i
REDAVEO
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
POSTAL RATE AND FEE CHANGES, 1997
JUL IO 4 49
PM‘97
PCSTALRATI:M~HISSICH
C~FlOEOFiHESECRETARY
Dclcket No. R97-1
NOTICE OF FILING OF LIBRARY REFERENCEiS
(JULY 10,1997)
The Unites States Postal Service hereby gives notice that it has today filed
the library references identified on the attached list. These library references
are
filed in conjunction with the request for postal rate and fee changes filed today.
is requested that interveners
documents
read the extensive documentatioin provided in these
prior to directing discovery requests to the Postal Service.
Respectfully submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorney:
Da&l J.
Chief Counsel
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Room 6536
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 145
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H-l
Summary Description of USPS Development
Components, FY 1996
of Costs by Segments
and
H-2
USPS Cost and Revenue Analysis, FY 1996
H-3
Development of Cost Segments and Components
Adjustment Report, FY 1996
H-4
Base Year / Roll Forward, Input Data Files
H-5
Base Year / Roll Forward, Processing
H-6
Base Year / Roll Forward
H-7
Base Year and Roll Forward, Costs Diskette
H-8
Roll Forward Test Year Volume Variable Cost Footnotes
H-9
Reconciliation of FY 1996 Statement of Revenues and Expenses to Audited
Financial Statements and Reallocation of Expenses by Component
H-10
[RESERVED]
H-l 1
Estimated Functional Accrued Costs by Subfunctions
(1 Diskette)
H-12
Roll Forward Expense Factors (1 Diskette)
H-13
Statistical Programs Guidelines,
H-14
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Checking and Verification
H-15
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Computer System Documentation
H-16
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Listing of Input Data
H-17
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Machine-Readable
H-18
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Cost Coding and Editing Subsystem
In-Office
H-19
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Weighting Subsystem
Cost
H-20
In-Office Cost System (IOCS). Source Code Listings (Part 1 of 2)
Report, FY 1996 Final
Documentation
Special Classification
Reports
and Cost Categories
Reform
Procedures
Description
Cclpy of Data Bases
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H-2 1
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Source Programs in Machine-Readable
H-22
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Listing of Output Data
H-23
In-Office Cost System (IOCS), Machine-readable
H-24
IOCS Tally Analysis Documentation
H-25
Carrier Cost Systems, Handbooks
Form 2848
H-26
Carrier Cost Systems, Computer System Documentation
H-27
Carrier Cost Systems, Listing of Input Data
H-28
Carrier Cost Systems, Machine-Readable
H-29
Carrier Cost Systems, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Selection
Carrier Sample
H-30
Carrier Cost Systems, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Subsystem
City Carrier Cost
H-31
Carrier Cost Systems, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Cost Subsystem
Rural Carrier
H-32
City Carrier Distribution
outputs
H-33
Rural Carrier Distribution
outputs
H-34
Carrier Cost Systems, Source Code Listings
H-35
Carrier Cost Systems, Source Programs in Machine--readable
H-36
Carrier Cost Systems, Listing of Output Data
H-37
Carrier Cost Systems, Machine-Readable
H-38
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), System Documentation
Description
H-39
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Listing of Input Data,
Domestic RPW
Copy of Output Data
F-56 and F-55 (Test Instrwtions),
Key Development
Form
and
Description
Copy of Data Bases
Source Code and F’rogram
Key Development
Source Code and Program
Form
Copy of Output Data
H-40
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Machine-Readable
Input Data
H-41
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Postal Service ADP
Documentation, Domestic RPW
H-42
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Postal Service System
Documentation, Bulk Mail
H-43
Lotus 123 Spreadsheet
H-44
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Source Code Listings,
Domestic RPW
H-45
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPVV), Source Programs
readable Form, Domestic RPW
H-46
Revenue,
H-47
Revenue, Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Machinereadable
Output Data
H,-46
CODES - IOCS, Computer System Documentation
H-49
CODES - IOCS, Data Entry, Users Guide
H-50
CODES - IOCS, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Unit
Data Entry and Base
H-51
CODES - IOCS, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
Mainframe
Ii-52
CODES - IOCS, Source Code Listings
H-53
CODES - IOCS, Source Programs in Machine-Readable
H-54
CODES - RPW, Computer System Documentation
H-55
CODES - RPW, Data Entry, Users’ Guide and Postal Service ADP
Documentation
H-56
CODES - RPW, Base Unit, Procedures
Documentation Base Unit
H-57
CODES - RPW, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
- RPW Adjustment
Copy of
System
in Machine-
Pieces, and Weight System (RPW), Listing of Output Data
Copy of
Description
Form (Diskettes)
Description
Guide and Plostal Service ADP
Mainframe
H-58
CODES - RPW, Source Code Listings
H-59
CODES - RPW, Source Programs in Machine-Readable
H-60
CODES - TRACS Computer System Documentation
H-61
CODES - TRACS, Postal Service ADP Documentation
(Data Entry)
H-62
CODES - TRACS, Postal Service ADP Documentation
(Base Unit)
H-63
CODES - TRACS, Technical Application
H-64
Transportation
Listings
H-65
CODES - TRACS, Source Code in Machine-Readable
H-66
CODES-CCS
Computer
M-67
CODES-CCS
Documentation
and Users’ Guide for Ciiy Carrier Costs
H-68
CODES-CCS
Documentation
and Users’ Guide for Rural Carrier Costs
H-69
CODES-CCS
Documentation
and Base Unit Procedures
H-70
CODES-CCS
Technical Application
H-71
CODES-CCS
Form
Source Code Listings And Source Code in Machine-Readable
H-72
Permit System, User Guide and Periodical User Guicle
H-73
Permit System, Computer
H-74
Permit System, Machine-Readable
H-75
Permit System, Postal Service ADP Documentation
H-76
Permit System, Source Code Listings
H-77
Development
H-78
TRACS Sample Design and Executive Summary Update
H-79
TRACS Air Sample Design Programs and Documentation
Form
Description
Guide, Mainframe
Cost System (TRACS) CODES TRACS, Source Code
System Documentation
Form
Description
Guide and Mainframe
System Documentation
Guide
Documentation
Description
Copy of Source Code
of Piggyback and Related Factors
H-80
TRACS AMTRAK
Documentation
Sample Design and Edit Check Programs and
H-81
TRACS Eagle Network FY96 Distribution
Documentation
H-82
TRACS Highway Sample Design Programs and Documentation
H-83
TRACS Rail Edit Check and Estimation Programs and Documentation
H-84
TRACS Data Files and Programs in Machine-Readable
H-85
CNET Distribution
H-86
Diskette of Witness Patelunas’s Spreadsheets
and Exhibit USPS-ISA (USPS-T-15)
H-87
Transportation
H-88
National Agreements Rural Letter Carriers, 1993-95 ,American Postal
Workers Union, AFL-CIO National Asociation of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO
H-89
Statistical Systems Documentation
H-90
RPW Sample Selection System, Computer System Documentation
Description
H-91
RPW Sample Selection System, Listing of Input Data and Source Code
H-92
RPW Sample Selection System, ADP Documentation1
H-93
RPW Sample Selection System, Machine Readable Source Code and Input
Data
H-94
CODES - ODIS, Computer System Documentation
H-95
CODES - ODIS, Data Entry User’s Guide and Postal Service ADP
Documentation
H-96
CODES - ODIS, Base Unit Procedures
Documentation, Base Unit
H-97
CODES - ODIS, Postal Service ADP Documentation,
H-98
CODES - ODIS, Source Code Listings
Key Development
Key Developlment Programs
and
Format
Programs and Documentation
Model in Machine-Readable
for Appendices
A through D
Format (CD-ROM)
Clescription
Guide and Postal Service ADP
Mainframe
H-99
CODES - ODIS, Source Code in Machine-Readable
H-100
ODIS, Computer
H-101
ODIS. Postal Service ADP Documentation,
H-102
ODIS, Source Code Listings, Quarterly Processing
H-103
ODIS, Source Programs in Machine-Readable
H-104
Estimation
H-105
Standard (A) Regular Rate Mail Characteristics
H-106
Mail Processing
H-167
Special Service Cost Study Updates
H-108
Standard
H-109
Standard Mail (A) Mail Processing
H-l 10
Updated Bulk Insurance Cost Study
H-III
Dropship Savings for Periodicals and Standard (A)
H-112
Non-Standard
H-113
Productivities
H-114
Distribution
H-115
Workers’ Compensation
H-116
Selected Customer Satisfaction
H-117
First-Class
H-118
Production Procedures Used to Estimate Volume of First-Class
Mail Bearing a Certified Special Service
H-119
Diskettes of Witness Daniel’s (USPS-T-29)
Exhibits A-F
H-120
Regression
System Documentation
Form
Description,
Quarterly
Processing
Quarterly IProcessing
Form, Quarterly Processing
of TNT Product on the Eagle Air Network
Study
Unit Costs by Shape
Mail (A) Unit Costs by Shape
ECR Costs
Surcharge
& Accept Rates For Mailflow Models
of Priority Mail Volume into Delivery Method
Noncountable
Estimation Model Runs for FY 1998
Indices
System
Testimony,
and Priority
Appendices,
and
Materials and Multipliers Priority Mail
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H-121
Regression
Materials and Multipliers Express Mail
H-122
Regression
Materials and Multipliers
H-123
Derivation of Before Rates Fixed Weight Price Indices for Priority Mail,
Express Mail, and United Parcel Service: Ground Service-Spreadsheets
H-124
Derivation of After-Rates
Express Mail
H-125
Before Rates and After Rates Forecasts for Priority Mail and Express Mail
H-126
Roll Forward Mail Mix Adjustments
H-127
Equipment
H-128
Coverage
H-129
DPS Volumes and Savings by Subclass and Category
H-130
1997 OCR/RBCS
H-131
Arrival and Barcoding Profiles of Parcel Post, DBMC, and Special Rates
Parcels
H-l 32
BMC Productivity
H-133
Handbook
H-134
Materials in Support of Periodicals
T-26
H-1.35
Standard Mail (B) Parcel Post Volume and Cubic Feet Data by Weight and
Zone and BMC/ASF Distribution-GFY 1996
H-136
Creation of Data File TPANL96.WEIGHT.DISK
H-137
Description of Methods For Estimating
Carrier Letter Routes
H-138
The Actual Stops Model
H-139
The ,Actual Deliveries Model
H-140
Calculation
Priority Mail and Express Mail Diskettes
Fixed Weight Price Indices for Priority Mail and
and Facility Related Costs
Factors for Letter and Flat Models
Accept and Upgrade Rates
and Dispatch Profile
PO-502, Container
Methods Handbook (September
of Fixed Time Per Stop
1992)
Mail Processing C,ost Testimony,
USPS-
Load Time Elasticities For City
H-141
The Quadratic
Model For Estimating
Running Time Elasticities
H-142
The Quadratic
Elasticities
Model With interactions
H-143
Calculation
H-144
Standard
H-145
FY 1996 Billing Determinants
H-146
MODS-Based
H-147
Handbook
H-148
Bradley/USPS-T-l4
Electronic Input Data
H-149
Bradley/USPS-T-l4
Electronic Version of Econometric: Programs
H-150
Vehicle Service Driver Regression
H-151
MLR Survey - Development
and Data
H-152
SPR Survey - Development
and Data
H-153
Expedited Mail Survey - Development
H-154
LDC24 Survey - Development
H-l 55
Express Mail Study
H-156
MLR Survey - Programs and Output
H-157
SPR Survey - Programs and Output
H-158
Expedited
H-159
LDC24 Survey - Programs and Output
H-160
Econometric
Analyses of Carrier/Messenger
H-161
Spreadsheet
Changes - Cost Segments 6, 7, and 9
H-162
Household
H-163
Fourth Class Market Research Study
For Estimating Running Time
of Fiscal Year 1996 Average CCS Coverages
Mail (6) Parcel Post Mail Processing and Window Service Costs
Costing, Description
M-32, Management
of Workpapers
and SAS Programs
Operating Data System
Models and Data
and Data
and Data
Mail Survey - Programs and Output
Diary Study Fiscal Year 1995
Survey Data
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H-164
Derivation of Ramsey Pricing Formula
H-165
Computer
H-166
Priority Mail Delivery Confirmation
H-167
Window Service Documentation
Analysis
H-168
First-Class
Mail Special Weight Data
H-169
FSM-1000
Field Test
H-170
Electronic Version of Takis Workpapers
H-171
Dreviation of Before Rates FWI. Spreadsheets
Rates Fixed Weight Index Values
H-172
Dreviation of After Rates FWI, Spreadsheets
Fixed Weight Index Values
Used to Develop Before-Rates
H-173
Before- and After-Rat:es Volume Forecasting
Spreadsheets
H-174
Data and Programs Used to Develop Econometric
H-175
Documentation
H-176
Program Documental.ion
H-177
Variance
H-178
Special Quarterly Volume and Revenue Detail Data
H-179
BRM Practices Survey
H-180
BRM Transaction-Level
Data
H-181
Responses
Unusual Observations
H-182
Standard
H-183
Documentation
of Incremental
H-184
Documentation
of Single-Subclass
H-l 85
First-Class
Program Used in Ramsey Price Calculatiorrs
Market Response Research
- Transaction
for USPS-T-7, Workpaper
for Appendix
Time .Study and Econometric
Used to Develop Before-
Results in USPS-T-7
2 (Permanlent lncorne Elasticities)
IV of USPS-T-16
Estimation Programs
Concerning
in HC.SS Data Set
Mail (A) Unit Cost by Weight Increment
Mail Characteristics
Costs of Load Time
Ratios
Survey
H-186
Standard
(A) Summary by Shape and Ounce Increment (Rule 54(l)(2))
H-l 87
Volume,
H-188
Materials
H-189
Documentation
H-190
Second-Class
H-191
Estimation
H-192
Rural Carrier Average Allowance
H-193
Rural Letters/Flats
H-194
Hourly Wages For
H-195
Standard
H-196
Rule 54(a)(l)
H-197
Diskettes of Witness Mayes’s (USPS-T-37)
H-198
Documentation
H-l 99
[RESERVED]
H-200
Prepaid Reply Mail: Household Weighting
H-201
Diskette of Witness Alexandrovich’s
(USPS-T-5)
H-202
Diskettes of Witness Moeller’s (USPS-T-36)
Testimoiny and Workpapers
H-203
Diskette of Witness Musgrave’s Testimony,
Appendices A and B (USPS-T-E)
Workpapers
H-204
Diskettes of Witness Sharkey’s (USPS-T-33)
H-205
Diskettes, Testimony and Workpapers
and Kaneer (USPS-T-35)
H-206
Diskettes of Witness Needham’s
H-207
Diskettes of Witness Plunkett’s (USPS-T-40)
Revenue, Rate, Fee, and Transactions
Supporting
Histories
Post Office Box Analysis
of Rural Carrier Cost Development
Mail Characteristics
Survey
of Pounds and Average Haul by Zone for Priority Mail
per Route
Adjustment
EAS 18 &
21 Personnel -- Including Facility Related Costs
(A) Nonprofit Rate Mail Characteristics
Alternate Commission
Study
Cost Presentation
Testimony
(Base Year)
and Wclrkpapers
of Piggyback Ratios Used in Incremental
Cost Analysis
Study
Spreadsheets
for Workpaper
Testimony
WP-B
l-3
A through D, and
and Exhibits
of Witnesses Taufique (USPS-T-34)
(USPS-T-39)
Testirnony and Workpapers
Testimony
and Workpapers
H-208
Diskettes of Witness Adra’s (USPS-T-38)
Testimony
and Workpapers
H-209
Diskettes of Witness Frank’s (USPS-T-32)
H-210
Diskette of Witness M,iller’s (USPS-T-23)
H-21 1
Diskettes of Wetness IiattTeld’s (USPS-T-25)
H-212
Diskettes of Witness Hume’s (USPS-T-18)
Testimony
and Workpapers
H-213
Diskette of Witness Schenk’s (USPS-T-27)
Testimony
and Exhibits
H-214
Diskettes of Witness O’Hara’s (USPS-T-30)
Testimony
Testimony
and Workpapers
and Exhibits
Testimorry and Exhibits
Testimony
and Workpapers