[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4183-4184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01381]


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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. ACR2013; Order No. 1972]


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AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is adjusting its approach to issuing a report 
on the Postal Service's Performance Report and Performance Plan. 
Previously, the Commission has included its report as part of the 
Annual Compliance Determination. Starting with FY 2013, the Commission 
will issue this report as a separate document. This order addresses 
related administrative steps and invites public comments.

DATES: Comments are due: March 10, 2014. Reply comments are due: March 
20, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission's Filing 
Online system at http://www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments 
electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing 
alternatives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Corcoran, Acting General 
Counsel, at 202-789-6820.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each fiscal year (FY), the Postal Service is 
required to prepare an annual performance plan (Performance Plan) and a 
report on program performance (Performance Report) pursuant to 39 
U.S.C. 2803 and 2804. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3652(g), on

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December 27, 2013, the Postal Service filed the FY 2013 Performance 
Report and FY 2014 Performance Plan with the Commission along with its 
FY 2013 Annual Compliance Report. See library reference USPS-FY13-
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    \1\ The FY 2013 Performance Report and FY 2014 Performance Plan 
are included in the Postal Service's 2013 Annual Report to Congress.
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    The Commission is required to evaluate whether the Postal Service 
has met the goals established in its FY 2013 Performance Report and FY 
2014 Performance Plan. See 39 U.S.C. 3653(d). It may also provide 
recommendations to the Postal Service ``related to the protection or 
promotion of public policy objectives set out in'' title 39. Id. In 
past years, the Commission's analysis of Performance Plans and 
Performance Reports have been included its Annual Compliance 
Determination (ACD).\2\ Since the Commission's obligations under 
section 3653(d) are distinguishable from its annual compliance 
determination obligations under section 3653(b), the Commission has 
determined that, beginning with FY 2013, it will issue a separate 
report on the Postal Service's Performance Report and Performance Plan. 
The Commission anticipates issuing that report early in May 2014.
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    \2\ See, e.g., Docket No. ACR2012, Annual Compliance 
Determination Report Fiscal Year 2012 at 35-46.
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    To accommodate that schedule, the Commission is establishing a 
separate comment period for the FY 2013 Performance Report and FY 2014 
Performance Plan. Comments by interested persons are due no later than 
by March 10, 2014. Reply comments are due no later than March 20, 2014.
    Kenneth E. Richardson, previously designated to serve as the Public 
Representative in this proceeding, will continue in that capacity.
    It is ordered:
    1. Comments on the Postal Service's FY 2013 Performance Report and 
FY 2014 Performance Plan are due no later than March 10, 2014.
    2. Reply comments are due no later than March 20, 2014.
    3. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this order in the 
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.
Ruth Ann Abrams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-01381 Filed 1-23-14; 8:45 am]
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