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PROPOSED RULES: International product and pricing initiatives,
Published: 2006-12-20
The Postal Service \TM\ is proposing a major redesign of its
international products including changes in prices and mail
classifications. There are two main features of this redesign.
First, we propose to more closely align our international products
with their domestic counterparts for ease of use and added value to
customers. This will be
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-11-30
Date and Time: Tuesday, December 5, 2006, at 2 p.m.; and Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Place: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
Status: December 52 p.m.Closed; December 68:30 a.m.Open; December 610 a.m. Closed
Matters to be Considered: Tuesday,
RULES: Manufacture and distribution; authorization—; Postage Evidencing Systems; revisions to requirements,
Published: 2006-11-09
This final rule revises the requirements for authority to
manufacture and distribute postage evidencing systems. This final rule
includes updating the regulations, removing obsolete text, and
incorporating pertinent portions of the rules for postage meters
(Postage Evidencing Systems) formerly contained in section P030 of the
Mailing Standards of
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-11-08
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at 2 p.m.; and Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at 8:30 a.m.
Place: Washington, DC., at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
Status: November 142 p.m.Closed; November 158:30 a.m.Open.
Matters to be Considered:
Tuesday, November 14 at 2 p.m. (Closed).
1.
RULES: Miscellaneous amendments,
Published: 2006-11-03
On September 11, 2006, the Board of Governors of the United
States Postal Service adopted a revision to its bylaws. The purpose of
this revision was to enable Postal Service management to submit
relatively minor Negotiated Service Agreements (NSAs) to the Postal
Rate Commission for consideration without first submitting those minor
NSAs to the
RULES: Sharps and other regulated medical waste containers; mailing standards,
Published: 2006-11-01
The Postal Service revises the standards for mailing sharps
and other regulated medical waste containers. The new standards include
improvements to the packaging, the package testing, and the process for
authorizing and suspending authorization.
RULES: Infectious substances; mailing and packaging standards,
Published: 2006-11-01
The Postal Service is revising its mailing standards and
packaging requirements for Division 6.2 infectious substances based on
the criteria published by the World Health Organization. Our revised
standards adopt many of the changes the Department of Transportation
made to its regulations for the shipment and packaging of hazardous
materials. We
NOTICES: Privacy Act; computer matching programs,
Published: 2006-10-18
The Postal Service \TM\ plans to conduct an ongoing matching
program to identify any current Postal Service employees, who are
required by state law to register on a state's public registry of sex
offenders. State registries contain information about individuals who
are statutorily required to register, having committed sexuallyviolent
offenses
NOTICES: Privacy Act; computer matching programs,
Published: 2006-10-18
The Postal Service plans to conduct an ongoing matching
program to identify any current Postal Service employees who are
required by state law to register on a state's public registry of sex
offenders. State registries contain information about individuals who
are statutorily required to register, having committed sexuallyviolent
offenses against
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-10-02
Date of Meeting: September 11, 2006.
Status: Closed.
Previous Announcement: 71 FR 52591, September 6, 2006.
Addition: Postal Rate Commission Opinion and Recommended Decision in
Docket No. MC20065, Periodicals Nominal Rate Minor Classification
Change. At its closed meeting on September 11, 2006, the Board of
Governors of the United States Postal
NOTICES: Classification schedule changes,
Published: 2006-09-25
This notice sets forth the changes to the Domestic Mail
Classification Schedule to be implemented as a result of the Decision
of the Governors of the United States Postal Service on the Opinion and
Recommended Decision of the Postal Rate Commission on Extension of
Capital One NSA, Docket No. MC20066.
RULES: Post office box and caller service termination and denial of service appeals; CFR part removed,
Published: 2006-09-14
This final rule transfers responsibility for final agency
decisions in connection with Post OfficeTM box termination,
caller service termination, and denial of service appeals from the
Judicial Officer Department to the vice president and Consumer
Advocate.
RULES: False representation and lottery cases; nonmailability and disposition of mail withheld from delivery; litigation responsibility,
Published: 2006-09-13
The Postal ServiceTM is transferring responsibility
for representation of the Postal Service in certain consumer protection
administrative actions before the Judicial Officer Department from the
Office of the General Counsel to the Inspection Service Office of
Counsel.
PROPOSED RULES: Priority mail to or from “969” ZIP Codes; custom forms,
Published: 2006-09-13
The Postal Service TM proposes to require customs
declarations on certain Priority Mail [supreg] mailpieces to or from
ZIP Codes TM beginning with the prefix 969.
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Acts,
Published: 2006-09-06
Time and Dates: 4 p.m., Monday, September 11, 2006; 9:30 a.m. and 4
p.m. Tuesday, September 12, 2006; 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 13, 2006.
Place: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
Status: September 114 p.m. (Closed); September 129:30 a.m. (Closed);
September 124 p.m. (Open);
PROPOSED RULES: Automation-rate flat-size mail; polywrap standards,
Published: 2006-08-22
The Postal Service proposes to require mailers to use polywrap
film meeting one set of specifications when using polywrap on
automationrate flatsize mailpieces.
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-07-19
In person and by telephone vote on July 12, 2006, a majority of the
members contacted and voting, the Board of Governors voted to close to
public observation a meeting held in Washington, DC via teleconference.
The Board determined that prior public notice was not possible. Items Considered:
1. Strategic Planning.
2. Rate Case Update.
RULES: Temporary mail forwarding policy,
Published: 2006-07-07
This document amends the standards in the Domestic Mail Manual
concerning the duration and submission of temporary changeofaddress
orders.
PROPOSED RULES: Manufacture and distribution; authorization—; Postage Evidencing Systems; revisions to requirements,
Published: 2006-06-27
In this proposed rule, the Postal ServiceTM
proposes to revise the content of Title 39, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 501 (39 CFR 501), Authorization to Manufacture and Distribute Postage Meters. This
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proposed revision includes updating the regulations, removing obsolete
text, and incorporating pertinent portions of
NOTICES: Privacy Act; system of records,
Published: 2006-06-14
The Postal ServiceTM proposes to revise the
existing system of records titled, ``Inspector General Investigative
Records 700.300.'' It is being revised to enable the Postal Service
Office of Inspector General (OIG) to meet its responsibilities under
the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended by the Inspector General
Act Amendments of
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-05-30
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2006; and 9 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
Place: Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Westin Hotel, 50 South Capitol Avenue.
Status: June 68:30 a.m. (Closed); June 79 .a.m. (Closed).
Matters to Be Considered:
Tuesday, June 6, at 8:30 a.m. (Closed)
1. Labor Negotiations Planning.
2. Rate Case Planning.
RULES: Periodicals flats in mixed area distribution center bundles and sacks; new preparation,
Published: 2006-05-26
To improve service for Periodicals mail, the Postal Service
provided mailers the option to prepare origin mixed area distribution
center (ADC) bundles and sacks beginning October 27, 2005. This final
rule adopts our proposal to make the preparation of origin mixed ADC
bundles and sacks required beginning July 6, 2006.
NOTICES: Meetings; Sunshine Act,
Published: 2006-04-25
PROPOSED RULES: Sharps and other regulated medical waste containers; mailing standards,
Published: 2006-04-18
The Postal Service is proposing new standards for mailing
sharps and other regulated medical waste containers. Our proposal
includes changes to the packaging, the package testing, and the process
for authorizing and suspending authorization.
RULES: Parcel Return Service; permanent classification,
Published: 2006-03-30
This final rule adopts new mailing standards to make Parcel
Return Service a permanent classification. Parcel Return Service
replaces the former Parcel Return Services experiment and is now open
to all postal customers who meet the participation requirements.