Oversight Hearing on the Use of Mailing Lists in Direct Marketing: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, October 10, 1991 |
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123 MAIN ST address files Address Information Address Matching Licensee advertising mail ADVO Alphanumeric box number Buyer's Market catalogs Chairman Change of Address COBOL companies components CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consumers credit card CULNAN data base delivery DETACHED ADDRESS LABELS direct mail direct marketing Direct Marketing Association direct response direct response marketing Equifax Example identified individual move input address KRAUSE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS mail piece Mail Preference Service mailers mailing lists matching policies matching software MCCLOSKEY Monthly Hotline name and address National Change National Directory NCOA file NCOA match NCOA record newspapers NORTON offers parsed post office box pricing primary street name programs Rate Card Approval receive request retailers route number rural route sexually oriented advertisement shared mail specific standardized suffix third class mail U.S. Postal Service unit designator value unwanted mail updates USPS Vice President ZIP Code ZIP+4 code
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Page 26 - No member of or delegate to Congress or resident commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom; but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this Agreement if made with a corporation for its general benefit.
Page 26 - The contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 24 - The foregoing indemnity shall not apply unless the Contractor shall have been informed as soon as practicable by the Government of the suit or action alleging such infringement, and shall have been given such opportunity as is afforded by applicable laws, rules, or regulations to participate in the defense thereof: and further, such...
Page 3 - Jane Crofut; The Crofut Farm; Grover's Corners; Sutton County; New Hampshire; United States of America. GEORGE: What's funny about that? REBECCA: But listen, it's not finished: the United States of America; Continent of North America; Western Hemisphere; the Earth; the Solar System; the Universe; the Mind of God, —that's what it said on the envelope.
Page 18 - Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond those sufficient to present a complete and effective proposal are not desired and may be construed as an Indication of the offerer's lack of cost consciousness.
Page 18 - Indication of the offerer's lack of cost consciousness. Elaborate art work, expensive paper and bindings and expensive visual or other presentation aids are neither necessary nor desired. The above statement shall be appropriately modified where included in a request for quotations...
Page 200 - Improper use of permit imprints. (a) Distributed outside the mail and as enclosures. Since permit imprints indicate that the matter on which they appear has had postage paid thereon under the permit imprint system, they must not ordinarily appear on matter which has not had postage so paid thereon, as, for example, matter which is circulated by means other than mail or which is circulated as an enclosure with other matter either by mail or by means other than mail.
Page 224 - As a result, many direct marketers established in-house mail preference services, or suppression files so that consumers could enjoy the convenience of shopping by mail, while at the same time controlling their mail volume. Telephone marketers are also encouraged to use in-house suppression as a means of ensuring that solicitation calls are only targeted to those who are most receptive. Traditionally, only a small minority of direct response shoppers have taken advantage of such in-house services,...
Page 134 - Americans agree that consumers have lost all control over how personal information about them is circulated and used by companies.
Page 17 - ... information A. Questionnaire B. Benchmark problem instructions C. Timing and cost tables 1 . Format instructions A PURPOSE 1) These instructions prescribe the format of proposals and describe the approach which should be used for the development and presentation of proposal data. 2) These instructions are designed to ensure the submission of information essential to the understanding and comprehensive evaluation of equipment proposals. The instructions are not intended to limit the contents of...