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No.
MC96-3
Docket
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OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
(OCA/USPS-31-38)
(August
14, 1996)
Pursuan't
the
Postal
hereby
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submits
documents.
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to
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incorporated
sections
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the
interrogatories
Instructions
States
Postal
Office
the
of
Rules
the
and requests
included
with
Service
dated
of
Practic!e
Consumer
for
production
19,
1996,
by reference
Respectfully
GAIL WILLETTE
Director
Office
of the
Advocate
OCA Interrogatories
June
submitted,
Consumer
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Advocate
of
of
l-4
are
hereby
to
Docket
No.
MC96-3
OCA/USPS-31.
Please
and to
the
OCA's
Docket
No.
R94-1.
a.
to
estimation
changes
to
weighting
factors,
formulas
provided
confirm
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to
variance
formulas.
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records
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all
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of
that
the
interrogatory
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the
formula
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FY 1995
provided
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formula
in
response
used
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to
compute
provided
in
part
Docket
No.
MC96-3
Tables
4-6
3
of
and provide
SSR-90.
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correct
OCA/USPS-T-32.
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document
possible
lists
1995
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item
F35 can
on pages
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value
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provided
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No.
MC96-3
SSR-22.
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4
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C.V.
No.
MC96-3
estimates
5
to
be produced
for
the
Rural
Carrier
System
in
USPS-LR-G-127.
a.
b.
Please
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corrected
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still
small
additional
a table
of
the
FY 1993
ones
FY 1993
relative
to
reasons
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please
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any
reliability
decreases.
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estimation
estimation
the
difference
in
OCA/USPS-T-37.
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refer
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provide
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confirm
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estimates
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input
Tables
the
data
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required
of
additional
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files.
provided
as
by the
If
you
do
Docket
No.
MC96-3
OCA/USPS-T-33.
a.
Please
of
Please
provide
total
they
a citation
to
confirm
the
required
by the
programs
SSR-90.
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do not
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programs
presented
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MC96-3
confirm
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file
required
by the
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provided
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used
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provide
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input
7-10
file
of
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tables.
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the
reference.
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Carrier
reference
programs
do not
to
reference.
Tables:
11-12
these
please
file
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these
provide
FY 1995
produce
please
in
please
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is
proportions
presented
library
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to
the
provided,
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used
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MC96-3
City
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estimates
confirm,
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reference
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estimates
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as library
C.V.
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files.
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have
provided
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programs
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to
corresponding
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refer
the
and
tables.
b.
6
confirm,
System
SSR-36
used
to
please
is
produce
provide
FY 1995
the
only
Tables
the
data
input
11-6 of
Docket
No.
MC96-3
7
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document
certify
upon
accordance
all
with
that
I have
participants
section
OF SERVICE
3.B(3)
this
date
of
record
of
the
in
served
this
special
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Washington,
August
14,
:D.C.
1996
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the
foregoing
proceeding
rules
of
in
practice.