Times and Dates: 8 a.m., Monday, January 7, 2002; 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 8, 2002.
Place: Washington, D.C., at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
Status: January 78 a.m. (Closed); January 88:30 a.m. (Open). Matters to be Considered:
Monday, January 78 a.m. (Closed)
1. Personnel Matters and

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Board Votes To Close December 13, 2001, Meeting

By paper and telephone vote on December 1113, 2001 the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service voted unanimously to close to public observation its meeting held in Washington, DC via teleconference. The Board determined that prior public notice was not possible.

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The Postal Service is offering discounted rates for online customers who purchase Global Express Guaranteed ^TM service. The discounted rates are based on minimum shipping volumes which average 5 pieces per week, 12 pieces per week, and 20 pieces or more per week. The Postal Service is also offering a standard Web discount for all Global

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The Postal Service is seeking comments on a proposal to delete the standards in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) that allow bundles (more than one package strapped together) of Periodicals flatsize mail to be bedloaded instead of placed in a sack or on a pallet.

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The Postal Service published a notice with request for public comment in the Federal Register (66 FR 5148051481) on October 9, 2001. The document on which comments are requested is available on the Postal Service's public Web site at www.usps.com/strategicdirection or at www.usps.com keyword: transformation. Comments were due November 1, 2001. The comment period is hereby extended until January 31, 2002.

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The Postal Service, after considering the comments submitted in response to its request published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2001 (66 FR 5255552560), for comments on proposed changes in international postage rates, hereby gives notice that it is implementing the proposed rates.

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This final rule provides a new preparation option that allows mailers to place flatsize automation rate mailpieces together in packages with flatsize Presorted rate mailpieces of the same mail class. This new option is called ``copackaging'' and will be available beginning March 31, 2002 for use with FirstClass Mail, Periodicals, or Standard Mail.

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Board Votes to Close November 13 and 15, 2001, Meeting

By telephone vote on November 13 and 15, 2001, the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service voted unanimously to close to public observation its meeting held in Washington, D.C., via teleconference. The Board determined that prior public notice was not possible.

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The Postal Service has already completed the first phase of a plan to remove insecure postage meters from use with the
decertification of mechanical postage meters. The second phase of the plan, the retirement of manually reset electronic meters, is now underway in accordance with the notice published in the Federal Register on December 13, 2000

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The Postal Service proposes to amend Postal Service Privacy Act System of Records 120.090, Personnel RecordsMedical Records. The proposed amendments reflect the collection, maintenance, and storage of candidate medical assessment records for Postal Service employment. The system is a Webbased application with a secure userfriendly interface that

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This final rule amends section D042.2.0 of the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) by adding section D042.2.8 to provide procedures to identify when an office business center (OBC) or part of its operation is considered a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA) for postal purposes.

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The Postal Service is amending the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) P014, Refunds and Exchanges, to clarify the refund policy for metered postage. These changes are being made in conjunction with the final rule amending P030, Postage Meters (Postage Evidencing Systems).

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The Postal Service is revising the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) P030 to include policies and regulations pertaining to more secure postage evidencing systems, such as those that use a Postal Security Device (PSD), those that generate informationbased indicia (IBI), and PC Postage (TM). The term ``postage evidencing systems'' is the collective term

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The Postal Service is amending the rules implementing the Equal Access to Justice Act in Postal Service proceedings to reflect the statutory increase in the amount of the hourly fees payable.

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This final rule clarifies and strengthens requirements for manufacturers/distributors of postage meters to destroy meters at the end of their useful life.

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Pursuant to its authority under 39 U.S.C. 407, the Postal Service will offer a 5 percent discount off of regular postage for all Global Express Mail ^TM shipments paid through the shipping site at www.usps.com. The

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

Pursuant to its authority under 39 U.S.C. 407, the Postal Service
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is proposing changes in international postal rates for International Priority Airmail, International Surface Air Lift, and publishers' periodical mail. As required under the Postal Reorganization Act, the proposed changes will result in international postal rates that

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

This proposed rule changes certain sections applicable to Periodicals mail in the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM). It adds a new optional method a publisher may use to determine percopy weights and to substantiate the advertising percentage in each edition of each issue of a periodical. The option requires Postal Service certification of the

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At the request of Congress and the Comptroller General, the Postal Service is preparing a comprehensive plan for the structural transformation of the postal system to meet the challenges of serving the American public through the remainder of this decade. The Comprehensive Transformation Plan will be presented to Congress and the General

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The Postal Service published a proposed rule for public comment in the Federal Register (66 FR 4282042831) on August 15, 2001. Comments were due September 14, 2001. The comment period is hereby extended until September 25, 2001.

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This proposed rule provides a new preparation option that will allow mailers to place flatsize automation rate FirstClass Mail, Periodicals, or Standard Mail together in packages with corresponding flatsize Presorted rate FirstClass Mail, Periodicals, or Standard Mail. This new option will be called ``copackaging.''

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Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting

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The Postal Service is proposing to amend Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) P014, Refunds and Exchanges, to clarify the refund policy for metered postage. These changes are being made in conjunction with the proposed changes to P030 (Postage Meters and Meter Stamps).

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