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BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20268-0001
Special
Services
Fees
Jut 26
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POSTAL R~TEC~HHISSIOH
OFIFICE OFTHE SECRETARY
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Docket
No.
MC96-3
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS RICHARD PATELUNAS
(OCA/USPS-T5-18-23)
26,
1996)
(July
Pursuant
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the
Postal
hereby
Rate
submits
documents.
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to
United
incorporated
sections
25 and 26 of
the
Commission,
an interrogatory
Instructions
States
Postal
Office
of
Rules
the
included
with
Service
dated
of
Pr,sctice
Consumer
and a request
for
Advocate
prod-uction
OCA Interrogatories
June
19,
1996,
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'of
1-4
'are
to
hereby
by reference.
Respectfully
GAIL WILLETTE
Director
Office
of the
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the
Attorney
submitted,
Consumer
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Docket
No.
MC96-3
2
OCA/lJSPS-T5-18.
USPS-T-5H,
FY96AR Cost
Please
a.
The following
explain
Special
b.
interrogatory
Segment
Summary
why Special
Delivery
why Stamped
Cards
refers
for
to
Special
exhibit
Services.
continues
to
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as a
Service.
Please
explain
are
not
listed
a:; a Spee:ial
Service.
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C.
explain
refers
what
dispenser
is
cost
included
postal
OCA/USPS-T5-19.
to
card
Please
in
segment
the
16 at
49.
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Please
stamp
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costs.
refer
to
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and to
library
refere.nce
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pages
described
31-32,
in
the
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its
library
in
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whether
status
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as one of
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titled
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statistical
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from
the
reference.
existence
MC96-3
Please
and describe
systems.
the
documentation
documentation
of
on pages
the
37-41
Docket
No.
3
MC96-3
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a.
b.
Please
provide
rates,
and effective
Please
provide
to
C.
d.
produce
universe
Please
provide
proper
use
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deslcribe
at
sample
the
the
size
sizes
weighting
weighting
sampling
and the
formulas
used
factors.
and estimation
weighting
the
selection,
by strata.
factors
instructions
of
sample
formulas
for
r;he
sampling
that
factors.
extent
of
second
stage
routes
in
the
universe
in
the
RCS sample
occurs.
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more
ii.
than
iii.
Are
than
since
for
there
the
routes
please
explain.
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Please
Rural
for
FY95 se'rve
Carrier
on the
weighting
serve
more
describe
any
System
than
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factors
for
one office?
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sampling
have
or
been
Please
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estimates
refer
to
Table
reported
in
11 on page
this
table
so,
estimation
put
in
FY92 sample.
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routes
any effects
sample
the
serve
one office?
OCA/USPS-TS-21.
changes
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one office?
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more
of
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are
place
Docket
No.
4
MC96-3
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considerably
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of
smaller
Please
FY93.
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Information
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the
labor
concerning
of
costs
According
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in
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to
any
account
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Other
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cost
des.ign
these
decreases.
page
states
35,
that
$451,581,000.
costs
are
primarily
which
costs
amounts
you
greater
category
or
Officer's
response
is
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are
the
and USPS-T-4,
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why the
reference
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Your
costs.
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to
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for
response
mail
explain
in
changes
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sorting
mail
the
your
All
Please
sorting
to
1,
mail
reported
could
No.
witness
$109,159,000.
costs
that
Refer
Request
those
describe
methodology
OCA/USPS-T5-23.
line
than
than
in
labor
to
identify
the
witness
as l,abor
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costs
Lion's
testimony.
CERTIFICATE
I hereby
document
accordance
upon
certify
all
with
that
I have
participants
section
OF SERVICE
3.B(3)
this
of
record
of
the
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date
served
in
this
special
Washington,
DC
July 26, 1996
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foregoing
proceeding
rules
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Attorney
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the
u
of
in
practice.