1. Address Element Correction Service Level II (AECII) Jan Caldwell Manager, Address Management Mailers Technical Advisory Committee August 2005 Rick Arvonio Director, Product Management

2. 2 ADDRESS ELEMENT CORRECTION – II AECII n Enables Mailer to submit “Bad Addresses” for Resolution based on Delivery Force Knowledge™ n Addresses Presented to Delivery Units through web application – Electronic Uncoded Address Resolution Service (eUARS)

3. 3 ADDRESS ELEMENT CORRECTION – II The New AECII Process n Limitations – 15,000 Records per day per mailer n Currently Must use AEC I at $15/1,000 Records –Historical Correction Rate – 30% n $25 Minimum Submission Fee n New File Format n After AEC run through AECES – Historical Correction Data

4. 4 ADDRESS ELEMENT CORRECTION – II The New AECII Process n After AECES – Presented to Field Units through eUARS n Must use Valid Credit Card or CAPS Account n Records returned Weekly to Secured Customer Folder on RIBBS.USPS.GOV n $0.25 per record Resolved through Delivery Force Knowledge™

5. 5 ADDRESS ELEMENT CORRECTION – II AECII Charges for Returned Records n Corrected to Match Valid Delivery Address ($) n Indicated as ADNE – Address Not Recognized/Does Not Exist ($) AECII Returned Records – No Charge n Historical Corrections (No Charge – NC) n PO Box Exclusions – The Address presented is not the Valid Mailing Address (NC) n Unique Occurrence – Final destination not through USPS – Military – College (NC)

6. 6 ADDRESS ELEMENT CORRECTION – II Pilot Results n 158,252 Records Presented through eUARS n 90% Records Resolved in 60 Days n 95,202 (60.16%) Corrected to Match Delivery Address n Feedback from Pilot Participants – Very Positive – High Quality

7. 7 ADDRESS ELEMENT CORRECTION – II Benefits to Mailing Industry n Automation Discounts for Addresses Previously not ZIP+4 Coded n Increases Value of a List – UAA Reduction n Increases Delivery Performance by Reducing Dependency on Carrier Knowledge n Increased Response Rates n Increased Lifetime Value of Customer

8. Thank You!