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Public Comment Appreciated

Dear Members of the Public, thank you for writing us.  

The Commission has received more than 12,000 letters, cards, emails, and faxes so far in response to our request for public comments on a Postal Service proposal to end Saturday mail delivery service across the United States (Docket N2010-1).  Your correspondence has provided the Commission with a valuable range of suggestions, ideas, emotions and experiences that augment the comments and testimony we received at seven field hearings conducted throughout the country this spring, and through the formal proceedings now underway at Commission Headquarters in Washington, DC.  We appreciate having thoughtful input from civic-minded citizens to help guide our deliberations.  We continue to welcome further input and expect to issue our Advisory Opinion in the fall.
 
The Commission also is here to help you.

We are pleased to assist customers who experience problems with their postal service.  The Commission now has expanded authority under the postal law enacted in 2006 to ensure that service and rate issues sent to us by postal customers are resolved by the Postal Service in a timely and appropriate manner.  As of the end of June, we have helped customers by resolving 391 rate and service inquiries.  In addition, the Commission has created a variety of online resources to assist postal customers in accessing information and assistance.   Simply scroll down this web page to find links under the heading “Information for Postal Customers.” 

Please do not hesitate to contact us in the future.  My fellow Commissioners and I look forward to hearing from you. 

Thanks again for writing.  

Ruth Y. Goldway
Chairman

 

Information for the Mailing Community

Monthly Meeting of the Commission

 

Upcoming Schedule

 

The next public monthly meeting of the Commission will be held on Wednessday, October 6, 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.

 

    • A2010-6
      Renfro Valley Post Office, Renfro Valley, Kentucky 40473
    • A2010-5
      Rentiesville, Oklahoma Post Office 74459
    • C2010-2
      Complaint of Lance P. McDermott
    • C2009-1
      Complaint of Gamefly, Inc.
    • CP2010-104
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-103
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3(MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-102
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3(MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-101
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-100
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-99
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-98
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-97
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-96
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Services 3 (MC2010-28) Negotiated Services Agreement
    • CP2010-95
      Competitive Prodcut Prices Strategic Bilateral Agreement Between United States Postal Service and Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Post Pakkettservice Benelux BV (MC2010-34) Negotiated Service Agreement
    • CP2010-90
      Competitive Product Prices Inbound International Expedited Services 2 (MC2009-10)
    • CP2010-72
      Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Service Contracts Non-Published Rates
    • CP2010-36
      Competitive Product Prices Global Reseller Expedited Package Contracts (MC2010-21) Negotiated Service Agreements
    • MC2010-36
      Transferring Commercial Standard Mail Parcels to the Competitive Product List
      • MC2010-35
        Market Dominant Product Prices Inbound Market-Dominant Multi-Service Agreements With Foreign Postal Operators 1
      • MC2010-34
        Competitive Product Prices Inbound Competitive Multi-Service Agreements with Foreign Postal Operators
      • MC2010-29
        Competitive Product Prices Global Expedited Package Service Contracts Non-Published Rates
      • MC2010-24
        Mail Classification Schedule Language for Nonpostal Services
      • MC2010-21
        Competitive Product Prices Global Reseller Expedited Package Contracts Negotiated Service Agreements
      • MC2008-1(Phase II)
        Review of Nonpostal Services
      • N2010-1
        Six-Day to Five-Day Street Delivery and Related Service Changes, 2010
      • PI2010-1
        Investigation of Suspended Post Offices
      • PI2009-1
        Report to Congress and the President on Universal Postal Service and the Postal Monopoly
      • R2010-6
        Market Dominant Product Prices China Post Group - United States Postal Service Letter Post Bilateral Agreement (MC2010-35) Negotiated Service Agreement
      • R2010-5
        Market Dominant Product Prices Strategic BilateralL Agreement Between United States Postal Service and Koninklijke TNT Post BV and TNT Post Pakketservice Benelux BV (MC2010-35) Negotiated Service Agreement
      • R2010-4
        Rate Adjustment Due to Extraordinary or Exceptional Circumstances
      • R2009-5
        Notice of Price Adjustment
      • RM2010-11
        Semi-Permanent Exceptions from Periodic Reporting of Service Performance Measurement
      • RM2010-10
        Periodic Reporting
      • RM2010-9
        Estimating Volume Changes from Pricing Incentive Programs
      • RM2009-3
        Consideration of Workshare Discount Methodologies

      Information for Postal Consumers

      The Postal Service is a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by their government. Through its oversight of the Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission promotes that goal and strives to ensure that every consumer receives appropriate and effective postal services. The following links provide quick and convenient access to basic consumer information and tools that may assist consumers in obtaining the best possible service from both the Commission and the Postal Service.