Postmaster General John Potter announced today that the US Postal Service will push back the date of implementation for the Intelligent Mail barcode from January 2009 to May 2009. In an advisory notice, Potter wrote that the decision to change the date was in response to public feedback. "Many of you told us that January 2009 was too soon," he wrote. "We will propose a May 2009 implementation, concurrent with our next annual price change."