January 2025 Monthly Meeting

January 2025 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.

During this GPPCC January 2025 Monthly Forum, the enrichment topics featured are:

Postal Enrichment: John Sandness, Postal Co-Chair, will guide everyone through Publication 286, which provides PCC Policies and Rules. We will also brainstorm ideas to grow and strengthen our PCC.

Industry Enrichment: Wes Friesen, Industry Co-Chair, will present his article "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work."

Location:

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

The Greater Portland PCC meets on the second Thursday of every month from 9:00a.m. to 10:00a.m.
***On January 9th, 2025 (the 2nd Thursday of the Month), the Postal Service will be closed to observe a day of mourning and remembrance of the passing of former President Jimmy Carter and so January's meeting has been moved to January 16th, 2025.

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 01-16-2025 9:00 am
Event End Date 01-16-2025 10:00 am
Capacity Unlimited
Individual Price Free
Location Portland Processing & Distribution Center

Location Map

USPS National and Oregon News

02/03/2026 09:36
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will observe Presidents Day on Monday, Feb. 16. All Post Office locations will be closed. Regular mail delivery and retail services will resume on Tuesday, Feb. 17.
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02/03/2026 09:00
HOUSTON — Today, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse stamp at the Chinese Community Center in Houston. The Year of the Horse begins Feb. 17, 2026, and ends Feb. 5, 2027.
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02/03/2026 05:53
Hood River / The Dalles, 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 The Dalles, Hood River, Fairview, Corbett, and Troutdale.
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01/29/2026 06:37
BOSTON — The U.S. Postal Service held a first-day-of-issue stamp dedication to commemorate the life of Phillis Wheatley at the historic Old South Meeting House.
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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 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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01/14/2026 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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PostalPro News

02/03/2026 04:00
The Excel spreadsheet lists ZIP Codes with the associated Area and District Codes.
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02/02/2026 04:00
The AZI table lists each five-digit ZIP Code™ and is an indicator of the type of processing that typically takes place on letter mail destined for each ZIP Code. Each number in the file is a ZIP Code appended with a numeric zone indicator. The five numeric indicators are as follows: Two Pass Zones: Automated two-step sector/segment at mail processing facilities876 Carrier Route Sort Zones: Automated incoming secondary carrier route sorting at plantsCarrier Route Barcode Sorter (CSBCS) Zones: Automated walk sequence sorting on CSBCS machines at delivery unitsDelivery Barcode Sorter (DBCS) Zones: Automated walk sequence sorting on DBCS machines at...
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02/02/2026 04:00
This spreadsheet contains the UAA statistics for January 2026.
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