1. Pre-MTAC Addressing & Geospatial Technology
September 2018
Jim Wilson,
Director Addressing & Geospatial Technology, USPS®

2. ACS™ Billing Review

3. To qualify, the mailing must:
ACS™ Billing Review
Background
Changes to the ACS billing processes required to accommodate provisioning of free ACS for Basic automation pieces for First-Class Mail® and USPS Marketing Mail® pieces following the implementation of the Address Quality Census Measurement and Assessment Process (AQCMAP) to replace MERLIN
To qualify, the mailing must:
Bear a unique IMb™ printed on the mailpiece;
Include a Full-Service or OneCode ACS® STID in the IMb
Be sent by an eDoc submitter that provides accurate mail owner identification in eDoc, and;
Be sent by an eDoc submitter entering more than 95% of eligible volume as full-service.
3. Include the unique IMb in eDoc;

4. ACS™ Billing Review
Current Issue
The concerns coming from Full-Service ACS customers is that they are being charged incorrectly for records where the IMb cannot be found in any eDoc submitted to SASP during the past 4 months (See Requirement 3)
These records are classified as “Unassociated”
Many of the ACS customers are not aware that the changes made in April were going to cause them to be charged for Full-Service ACS records they previously were getting for free
Customer report of receiving ACS records and “Unassociated” charges for IMb values that were mailed as far back as a year ago
SASP is unable to confirm whether this is accurate based on 4 months of historical data available for review

5. Address Accuracy Campaign

6. Accurate Addressing Campaign
6,300 addresses delivered across state lines
Customers required to use state designation of delivery Post Office™
Impacts driver’s license, voting registration, etc.
Goal: allow customers to use state of residence in address.

7. Geospatial Technology Analytics

8. USPS® National Map: Geospatial Analytics

9. USPS® National Map: Hurricane Florence Track

10. Hurricane Florence - Situational Awareness

11. Thank You!