November 2023 Monthly Meeting

November 2023 Monthly Meeting

PCC Events provide a valuable opportunity for business mailers to gain a better understanding of Postal Service policies, programs, and procedures that have been specifically designed to improve their mailing and shipping needs.

The enrichment topics for November are

Industry Enrichment: Garret Mock & Dan Taylor, Cenveo - "Envelope Industry Updates"

Postal Enrichment: Joel Gunderson & Kirsten Sherrell, USPS - "Rate Case Webinar Highlights; Holiday mailing cut-off dates; Mailing Promotions updates"

Location:

Portland Processing & Distribution Center
7007 Cornfoot Rd
Portland, OR 97218

The Greater Portland PCC meets on the second Thursday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Registration is not necessary.

Join us for an hour of education, engagement, and networking. Feel free to come with just yourself (or bring a partner!) - hot coffee and other refreshments on us. See you there!

Event Information

Event Date 11-09-2023 9:00 am
Event End Date 11-09-2023 10:00 am
Capacity Unlimited
Individual Price Free
Location Portland Processing & Distribution Center

Location Map

USPS National and Oregon News

01/28/2026 13:59
Tualatin, OR — The U.S. Postal Service is looking for candidates to provide delivery services along designated routes in suburban and rural areas on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, indoors and outdoors to families within their local Tualatin community and surrounding areas.
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01/24/2026 06:11
WASHINGTON — Today, the United States Postal Service (USPS) released Colorado Statehood, a new stamp commemorating the state’s 150th anniversary with a photograph called “Foggy Jagged Mountain, Weminuche Wilderness” by nature photographer John Fielder. The first-day-of-issue event was held at the History Colorado Center in Denver in conjunction with the opening of the “Mountains Majesty: On the Summit with John Fielder” exhibition.
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01/23/2026 11:12
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of Susana Rodriguez de Tembleque, a technology executive and creative director, to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, or CSAC.
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01/22/2026 12:21
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today launched its bidding website to accept proposals for entry to its valuable last-mile delivery network. More than 18,000 USPS destination delivery units (DDUs) and local processing centers (LPCs) nationwide are now accessible to a broader range of customers via the dedicated bid solicitation platform.
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01/22/2026 12:04
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet Thursday, Feb. 5, in an open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, in Washington, DC. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which begins at 3 p.m. ET in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
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01/22/2026 10:37
WASHINGTON — Through large investments in new technology and new logistics planning and execution, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) significantly improved its delivery performance during this past holiday season. Mail items and packages were delivered within 2.5 days on average (16 billion in volume), compared to 2.8 days during the same period last year (Nov. 15 – Jan. 9). On-time delivery scores were higher virtually across the board, with the best scores being in its last mile Destination Delivery Units (DDU). The DDU space is the subject of the USPS bid solicitation process beginning later this month.
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01/20/2026 07:00
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today launched its bidding website to accept proposals for entry to its valuable last-mile delivery network. More than 18,000 USPS destination delivery units (DDUs) and local processing centers (LPCs) nationwide are now accessible to a broader range of customers via the dedicated bid solicitation platform.
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01/15/2026 08:12
LOUISVILLE, KY — The U.S. Postal Service honored boxing great and humanitarian Muhammad Ali with two stamps today. A dedication ceremony for the stamps was held in his hometown of Louisville, KY.
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01/14/2026 14:16
Fort Rock, OR - On Wednesday October 1st, 2025, Hallie Nelson was officially sworn in as Fort Rock Postmaster in her seventh year as a postal employee.
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01/12/2026 10:45
Hood River, OR – The U.S. Postal Service is looking for candidates to provide delivery services along designated routes in suburban and rural areas on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, indoors and outdoors to families across their communities that include Hood River and The Dalles area.
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PostalPro News

01/27/2026 04:00
Effective March 1, 2026, the Postal Service™ will revise Labeling List(s) L001, L002, L004, L005, L007, L009, L012, L015, L016, L051, L201, L601, L605, and L606 to reflect changes in mail processing operations. Mailers are expected to label according to these revised lists for mailings inducted on or after the March 1, 2026, effective date through April 30, 2026, expiration date. The changes will be published in the Postal Bulletin, Issue #22696.
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