Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 02/10/2000

Production, Distribution, and Use of Postal Security Devices and Information-Based Indicia

The Postal Service is proposing to add new sections to the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) and to title 39, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), to reflect policies and regulations pertaining to all postage evidencing systems that generate information-based indicia (IBI). We originally published policies and regulations for public review and comment in the March 28, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 14833). In the September 2, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 46719) we published a revision of those proposed policies and regulations which included changes made in response to the comments received from the public. This publication of proposed policies and regulations includes extensive changes. We based the changes since the 1998 publication on public comments and on the experience we gained by testing and implementing the first postage evidencing systems to generate information-based indicia (IBI). One significant proposed change is the establishment by the Postal Service of the Electronic Funds Resetting System (EFRS) to process resetting data for these systems. We will continue to process data for traditional postage meters under the Computerized Meter Resetting System (CMRS). Other proposed ch