August 3, 2006

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August 3, 2006

• MTAC Workgroup 95
• FAST for Periodicals Update

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Agenda

• Progress
• Integration with PostalOne! and Mail.dat
• Next Steps

3
Progress

• FAST has worked with the industry to accommodate
  the different roles within the mail preparation
  process
• FAST for Periodicals online software will be
  released in Oct
• Enhance the functionality for current Periodicals
  appointments
• Support controlled pilot
• The pilot will occur in the New York Area with
  one or two additional facilities to validate air
  freight scenarios
• Planned Participants include
• TIME Inc.
• Crain Communications
• Quebecor World
• Hassett Air
• Quad Graphics
• FAST continues to work through the Partial/Split
  load Air Freight Scenarios with mailing community
  and Business Mail Acceptance (BMA).

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Mail.dat and Recurring Appointments

• Customers will have the ability to leverage
  Mail.dat content for Recurring Appointments
• Scheduler inputs logistics information online
  within FAST.
• FAST will provide a unique recurring sequence
  ID.
• Scheduler communicates the recurring sequence ID
  to the Mail Owners.
• Mail Owners input the recurring sequence ID into
  the Reservation and Induction Date into the
  Desired Induction Date fields into their
  mail.dat.
• Mailer submits mail.dat to PostalOne!
• PostalOne! communicates the content information
  to FAST.
• Integration with PostalOne! is expected to occur
  in January 2007

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Next Steps

• USPS has submitted the TM Specification CRs to
  the IDEAlliance to support Web Services and
  mail.dat functionality.
• USPS is working internally and with the
  IDEAlliance to develop a schedule to deploy the
  mail.dat and Web Services.
• USPS will expand the pilot to all mailers in
  January 2007
• Communicate USPS need for advance notification of
  Periodicals mail to all mailers for all FAST
  facilities
• Enable electronic advanced notification via
  mail.dat for recurring appointments
• Enable Web Services messaging to support
  Periodicals