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July 7, 2016

• Multibriefs: Second half of 2016 may deliver big changes for the mailing industry
• Federal News Radio: Gary Reblin: USPS offers range of new products, including Informed Delivery
• Credit Union Times: Expand Dodd-Frank, Allow USPS to Offer Banking Services, Dems Say
• The Globe and Mail: Postal workers’ union refuses arbitration with Canada Post
• Federal Register: Clarification of the Move Update Standard
• Nikkei Asian Review: Japan Post to sell budget smartphone plan via snail mail
• Popular Mechanics: That Time the USPS Launched a Missile Full of Letters Off a Navy Submarine
• USPS Link: Bigger and better
• com: Draft Democratic platform supports postal banking, 6-day delivery, end to pre-funding
• BBC: Austria presidential poll result overturned
• The Wall Street Journal: Putting Its Stamp on the States
• Mailing Systems Technology: Informed Delivery vs. Informed Visibility
• 21^st Century Postal Worker: Medicare is not the Answer for Postal Reform
• Association TRENDS: Postal reform: The time to comment is now
• USPS OIG: Mailed Samples Market