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The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking amends certain Commission rules for agency organization, as well as rules of practice and procedure. These amendments are intended to improve transparency of current Commission structure and organizational functions. These amendments also promote efficiency for several internal Commission processes. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes amendments to revise the Commission's rules regarding permissible off-the-record procedures in proceedings with an opportunity for a hearing on the record. The proposed amendments also revise the Commission's rules to clarify that informal off-the-record procedures are consistent with the Commission's ex parte rules when participants receive advance notice and an opportunity to participate. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes revisions to update the existing annual service performance reporting requirements for the Postal Service's Market Dominant products. The proposed revisions are based on both recent legal developments and the Commission's experience with the existing rules. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is considering possible improvements to the quality, accuracy, or completeness of data provided by the Postal Service in its annual compliance reports. This document orders the Postal Service to submit a progress update, informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Postal Service filed a Motion requesting an extension of the comment deadline in this proceeding. The Commission grants the Motion and adds a reply comment deadline.
The notice of proposed rulemaking proposes revisions to the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products (ratemaking system). In Order No. 8891, the Commission determined that the ratemaking system was not achieving the statutory objectives. Two proposed revisions address concerns: restricting rate adjustments to once per fiscal year from 2025 to 2030 and ensuring workshare discounts align with avoided costs to enhance efficiency by closing a regulatory gap allowing excessive passthrough reductions. These proposals aim to enhance predictability, reduce administrative burden, and maximize efficiency and cost reduction, ensuring a ratemaking system that better fulfills the statutory objectives. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding for a streamlined option to support the establishment of a new non-published product, Fulfillment Non-Published Rates, and fulfillment standardized distinct products. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
The Commission is adopting final rule revisions that update the existing annual service performance reporting requirements for the Postal Service's Market Dominant products.
The Final Rulemaking amends certain Commission rules for agency organization, as well as rules of practice and procedure. These amendments improve transparency of current Commission structure and organizational functions and promote efficiency for several internal Commission processes.
The Commission is revising its rules of practice and procedure to clarify the scope of permissible informal, off-the-record procedures discussed at Commission prehearing conferences.
The Commission sets a deadline for interested persons to request, by petition in the instant proceedings, that the Commission consider specific proposals for modifications to the ratemaking system or for an alternative system.
The Commission revises its rules to restrict the Postal Service from increasing rates above the de minimis threshold for Market Dominant products more than once per fiscal year (through fiscal year 2030) and to restrict the Postal Service from setting workshare discounts farther away from their avoided costs. These revisions aim to support a system design that achieves the statutory objectives, considering the statutory factors.
The Commission is adopting amendments to its rules concerning rate incentives for Market Dominant products.
