October 17, 2012

Every Door Direct Mail-Retail

On Monday, October 15, 2012, the Federal Register published our Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) final rule that establishes the retail option of Every Door Direct Mail-Retail^® (EDDM-Retail) as a formal product offering within Mailing Services, ends the market test period for this initiative, and contains revisions to mailing standards that we adopt to implement the changes.

The effective date is January 27, 2013.

The complete final rule Federal Register can be found on the Federal Register website at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-10-15/html/2012-25059.htm and on the Postal Explorer^® website at pe.usps.com.