# Presentation: 518362

## 2005 – 2006 Cycle
June 17, 2004

**June 17, 2004**

**CASSTM Pre-Meeting**
**(Coding Accuracy Support System)**

## Welcome!

## CURRENT CYCLE REVIEW

**Revisit of Rules **
**Brainstorming**
**New Grading Rules**

## REVISIT OF RULES

**Address Standardization**
**Stack**
**Street Address Matching**
**Small Town Default Logic**
**Unique ZIP Code Logic**
**Recombination**
**Last line matching logic**
**City, state, ZIP, and multiple finance numbers**
**Certification of Configuration and User Parameters**

## ADDRESS STANDARDIZATION

**	****Rules:****   All delivery address components must be presented and separated by a single space. The address components may be presented in one or three ways:**
**As they appear in the ZIP+4 File**
**Properly spelled out**
**Properly abbreviated using the standard abbreviations as stated in Pub 28 **

## STACK

**	****Rules:****   In batch mode, if a “stack” is offered to the user, the user must CASS certify separately. **
**	****It is acceptable to display a “stack” to a user in an on-line mode providing there is no automated “stack” selection capability. The “stack” should be provided as information to the user. Once the information is review, the user may reenter a modified version of the input.**

## STREET ADDRESS MATCHING

**	****Rules:****   When an address is missing or has one component in error within the input ZIP Code and you failed to find an exact match in the finance/last line number, you should add, change, or delete that component if the result is unique. **

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## STREET ADDRESS MATCHING

**Example**** 1 — ****City/State File**

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	299 STONE PILE SCHOOL RD
- 	MERCER PA  16137

**	****16137****	****S****	****MERCER****	****PA****	****415280**

- Expected return:	299 STONE PILE SCHOOL RD  (No Match)
- 	MERCER PA  16137

- Customer return:	200 – 299 SCHOOL ST
- 	MERCER PA  16137

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## STREET ADDRESS MATCHING

**Example**** 2 — ****City/State File**

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	3260 WOODS TRAD
- 	BENSON NC  27504

**	****27504****	****S****	****BENSON****	****NC****	****360728**

- Expected return:	3260 WOODS TRAD   (No Match)
- 	BENSON NC  27504

- Customer return:	3200 – 3298 WOODS CROSSROADS RD
- 	BENSON NC  27504

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## STREET ADDRESS MATCHING

**Example**** 3 — ****City/State File**

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	325 S HAMPTON DR
- 	IRMO SC  29063

**	****29063****	****S****	****IRMO****	****SC****	****454180**

- Expected return:	325 SOUTHAMPTON DR   (Match)
- 	IRMO SC  29063-8430

- Customer return:	301 – 399 HARLESTON RD
- 	IRMO SC  29063

## SMALL TOWN DEFAULT LOGIC

**	****Rules:**** Small town default logic refers to matching addresses to ZIP+4 records within finance numbers consisting of PO Box, general delivery, or postmaster. **

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## SMALL TOWN DEFAULT LOGIC — Example 

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	199 MOCKINGBIRD LN
- 	NASSAU DE  19969

**	****19969****	****P****	****NASSAU****	****DE****	****095060**

- Expected return:	199 MOCKINGBIRD LN     (No Match)
- 	NASSAU DE  19969

**ZIP Code****	****Carrier Route****	****+4 Code****	****Last Line**

**19969****	****B000****	****9998 9998****	****v21332**
**19969****	****B001****	****0001 0058****	****v21332**
**19969****	****G000****	****9999 9999****	****v21332**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

## UNIQUE ZIP CODE LOGIC

**	****Rules:**** When an input address contains a unique ZIP Code, check whether or not the input city name corresponds with the unique ZIP Code. The term “corresponds” is defined as showing within the City/State File as an entry associated with that specific ZIP Code. It does not matter whether the input city name is shown as a non-mailing name. If the input city name is found in the city/State File and is associated with the unique ZIP Code, it is considered to correspond. **

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## UNIQUE ZIP CODE LOGIC — Example 1

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	775 1⁄2 ST S
- 	SAUK RAPIDS MN  56372

**	****56379****	****S****	****SAUK RAPIDS****	****MN****	****268280**

- Expected return:	775 1⁄2 ST S      (Match)
- 	SAUK RAPIDS MN  56379-1283

**ZIP Code****	****Carrier Route****	****+4 Code****	****Last Line**

**56379****	****C005****	****0000 1283****	****Y26275**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

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## UNIQUE ZIP CODE LOGIC — Example 2

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	900 2ND ST
- 	BURDETT KS  30332

**	****67523****	****S****	****BURDETT****	****KS****	****191364**

- Expected return:	900 2ND ST      (Match)
- 	BURDET KS  67523-8507

**ZIP Code****	****Carrier Route****	****+4 Code****	****Last Line**

**67523****	****R001****	****0000 8507****	****W20240**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

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## UNIQUE ZIP CODE LOGIC — Example 3

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

**Input:****	****POLAR BEAR VACATIONS**
**	****0 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV**
**	****BATON ROUGE LA**

**70893****	****S****	****BATON ROUGE****	****LA****	****210624**

**Expected return:****	****POLAR BEAR VACATIONS ****       (Match) **
**	****0 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV **
**	****BATON ROUGE LA  ****70893-9300**

**ZIP Code****	****Carrier Route****	****+4 Code****	****Last Line**

**70893****	****R001****	****0000 9300****	****Y23370**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

**Customer return:****	****POLAR BEAR VACATIONS ****      **
**	****0 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV **
**	****BATON ROUGE LA  ****70803-3336**

## RECOMBINATION

**	****Rules:**** CASS will require software to transpose primary address number values that, when combined with secondary address information, obtains a high-rise exact match by matching to a valid secondary address range in the ZIP+4 File. CASS will also test for secondary address values transposed with other secondary address values that through recombination a hi-rise exact match is achieved. **

## LAST LINE MATCHING LOGIC

**	****Rules:**** Customers may present addresses that have a city/state that is associated with one finance number and a ZIP Code that is associated with a different finance number. **
**	****When software attempts to match the address, it must give preference to the input city name and search the finance number associated with the input city name. If it does not find a match in the finance number of the input city name, software may optionally search the finance number of the ZIP Code if the input state and ZIP Code agree. **

## LAST LINE LOGIC — Example

**ZIP Code****	****City State Name****	****Finance #****	****ST**

- Input:	210 OYSTER POINT BLVD
- 	SAN FRANCISCO CA  94080

**94080****	****SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO****	****057416****	****CA**
**MANY****	****SAN FRANCISCO****	****056786****	****CA**

**ZIP****	****Prim****	****Prim****	****Pre****	****Street Name****	****Suffix****	****Post****	****ZIP+4****	****Finance****	****Last Line Key**
**Code****	****Low****	****High****	****Dir****	****	****	****Dir****	****	****Number**

**94080****	****200****	****270****	****OYSTER POINT****	****BLVD****	****1911****	****057416****	****SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

## CERTIFICATION OF CONFIGURATION AND USERPARAMETERS

**	****Rules:**** Address matching software manufacturers must not allow the generation of form PS 3553 if the address matching process has been modified. The software version, configuration and date of the database used are not to be changeable by the user through the software.**
**	****Once an address is presented to your address-matching process any user modifications to the process must be CASS Certified. If a customer/user writes their driver or modifies the driver software provided by the manufacturer the software must be CASS certified separately by the user.**

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## CERTIFICATION OF CONFIG. — Example 1

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

- Input:	60 DANBURY RD
- 	TINTON FALLS NJ  07753

- Expected return:	60 DANBURY RD       (Match)
- 	TINTON FALLS NJ  07753-7918

**ZIP Code****	****Carrier Route****	****+4 Code****	****Last Line**

**07753****	****C024****	****0000 7918****	****V11005**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

**07753****	****S****	****NEPTUNE****	****NJ****	****335630**
**07753****	****S****	****NEPTUNE CITY****	****NJ****	****335630**
**07753****	****S****	****TINTON FALLS****	****NJ****	****335630**
**07753****	****S****	****WALLS TOWNSHIP****	****NJ****	****335630**

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## CERTIFICATION OF CONFIG. — Example 2

**ZIP Code****	****ZIP Class Code****	****City Name****	****ST****	****Finance #**

**Input:****	****1026 OLD CORLIES RD**
**	****NEPTUNE NJ  07753**

**07753****	****S****	****NEPTUNE****	****NJ****	****335630**
**07753****	****S****	****NEPTUNE CITY****	****NJ****	****335630**
**07753****	****S****	****TINTON FALLS****	****NJ****	****335630**
**07753****	****S****	****WALLS TOWNSHIP****	****NJ****	****335630**

**Expected return:****	****1026 OLD CORLIES RD       ****(Match) **
**	****NEPTUNE**** NJ  07753-3350**

**ZIP Code****	****Carrier Route****	****+4 Code****	****Last Line**

**07753****	****C006****	****0000 3350****	****V11005**

**City/State File**

**ZIP+4 File**

**Expected return:****	****1026 OLD CORLIES RD     **
**	****WALLS TOWNSHIP**** NJ  07753-3350**

## BRAINSTORMING

**Override Switch**
**License Agreement**
**2 Year Certification**

## New Grading Rules...

## NEW GRADING RULES

**Optional categories now required – official list available in August**
**No platform waivers**

## NEW GRADING RULES

**Passing Score ****increased to**

**98.5%**

## NEW GRADING RULES

**Magnet rule with DPV as tie-breaker**

**If only one record exists which is an inexact match**

## Discussion Items

## AIS Product Changes

***ZIP+4: Effective March 2004 Product***
**Change to Field Reference Number 25-State Abbreviation**
**Return the State of Physical Location – currently returns ZIP Code State**
**State Abbreviation used with Fields 26 and 27:County Congressional District**
**Used When ZIP Code Boundaries Cross State Lines and to give more accurate information.**
***City State Alias File: Effective March 2004 Product***
**Add a New Alias Type Code A=Abbreviated**
**Abbreviated Aliases Designed to Assist Matching When Delivery Address Lines Exceed 30 Characters**
**Establish the ‘Official’ Abbreviated Abbreviation of the Street Name**
**Abbreviated Aliases Based on Local Preference**
**Dr Martin Luther King Junior BLVD**
**Austin TX = MLK BLVD**
**Chicago IL = King BLVD**
**Pool of 36,000 Street Names in 11,500 ZIP Codes**
**Provides a Standard Solution for Address List Systems with Space Constraints**

**Notes:**
Review why the change to PO Box records
Rationale for moving type of boxes to carrier level information

## AIS Product Changes

***SEASONAL INDICATORS: Effective March 2004 Product***
**Currently, Seasonality is Recorded at the Delivery Point Level**
**No Information is Available on the ‘Season’ of Occupancy. More than One ‘Season’ Possible per ZIP**
**Add records to City State to Define the Months of Seasonality**
**A new record type of ‘N’ will be added to the City-State product.**
**Add ‘Y’ to Months of Occupancy-indicates month’s mail will be delivered to these ZIP Codes**
**Delivery Points Still Marked Seasonal. Individual Addresses NOT Provided**
**Address is Occupied For All or Part of the ‘Season’**

| ZIP | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 55777 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N |
| 55797 | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |

**Notes:**
Describe current seasonal guidelines
Mailer interest in more specific information JP-For example, businesses want to know areas where college students reside
Susan-Will we use the seasonal route requirement or allow seasonality anywhere

## AIS Product Changes

***Alternative PLL Values: Effective August 2004***
**One PLL per ZIP Code**
**Multiple Mailing Names Acceptable**
**Multiple Variations on Mailing Names Not Acceptable.**
**Minneapolis Is PLL**
**Saint Louis Park  Acceptable Name**
**St Louis Pk Not Acceptable Name**
**But Minneapolis Is NOT the Right Choice for addresses with “St Louis Pk”**
**See the following examples:**

**Notes:**
Two new markers – Dismount and MSP
Delivery asked for dismount to indicate carrier “jump stop” locations for non park and loop deliveries.
MSP should not be gathered by AMS offices; DU will supply via EES once EES is enabled
Getting elephants to tango in time

## AIS Product Changes – Current Information

| ZIP | Key | CS Name | Typ | PLL Key | PLL Name | Mailing Name |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 55426 | X12345 | Minneapolis | P | X12345 | Minneapolis | Y |
| 55426 | X12346 | Mpls | N | X12345 | Minneapolis | N |
| 55426 | X12347 | Saint Louis Park | B | X12345 | Minneapolis | Y |
| 55426 | X12348 | St Louis Park | N | X12345 | Minneapolis | N |
| 55426 | X12349 | St Louis Pk | N | X12345 | Minneapolis | N |

## AIS Product Changes – August 2004

| ZIP | Key | CS Name | Typ | PLL Key | PLL Name | Mailing Name |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 55426 | X12345 | Minneapolis | P | X12345 | Minneapolis | Y |
| 55426 | X12346 | Mpls | N | X12345 | Minneapolis | N |
| 55426 | X12347 | Saint Louis Park | B | X12345 | Minneapolis | Y |
| 55426 | X12348 | St Louis Park | N | X12347 | Saint Louis Park | N |
| 55426 | X12349 | St Louis Pk | N | X12347 | Saint Louis Park | N |

## AIS Product Changes

***Delivery Point Validation (DPV)***
**Adding Another Table to Product: Effective February 2004 Product**
**No Stats Identifies Valid Physical Addresses Which Are Not Delivered by USPS**
**	****	****“****Gated Communities”**
**Can identify deliveries which are not valid for CDS pre-processing**
**This table is currently available for DSF2 licensees**

**Notes:**
Process: Select View|Select/Save Template, type new template name, click OK.

## AIS Product Changes

***Delivery Point Validation (DPV) Continued***
**Increase in False Positive Records for DPV and DSF2**
**The record length increased from 179 to 180. The field length of  “Number of ZIP Codes on File” increased from 4 to 5.**

**Notes:**
Process: Select View|Select/Save Template, type new template name, click OK.

## AIS Product Changes

***Delivery Point Validation (DPV)***
**Adding New Foot Note codes for Military, General Delivery and Uniques:**
**Military = F1**
**General Delivery = G1**
**Unique = U1 **
**When a match is found to a Military, General Delivery or a Unique, move ‘Y’ to the DPV return code. Move spaces to all other flags. **
**In these cases a ZIP+4 match is considered to be equivalent to a delivery point match.**

**Notes:**
Process: Select View|Select/Save Template, type new template name, click OK.

## AIS Product Changes

***“******Flat DPV” Version: Test Environment Only***
**Intended to address memory issues on “less than optimal” systems**
***Delivery Sequence File 2 (DSF2)***
**Adding Another Table to Product: Effective August 2004 Product**
**Seasonal deliveries for ‘E’ Educational records. The assumption will be made that in summer months these are vacant. These flags are set at the delivery level and City State flags will not apply to these deliveries. This value appeared in the DPF data on December 29, 2003.  **

**Notes:**
Process: Select View|Select/Save Template, type new template name, click OK.

## LACSLink

**Locatable Address Conversion System**

## LACSLink

**	****LACS provides a new address when an address has been converted due to USPS changes.**

## LACSLink

**Most records in LACS reflect changes from rural box addressing to street-style addressing for E911 conversions.**
**Old Address**
**	****RR 1 Box 127A**
**New Address**
**	****17255 Scenic Rd**

## LACSLink

**Some records in LACS represent changes to street-style addresses.**
**Old Address**
**	****905 France Ave**
**New Address**
**   ****1125 Freedom Dr**

## LACSLink

**Some LACS records reflect PO Box renumbering**
**Old Address**
**	****PO Box 123**
**New Address**
**   ****PO Box 555123**

## LACSLink

**LACS data has been gathered since 1988**
**In 1994, LACS input was enabled in AMS**
**In 1995, application improvements lead to increased LACS input from field offices.**

## LACSLink

**ZIP+4 file displays the LACS indicator for Old LACS records as long as the records live in the AMS database.**
**CASS Certified software is required to recognize the LACS indicator in the ZIP+4 file.**

## LACSLink

**LACS processing of address lists has been a function of NCOA.**
**Thirteen NCOA licensees are authorized to process addresses for LACS conversion.**

## LACSLink

**LACS****Link**** will provide LACS data as a secure hash table.**
**LACS****Link**** will allow the USPS to distribute LACS address conversion information as separate product.**

## LACSLink

**The input to the LACS lookup is a display of the address, 50 characters in length, and a five-digit ZIP Code. **
**The address must be in standardized unparsed format, but not necessarily ZIP+4 coded **

## LACSLink

**Keeping in mind that a change in one letter or space creates a different SHA value, the standardized address and numbers that are to be an input must exactly match the SHA value that was SHA’d to make the list. **

## LACSLink

**To aid in the standardizing of street style addresses a table will be provided that will include a 5 digit ZIP Code and the Indicia (Pre Directional, Street Name, Suffix, and Post Directional) as it appears in the USPS LACS database. **

## LACSLink

**If the process verifies that the input address exists in the LACS table, the 11-digit ZIP Code + a hint byte of the new address will be returned.**
**The 11-digit look-up table and the hint byte table will provide the new address.**

## System Requirements	

***5 LACSLink data tables   33MB each***
***Binary Hash Table            16MB***
***Subtotal                             181MB***
**Street Name Table               4MB**
**1 Hint Byte table               33MB**
**RV9 table                          112MB (max)**
**Total                                  330MB**

## Slide 52

## Timetable

**Current LACS licensees may continue to receive LACS data until 11-30-2005**
**NCOALink full service licensees not currently LACSing must certify for LACSLink to process address conversion.**
**All CASS Certified software to be LACSLink enabled by 7-31-2005.**

## Thank You!

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