Reform bill introduced to boost USPS’ viability May 18, 2011 – 12:46 pm EDT Washington, D.C.—A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would address several issues affecting the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service and help ensure its future solvency.Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del, has floated a new bill—the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act of 2011—that would offer relief from the Postal Service’s current obligations to prefund future pension obligations, and cut Saturday home mail delivery. It is estimated that the bill would provide overall savings, or access to new funds, of about $8 billion annually. The Postal Service continues to hemorrhage money, due largely to changing consumer and business communications that rely on electronic communications instead of physical mail. B@B Online
WASHINGTON, DC—Mr. ZIP’s financial woes keep growing, and the news promises to get worse. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the second quarter of this fiscal year (Jan. 1 to March 31) with a net loss of $2.2 billion, compared to a net loss of $1.6 billion for the same period in FY 2010.
CD-ROM Standards
The CD Duplication process is the process of copying a blank CD-R and may be printing the face with a Graphics or text elements.
What is DualDisc? DualDisc is a new two sided disc product introduced by the music industry which mates DVD recorded material on one side with digital audio material on the other side. DualDisc is similar in size to a DVD and CD. The DVD side of the DualDisc offers DVD video or DVD audio content which may include many of the features currently found in DVD discs including enhanced audio; 5.1 surround sound, music videos, artists interviews, behind-the-scene footage, documentary films, photo galleries, lyrics and other material produced by the recording artist or label.
The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission ruled on April 20, 2011 that the U.S. Postal Service has applied a double standard when it comes to handling disc mailers from GameFly compared with Netflix and Blockbuster.
PC Postage Postal Solutions for Business Customers PC Postage – is a software program that enables the user to print out a shipping label and/or just postage from their personal computer (PC) to be used with a variety of postal services with postage being paid from a credit card or ACH debit. Click-N-Ship and PayPal now offer a Bill Me Later option.
CD-R Duplication VS CD-ROM Replication
Are CD-Rs identical to normal CD-ROMs?
CD-ROMs are made by being pressed from a mold, while CD-Rs and CD-RWs are also made in a mold except the data is not recorded on them. Data is burned on the disc with a laser. Though CD-ROM and CD-R are not identical, they work just the same. However, you cannot record to pressed CDs, only to CD-R/RW discs.