8-2 Managers’ Responsibilities

8-2.1 District Manager

1. Administers MMS authorizations for mailers in district Post Office service area.
2. Issues the authorization letter (Exhibit 4C) for district-authorized systems or a temporary authorization letter (Exhibit 4B) for BMS-authorized systems.
3. Authorizes systems that produce mailings of:
1. Any class or mixed classes of single-piece rate domestic or international mail, including mailings with extra services and predetermined weights. (Express Mail and Periodicals are excluded.)
2. Presorted First-Class Mail letter systems not exceeding 25,000 pieces per manifest and not exceeding 50,000 pieces total daily manifested mail volume.
4. May not authorize any MMS that produces presorted mailings, including First-Class Mail (except as noted in 8-2.1c), Standard Mail, Package Services, and PVDS mailings.
5. Ensures that the implementation and administration of any MMS meets the requirements in the authorization letter or agreement, the DMM, the IMM, and this publication by conducting the required reviews described in chapter 10.
6. May suspend any MMS authorization when the mailer is unable or unwilling to correct errors that result in continual postage or fees adjustments.
7. May rescind district authorizations when the mailer is unable or unwilling to correct errors that result in continual postage or fees adjustments.

8-2.2 Administering Postmaster

1. Verifies and accepts manifest mailings from authorized mailers.
2. Ensures that the terms of the authorization are administered effectively.
3. May suspend, upon notification to the district manager, an MMS when the mailer is unable or unwilling to correct errors that result in continual postage or fees adjustments.

8-2.3 Manager of Business Mailer Support

1. Issues final agreement for all manifest systems that produce presorted mailings, including First-Class Mail (except as noted in 8-2.1c), Standard Mail, Package Services, and PVDS mailings.
2. Ensures that the implementation and administration of any system authorized by BMS meets the requirements in the agreement, the DMM, the IMM, and this publication by conducting the reviews described in chapter 10.
3. May suspend or rescind any BMS authorized agreement when the mailer is unable or unwilling to correct errors that result in continual postage or fees adjustments.