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MTAC # 104 List Certification Status Update. USPS Co-chairs: Charles Hunt, James Wilson Industry Co-chair: Chris Lien USPS Sponsors: Charles Bravo, Nick Barranca Industry Sponsors: Ernie Rojas, Joe Lubenow. November 2, 2006. Major Stakeholders. Postage Payers / Mailers List Owners
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MTAC # 104List CertificationStatus Update USPS Co-chairs: Charles Hunt, James Wilson Industry Co-chair: Chris Lien USPS Sponsors: Charles Bravo, Nick Barranca Industry Sponsors: Ernie Rojas, Joe Lubenow November 2, 2006
Major Stakeholders • Postage Payers / Mailers • List Owners • List Brokers • Service Bureaus • Printers / Lettershops • Software Vendors • U.S. Postal Service We currently have 34 members in Workgroup 104
Proposed List Certification Policies The List Administrator • Proactive steps to ensure accuracy • Establishing a feedback mechanism • Provides guidance to stakeholders • Timely utilization of feedback information • Interacts with the USPS to reconcile address problems • Meets established documentation standards • Optionally provides extrapolated address information as allowable to the USPS to improve address information within other certified lists
List Certification Process • CASS Certified™ Software • DPV™ • LACSLink™ • SuiteLink™ • AEC and AEC II • NCOALink™ • ANKLink™ • OneCodeACS™ • Other industry address correction tools
OneCodeACS™ TM ANKLink TM NCOALink TM AEC / AEC II DPV TM TM LACSLink TM CASS-Certified Software Application of Address Quality Update Validate Standardize
Some New and Current Definitions • Certified List • SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) • A value representing a name and address • List Administrator • Certified List Administrator • Non-certified Addresses • Addresses in which some level of deficiency is detected, thus resulting in the address being considered potentially UAA • CARL (Corrective Action Required List) • Corrective Action Code
Certified List Administrator Mailer Printer Lettershop USPS PARS, et al Escrowed SHA Values CARL Escrowed SHA Values Internet Secured Access A Proposed Feedback Mechanism
Next Steps • Meeting at 12:00 on November 2 • Discussing Validation • How do you prove the address is certified? • Recommendations
Contact Information • Interested participants should contact • Charles Hunt • Charles.Hunt@usps.gov • James Wilson • james.d.wilson@usps.gov • Chris Lien • chris.lien@businessobjects.com