CASS 3553 Summary Report
The USPS CASS 3553 report must be submitted to the USPS along with the mailing to qualify for certain discounts. The report displays these details in a tabular form:
Software
- Name of the CASS certified company and software, along with the version and configuration of the software.
- Name of the Z4Change certified company and the software, along with the version and configuration of the software.
- Name of the DirectDPV certified company and the software, along with the version and configuration of the software.
List
- Name of the company that coded the address list and/or performed ZIP+4 matching.
- Processing date for each list.
- The date of each database package used.
- The name or identification number of the address list.
- The number of lists used to produce the mailing.
- The total number of address records submitted when the list was coded.
Output- Summarized output of the CASS process. Consists of total number of records
verified at these levels:
- Zip+4
- DPV
- Z4 Change
- Direct DPV
- 5 Digit carrier route
- Carrier Route (CR-RT)
- enhanced Line Of Travel (eLOT) sequence number
Validation period of the verified records are also displayed.
Mailer- Signature, name and address of the individual who processed the list and the date on which the form was signed.
Qualitative Statistical Summary (QSS)- Information which allows list processors to
evaluate the quality of their address list before its contents enter the mailstream.
- High Rise Default- The number of records which were successfully matched at the street address level but could not be matched to a valid secondary address.
- High Rise Exact- The number of records which were exactly matched to a primary and secondary address.
- Rural RTE Default- The number of rural route address records which were verified at the route number level but could not be matched to a valid primary range.
- Rural RTE Exact- The number of rural route address records which were matched at the route number level and could be matched to a valid primary range.
- Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS)/ LACSLink System- The number of address records which have been converted through LACS/LACSLink System.
- EWS (Early Warning System)- The new address records which are not present in the current US Postal Service's ZIP + 4 File.
- SuiteLink- The number of addresses which are corrected by SuiteLink.
For details about USPS Form 3553, see www.usps.com.