “Unassociated,” meaning the USPS could not find any electronic documentation (eDoc) for those pieces, which is a requirement to get ACS records for free.

The holiday season is just around the corner. To help make sure that holiday mail and packages arrive by December 25, the USPS® has published a list of recommended deadlines for both domestic and international mail.

The Postal Service announced that Scott Bombaugh has been named Acting Vice President of Engineering Systems. In this capacity, he is “responsible for the design, development, deployment and life cycle support of mail processing systems and associated software, retail and delivery technology and scanning solutions.”

GrayHair is one of the sponsors of the Carolina Postal Forum being held on Friday, October 19, at the Elevation University City Conference Center in Charlotte, NC. The event features USPS® Postmaster General and CEO Megan Brennan as the keynote speaker.

GrayHair, a provider of mail tracking and addressing solutions to the largest mailers in the country, is excited to announce that GrayHair’s Director of Research and Development Adam Collinson will be one of the industry experts presenting in the Idealliance Solutions Theater at the upcoming PRINT 18 conference, which will be held from September 30 – October 2, 2018 at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago. Adam, one of the leading postal experts, will deliver two presentations at PRINT 18: “USPS Informed Visibility: Data Leading to Intelligence About Your Mail” - Monday, October 1, 10:30 a.m. “Addressing Characteristics

Last month on August 28, the Senate confirmed President Trump’s USPS Board of Governors nominees Robert M. “Mike” Duncan of Kentucky and David C. Williams of Illinois. The Board had been without members since 2016. Duncan and Williams were nominated last fall. As a result of the confirmation, two of the nine empty seats have been filled.

On August 28, the same day that the Senate confirmed President Trump’s USPS® Board of Governors nominees Robert M. “Mike” Duncan and David C. Williams, the President announced that he intends to nominate two more people to the Board of Governors.