DOCKET SECTlON
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20266-0001
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES,
1997
I?ECE’IVE,D
Ocr 1
‘i 46
PM‘97
Docket No. R97-1
RESPONSES OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
AND MOTION FOR LATE ACCEPTANCE
(OCAlUSPS-T32-12
THROUGH 16,36, 65,77,126)
The United States Postal Service hereby files its responses to the following
interrogatories
of the Office of the Consumer Advocate:
OCAiUSPS-T32-12
through 16 and 36, filed August 15, 1997 (due August 29, 1997);
OCA/USPS-T32-65
and 77, filed September 2, 1997(due September
OCAIUSPS-T32-126,
filed September
These interrogatories
Service for response.
16, 1997);
10, 1997 (due September 24, 1997).
have been redirected from witness Fronk to the Postal
Each interrogatory
is stated verbatim and is followed by the
response,
As reflected in the due dates listed above, these responses are long overdue.
In
some instances (T32-12 through 16, 36, 126), preparation of the responses required
identification
of and consultation with representatives
different Headquarters
departments.
sometimes took longer than expected.
redundant interrogatories
from various components
Identifying the appropriate
of
representatives
Persons coordinating the responses to
requesting the same or similar information were then
contacted to ensure an overall coordinated
response.
In one instance, the original source of information could only be identified by
reconstructing
the chain of communication
hands of witness Fronk (T32-65).
which ultimately put the information
in the
The search was stalled for a time by the absence of
one link in the chain who was out with the flu
Finally, one interrogatory
(T32-77) apparently just fell through the cracks
The Postal Service regrets the delay in providing these responses
Respectfully submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux. Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
‘,
’ .-v
/ : ; ‘I A,&.
L.c;!. i
Michael T. Tidwell
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
October 1, 1997
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OCA/USPS-T32-12.
Please describe all evidence that exists showrng that
households underpay or overpay postage for First-Class mail.
a.
Submit all documents that relate to this question.
b.
Describe the Postal Service’s enforcement and auditing procedures for
ensuring payment of correct First-Class mail postage.
RESPONSE:
(a) None
(b) Please see responses to OCAIUSPS-25
and 27
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OCAIUSPS-T32-13.
Please describe all evidence that exists showing that
households underpay or overpay postage for the additional ounce rate for
Frrst-Class mail. Please especially describe all evidence on the incidence of
households affixing an additronal 32 cent stamp to pay the additional ounce rate
a.
Submit all documents that relate to this question.
b.
Describe the Postal Service’s enforcement and auditing procedures
seeking to ensure payment of correct First-Class mail postage.
RESPONSE:
(a) None.
(b) Please see responses to OCAIUSPS-25
and 27
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OCAJJSPS-T32-14.
Please describe all evidence that exists showing that
households underpay or overpay postage for single-piece cards. Please
especially describe all evidence on the incidence of households affixing a 32
cent stamp to pay for single-piece card mailings.
a.
Submit all documents that relate to this question.
b.
Describe the Postal Service’s enforcement and auditing procedures
seeking to ensure payment of correct First-Class mail postage
RESPONSE:
(a) None.
(b) Please see responses to OCAIUSPS-25
and 27
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OCAIUSPS-T32-15.
Please describe all evidence that exists showing that
households underpay or overpay postage for the nonstandard surcharge for
First-Class mail.
Submit all documents that relate to this question.
Describe the Postal Service’s enforcement and auditing procedures
Z:
seeking to ensure payment of correct First-Class mail postage.
RESPONSE:
(a) None.
(b) Please see responses to OCAIUSPS-25
and 27
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OCAIUSPS-T32-16.
Please separately quantify revenues lost and revenues
gained by any of the underpayments or overpayments queried about in USPST32-12 through 15 during the most recent fiscal year for which such data is
available. If no information is available, please explain why not.
RESPONSE:
households.
None. l-he Postal Service has not had a need for such data for
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
*
OCAJJSPS-T32-36.
Please refer again to the above-cited portion of the CEM
Declslon.
Does the Postal Service think that the American household public is not
a.
honest enough to be trusted with an active role In a modified PRM system
such as MPRM (e.g., deliberately using 30 cent stamps on non-barcoded
mail)?
If the answer to (a) is affirmative, to what proportion of the American
b.
household public would this apply7
Cite empirical evidence for any affirmative response to (a) or (b).
z:
Describe all the methods by which an unscrupulous person may alter the
mail piece or perform other practices to underpay First-Class postage that
would be relevant to the Postal Service’s concerns here.
Does the Postal Service have the legal authority to seek to prosecute
e.
persons who alter mail pieces in order to underpay postage? Please
describe.
If the answer to (e) is affirmative, does the Postal Service ever seek to
f.
prosecute such persons? Please explain.
RESPONSE:
(a)-(c) Answered by witness Fronk.
(d) The Postal Service has conducted no analysis of CEM since the conclusion
of Docket No MC95-1.
underpayment
However, the more obvious general methods of
of First-Class Mail postage on stamped/metered
letters include
affixing either no postage, insufficient postage, foreign postage, or forged or
facsimile “postage stamps” to domestic mail pieces. They can also include
applying insufficient postage via postage meter or applying a wash of meter ink
phosphor solution to lower-denomination
stamps to avoid facer-canceler
kick-
out. The Postal Service dose not claim to be aware of all methods by which the
unscrupulous
among us may be underpaying
postage on stamped and metered
First-Class Mail
(e)-(f) It is not sure what methods of mail piece alteration are being asked about.
Ultimately, the decision to pursue cnminal prosecution for short payment of
postage would turn on such issues as the amount of underpayment
involved, the
RESPONSE OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
RESPONSE to OCAfUSPS-T32-36
ability to identify the perpetrator,
(continued)
the sufficrency of evidence of willful or
intentional conduct, the feasibility of alternative administrative
and the availability of prosecutorial
resources
or civil remedies,
RESPONSE
OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OF THE OCA REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OCA/USPS-T32-65.
At page 10 of the report, it is stated that: “Estimates indicate that
only 5% of the envelopes enclosed with bills are prepaid.” Please describe the
empirical basis for this assertion, including any information the Postal Service gave to
the report’s author.
RESPONSE:
The empirical basis for thus estimate, given by the contractor in the report
on the Prepaid Reply Mail (PRM) product concept, is preliminary data from the FY 1996
Household Diary Study, the final version of which is currently under production.
The
attached tables 116 and 117 are produced by that study. Please note that all figures on
the table represent pieces per week and are in hundred thousands (add 5 zeros).
Table 116 shows that 37.700,OOO reply envelopes per week were provided by
electric, gas, and water companies.
Table 117 shows that, of those reply envelopes,
1,900,OOO were prepaid, which is exactly 5% of the total. The electric, gas, and water
group of companies was selected for the estimate because the mail pieces sent to
households from those groups would be predominantly
bills rather than solicitations
Almost all of the other categories had greater percentages
of prepaid envelopes
enclosed in their mailings, but many of them are likely to be solicitations rather than
bills.
UNYEIWTEO
HOUSEHOLDS
NO
DON’T
KNOW/ND
)INSYER
TOTAL
. . . . .
5300
FIRST-CLASS
YAlL
RECEIVE0
- lND”STRY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FUN
GAM
COL
ERAL
BAGE,
LEC
HONES
ELEC.
COYPU
TRASH
TlON
EXTER
/ B”R
LET
TOTAL
YE01
OTHER
SURE C&BLE
TER
CRAFT
SER
AGEN
MINI
I&L
NOTO*
SER
PHONE
GAS
SUN
“ICE
CY
TOR
MATER
CAL
PROF.
WI?“.
TV
REL.
PLTS
CLUB
“ICES
co.
. . ..I
..I..
1.1..
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ..I
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.
. . . . . . . . . . 11.1.
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
s3cJo
5300
“.S.P.S,
HOUSEHOLD
0,Ll-t”
TliiLE
116
FIPST-CLASS
NAIL
RECEIVED
0~ 10
WAS A RETURN
EN”ELOPE/C*RD
(EaSED
TO FIRST-CLASS
NAIL
ONLY)
STUO”
-
DIARY
-
FISCAL
“EAR
,996
WITH
ADJUSTYENT
ENCLOSED
FIRST-CLASS
Y&IL
RECEIVED
IND”STT(”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DELI”
CD”
/
L-3,
TOTAL
“NYE,WTED
HO”SEHoLDS
“NIEIWTEO
PIECES
“ElOHTED
HOUSEHOLDS
VE,G”TEO
PIECES
TOTAL
SEll
“,CES
STOR
AGE
6!1ESd
EARCH PHOTO
SER
GRA
“ICES
PHEO
PHOTO
SER
“,CES
NESS
ENGER
SER
“ICES
SEC”!?
1,”
SYSTEYS
CIA”
CIRE
(BASE)
“ES
0.03
CHlLTDN
I(ESEARCH
SERVICES
Ho.
57.6
APra,L
19.97
0.01
0.10
FACTORS
(SEPT.
18.
1995
-
SEPT.
1s.
1996,
U.S.P.S.
KWSEHOLD
DIIRY
TIBLE
116
F,RST-CLASS
MAIL
ITECEIVED
10
“IS
A RETURN
EN”ELOPE,CARD
0
(B&SE0
TO F,RST-CLASS
MALL ONLY)
“NYEIOHTED
HOUSEHOLDS
“NYE1OHTED
PIECES
TOTAL
. . . . .
6300
STUD”
-
01AR”
-
FISCAL
“Em
,996
“ITH
ADJUSTYENT
FACTORS
(SEPT.
HOUSEHOLDS
“ElGHTED
PIECES
,995
ENCLOSED
FIRST-CLASS
YA,L
RECEIVED
INDUSTF!”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..
AUTO
SER
LIND
RLS
TOTAL
DEPT.
DEAL
“ICE
*UC
“Eli
STORE
MAIL
OTHER P”BLl
PROYO
TIU
TION
SHER
T,DN
RANT
ER
STN.
CHANT DISC.
OROER STORE
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6300
6300
5300
s300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
43
WElCHTED
16.
996
100.0
............
CON
SUYER
OIST
. . . . .
5300
SUPER
NAR
KETS
. . . . .
5300
66
30
996
~00.0
996
100.0
6
(BASE)
loo.0
0.
1.6
0.01
0.14
0.01
0. II
12
100.0
6
100.0
1
11.9 44.:
-
SEPT.
15.
1996)
L1.S.P.S.
WiiSEHOLD
DiAR”
IC
116
,,LST-CLASS
MAIL
l?ECEI”EO
0,
10 - “AS
A RETWN
EN”ELOPE,CAKI
(BASED
TO FIIST-CLASS
“AIL
ONL”)
UNVEIUITED
HOUSEHOLDS
LlNIE,GHTED
PIECES
YElWTED
TOTAL
1.1..
6900
STUD”
-
Dl*It”
-
FISCAL
CH,L,ON
ANSYER
RESEARCH
SERVICES
No.
“IT”
lOJ”STYENT
FACTORS
(SEPT.
FIRST-CLASS
MAIL
RECEIVED
- INDUSTRY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.................
REAL
TOTAL
INSUR
EST.
IT”
NONE”
AWE
MOOT TOT&L
FED
ST&TE
SOCL.
IT
5.e.L
LOCAL
CHIK
BfaKR
NKT.
co.
GAGE GOVT.
ER.L
ClAL
CARD
C.U.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . I....
. ..I.
5300
5300
smo
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
HOUSEHOLDS
KNOW/NO
,996
18.
ENCLOSED
NO
DON’,
“EAR
5746
APRIL
1991
TOT&L
YIN”
FAC
TUIIER
. . . . .
5.300
,995
SEPT.
45.
1996)
U.S.P.S.
HO”SEHOL0
OIAII”
SWO”
- 01.17”
- FISCAL
TABLE
(17
FIRST-CLASS
YAlL
RECEIVED
I,
DID
THE RETURN
ENVELOPE/CARD
REOUIIIE
POSTAGE
0
JCx”
&NSWaEO
IF 4 lTET”RN
ENVELOPE/CARD
Y&S ENCLOSED)
CEO TO FIRST-CLASS
MAIL
ONL”)
“EAR
,996
WITH
AOJUSTYENT
FACTORS
(SEPT.
18.
,995
-
SEPT.
15.1
,996)
FIRST-CLISS
MAIL
RECEIVED
INOUSTR”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
T0T.L
SEll
“ICES
TOTAL
.
“NYElWTEO
WUSEHOLOS
“NYEIWTEO
PlECES
YELGHTEO
HO”SEHOLOS
WE,GHTEO
PIECES
(BASE)
“AS
PRESTAYPEO
POSTAGE
PAID
NEEDED
DON’T
.
.
.
367 I
100.0
76,
21.3
100.0
21.3
06
.
.
.
.
.
,186
100.0
I12
9.3
14.7
3.1
ELEC.
G&S
“&TER
PWNE
co.
.
.
.
.
.
.
366
too.0
33
9.0
4.3
0.0
.I...
YE01
C&L
1.1..
377
loo.0
5::
2.6
0.5
.
220
loo.0
18
6.7
1.5
0.6
LEI
SURE
SERV.
OTHER
PROF.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
23
loo.0
.
32
loo.0
5
20.0
0.6
0.1
.
14
43.1
1.6
h-4
COYPU
TEL!
REL.
CA.BLE
TV
.
.
.
.
.
120
loo.0
5
3.8
0 6
0.1
1.1..
CRAFT
SYAN
OAFI
BAGE/
7R.S”
SER
“ICE
.
.
.
.
.
1,
too.0
57.:
0.6
0.2
.
.
.
.
s
loo.0
14.;
0.2
COL
LEC
TION
AGEN
C”
.
-11..
6
100~0
EXTER
YIN.
TOR
.
.
.
6
100-o
.
.
FUN
FP.1
HOYE s
, BUR
IAL
PLTS
MOTOR
CLUB
.
.
.
.
2
loo.0
.
.
.
.
.
.
I
,ix.o
0.
5.9
led
26.:
0.3
0.1
A STAYP
KHOY/M
ANSWER
7.4
1 .o
MEAN
ST0 DE”
ST0 EmOIl
SIG”l
EACH CELL CONThINS:
COUNT
“EWICAL
PEWZENT
H0~IZclNT.L
PEKENT
CELL PERCENT
CHILTON
RESEARCH
SERVICES
No.
S7.6
APT(IL
1997
“EIGHTED
NUMBERS
ARE
REPORTED
IN
HUNOREO
THOUSANDS
u S.P.S.
Ho”SEHoL0
DIARY
STUD”
- OIIll”
FISCAL
TIBLE
117
FIRST-CLASS
MAIL
RECEIVED
I,
- DID
THE RETUIIN
ENVELOPE/CARD
REOULllE
POSTIGE
0
(ONLY
ANSWERED
IF A RETURN
ENVELOPE/CARD
WAS ENCLOSED)
(BASED
TO FIRST-CLASS
“AIL
ONL”)
HOUSEHOLDS
“NYEIOHTEO
PTECES
WEIWTEO
HOUSEHOLDS
WEIGHTED
PIECES
(BASE)
“AS PREST&YPEO
POSTAGE
PAID
NEEDED
DON’T
1.996
YlTH
AOJUSTYENT
TOTAL
. . . . .
6300
FIRST-CLASS
MAIL
RECEIVED
- INDUSTRY
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DELI”
ER”/
RESMESS
SECUR
EARCH PHOTO PHOTO ENCER
TOTAL
IT”
STOII
SER
GRA
SE@
SE@
SEF!
DA”
svsVlCES
ACE
“ICES
PHER “ICES
“ICES
CARE
TEYS
. . . . . 11.1.
. ..I.
.I...
I....
. . . . . ..I..
. . . . .
6300
5303
5300
6300
5300
5300
5300
5300
357 1
loo.0
llEl5
loo.0
‘3
“WEIGHTED
“EAR
OR
112
8.3
14.7
3. I
-
3
100.0
-
I
loo.0
3
0.
0.
loo.0
-
loo.0
0.
tm.0
FACTORS
(SEPT
16.
NUYBERS
ARE
1995
SEPT.
IS.
1996)
6
loo.0
-
100.0
0.4
0.1
,,.A
0.1
A STAYP
KNOW/~
ANSWER
20
1.7
JO.6
0.6
YEAN
ST0 DE”
ST0 ERROR
SIWI
1
10.5
0.9
1.20
1.39
0.01
-
,195
loo.0
-
0.06
0.03
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.0,
0.06
3
loo.0
I
too.0
0.
1M.O
0.
loo.0
0.
loo.0
6
loo.0
EACH CELL CONTAINS:
COUNT
VERTICAL
PERCENT
HOR1ZONTAL
PERCENT
CELL PERCENT
WILTON
RESEAKzH
SERVICES
No.
57.6
*PT(IL
,997
YEIGHTEO
REPORTED
IN
HUNDRED
THOUSANDS
-31.c
- DIAR”
- FISCAL
u.S.P.S.
HOUSEHOLD
DIARY
STUD”
11,
‘- ~>IL
I(ECEI”E0
‘C RETURN
ENVELOPE/CARD
REOUIRE
POSTIGE
IF A RETURN
ENVELOPE/CARD
“AS
ENCLOSED)
IST-CLASS
MAIL
ONLY)
UNYE,GHTEO
HOUSEHOLDS
“NlElOHTED
PIECES
“EIGHTED
WUSE~OLOS
VElGHTED
PIECES
KNOY/MO
,996
WITH
AOJUSTYENT
FACTORS
(SEPT.
1.9.
1995
-
SEPT.
15.
,996)
FIRST-CLISS
MAIL
RECElVEO
- lNO”STR”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AUTO
SER
LAND
RES
CON
SUPER
TOTAL
DEPT.
NER
STORE
MAIL
OTHER
PUBLl
PRO,40
TAU
0:;’
:;KE
WC
SUYER
MAR
SHER
TlON
RANT
TlON
0157
KETS
CHANT
OLSC.
OROER STORE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i....
. . . . . ..I..
..I..
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5300
5300
5,300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
5300
(BASE)
Y&S PRESTAYPED
POSTCIGE PAID
DON’T
TOT&L
. . . . .
5300
“EAR
OR
.NSYER
MEIN
ST0 DE”
ST0 ERROR
111
100.0
SIONC.
54
100.0
225
100.0
4
loo.0
0.
loo.0
EACH CELL
CONTAINS:
COUNT
“ERTlCAL
PERCENT
HORlZONTlL
PERCENT
CELL
PERCENT
CHlLTON
RESEARCH
SERVICES
NO.
57.6
APRIL
,997
YEIGHTEO
NUMBERS
ARE
REPORTED
IN
HUNOREO
THOUSPINOS
- DIARY
FISCAL
U.S.P.S.
“OUSEMLO
OIAR”
STUD”
TABLE
117
FIRST-CLASS
MAIL
RECEIVE0
0.
11 - 010
THE RETURN
ENVELOPE/CARD
REWIRE
POSTAGE
(ONLY
A.NSYERED
IF A RETURN
ENVELOPE/CARD
“AS
ENCLOSED)
(BASED
TO FIPST-CLASS
“AIL
ONLY)
FACTORS
(SEPT.
18.
1995
SEPT,
15.
,996)
<“USEHOLDS
357
,oo.o
“AS
PRESTAYPEO
POST&GE
PALO
I
AOJLISTYENT
PIECES
~
/
WITH
HDUSEHDLOS
“‘--T?HTEO
NEEDED
,996
FIRST-CLASS
MAIL
RECEIVED
- IHDUSTR”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
CREO
BAN)( SECUR
TOTAL
YAW
INSUR
EST.
5 & L
IT”
YONE”
ANCE
“OR”
TOT&L
FED
STITE
SOCL.
FlWN
IT
FAC
CllL
CARD
C.U.
BRKR
MT.
GAGE GOVT.
ERAL LOCAL
CHAR.
TURER
CO.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . .
. . . . . . ..I.
TOTAL
. . . . .
“NrElGHTEO
“EAR
I
1
1.64
100.0
802
loo.0
208
loo.0
80
loo.0
s
100.0
320
1oc.o
40
loo.0
87
87
loo.0
IM.0
172
1ocxo
26
loo.0
OR
STAW
YEAN
ST0 DE”
ST0 ERROR
67
1.S
100.0
1,s
31
2.1
46.7
0.0
16
1-n
23.4
0.4
3.58
3. IS
0.05
1.47
1 .a0
0.02
357
,oo.o
SIGN.
I
1.6.
lcm.0
4
2
2.1
6,.
0.1
3.1
3.7
0.1
0.81
1.19
0.01
0.22
0.54
0.01
0.08
0.4,
0.01
so2
loo.0
208
loo.0
6
1.9
9.2
0.2
0.01
0.14
-
80
loo.0
e
loo.0
0.32
0.69
0.01
320
loo.0
2
5.4
3.2
0.1
2
0.05
0.2.
-
0,09
0.34
0.01
40
loo,0
2
1 8
2.3
1.8
2.3
87
loo.0
0.09
0 34
0.01
-
87
loo.0
3
I .8
4.7
0.1
0.17
0.56
0.01
172
loo.0
0~
1~2
0.5
0 02
0.18
26
loo.0
E&C”
CELL CONTAINS:
COUNT
VERTICAL
PERCENT
HoPIZOIlTAL
PEllCENT
CELL PERCENT
CHlLTON
RESEARCH
SERVICES
No.
6746
YEIGHTEO
WWERS
ARE
REPORTED
LN HUNDRED
THOUSANDS
RESPONSE
OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OF THE
OCAIUSPS-T32-77
How will accounting systems currently in place for ERM
be improved for the proposed QBRM, and for the proposed PRM?
RESPONSE:
The current accounting for prebarcoded
the 2-cents per piece rate will be used for QBRM.
BRM which qualifies for
For PRM, the PRM recipient
will perform the accounting, subject to verification and audit by the Postal
Service.
RESPONSE
OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO INTERROGATORIES
OCA REDIRECTED FROM WITNESS FRONK
OF THE
OCAIUSPS-T32-126.
When the Postal Service adopts higher postage fees for
Frrst-Class Mail, what does it do to ensure that mailers are affixing the correct
postage after the new rate goes into effect, other than make educational efforts?
Please discuss.
RESPONSE:
Please see responses to OCA/USPS-25
and 27.
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.
hnichael T. Tidwell
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 145
October I, 1997