# Presentation: 680561

**N****EW ****A****DDRESS ****I****NFORMATION ****S****ERVICES **

**MTAC MEETING**
**JULY 30 – AUGUST 2, 2001**

**New Address Information Services:****Delivery Point Validation (DPV)****Electronic Address Sequencing (EAS)**** **

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV)WHAT IS IT?

**DPV Technology Is Based On Compression Of Data Into Secure Binary SHA-1 Hash Table Form That Can Provide Yes Or No Answers Back When Interrogated.**
**Using This Approach The Entire USPS Delivery Point File Of 147 Million Addresses Has Been Condensed To A 600mb File. **
**This File Is The DPV Data Product.**

**Notes:**
Improve data quality

standardize AMS processes and procedures

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) HOW DO YOU USE IT?

**The DPV Data Product Can Only Be Used In Conjunction With USPS CASS-Certified ZIP+4 Address Matching Products.**
**After An Address Has Matched To A Range-Based ZIP+4 Record, An Encoded Inquiry Is Made To The DPV Data Product To Determine If The Address Can Be Confirmed As A Specific Delivery Point.**

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) HOW DO YOU USE IT? (cont.)

**The Combination Of Information Returned From The ZIP+4 Match And The DPV Inquiry Will Provide Mailers The Ability To:**
**Confirm The Address As A Delivery Point.**
**If Not Confirmed, An Increased Level Of Information Is Available For Mailers To Make Decisions. **

**Notes:**
SOP Package:

Letter of instruction

Flowcharts “101”

SOPs - 12 in the first batch

List of all SOPs to be included in the manual

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) HOW DO YOU USE IT? (cont.)

_**EXAMPLE**_
**Input Address:  ****123 MAIN ST APT 121**
**Matches To The ZIP+4 Range Record: ****123–123 MAIN ST APT 101-199**
**However, The DPV Inquiry From This Match Returns A No Answer.**
**	****Possible Reasons:  **
**	****1. The Apt Number May Be Extraneous**
**	****2. The Apt Number May Be Transposed**
**	****3. The Apt Number May Not Have Been Added To The ****	****	****USPS Database Yet.**

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

**Tests With Commercial Lists Show That Between ****4% - 7%  Of Addresses That Can Be ZIP+4 Coded Cannot Be DPV Confirmed.**_**	**_

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) HOW WILL DPV BE MADE AVAILABLE? 

**	*****There Will Be Two Methods, the ******First****** Is....***
_**	**__**As a USPS Licensed Product.**_** **
**The Product Will Be Licensed To Commercial Software Vendors for Integration Into Their Address-Matching Software Which Is USPS Coding Accuracy Support (CASS) Certified.**
**The Product Will Provide Information Directly Related To Improving Address Quality, Such As Yes/No Confirmation Of An Address As A USPS Delivery Point Or As A CMRA.**
**The DPV Product For Vendor Licensing Will Be Available in Late August 2001. **

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) HOW WILL DPV BE MADE AVAILABLE? (cont.)

***	******The ******Second****** Is...***
_**	**__**As USPS Licensed Service.**_** **
**The Existing DSF Licensed Service and Its Technology Base Will Be Replaced With a New, Second-Generation DSF Service That Will Be DPV Technology Based.**
**The DPV Based Service Will Provide All of the Functionality of the Existing DSF Licensed Service. **

## DELIVERY POINT VALIDATION (DPV) HOW WILL DPV BE MADE AVAILABLE? (cont.)

**Due To The Improved Data Protection That DPV Offers, It Will Be An Open Licensed Service Offering, Much Like *****FASTForward*****TM****, Available To All Who Meet The USPS License Requirements And Standards.**
**Applications For Licensed Service Providers Will Be Accepted Beginning In Mid-August 2001. **

## ELECTRONIC ADDRESS SEQUENCING (EAS)

**EAS Is A New Service Available From The National Customer Support Center (NCSC) Created As Result Of MTAC Workgroup.**
**It Is The Electronic Version Of The Existing DMM A920 Address Sequencing Service.**
**It Provides The Opportunity To Electronically Qualify Address Lists For All Carrier Route Rates And To Receive Bi-Monthly Electronic CDS Updates.**
**The Processing Fees Remain The Same As Manual Process.**
**Files Are Accepted On All Standard Electronic Media.**

## ELECTRONIC ADDRESS SEQUENCING (EAS)

**EAS Was Activated On July 1, 2001**
**14 Customers**
**1941 ZIP Codes Submitted For Qualification**
**74% Qualified For CDS**
**Average Turnaround Time Of 6 Days (Versus 30 For Manual)**

## ELECTRONIC ADDRESS SEQUENCING (EAS)

**	****Contacts At The National Customer Support Center:**
**	****Dewitt Crawford or Becky Dunn****	****1-800-331-5746**** **

**Thank You**