Front Cover 2 postal bulletin 22530 (10-10-19) Contents COVER STORY Supply Management Welcome to the New Cyber Frontier: What You Need 5-Gallon Bottled Drinking Water Service. 43 to Know to Stay Safe . 3 Sustainability POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND FORMS Pest Management Reminder . 43 UPDATES Manuals PULL-OUT INFORMATION DMM Revision: Stamped Mail . 4 Fraud IMM Revision: Individual Country Listing for Guatemala. 6 Invalid USPS Corporate Account Numbers. 13 IMM Revision: Changes to Anonymous Mail Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms . 15 Characteristics . 7 Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order Forms . 22 Publications Verifying U.S. Postal Service Money Orders . 25 Publication 52 Revision: Stamp Mailpieces Over Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms . 25 10 Ounces. 9 Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian Publication 223 Revision: Directives and Forms Update. 10 Money Orders . 25 ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Other Information Human Resources Overseas Military/Diplomatic Mail . 26 Penalty Overtime Exclusion . 11 Freely Associated States Restrictions . 32 Mailing and Shipping Services New Label 139 is Now Available . 11 POSTAL BULLETIN 2019 SEMI-ANNUAL INDEX Online Services 2019 Semi-Annual Index . PB 22524 (7-18-19) Upcoming Changes to the Online Hold Mail Process . 12 Stamp Services Stamp Announcement 19-33: Holiday Wreaths Stamps. 33 Find the latest in mail and delivery information Update: Spooky Silhouettes Stamps First-Day-of-Issue and services offered by U.S. Postal® State . 34 in the Postal Bulletin at Pictorial Postmarks Announcement . 35 about.usps.com/postal-bulletin How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Digital Color or Traditional Postmarks . 38 Cover Story postal bulletin 22530 (10-10-19) 3 Cover Story Welcome to the New Cyber Frontier: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe The world changes fast, yet technology evolves even Protect Postal Service data. Keep data protection faster. While technology today provides great benefits such in the forefront of your thoughts at all times. Do not as being able to conduct business on the go, it also creates store sensitive and sensitive-enhanced materials to more risks. Cyber threats, which are criminal or unethical your USPS-issued assets, unless explicitly autho- activities that take place online, have completely changed rized to do so. the cyber frontier landscape. So how do organizations like Beware of tricksters. Whether by email, text mes- the Postal Service™ move safely forward in this new cyber sage, or voicemail, cybercriminals are hoping to trick frontier? By understanding the cyber trends that pose the you into giving away sensitive information. Don’t let greatest threat to organizations nationwide. them use your technology against you. On October 10, 2019, the Postal Service is hosting a Remember, these tips are not only relevant to your work ® National Cybersecurity Awareness Month event at USPS environment — they can also protect your home and headquarters in Washington, D.C. from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. For family. more information, visit niccs.us-cert.gov/national-cyberse- For more information on managing the new cyber frontier, curity-awareness-month-2019. For other locations, the see Chapter 5 of Handbook AS-805, Information Security, at event will be livestreamed at uspslive.usps.gov/#/login. It’s about.usps.com/handbooks/as805/as805c5_001.htm. a great opportunity to gain insight into these trends, learn about cybersecurity best practices, and get tips like these: To report a cybersecurity incident, contact the Cyber- Safe at USPS® team by calling 866-877-7247 or sending an Secure it. Secure your USPS-issued electronic email to [email protected]. For general cybersecurity devices through encryption, passphrases, and the information, visit the CyberSafe at USPS websites on Blue use of a virtual private network, or VPN. (blue.usps.gov/cyber/) and LiteBlue (liteblue.usps.gov/ Separate for security. For business purposes, use cyber/). only USPS-issued equipment, laptops, and phones at work, and use a wall outlet to charge them. Don’t install unauthorized software. Applications — Corporate Information Security Office, like “WhatsApp” or other social media applications Chief Information Security Officer are not allowed on USPS-issued electronic devices. and Digital Solutions, 10-10-19 4 postal bulletin 22530 (10-10-19) Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates Manuals DMM Revision: Stamped Mail Effective October 1, 2019, the Postal Service™ revised Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) in various sections to update the provision for stamped mail weighing more than ***** 13 ounces, and extend that provision to physical 100 Retail Mail Letters, Cards, Flats, and Parcels characteristics. ***** To enhance the safety and security of Postal Service employees and customers, the Postal Service is updating 110 Priority Mail Express the Aviation Security Program (also known as the Anony- mous Mail Program) to restrict the deposit method for all ***** mailpieces bearing stamps as the only postage payment 116 Deposit method and weighing more than 10 ounces or measuring more than one half-inch in thickness. Under the revised 1.0 Priority Mail Express 1-Day and 2-Day Delivery standards, domestic and international mailpieces that [Revise the text of item a. to read as follows:] weigh more than 10 ounces or measure more than one a. Except as provided in 1.0b, items may be deposited half-inch in thickness, and bear only postage stamps as the at a Post Office location, deposited in a Priority Mail postage payment method, may not be deposited into col- Express collection box, picked up during the normal lection receptacles, including street, lobby, and apartment delivery and collection of mail, or through Pickup on boxes, or other unattended locations. Demand service. These stamped mailpieces also may not be picked up [Revise the first sentence of item b. to read as follows:] by city, rural, or highway contract letter carriers for delivery, b. Items bearing only postage stamps as postage pay- either from an individual or through Pickup on Demand® ment and that weigh more than 10 ounces, or mea- service. Instead, a mailer must present such a mailpiece to sure more than one half-inch in thickness, may not be an employee at a Post Office™ retail service counter. deposited into a Priority Mail Express collection box, These restrictions do not apply to any mailpiece that picked up during the normal delivery and collection weighs 10 ounces or less and measures one half-inch or of mail, or through Pickup on Demand service.*** less in thickness, nor do they affect any mailpieces, regard- less of weight or thickness, for which postage is paid with ***** a method other than stamps, such as a permit imprint or a 120 Priority Mail postage evidencing system (a meter or PC Postage® product). ***** In addition, the Postal Service will update Mailing Stan- 126 Deposit dards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail 1.0 Deposit Manual (IMM®), Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, and applicable Quick Service Guides [Revise the title and first sentence of 1.1 to read as follows:] (QSGs) under separate cover. 1.1 Pieces Weighing 10 Ounces or Less and Although the Postal Service will not publish these revi- Measuring One Half-Inch or Less in Thickness sions in the DMM until January 26, 2020, the standards are Priority Mail pieces that weigh 10 ounces or less and mea- effective immediately. sure one half-inch or less in thickness may be deposited into any collection box, mail chute, or mail receptacle, or at any place where mail is accepted if the full required post- age is paid with postage stamps.*** Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates postal bulletin 22530 (10-10-19) 5 [Revise the title and first sentence of 1.2 to read as follows:] be deposited into a collection box, Postal Service lobby drop, Postal Service dock, customer mailbox, or other 1.2 Pieces Weighing More than 10 Ounces or unattended location.*** Measuring More than One Half-Inch in Thickness ***** Priority Mail pieces bearing only postage stamps as post- 170 Retail Mail Media Mail and Library Mail age payment and that weigh more than 10 ounces or mea- sure more than one half-inch in thickness may not be ***** deposited into a collection box, Postal Service lobby drop, 176 Deposit and Entry Postal Service dock, customer mailbox, or other unat- tended location.*** 1.0 Deposit for Media Mail and Library Mail ***** ***** 130 Retail Mail First-Class Mail and First-Class [Revise the title and first sentence of 1.2 to read as follows:] Package Service — Retail 1.2 Stamped Pieces over 10 Ounces or More than ***** One Half-Inch in Thickness Media Mail and Library Mail pieces bearing only postage 136 Deposit stamps as postage payment and that weigh more than 10 1.0 Deposit for First-Class Mail and First-Class ounces, or measure more than one half-inch in thickness, Package Service — Retail may not receive pickup service, nor be deposited into a collection box, Postal Service lobby drop, Postal Service [Revise the text of 1.0 to read as follows:] dock, customer mailbox, or other unattended location.*** Retail First-Class Mail (letters, cards, flats) and First-Class Package Service — Retail must be deposited as follows: ***** a. Except as provided in 1.0b, items may be deposited 500 Additional Mailing Services into any collection box, mail receptacle, or at any place where mail is accepted if the full required post- ***** age is paid with postage stamps. 507 Mailer Services b. Items bearing only postage stamps as postage pay- ***** ment and that weigh more than 10 ounces, or mea- sure more than one half-inch in thickness, may not be 7.0 Pickup on Demand Service deposited into any collection box, picked up during the normal delivery and collection of mail, or through ***** Pickup on Demand service.