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OFFICEIIFTHE SECRETARY
Special
Services
Fees
and
Classifications)
Docket
No.
MC96-3
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS RICHARD PATELLJNAS
(OCA/USPS-T5-2-4)
(July
17, 1996)
Pursuant
the
Postal
to
Rate
sections
25 and 26 of
the
Commission,
Office
the
of
Rules
the
of
Practice
Consumer
of
Advc,cate
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hereby
submits
documents.
the
United
incorporated
an interrogatory
Instructions
States
Postal
and request
included
with
Service
dated
for
production
OCA Interrogatories
June
19,
1996,
by reference.
Respectfully
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Director
Office
of the
submitted,
Consumer
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Advocate
of
l-4
are
hereby
to
Docket
No.
MC96-3
OCA/USPS-T5-2.
fluorescent
a.
If
Certified
pieces
mail
t.aggants.
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fluorescent
other
b.
2
taggants
special
are
services,
being
explain
for
each
special
service
identified.
For
each
special
service
that
piece
please
cost
provide
savings
year
and
FY 97.
What
are
the
used
fluorescent
is
provide
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reduc'?
the
subject
per
transaction
of
taggants
1996
costs
will
for
service
reduce
costs
Docket
No.
or
for
supporting
1,
spe'cial
the
fluorescent
Please
to
taggants
estimated
from
markczd with
Review,
identify
and
MC96-3,
being
Mailers
please
how these
are
the
per
test
workpapers.
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relevant
d.
of
If
savings
cost
the
explain
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from
service
costs
roll
from
from
fluorescent
that
are
FY 95 to
of
incorporated
taggants
costs
by
into
the
roll
FY 96?
fluorescent
forward
taggants
from
are
FY 95 to
not
factored
FY 96,
please
why not.
Refer
OCA/USPS-T5-3.
revenues
savings
special
forward
into
and
cost
for
to
Exhibit
certified
attributable
costs
for
transaction,
representing
mail.
certified
a
USPS-T-5C
Please
mail
17.6
percent
concerning
confirm
decreased
decline,
the
c:osts
cents
per
that
20.0
from
FY 1994
to
Docket
No.
MC96-3
3
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FY 1995.
Specifically,
decreased
from!
not
confirm,
118.2
at
identify
that
costs
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cents
please
OCA/USPS-TS-4.
Analysis,
the
to
to
Exhibit
concerning
and explain
would
account
per
transaction
97.4
costs
cents
per
per
piece
piece.
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do
explain.
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16,
attributable
any
for
the
changes
the
for
17.6
certified
USPS-T-5C,
costs
in
for
mail
percent
mail
Cost
and Revenue
certified
processing
decline
from
Please
m,3il.
a,nd delivery
in
attributdble
FY 1994
to
FY 1995.
Docket
No.
MC96-3
CERTIFICATE
I hereby
document
accordance
upon
certify
all
with
that
I have
participants
section
3.B(3)
OF SERVICE
this
date
of
record
of
the
in
served
this
special
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Washington,
D.C.
July 17, 1996
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the
foregoing
proceeding
rules
of
in
practice.