Docket Details
R2005-1

1948
Request of the United States Postal Service for a Recommended Decision on Changes in Rates of Postage and Fees for Postal Services
PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE
04/08/2005 - Original Filing
05/02/2005 - Answers to Motion of USPS for Waiver with Respect to Catagory 2 Library References Due
05/02/2005 - Notices of Intervention Due
05/02/2005 - Answers to Motion of USPS for Waiver with Respect to Category 5 Library References Due
05/02/2005 - Comments on Need for Expedition Due
05/02/2005 - Answers to Motion of USPS for Waiver and Protective Conditions Due
05/02/2005 - Answers to Motion of USPS for Waiver with Respect to Category 3 Library References Due
05/02/2005 - Answers to Motion of USPS for Waiver with Respect to Category 1 Library References Due
05/05/2005 - Prehearing Conference
05/06/2005 - Response to POIRs 1 and 2 Due
05/10/2005 - Comments to NOI 1 Due
05/12/2005 - Comments on the Need for Discovery Due
05/13/2005 - Responses to POIR 3 Due
05/17/2005 - Reply Comments to NOI 1 Due
05/19/2005 - Comments on Transcription of Testimony Due
05/20/2005 - Complete Responses to DBP/USPS-3(b) and 6 Due
05/24/2005 - Responses to POIR 4 Due
06/02/2005 - Responses to POIR 5 Due
06/07/2005 - Technical Conference
06/10/2005 - Identify expected amount of oral cross-examination. Report on availability. (Group A witnesses)
06/10/2005 - Completion of Discovery on Direct Case of the Postal Service - Group A Witnesses
06/17/2005 - Identify expected amount of oral cross-examination. Report on availability. (Group B witnesses)
06/17/2005 - Completion of Discovery on Direct Case of the Postal Service - Group B Witnesses
06/23/2005 - Answers to Group A Discovery Requests Due
06/24/2005 - Response to POIR 7 Due
06/24/2005 - Designation of Written Cross-examination of Group A Witnesses Appearing 6/27/05 Due
06/27/2005 - Designations of Written Cross-Examination of Group A Witnesses Appearing on June 28th Due
06/27/2005 - Oral Cross-Examination of Group A Witnesses -Potter (USPS-T-1), Tayman (USPS-T-6), Meehan (USPS-T-9)
06/27/2005 - Designations of Written Cross-Examination of Group A Witnesses Appearing on June 29th Due
06/28/2005 - Designations of Written Cross-Examination of Group A Witnesses Not Appearing Due
06/28/2005 - Oral Cross-Examination of Group A Witnesses -Thress (USPS-T-7), Robinson (USPS-T-27), Taufique (USPS-T-28)
06/29/2005 - Oral Cross-Examination of Group A Witnesses - Hatcher (USPS-T-22), Cutting (USPS-T-26), Mayes (USPS-T-25), Abdirahman (USPS-T-21)
06/30/2005 - Declarations of Authenticity for Testimony and Designated Answers for Group A Witnesses Not Appearing at Hearings Due
06/30/2005 - Roll-Over Date for Oral Cross-Examination
07/01/2005 - Response to POIR 8 Due
07/01/2005 - Roll-Over Date for Oral Cross-Examination
07/05/2005 - (12:00 Noon) Designations of Written Cross-Examination of Group B Witnesses Appearing on July 6th Due
07/05/2005 - Designations of Written Cross-Examination of Group B Witnesses Appearing on July 7th and 8th Due
07/06/2005 - Oral Cross-Examination of Group B Witnesses - Shaw (USPS-T-2), Van-Ty-Smith (USPS-T-11), Bozzo (USPS-T-12), McCrery (USPS-T-29)
07/07/2005 - Oral Cross-Examination of Group B Witnesses - Miller (USPS-T-19), Harahush (USPS-T-5), Stevens (USPS-T-15), Bradley (USPS-T-14), Lewis (USPS-T-30)
07/08/2005 - Response to POIR 9 Due
07/08/2005 - Comments on Procedures for Designating Written Cross Due
07/08/2005 - USPS Settlement Report Due
07/08/2005 - Oral Cross-Examination of Group B Witnesses - Pafford (USPS-T-4), Smith (USPS-T-13), Kelley (USPS-T-16)
07/11/2005 - Responses to ValPak Motion for Brief Extension of Time to File Direct Testimony Due
07/12/2005 - Declarations of Authenticity and Designated Answers due for Group B Witnesses not appearing at the hearing
07/15/2005 - Responses to Comments on Procedures for Designating Written Cross-examination Due
07/18/2005 - Transcript Corrections for Hearings to Receive USPS Direct Case Due
07/19/2005 - Participants' Testimony, Including Rebuttal to Postal Service Witnesses, Due; Discovery Against this Testimony Begins
07/19/2005 - Deadline for Designating Answers to Discovery Requests Filed After Initial Designation Deadline and Answers to Questions Posed at Hearings
07/22/2005 - Response to POIR 10 Due
08/01/2005 - Response to POIR 11 Due
08/05/2005 - Notices Identifying Expected Amount of Oral Cross-Examination Due; Reports on Availability of Witnesses Sponsored by Intervenors/OCA Due; Discovery Against Witnesses Sponsored by Intervenors/OCA Ends
08/05/2005 - Reports on Availibility of Witnesses Due
08/09/2005 - Discovery Against Witnesses Sponsored by Intervenors and OCA Ends. (Revised Date)
08/18/2005 - Response to POIR 12 Due
08/23/2005 - Discovery Against USPS for Limited Purpose of Preparing Rebuttal to Testimony Submitted by Other Participants Ends
08/24/2005 - Evidentiary Hearings on Cases-in-Chief of Intervenors and OCA
08/25/2005 - Evidentiary Hearings on Cases-in-Chief of Intervenors and OCA
08/30/2005 - Notices of Intent to File Additional Rebuttal/Surrebuttal Testimony Due
09/01/2005 - Response to POIR 13 Due
09/08/2005 - Deadline for filing Evidence in Rebuttal to Testimony of Participants (Other than Postal)
09/08/2005 - Filing of Evidence in Rebuttal to Testimony of Participants (Other than USPS) Due
09/14/2005 - Hearing on Rebuttal to Participants' Direct Testimony
09/15/2005 - Hearing on Rebuttal to Participants' Direct Testimony
09/16/2005 - Response to POIR 14 Due
09/16/2005 - Hearing on Rebuttal to Participants' Direct Testimony
09/26/2005 - Initial Briefs Due
10/03/2005 - Reply Briefs Due
11/01/2005 - Decision: Affirmed
- Briefs
- Designations and Declarations
- Governors' Decision
- Interrogatories or Request for Production/Admission
- Interventions
- Letters
- Library References
- Motion or Request/Response/Reply
- Notice of Inquiry/Response (NOI)
- Notices
- Objection to Interrogatory/Production/Admission
- Opinion and Recommended Decision
- Oral Cross-examination, Intent to Conduct
- Orders/Responses to Orders
- P.O. Information Request/Response (POIR)
- Request for Recommended Decision
- Response to Interrogatory/Production/Admission
- Rulings/Responses to Rulings
- Service List/Address Corrections
- Stipulation and Agreement
- Testimony
- Transcripts/Corrections/Questions at Hearing
- Witness Notices
- Workpapers
- Advo, Inc. (Advo)
- Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (ANM)
- American Bankers Association and National Association of Presort Mailers (ABA&NAPM)
- American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU)
- Association of Alternate Postal Systems (AAPS)
- Data & Marketing Association (DMA)
- David B. Popkin (Popkin)
- Douglas F. Carlson (Carlson)
- Greeting Card Association (GCA)
- Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation (IRET)
- Lexington Institute (Lexington)
- Major Mailers Association (MMA)
- National Newspaper Association (NNA)
- Newspaper Association of America (NAA)
- Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA)
- Pitney Bowes Inc. (Pitney Bowes)
- Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
- Time Warner Inc. (TW)
- United States Postal Service (USPS)
- Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, Inc. and Valpak Dealers' Association Inc. (Valpak)
- Abdirahman, Abdulkadir (USPS-T-21)
- Alenier, Howard S. (USPS-T-33)
- Bernstein, Peter (USPS-T-8)
- Bozzo, A. Thomas (USPS-T-12)
- Bradley, Michael D. (USPS-RT-3)
- Bradley, Michael D. (USPS-T-10)
- Bradley, Michael D. (USPS-T-31)
- Crowder, Antoinette (ADVO-RT-1)
- Cutting, Samuel T. (USPS-T-26)
- Haldi, John (VP-T-2)
- Harahush, Thomas W. (USPS-T-5)
- Hatcher, Jatona S. (USPS-T-22)
- Hunter, Herbert B. (USPS-T-3)
- Kay, Nancy R. (USPS-T-18)
- Kelley, John (USPS-T-16)
- Kiefer, James M. (USPS-RT-1)
- Lewis, Jeffery W. (USPS-RT-2)
- Lewis, Jeffery W. (USPS-T-30)
- Loetscher, L. Paul (USPS-T-32)
- Mayes, Virginia J. (USPS-T-25)
- McCrery, Marc D. (USPS-T-29)
- Meehan, Karen (USPS-T-9)
- Miller, Michael W. (USPS-T-19)
- Miller, Michael W. (USPS-T-20)
- Mitchell, Robert W. (VP-T-1)
- Moser, Ann W. (USPS-T-23)
- Nash, Joseph E. (USPS-T-17)
- Otuteye, Godfred (ADVO-RT-2)
- Pafford, Bradley V. (USPS-T-4)
- Page, James W. (USPS-T-23)
- Potter, John E. (USPS-T-1)
- Robinson, Maura (USPS-T-27)
- Shaw, Jr., Robert L. (USPS-T-2)
- Smith, Marc A. (USPS-T-13)
- Stevens, Dennis P. (USPS-T-15)
- Taufique, Altaf H. (USPS-T-28)
- Tayman, Jr., William P. (USPS-T-6)
- Thress, Thomas E. (USPS-T-7)
- Van-Ty-Smith, Eliane (USPS-T-11)
- Waterbury, Lillian (USPS-T-10)
- Wesner, Karl D. (USPS-T-24)
- Institutional (ADVO)
- Institutional (USPS)
- Institutional (VP)
- Volume 1 (05/05/2005)
- Volume 2 (06/27/2005)
- Volume 3 (06/28/2005)
- Volume 4 (06/29/2005)
- Volume 5 (07/06/2005)
- Volume 6 (07/07/2005)
- Volume 7 (07/08/2005)
- Volume 8A (08/16/2005)
- Volume 8B (08/16/2005)
- Volume 8C (08/16/2005)
- Volume 8D (08/16/2005)
- Volume 9 (08/24/2005)
- Volume 10 (09/14/2005)
- Volume 11 (09/15/2005)
- Volume 12 (09/16/2005)
- Volume 13 (09/21/2005)
- Volume 14 (10/06/2005)