www.mailCCI.com Goes Wireless
Always on the cutting edge, CCI now offers direct mail industry news access via wireless devices.
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is the standard by which information is transmitted to wireless
devices via the web.
If you have a WAP-enabled phone, PDA or other wireless device, you too can access this newsletter
while away from your desk. Just go to http://www.mailcci.com/WAP.
Transformation Plan To Allow Closing Some Post Offices
Part of the old Postal Reform Bill of 1971 includes a ban on closing Post Offices for economic
reasons. That will soon change if the Government Accounting Office accepts the new
USPS Transformation Plan. The transformation plan, which would re-classify the USPS as a "Commercial
Government Enterprise," lifts the restrictions on post office closings.
The plan gives the USPS more freedom to change with market conditions much like a corporation
while still subject to the legislative hand of government. In addition to Post Office closings, those
freedoms include plant consolidation, staff reduction through attrition, adjusting prices, and
earning a profit.
Irradiation Not Cause Of Symptoms
Capitol Hill mail handling employees had been complaining of headaches, nausea, and rashes after
handling mail treated with an irradiation process.
Irradiation is the process by which things are sterilized through the use of ionizing radiation. Most
recently irradiation has been used to ensure the safety of some of the US mail at facilities
contaminated with the anthrax bacteria.
OSHA has just concluded a study in which was found no evidence that the irradiation process causes
any of the major symptoms reported by Capitol Hill Employees. The study, which included interviews
with over 380 employees, found irradiation does leave and slight odor and dries paper
possibly causing dry skin for handlers.
News Poll
Send your vote to mailto:webmaster@mailcci.com or vote
online. Visit http://www.mailCCI.com and click Direct Mail
Survey.
Do you believe internet access should be free to all people?
____ Yes
____ No
We'll post the poll results here in next month's e-newsletter.
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Results of last month's poll:
Do you prefer addresses to show through a window or printed on the outside of the envelope?
48% Window
52% Addressed on the outside
See the results of other surveys CCI has conducted online at http://www.mailcci.com/data/surveys.asp.
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CCI is now an authorized Hitachi Digital Imaging Solutions provider. The same laser printers used at
CCI to create personalized, high-resolution documents are now available for purchase.
We use Hitachi products everyday and we're so impressed with the quality and reliability that we became an authorized
dealer.
View the Hitachi Digital Imaging Solutions line at http://www.mailcci.com/hitachi/products.asp or just call CCI
at 800-279-2505.