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		<title>USPS Awards Parascript Contract for OCR to Support Automated Parcel Bundle Sorting</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/06/07/usps-awards-parascript-contract-for-ocr-to-support-automated-parcel-bundle-sorting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longmont,CO, June 1, 2011 – Parascript, LLC, the image analysis and pattern recognition technology provider, today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to automate the processing of parcels and bundled mail for The United States Postal Service (USPS) under its Automated Parcel Bundle Sorter (APBS) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program. Under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arbitrator Rules USPS Violated Contract By Subcontracting Installation Of Postal Equipment</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/05/31/arbitrator-rules-usps-violated-contract-by-subcontracting-installation-of-postal-equipment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Gary Kloepfer. Assistant Director, American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Leroy R. Bartman in case H00T-1H-C-03081013 regarding the Postal Service’s purchase of a Low Cost Tray Sorter which was installed by the manufacturer. The arbitrator ruled the Postal Service violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement and ordered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Pacific Area VP: Newspaper mischaracterized Automated postal technology</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/02/13/usps-pacific-area-vp-newspaper-mischaracterized-automated-postal-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>postal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drew Aliperto, USPS Pacific Area Vice-President in a letter to North County Times (California) sets the record straight on postal automated technology The recent North County Times editorial &#8220;Return to sender: Expensive post office technology pointless without labor savings&#8221; (Feb. 3) was a mixed bag: the analysis of the impressive capabilities of the U.S. Postal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OIG: USPS Mid-Carolinas District Could Reduce Workhours By Eliminating 10 CSBCS</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/04/02/oig-usps-mid-carolinas-district-could-reduce-workhours-by-eliminating-10-csbcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>postal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit reviewing the use of Carrier Sequence Barcode Sorter (CSBCS) machines (Project Number 09XG026DR000) in the Mid-Carolinas Customer Service District (district). Our objective was to evaluate the business case for continuing to use CSBCS machines located in associate offices in the district. This audit addresses financial and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Presentation On Proposed 5-Day Delivery Operations</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/03/07/usps-presentation-on-proposed-5-day-delivery-operations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>postal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS Presentation on 5-Day Delivery Operations, Reasons, stakeholder and mailer issues at last month&#8217;s MTAC meeting Download PDF file on presentation]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Update On Flats Sequencing System</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/03/07/usps-update-on-flats-sequencing-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>postal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS Update on FSS presented at the MTAC meeting last montn. Download PDF file of the presentation]]></description>
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		<title>USPS To Postal Employees: Do Not Obliterate the Barcode</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/28/usps-to-postal-employees-do-not-obliterate-the-barcode/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/28/usps-to-postal-employees-do-not-obliterate-the-barcode/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS reminds postal employees not to cross out barcode as mail moves through the system The Intelligent Mail® barcode contains important data that is used to provide mailers — including the Census Bureau — with information, such as when the mailing entered the mailstream and undeliverable or address cor­rection information. But technology cannot reliably pro­duce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Revises Plan For Deployment of FSS Machines</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/08/21/usps-revises-plan-for-deployment-of-fss-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/08/21/usps-revises-plan-for-deployment-of-fss-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS is updating its plan for deployment of its Flats Sequencing System (FSS) machines. The changes are due primarily to lower mail volume. Under the revised plan, the Postal Service will redirect 19 of the 100 new FSS machines to new plants. Two of the 32 locations originally scheduled to receive the machines — Aliso [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Postal Workers Being Sickened by Paper Pollution?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/05/02/are-postal-workers-being-sickened-by-paper-pollution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/05/02/are-postal-workers-being-sickened-by-paper-pollution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 05:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>postal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear EarthTalk: I run a sorting machine at the post office, and am worried about all the paper dust swirling around the building. I asked both management and our union if this was a health or safety problem and both said no, but I’m not sure they really know. Can you set the record straight? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Developments in USPS Technological Or Mechanization</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/04/30/apwu-the-latest-developments-in-usps-tech-mech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2009/04/30/apwu-the-latest-developments-in-usps-tech-mech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>postal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[APWU Clerk Division Officers met with the Postal Service regarding “implementation of technological or mechanization changes” that affect jobs. The parties discussed several ongoing and new developments. FSS Program As many of you are already aware, the Flat Sequencing Sorter is the latest Postal Service automation program. Designed to facilitate delivery-point sequencing (DPS) of flat mail, it will [...]]]></description>
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