Public comment invited
Dear Member of the Public, your input is invited:
The Commission is inviting public feedback on a Postal Service proposal to end carrier street address delivery, collection at blue collection boxes and most originating mail processing on Saturdays in the United States. This is one of the most significant changes the Postal Service has ever presented to the Commission. The Postal Service is required to ask the Commission for an Advisory Opinion on any change in nationwide service that it proposes.
Among key questions to be answered are: “Will the savings the Postal Service anticipates be as significant as they estimate? Will mail volume decline more than the Postal Service anticipates? Will businesses and citizens have service that remains adequate to meet their needs? And will the national economic impact of service reductions offset or add to the savings that are proposed?
You may informally share your views via the Commission web site, www.prc.gov, by clicking the “contact PRC” tab to access a convenient online customer service form or writing us at the Postal Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations, 901 New York Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC, 20268-0001. By participating in this manner your comments will be an informal expression of your views on the Postal Service’s plan.
If you would like to know more information about the procedures that the Commission must follow in this case, please follow the link at the bottom of the page titled “Commission Rules of Practice” and select subchapter 3001 to view the rules of practice and procedure.
On behalf of the Commission, I thank you in advance for your input and support as we consider this very important change in the Nation’s fundamental communications infrastructure.
Ruth Y. Goldway
Chairman
Monthly Meeting of the Commission
Upcoming Schedule
The next public monthly meeting of the Commission will be held on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Commission's Hearing Room, 901 New York Ave., NW, Suite 200. The public is invited to attend.
There will be no monthly meeting held in September.
Schedule for Regular and Predictable Price Changes
The Postal Service expects to implement price changes for all of the market-dominant classes in mid-May of each year.
The Postal Service expects that price changes for all of the market-dominant classes will equal, on average, the price cap limitation applicable in that year.
Postal Service price increases for market-dominant products are subject to a statutory, CPI-based price cap. The price cap for future increases will not be finalized until the Postal Service files a Notice of Rate Adjustment with the Commission.
Click here to view recent trend data showing 12-month average change in CPI-U for planning purposes and explanation of how CPI-U is calculated.
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CP2010-89Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-88Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-87Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-86Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-85Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-84Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-83Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Service Agreement
CP2010-82Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Service Agreement
CP2010-81Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Service Agreement
CP2010-80Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Service Agreement
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CP2010-74Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-73Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
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CP2010-71Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Service 3 Negotiated Services Agreement
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CP2010-27Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 2 (CP2009-50) Negotiated Services Agreement
CP2010-17Competitive Product Prices International Business Reply Service Contracts 1 (MC2009-14) Negotiated Services Agreement
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R2010-4Rate Adjustment Due to Extraordinary or Exceptional Circumstances
R2009-5Notice of Price Adjustment
RM2010-11Semi-Permanent Exceptions from Periodic Reporting of Service Performance Measurement
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