1. MTAC Workgroup 107 eVS/FAST/SV Integration Washington, D.C. August 2, 2007

2. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 2 VISION Integration of Electronic Verification System (eVS), Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) and Surface Visibility (SV) applications to improve internal processing by providing eVS with advanced notification and arrival of eVS appointments. Completion of Integration will include: Allow mailers to declare content as eVS Pre-notification of incoming eVS appointments Notification of eVS appointment arrivals Sampling priority for eVS shipments Online schedule and arrival notification Online operational tracking and reporting Associate manifest information with eVS appointments eVS/FAST/SV Integration Vision

3. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 3 High Level Flow Diagram

4. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 4 As-Is System Interaction

5. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 5 To-Be System Interaction

6. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 6 Create/Manage Scheduled Appointments –Mailers may indicate content as eVS and submit eFile Number –FAST Web Services from PostalOne! (supported in future TM Spec) FAST to send pre-notification of eVS Appointments to SV and eVS –eVS Indicator on Scheduled Appointments Display time of eVS Sampling in FAST Appointment Closeout Report FAST Enhancements

7. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 7 SV receives eVS Scheduled Appointments from FAST Updates to SV IMD and SV Web to indicate content as eVS –Appointment level SV will send shipment notification to eVS –eVS Appointment Arrivals Surface Visibility Enhancements

8. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 8 View Scheduled Appointments (from FAST) and Arrivals (from SV) Link sample sets to scheduled appointments Send Sampling Completed notification to FAST eVS Online Application to provide additional functionality for Internal Users –Real-time Scheduled Appointments and Arrival Information –Set Sampling Priority for Appointments/Arrivals –Summarized Sample Data eVS Enhancements

9. eVS/FAST/SV Integration 9 eVS User Requirements eVS mailers will be required to enter the following information in FAST: –Identify FAST content as eVS content –Input the eFile Number associated to an eVS content The information above will apply to the following FAST functionality –FAST Online and Web Services Appointments –FAST Online Recurring Appointments (no eFile Number) –FAST Online Stand-Alone Contents