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Linux-Based USPS Mail Sorting System
Can Linux read your handwriting? Embedded Linux takes addresses to barcodes.
Article by John Taves - May 2001
National Change of Address (NCOA)
USPS program for processing change of address information.
World addressing formats
Universal Postal Union website
Point of no return: Saving dead letters at the mail recovery center
Article by Kathleen A. Ervin
Failure Magazine website
USPS Mover's Guide
UNDELIVERABLE MAIL
Customer Address Quality: The Key to Mail Deliverability
Article by Paul Greene - February 2002
Mailing Systems Technology
Undeliverable as Addressed
Executive Summary of PricewaterhouseCoopers study - 1999
Tax Administration: Changes Needed to Reduce Volume and Improve Processing of Undeliverable Mail
GAO Report on the Internal Revenue Service - December 7, 1994
Return to 50m senders
Article on BBC News website - December 1, 2000
INNOVATIONS IN COMMUNICATION
Return Path
E-mail change of address service
uReach.com
Unified messaging service
Scout Automatically Updates Address Book
Article by Bill Machrone - January 17, 2001
ZDNet Anchor Desk
Lifetime e-mail addresses and telephone numbers
www.eurosolve.com
digitalme.com
Provides electronic exchange of address information among individuals
POSTAL INNOVATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
Swedish e-postal service delivers wherever you want CNN.com/SCI-TECH - July 2, 2002
La Poste Downplays Escargot Mail WIRED News - January 25, 2001
Online change of address service in UK
Article on londonSE1 website regarding overhaul of mail delivery system by Consignia
January 27, 2002
Nuance Voice-Activates Postal Management System for Sweden's Royal Mail
Nuance Communications, Inc. press release - February 27, 2002
Royal Mail to combat rise of email
Article by Julia Day - June 14, 2001
The Guardian
FINDING LOST PEOPLE
British website reuniting former classmates and work friends in five European countries, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Article in Independent.co.uk, May 28 2002 - FriendsReunited website goes global.
www.searchshark.com
www.whowhere.lycos.com
Unclaimed property
National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators website
UNIVERSAL IDENTITY TECHNOLOGY
TakeONE Marketing Group Universal Identity Technology developer
One Person - One Number
Article by David Orenstein - February 2001
Business 2.0
Biometrics to Get an XML Standard
Article by Mary E. Behr - March 18, 2002
PCMag.com
PRIVACY ISSUES
They Know Where You Live
Article by Katharine Mieszkowski
Salon.com
REINVENTING USPS
Bush
Going Postal
Article
by Robert Novak - May 1, 2001
U.S. Postal Service: Deteriorating Financial Outlook Increases Need for Transformation
U.S. General Accounting Office report - February 2002
Strategic Direction: The State of U.S. Postal Strategy
Text of various plans
www.usps.com
Opening the Mail: A Postal System for the New Economy Report of the Progressive Policy Institute
TRANSITION TO A NEW PARADIGM
Predicting the future of technology
BTexact Technologies website - May 2002
Postal services look for their online niche
Article by Stephanie Sanborn - January 23, 2001
Personal Postal Addresses Article by Simon Buckingham
The Camel's Nose in Sheep's Clothing Editorial by Tom Williams, RTC Magazine
POSTAL HISTORY
National Postal Museum
History of the Dead Letter Office
National Postal Museum
Mark Twain misapprehends a Post Office regulation and fails to make a hit
New York Times - November 26, 1879
Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication
Article by John Durham Peters
A short history of the postcode
Article on Independent.co.uk describing history of British postal codes
January 26, 2002
Revenue for USPS
