Useful Links
USPS official website The Postal Service's official website; suppliers will want to look at the "Doing Business with the Postal Service" section. The Postal Service's purchasing regulations and protest decisions can be found on this site as well.
President's Commission on the United States Postal Service Official site of the Presidential Commission, sponsored by the Department of Treasury.
Association of Postal Commerce Excellent source of news about the postal industry, sponsored by an industry mailing association.
USPS Office of Inspector General Official site of the OIG.
FedBizOpps Successor to the Commerce Business Daily, this is where USPS solicitation and award announcements are posted.
Postal Rate Commission The website of this independent agency charged with holding hearings and opining on postage rate an classification matters contains a wealth of technical, operational, and financial information about the Postal Service in various case filings.
National Postal Forum This long-established, non-profit organization is chartered with supporting the mission of the Postal Service, and it sponsors twice-yearly conventions for the postal industry.
Mailcom An outgrowth of Mail Magazine, this entity also holds twice-yearly postal industry conventions, focusing particularly on the needs of mail managers.
Cornell University Law Library This link will get you to Title 39 of the U.S. Code, which contains the full text of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970.
PostalWatch "A non-partisan not-for-profit organization . . . formed to protect individuals and the private sector business community from intrusive and burdensome USPS actions and regulations."
DM News "The Online Newspaper of Record for Direct Marketers."
Mailingstuff.com Online source of information on mailing products and services.
Postalnews.com A collection of links to current news articles on the Postal Service, sponsored by a management employee in Springfield, MA.