RECEIVED
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before The
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON.
D.C. 20268-0001
Postal Rate and Fee Changes,
2001
Docket No. R2001-1
)
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES
TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS: JOSEPH D. MOELLER (OCAAJSPS-T28-1-6)
October 12, 2001
Pursuant
Commission,
requests
to Rules 25 through
28 of the Rules of Practice
the Office of the Consumer
for production
OCAAJSPS-l-21,
of documents.
dated September
Advocate
Instructions
of the Postal Rate
hereby submits interrogatories
included
with OCA interrogatories
28, 2001, are hereby incorporated
Respectfully
submitted,
Acting Director
Office of the Consumer
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20268-0001
(202) 789-6830; Fax (202) 789-6819
and
Advocate
by reference.
Docket No. R2001-1
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OCANSPS-T28-1.
for First-Class
economic
(4
Please refer to your testimony
at page 17, lines 5-6. You state that
Mail letters, the value of service is high in terms of both intrinsic and
measures.
Please state the percentage
of First-Class
Mail that has traveled by air in each of
the past 5 years.
(b)
Please
indicate
the corresponding
expected
percentages
of First-Class
Mail
projected to travel by air in each of the next three years.
(4
You state in your testimony
high priority of delivery.
to deliver a First-Class
(d)
at page 17, line 9, that First-Class
Please provide information
Mail receives
a
on the average length of time
piece of mail over each of the past 5 years.
Is this average length of time for mail delivery expected
in each of the next three years?
to increase or decrease
Please provide data projecting for each year the
expected delivery times.
W
You indicate
at page 18, lines 3-4, that First-Class
disproportionately
burdened
most of the First-Class
by the proposed
Mail users are not being
rate increase;
please confirm that
Mail to which your are referring is covered by the Private
Express Statutes.
Please refer to your testimony
identify the nine rate-making
and fee levels.
employed
Mail.
Please
at page 2, line 18, through
criteria to be considered
provide
information
for each of the criteria in evaluating
page 3, line 15. You
in determining
on the relative
the proposed
postal rate
weightings
you
rates for First-Class
.
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(cl)
Do you have any analyses
expectations,
and/or measurements
as well as general satisfaction,
so, please provide this information
OCANSPS-T28-2.
of satisfaction
of consumer
with respect to First-Class
Mail?
If
and explain how you made use of it.
Please refer to your testimony
indicate that Priority Mail “enjoys approximately
at page 22, lines 19-20.
You
the same priority of delivery as First-
Class letters and makes use of air transportation.”
(4
Assuming
that the delivery priorities
are approximately
the same, please state
what additional value Priority Mail brings to the consumer over First-Class
(b)
Please state the percentage
of Priority Mail using air transportation
Mail.
over the past
five years.
(c)
Please state the percentage
of Priority Mail projected
to use air transportation
over the next three years.
(4
Please provide information
on the average
length of time to deliver a piece of
Priority Mail over each of the past 5 years.
(e)
Please provide information
on the average
length of time to deliver a piece of
Priority Mail over each of the next three years.
(0
Please refer to your testimony
at page 23, lines 8 through
18.
You compare
Priority Mail service to similar services provided by several competitors.
have any comparisons
of the quality of service between
services offered by competitors?
information
Priority Mail and the
If the answer is affirmative,
and explain how you made use of it.
Do you
please provide the
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(cl)
Do you have any information
on the average
deliver items under similar services?
length of time for competitors
to
If so, please provide it and explain how you
made use of such information.
(h)
Do you have any information
on the percentage
of time that competitors
pieces on time as compared
to the Postal Service?
deliver
If so, please provide it and
explain how you made use of the information.
Do
OCAIUSPS-T28-3.
consumer
satisfaction
you
have
of expectations,
any
analyses
as well as general
Priority Mail? If so, please provide this information
presented
measurements
satisfaction,
performance
in providing
in Priority Mail advertising?
of
with respect to
and explain how you made use of it.
Do you have any analyses and/or measurements
OCAWSPS-T28-4.
the Postal Service’s
and/or
of whether
Priority Mail service fulfills the promises
If so, please provide this information
and explain
how you made use of it.
OCAIUSPS-T28-5.
Please refer to your testimony
state that, “The proposed
rate level is appropriate
consideration
considered
through
of all relevant criteria.”
in determining
page 3, line 15.
in light of a balanced
You identify the nine rate-making
Please
provide
information
Please refer to your testimony
You
and proper
criteria to be
postal rate and fee levels at page 2 of your testimony,
line 18,
on the relative weightings
employed for each of the criteria in evaluating the proposed
OCANSPS-T28-6.
at page 26, lines l-2.
you
rates for Priority Mail.
at page 27, line 2. You state
that Express Mail receives the highest priority of delivery.
(a)
Please provide information
on the average length of time that has been required
to deliver a piece of Express Mail over each of the past 5 years.
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(b)
Please provide information
on the average
length of time that is projected
for
delivery of Express Mail over each of the next three years.
Cc)
Do you have any analyses
expectations,
as well as general
provide this information
(d)
and/or
measurements
satisfaction,
with Express
criteria to be considered
rate and fee levels at page 2 of your testimony,
Please provide information
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of record in this proceeding
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of
If so, please
in determining
postal
page 3, line 15.
you employed
for each of
rates for Express Mail.
OF SERVICE
certify that I have this date served the foregoing
practice.
Mail?
line 18 through
on the relative weightings
the criteria in evaluating the proposed
participants
satisfaction
and explain how you made use of it.
You identified the nine rate-making
I hereby
of consumer
in accordance
document
upon all
with Rule 12 of the rules of