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1997
REVISED RESPONSE OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
TO INTERROGATORY
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
(OCAIUSPS-48)
The United States Postal Service hereby tiles the attached revised response to
the following interrogatory
of the Office of the Consumer Advocate: OCA/USPS-48;
The original response was filed on October 24,1997.
The attached revised response
supersedes the original response.
The interrogatory
is stated verbatim and is followed by the revised response.
Respectfully submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
(202)268-2998/FAX:
-5402
December 8. 1997
For FY95 and FY96, please provide the volume of singleOCAIUSPS-48.
piece First-Class Mail that was FIM tagged. If you are unable to provide the
volume, please explain.
Response:
As indicated in the response to OCAIUSPS-103,
OCANSPS-48
the response to
mistakenly uses preliminary AP ODIS results.
for FY95 and FY96 are attached to this response.
The results
These results are
based on the quarterly ODIS data and are adjusted to be consisterlt with
RPW. FY96 volumes are the same as provided in the response to
OCANSPS-103.
The requested volumes are shown in the row labeled
“RPW-Adjusted
FIM.” In addition, we have supplied this same information
for FY94 and FY97 in order to consider the full period, from FY94 to
FY97.
It should be noted that there was a change during this period for
Government
FIM mail, i.e., penalty mail. At the Postal Service’s urging,
government
agencies have shifted from the use of penalty envelopes with
a FIM to official metered or private metered mail
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CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing document upon all
participants of record in this proceeding in accordance with section 12 of the Rules of
Practice.
Michael T. Tidwell
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, DC. 20260-I 137
December 8, 1997