1. February, 2008 Intelligent Mail® Readiness

2. 2 Agenda Intelligent Mail® Readiness  Full Service Project Schedule  Intelligent Mail® Releases  Mailer On-boarding  Education/Awareness

3. 3 JUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECJANFEB CY 2008 Requirements MARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOV CY 2009 FY 2009FY 2008FY 2010 DEC 11/17 (Includes over 10,000 individual requirements) Design 10/1 – 12/12 Build 11/17 – 2/27 SIT 2/2 – 4/12 CAT 3/30 – 4/30 Prep 4/27 – 5/8 Cut Over 5/8 – 5/10 Project Schedule Go Live May Rate 5/11 Change Control 4/30 – Business Signoff / Acceptance On Schedule Not Scheduled To Start 11/16/08 - P1! Release 18.0 01/18/09 - P1! Release 18.1 03/29/09 - P1! Release 19.0 05/11/09 - May Rate Release 05/18/09 - Full Service R1 11/29/09 - Full Service R2 Go Live FS R2 11/29 FS R1 5/18

4. 4  System Readiness ► Develop, Design, Build, and Test Systems  Resource Readiness ► Define Acceptance and Verification Procedures ► Preparing Support Resources ► Analyze and Develop Verification Tolerance Policies  Mailer Readiness ► Developing Mailer Migration Plan ► Develop and Implement Customer Communications Intelligent Mail Preparation Now – May 2009

5. 5  Receive and Process Electronic Documentation ► Postal Wizard ► Mail.dat 09.1  Provision Start-the-Clock for Mail.dat/PSW Mailers  Provision Address Correction for Mail.dat/PSW Mailers  Support Customer Supplier Agreements  Support Mail.XML Appointment Scheduling, Data Distribution and Miscellaneous Messages Intelligent Mail Release 1 (May 2009) Pre-Production Testing (CAT) Production Environment Mailer Test Environment 03/30 – 04/30/0905/11/0905/18/09

6. 6  System Readiness ► Identify and Resolve System Issues  Resource Readiness ► Evaluate and Implement Best Practices ► Establish and Validate Tolerances ► Refine Processes and Procedures  Mailer Readiness ► Mail.dat Approval and Activation Intelligent Mail Program Evaluation May 2009 –Onwards

7. 7  Implement Price Changes  Implement Electronic Documentation Support ► Mail.XML 6.0  Provision Start-the-Clock for Mail.XML Mailers  Provision Address Correction for Mail.XML Mailers  Support Additional Mail.XML Messaging Intelligent Mail Release 2 (November 29 2009) Pre-Production Testing (CAT) Production Environment Test Environment TBD11/29/0912/05/09

8. 8 Mailer On-boarding (May)  Significant Development and Change for Mailers and USPS  Full Service File Format/Volume  Business Customer Gateway  Re-engineering Mail.dat Transfer/Processing  Employ an approach that mitigates risk  Test and Validate

9. 9 Mailer On-boarding (May)  Barcode Preparation ► Acquire Mailer ID ► Design and Implement Intelligent Mail Barcodes ► Work with Mailpiece Design Analyst to validate  eDoc Preparation ► Discontinue support for 7-2 on May 10 ► Continue using Mail.dat 8-1 or 8-2 after May 11 ► Validate 9-1 in Mailer Test Environment starting May 18 ► Work with BMA/BMS/Help Desk to Validate ► Transition 9-1 to Production Environment after May 18 Pre-Production Testing (CAT) Production Environment Mailer Test Environment 03/30 – 04/30/0905/11/0905/18/09

10. 10 Mailer On-boarding (May)  Deployment Strategy: Business Customer Gateway  Integrated Point of Access for Customers  Test and Submit Electronic Documentation  Access PostalOne! Services  Establish Profiles  Schedule Appointments  Apply for a Mailer ID

11. 11 Mailer On-boarding (May)  Deployment Strategy: Business Customer Gateway  Retain and migrate current user access profiles  Messaging to current PostalOne! users  Password capture and retention (March 30 through April 13)  Updated information will be posted via usps.com/PostalOne!

12. 12 Mailer On-boarding (May)  Deployment Strategy: Electronic Documentation  New Test Environment available via the Business Customer Gateway (May 18, 2009)  Test Environment supports 08-1, 08-2 and 09-1 files with two Options  08-1, 08-2 Option - via existing transfer applet or batch processor (client)  09-1 Option - new file upload application that supports both interactive and batch  See Intelligent Mail and Electronic Documentation Basic & Full Service Ready, Set, Go! guide

13. 13 Mailer On-boarding (May)  Deployment Strategy: Electronic Documentation  New Production Environment available via the Business Customer Gateway  Production Environment supports 08-1, 08-2 and 09-1 files with two Options  08-1, 08-2 Option - via existing transfer applet or batch processor (client)  09-1 Option - new file upload application that supports both interactive and batch  Mailers migrate to Full Service after May 18, 2009  See Intelligent Mail and Electronic Documentation Basic & Full Service Ready, Set, Go! guide

14. 14  Training/Communication across USPS ► Business Mail Acceptance, Business Mailer Support, Business Service Network, Sales ► Mailers  Training/Communication for Mailers ► Technical Integration Webinars ► Symposiums ► Educational Sessions via BMA (DVD) ► National Postal Forum ► Regional PCC’s ► Email Messaging via DMM Advisory, PostalOne! users, MTAC, Associations ► Publications: DMM Advisory, MailPro, PCC Insider Education/Awareness

15. 15  Intelligent Mail Technical Integration ► Webinar conducted every two weeks starting March 6 ► Focus on Technical Questions based upon Guides and Specifications ► Mailers review Technical Specifications in advance of submitting questions ► Mailers email questions in advance to enable complete and up-to-date responses ► Experts on Information Technology, Specifications, Business Processes and Help Desk ► Post Webinar schedule and responses on RIBBS Education/Awareness

16. 16 Education/Awareness  Symposiums Feb – Mar ► Feb 24, 2009 – Chicago, IL ► Feb 26, 2009 – Los Angeles, CA ► March 3, 2009 – Atlanta, GA ► March 5, 2009 – New York, NY  Intelligent Mail® University (IMU) (Updated) ► Introduction/Approach ► Intelligent Mail Basic and Full Service ► Getting Started with Intelligent Mail (New) ► Intelligent Mail® Barcodes ► Full Service and Electronic Documentation (101) ► Full Service Feedback (101) ► Appointment Scheduling and Full Service (New) ► Full Service and Electronic Documentation (201) ► Full Service Feedback (201) (New) ► Intelligent Mail Price Structure: Nov. 2009 (New) ► Industry Panel (New)

17. 17 Education/Awareness  Materials ► Benefits Publication ► Calendar (New) ► Intelligent Mail and Move Update Video & Discussion Guide (New) ► Beginners Overview to Intelligent Mail (New) ► Intelligent Mail and Electronic Documentation: Ready, Set, Go! (New) ► A Guide to Intelligent Mail for Letters and Flats ► Intelligent Mail Website/RIBBS (Updating) ► Technical Specifications ► University/Symposium Training Materials ► PCC Workshops in a Box

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