DOCKET SECTION
USPS-ST-50
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
I
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, 1997
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SUPPLEMENTAL
TESTIMONY
OF
DANIEL TALMO
ON BEHALF OF
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
,Direct Testimony
of
Daniel Talmo
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
My name is Daniel Talmo.
7
of Madison, Wisconsin.
8
I previously
9
and third-class
SKETCH
I am a senior economist with Christensen
I have been employed by Christensen
Associates
provided testimony before the Postal Rate Commission
nonprofit mail characteristics
in Docket MC96-2.
10
performed
11
No. MC961.
12
BRAVIS hulk mail systems, surveys of mail piece characteristics
13
field surveys of operational
14
My education
Associates
for 10 years.
on second-class
In addition, I have
other research and provided support for other analyses presented
in Docket
This work has included mail volume estimation using the PERMIT and
and makeup practices,
practices, budget analyses, and productivity
includes a B.A. degree in economics
studies.
and mathematics
from the
15
University of Delaware in 1976 and a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of
16
Wisconsin
$7
energy policy and planning analyst for the State of Wisconsin,
18
19
20
in 1987. Before joining Christensen
Associates,
I worked for five years as an
Division of State Energy.
Purpose and Scope of Testimony
The purpose of this testimony is to adopt the results and analyses contained
Library R,eference H-105, Standard
Library Reference
(A) Regular Rate Mail Characteristics
H-190, Second-Class
Mail Characteristics
Referenc,e H-195, Standard (A) Nonprofit Rate Mail Characteristics
7
documems
8
1997. These voluminous
9
Study.
These
were filed as library references with the Postal Rate Commission
Each of these documents
are incorporated
by reference
presents the methodologies
survey covering a particular mail subclass.
and results of a mail
characteristics
11
mailings were selected and the characteristics
12
recorded.
13
pieces by container
14
package presort and container presort level, and other various mail piece
15
characteristics,
This included counts of containers
on July 10,
in this testimony.
10
16
Study;
Survey; and Library
6
documents
In each survey, individual
of the mailer’s preparation
were
by container presort level, counts of
presort level, counts of packages
in
and pieces in packages
by
The data were compiled and inflated to represent national totals.
DOCKET SECTION
USPS-ST-50
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
I
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, 1997
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Docket No. R97-1 cD G
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SUPPLEMENTAL
TESTIMONY
OF
DANIEL TALMO
ON BEHALF OF
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
,Direct Testimony
of
Daniel Talmo
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
My name is Daniel Talmo.
7
of Madison, Wisconsin.
a
I previously
9
and third-class
SKETCH
I am a senior economist with Christensen
I have been employed by Christensen
Associates
provided testimony before the Postal Rate Commission
nonprofit mail characteristics
in Docket MC96-2.
10
performed
11
No. MC961.
12
BRAVIS hulk mail systems, surveys of mail piece characteristics
13
field surveys of operational
14
My education
Associates
for 10 years.
on second-class
In addition, I have
other research and provided support for other analyses presented
in Docket
This work has included mail volume estimation using the PERMIT and
and makeup practices,
practices, budget analyses, and productivity
includes a B.A. degree in economics
studies.
and mathematics
from the
15
University of Delaware in 1976 and a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of
16
Wisconsin
$7
energy policy and planning analyst for the State of Wisconsin,
19
20
in 1967. Before joining Christensen
Associates,
I worked for five years as an
Division of State Energy.
Purpose and Scope of Testimony
The purpose of this testimony is to adopt the results and analyses contained
Library R,eference H-105, Standard
Library Reference
(A) Regular Rate Mail Characteristics
H-190, Second-Class
Mail Characteristics
Referenc,e H-195, Standard (A) Nonprofit Rate Mail Characteristics
7
documems
8
1997. These voluminous
9
Study.
These
were filed as library references with the Postal Rate Commission
Each of these documents
are incorporated
by reference
presents the methodologies
survey covering a particular mail subclass.
and results of a mail
characteristics
11
mailings were selected and the characteristics
12
recorded.
13
pieces by container
14
package presort and container presort level, and other various mail piece
15
characteristics,
This included counts of containers
on July 10,
in this testimony.
10
16
Study;
Survey; and Library
6
documents
In each survey, individual
of the mailer’s preparation
were
by container presort level, counts of
presort level, counts of packages
in
and pieces in packages
by
The data were compiled and inflated to represent national totals.