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BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
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RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS DEGEN TO INTERROGATORIES
OF
THE NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
(NAA/USPS-T12-l-2)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides responses of witness Degen to
the following
T12-l-2,
interrogatories
of the Newspaper Association
of America:
NAA/USPS-
filed on August 15, 1997
Each interrogatory
is stated verbatim and is followed by the response.
Respectfully
submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
Eric P. Koetting
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
(202) 268-2992; Fax -5402
August 29, 1997
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Response of Unites States Postal Service Witness Dryen
to Interrogatories
of the Newspaper Association of America
NAA/USPS-T12-1.
Please refer to the discussion at page 7, lines 17-l 8 and
page 8, l-6 of your direct testimony, regarding the assignment ‘of the tallies
at MODS offices to cost pools. Please provide the following data:
a. The percentage of tallies that contain a valid MODS operation code.
b. The percentage of tallies assigned to cost pools based on co,mblnations
of IOCS question 18 and 19 responses; and
c. The percentage of tallies assigned to cost pools using the IOCS operation
codes.
NAAIUSPS-Tl2-1
Response.
a. There are 193,138
file (including
tallies taken at MODS offices
divided
valid MODS operation
b. Remap criteria
item records).
Of these,
in the FY 1996 IOCS
190,595
or 918.7% had
codes.
based on detailed
question
18/l 9 responses
iassign the
cost pool for 804 tallies, or 0.4% of total MODS tallies.
c. Remap criteria
F260)
based on the recorded
assigned
MODS tallies.
the question
IOCS operation
code (variable
the cost pool for 1,496 tallies, or 0.8%
Note that the IOCS operation
18 response.
to 1MlSC or LD43.
The remaining
of tlhe total
code is actually
based on
tallies were assigned
residually
Response of Unites States Postal Service Witness Degen
to Interrogatories
of the Newspaper Association of America
NAA/USPS-T12-2.
Please refer to Table 5 of your written testirnony.
For
each of the MODS codes listed in Table 5, please provide the foIllowing
data:
a. The number of direct tallies;
b. The number of mixed mail tallies (broken down into: “counted”
mixed
mail item, ‘uncounted”
mixed mail item, “identified”
mixed mail container
and “not-identified”
mixed mail container categories, if possible); and
c. The number of not-handling-mail
tallies.
NAA/USPS-Tl2-2
Response.
a.-c.
‘1 to this response
Attachment
note that the term “direct
mixed-mail
column
items, therefore
of the attachment.
tally”
provides
the requested
data.
is defined to include records
such records are included
Please
for counted
in the direct
.Itachment 1, NAAIUSPS-TlZ-2
FY96 IOCS Unweighted
cost Pool
manl
manf
manp
mecpan
spbs 0th
spbsPrio
lsml
fsml
OCll
bcsl
LD41
LD42
priority
express
Registry
LD15
BusReply
REWRAP
MAILGRAM
LD48 Exp
LD48-Adm
LD48-SSv
LD48 0th
LD49
LD79
LO44
LD43
1Platfrm
IOPpref
Direct [ 1)
13,350
4,621
432
90
1,148
478
6,666
6,026
2,048
5,968
166
71
1,515
611
961
103
242
76
2
17
346
549
550
2,380
342
1,369
4,536
1,575
3.618
Tally Counts by Cost Pool and Handling
Identified
Mixed
Containers
Mixed
Items
327
137
27
27
125
30
212
301
135
447
9
3
185
94
161
3
5
7
0
3
11
9
29
56
28
29
198
557
513
Not-identified
Mixed
Containers
252
242
70
13
153
04
95
228
104
366
12
5
181
50
93
9
11
7
0
1
18
15
54
40
23
19
376
2,306
912
Page 1 or 2
271
224
80
16
177
52
98
275
105
330
5
1
148
26
72
10
0
3
0
0
23
19
50
57
28
24
371
I.396
841
Category
Not-Handling
6,469
2,671
553
a5
1,250
627
2,507
3,223
1,257
3,854
238
64
1,557
1,223
1,566
77
210
150
6
55
2.312
1,112
1.423
1,070
1,977
899
4,507
9,692
5,365
Total
20.669
7,895
1,162
229
2,053
1,279
9,576
10,053
3,649
10,965
430
144
3,586
2,004
2,053
202
476
243
0
76
2,710
1,704
2,106
4,411
2,398
2,340
10,068
15,526
11,249
FY96 IOCS Unweighted
Tally Counts by Cost Pool and Handling
Identified
Mixed
Containers
Mixed
cost Pool
lOPbulk
1POUCHNG
ISackS-h
iSackS-m
1Bulk pr
1CancMPP
1SCAN
1 EEQMT
ISUPPORT
IMISC
INTL
BMC SSM
BMC Other
BMC PSM
BMC SPB
BMC NM0
BMC Platform
BMC Z Breaks
Non-MODS [2]
Total
Direct [1 J
1,409
2,093
571
164
72
2,376
305
15
145
215
3.507
314
1,579
1,130
640
214
696
0
12,267
07,652
Items
100
437
137
77
19
96
261
125
0
20
300
55
311
9
135
15
179
0
430
6,574
305
713
349
49
16
295
151
20
21
66
337
13
442
21
50
32
356
0
679
9,662
Not-identified
Mixed
Containers
331
406
205
59
14
239
93
05
10
60
101
5
409
9
60
55
299
0
722
0,120
Category
Not-Handling
2,067
3,564
1,616
476
131
2.004
1,017
424
2,709
1,461
3,004
152
1,289
249
203
151
1,472
2,555
6,460
00,854
Notes:
[l] lndudes top piece rule items; items and containen with identical mail; counted mixed-mail items
[2] Includes break/personal needs (activity code 6521) tallies
Page 2 of 2
Total
4,300
7,293
2,070
025
252
5,010
.I ,027
677
2,981
1.030
0,297
539
4,110
1,418
1,176
467
3.002
2,555
21),550
200,070
DECLARATION
I, Carl G. Degen, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing
answers
are true and correct,
and belief.
to the best of my knowledge,
information,
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document
participants
of record in this proceeding
in accordance
with section 12 of the Rules of
Practice
Eric P. Koetting
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
August 29, 1997
upon all
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