MTAC Address Quality Steering Committee

Summary of Activity: Steering Committee met on July 19, 2005 Goal: To achieve excellence in Address Quality Objective: To achieve significant reductions in UAA mail and Increase Address Accuracy, enabling a higher percentage of accurate 11-digit address coding Summary of Activity: Steering Committee met on July 19, 2005 Goal: To achieve excellence in Address Quality Objective: To achieve significant reductions in UAA mail and Increase Address Accuracy, enabling a higher percentage of accurate 11-digit address coding

MTAC Work Group #97 Address Quality Methodology Sponsors: Industry: Jim Schemmel, Joe Lubenow USPS: Charles Bravo, Nick Barranca Work Group Leaders: Industry: Chris Lien, Firstlogic USPS: Jim Wilson, Wayne Orbke

4 Area of Focus – Address Accuracy Evaluate existing AQ methodology Identify New Options Focus on Excellence MTAC Work Group #97

5 Overarching Issues  Address by Address Level AQ documentation  Mailing List Certification methodology  Complete and Correct Addressing  Electronic Mail Stream Address Validation MTAC Work Group #97

6 Desired Result Identify methodology changes needed to support the achievement of the USPS goal of 50% reduction in UAA mail by 2010 and for all mail to have accurate 11 digit barcodes Expected Date of Completion – March 31,2006 MTAC Work Group #97

MTAC Work Group #98 Address Quality Tools Sponsors: Industry: Jim Schemmel, Joe Lubenow USPS: Charles Bravo, Nick Barranca Work Group Leaders: Industry: Carole Morrow, BMG Direct USPS: Ruth Jones, Charles Hunt

8 Area of Focus – Address Accuracy Evaluate how the Address Change Service (ACS) can be made more useful for Standard Mail Identify Potential New “Electronic Only” ACS Options MTAC Work Group #98

9 Overarching Issues  Manual Return Volumes on ACS mailings  ACS Returns to Rental List Owner  Expense of “weighted fee” Manual Returns MTAC Work Group #98

10 Desired Result A list of proposed changes designed to eliminate the negative effects of manual returns that are believed to be limiting the use of ACS as a Standard Mail AQ tool. Expected Date of Completion – March 31,2006 MTAC Work Group #98

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