PRESIDING OFFICER’S

RULING NO. R2000-1/104

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001

Postal Rate and Fee ChangesDocket No. R2000-1

PRESIDING OFFICER’S RULING ON

COMMISSION DESIGNATION OF RESPONSES

FOR INCLUSION IN THE EVIDENTIARY RECORD

(Issued July 31, 2000)

The Postal Service and other participants have filed a number of responses to discovery requests after witnesses appeared on the stand, as well as responses Presiding Officer Information Requests. The Commission designates for inclusion in the evidentiary record the responses itemized in the Attachment to this ruling.

RULING

The responses shown on the Attachment to this ruling are designated for inclusion in the evidentiary record.

Edward J. Gleiman

Presiding Officer

Docket No. R2000-1Attachment

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Mark F. Ramage: USPS-T-2

Response to Question of the OCA Posed

During Oral Cross-examination (Tr. 4)

Thomas W. Harahush: USPS-T-3

Response to Questions Raised by Commissioner Covington During Hearings (Tr. 16)

Response to Questions Raised by Commissioner Goldway During Hearings (Tr. 16)

Response to Question of UPS Posed at Hearing (Tr. 16)

Bradley Pafford: USPS-T-4

UPS/USPS-T4-4

UPS/USPS-T4-5

UPS/USPS-T4-15(a)

POIR No. 15, Response to Question 2(c)

Response of United States Postal Service Witness Pafford to

Data Requests of United Parcel Service during Oral Cross-

Examination (April 18, 2000) (Tr. 2)

Herbert Hunter: USPS-T-5

NNA/USPS-T5-2

NNA/USPS-T5-20

NNA/USPS-T5-21

NNA/USPS-T5-24

NNA/USPS-T5-34-36, 39 (April 28, 2000)

UPS/USPS-T5-14

UPS/USPS-T5-25

UPS/USPS-T5-67-68

UPS/USPS-T5-71(a), 72(a), 81, 83

UPS/USPS-T5-88; UPS/USPS-2

UPS/USPS-T5-91

NNA/USPS-T11-2-7, 13, 15 (all redirected from witness Meehan)

POIR No. 1, Response to Question 2

POIR No. 15, Response to Question 1

Response of United States Postal Service witness Hunter

To Question Posed During Hearing by National Newspaper Association

(April 14, 2000) (Tr. 2)

George Tolley: USPS-T-6

POIR No. 1, Response to Question 1

William Tayman: USPS-T-9

ANM/USPS-T9-22

APMU/USPS-T9-6(c), 8, 24(a),

25, 28(c) & (d)

DMA/USPS-T9-19

POIR No. 7, Response to Questions 1 and 2

POIR No. 13, Response to Questions 1 and 2

Responses of United States Postal Service Witness Tayman

To Questions Posed During Oral Cross-Examination (April 19, 2000) (Tr. 2)

Response to Questions Posed During

Oral Cross-Examination Tr. 2)

Linda Kingsley: USPS-T-10

Response to Questions Raised During

Oral Cross-examination (Tr. 5)

Lloyd B. Raymond: USPS-T-13

Response to Questions Posed at Hearing (Tr. 18)

Response to Information Request Made at Hearing (Tr. 18)

Response to Questions Posed at Hearing (Tr. 19)

Response to Questions Posed at Hearing by

Commissioners Goldway and LeBlanc (Tr. 19)

Cameron Kashani: USPS-T-14

AAP/USPS-T14-4

MPA/USPS-T14-2

POIR No. 6, Response to Questions 1-3

POIR No. 10, Response to Questions 1-6

POIR 12, Response to Questions 2-3

A. Thomas Bozzo: USPS-T-15

POIR No. 1, Response to Question 8

Dennis P. Stevens: USPS-T-20

Response to Questions Posed at Hearings

By Commissioner Goldway (Tr. 17)

Marc Smith: USPS-T-21

ABA & NAPM/USPS-T21-37

POIR No. 4, Response to Question 1

Michael Miller: USPS-T-24

POIR No. 5, Response to Questions 4 and 5

POIR No. 9, Response to Question 4

David Yacobucci: USPS-T-25

MPA/USPS-T25-8

POIR No. 12, Response to Question 4

Jennifer Eggleston: USPS-T-26

POIR No. 5, Response to Questions 9 and 10 (there were two question #10s

in this POIR)

POIR No. 11, Response to Question 4

POIR No. 12, Response to Question 5

Charles Crum: USPS-T-27

ADVO/USPS-T27-7

Response of the United States

Postal Service with Respect to DMC Request for

Impact of Alternate Analysis by Witness Crum

(April 28, 2000) (Tr. 8)

Sharon Daniel: USPS-T-28

AAPS/USPS-T28-6 (Revised 4/11/00)

ABA & NAPM/USPS-T28-16

ABA & NAPM/USPS-T28-31

UPS/USPS-T28-1

UPS/USPS-T28-2

POIR No. 6, Response to Question 4

POIR No. 7, Response to Questions 3 and 4

POIR No. 11, Response to Questions 1 and 2

POIR No. 13, Response to Questions 3-5

Virginia Mayes: USPS-T-32

POIR No. 1, Response to Question 4

POIR No. 16, Response to Question 1

Response to Question Posed by MOAA During Hearings (Tr. 11)

Response to Questions Posed During Oral Cross-examination (Tr. 11)

David R. Fronk: USPS-T-33

POIR No. 11, Response to Question 3

POIR No. 13, Responses to Questions 6-8

Maura Robinson: USPS-T-34

APMU/USPS-T34-8a, 8c

POIR No. 5, Response to Questions 7 and 8

POIR No. 6, Response to Questions 6, 7, and 11-12.

POIR No. 15, Response to Question 3

Response to Question Posed at Hearing (Tr. 7)

Joseph Moeller: USPS-T-35

NAA/USPS-T35-11

POIR No. 2, Response to Question 1

POIR No. 5, Response to Question 3

Response of United States Postal

Service Witness Moeller (USPS-T-35)

To Question Posed by the Office of the

Consumer Advocate at April 24, 2000

Hearing

Further Response to Questions Posed During Hearings

Michael Plunkett: USPS-T-36

POIR No. 1, Response to Questions 10-12

James Kiefer: USPS-T-37

POIR No. 2, Response to Question 1

POIR No. 6, Response to Question 14

Response to Question Posed During Cross-examination (Tr. 13)

Altaf Taufique: USPS-T-38:

POIR No. 1, Response to Questions 5 (revised 6/2/00), 6 and 7

POIR No. 2, Response to Questions 1, 2 and 3

POIR No. 6, Response to Question 5

Susan W. Mayo: USPS-T-39

Response to Questions Posed by KeySpan and OCA at April 28, 2000 Hearings (Tr.14)

Richard L. Patelunas: USPS-ST-44

POIR No. 14, Response to Questions 1-2

Response to Question Posed During Hearings (Tr. 13)

Response to Questions Posed at Hearings by Commissioner Omas (Redirected from Witness Kay) (Tr. 17)

Institutional Responses:

ABA & NAPM/USPS-4

DBP/USPS-131(a), 132(a), 133(1), and 134(a)

UPS/USPS-T11-6(b)

POIR No. 1, Response to Questions 3 and 9

POIR No. 5, Response to Question 10

POIR No. 15, Response to Question 2(a)-(b)

Response to Question Raised During Cross-Examination of Witness Bradley (Tr. 6)

Response to Questions posed During Oral Cross-examination of Witness Fronk (Tr. 12)

Antoinette Crowder: MPA-T-5

Response to MPA Witness Crowder to Questions Raised at Hearing (Tr. 32)

Stephen E. Sellick: UPS-T-4

Response to Question Posed at Hearings by United States Postal Service (Tr. 31)