1. MTAC WORKGROUP #111 MTAC GENERAL SESSION PRSENTATION FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PRESENTED BY Cher Rupp-Ruggeri Steve Colella

2. Workgroup Issue Statement Identify gaps, define solutions, highlight benefits, and improve education and communications to promote PostalOne! usage by Mail Service Providers, such as but not limited to lettershops, presort bureaus, fulfillment companies, and consolidators.

3. Meetings October 31, 2006 First Meeting January 5, 2007 Telecom January 19, 2007 Telecom February 2, 2007 Telecom February 20, 2007 Meeting

4. Barriers Identified Mailing Statements without Postal ‘Round Stamp’ Courtesy Pallets Spoilage Application Process Consolidated Postage Statements

5. Mailing Statements without Postal ‘Round Stamp’ Issue that permit holders would be reluctant to use providers who could not provide traditional mailing statements Service providers feel that this may give providers not using Postal One a competitive advantage because they can still provide statements the way permit holder are used to seeing them.

6. Mailing Statements without Postal ‘Round Stamp’ Recommendations: USPS publish a fact sheet that Postal One user can use to educate their clients To prevent fraud PDF of pending mailing statement should contain watermark or other type of identification that clearly differentiates it from a final statement

7. Application Process Three members submitted on line applications Local USPS when asked for help directed company to Postal One Help Desk Postal One Help line was confused as to what they needed Help from USPS from being in the group resulted in them 2 receiving Welcome Kits within 4 weeks of original application

8. Application Process Presently on line application process is not fully automated Application does not ask for all information required for application processing such as finance number of office of permit Backlog of Wizard Applications are preventing Mat.Dat applications from being acted on in timely fashion

9. Application Process Customer Registration will eliminate many of these problems Customer Registration may not be fully operational until early 2008 Help desk should be directed to walk applicants through process

10. Courtesy Pallets Defined as any pallet not meeting 250# or 18 tray minimum Some mailers creating ‘legal’ pallets with as little as 200 pieces or 50# to a destination

11. Courtesy Pallets Many mailers using courtesy pallets require pallet placard for these pallets Presently Postal One does not support any pallet not prepared in accordance of USPS preparation requirements Official pallet placard with barcode therefore can not be produced

12. Courtesy Pallets USPS and Industry work together to redefine courtesy pallets that allow a pallet to be created regardless of weight Allow pallet placards to be produced to allow an appropriate barcode to conform with FAST and allow for tracking to and scanning at the final destination

13. Spoilage Presently only way to account for spoilage is to change individual containers within file where spoiled piece originated Method is too labor intensive to be workable

14. Spoilage USPS redefine spoilage policy to apply for all mailings Some mailers apply total spoilage proportionally across all postage tiers Some mailers apply total spoilage to the lowest postage cost tier Group will recommend the lowest cost method

15. Consolidated Postage Statements Presently Postal One does not support Standard Class Postage Statements

16. Consolidated Postage Statements Postal One must support Presently scheduled to be release after rate case

17. Other Issues Postage Statement PDF To prevent fraud PDF of pending mailing statement should contain watermark or other type of identification that clearly differentiates it from a final statement Encrypt PDF so it can not be altered

18. Other Issues Software Certification Subgroup created to provide outline on how best to proceed Subgroup also will create software vendor capability matrix to help USPS help applicants through process

19. Questions