[Before The]{.smallcaps}

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268--0001

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| [Postal Rate and Fee Changes,     | > Docket No. R2000--1             |
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RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS PAFFORD

TO DATA REQUESTS OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

DURING ORAL CROSS-EXAMINATION

The United States Postal Service hereby provides the responses of
witness Pafford to the data requests of United Parcel Service during
cross-examination on April 11, 2000.

Each question is stated verbatim and is followed by the response.

Respectfully submitted,

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

By its attorneys:

Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.

Chief Counsel, Ratemaking

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Kenneth N. Hollies

475 L\'Enfant Plaza West, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20260--1137

\(202\) 268--3083 Fax --5402

April 18, 2000

**Hearing Question 1, Tr. 2/735, lines 13-19.** "I would like to know
the number of Parcel Post pieces that were sampled and that were used to
arrive at the estimate of Parcel Post revenue pieces and weight in what
I will call the original CRA that was presented before the Postal
Service revised its Parcel Post revenue pieces and weight estimates
based on the use of the bulk RPW system."

**RESPONSE:**

The DRPW System indicates that there were 243,437 Standard Mail (B)
Parcel Post pieces of mail entered by the DRPW data collectors during FY
1998.

**Hearing Question 2, Tr. 2/743, lines 6-8.** "Are there any, is there
any permit imprint Parcel Post data in the Domestic RPW data file in
Library Reference I-30?"

**RESPONSE:**

Yes, as input data, but not in the summary output data sets that supply
the final GFY 1998 RPW Adjustment System estimates of revenue, pieces
and weight. Specifically, SAS program H22493.RPW.FY98.CNTL(DRPW) deletes
DRPW data not applicable for RPW Adjustment System roll-up based on two
data flags contained in the RPW Adjustment System rate category
directory (H22493.RPW.FY98.CATEGORY.EOY.DIR): 1) "B" and 2) "X". If the
data flag for a mail category code is "B" or "X" then DRPW data from the
input file (HSI.HQN.PS060D03.FYyyQTn) is NOT outputted to the DRPW data
file (H22493.FYyyn.DRPW.DATA) used for RPW Adjustment System roll-up.

**Hearing Question 3, Tr. 2/750, lines 22-23.** "Can you tell me why
this section of the code \[Appendix G, page 3\] was commented out when
Library Reference I-30 was supplied?"

**RESPONSE:**

This section of the code was not relevant for the PQ 2 GFY 1998 Trial
Balance revenue inputs (Accounting Periods 4, 5, and 6) specified in
this Library Reference. However, when AP14 GFY 1998 (Government Fiscal
Year) data is input into the program, this section of the code would be
uncommented out, and the 'XXX' values replaced with real numbers.

**Hearing Question 4, Tr. 2/755, lines 17-21.** "We would like to
request all of the input files that were run on the SAS programs, on the
programs that are shown in Library Reference I-30 as having been run in
Quarter 2. We would like those input files for all quarters for Fiscal
Year 1998."

**RESPONSE:**

USPS-LR-I-302 provides all input data files, SAS and Lotus 1-2-3
spreadsheet programs for PQ 0, PQ 3, and PQ 5 GFY 1998 RPW Adjustment
System processing. Note that the underlying code is the same as that
first provided in USPS-LR-I-30. In order to expedite the processing, and
instead of just providing the relatively minor additions to the
commented out portions of the USPS-LR-I-30 for PQ 0 and PQ 5 code, the
Lotus 1-2-3 and SAS programs contain the full parameterized versions for
each respective time period.

Note: PQ 2 GFY 1998 BRPW inputs, which were erroneously omitted from
USPS-LR-I-249, are have been included in USPS-LR-I-302.

The following is the crosswalk of the PC file names on the CD to the
input file names shown in USPS-LR-I-30:

# 

# Lotus 1-2-3 Spreadsheets for each time period

FACTORS0.WK3

FACTORS0.FM3

FACTORS5.WK3

FACTORS5.FM3

MAN980.WK3 S:\\RVC-RPW\\QTMODEL\\MAN980.WK3

MAN980.FM3

MAN983.WK3 S:\\RVC-RPW\\QTMODEL\\MAN983.WK3

MAN983.FM3

MAN985.WK3 S:\\RVC-RPW\\QTMODEL\\MAN985.WK3

MAN985.FM3

OMAS980.WK3 S:\\RVC-RPW\\QTMODEL\\OMAS980.WK3

OMAS980.FM3

OMAS983.WK3 S:\\RVC-RPW\\QTMODEL\\OMAS983.WK3

OMAS983.FM3

OMAS985.WK3 S:\\RVC-RPW\\QTMODEL\\OMAS985.WK3

OMAS985.FM3

# Quarter 0 FY 1998 SAS Programs

PUCODE1.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(UCODE23)

PDRPW1.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(DRPW)

PBRPW0.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(BRPW)

PIRPW0.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(IRPW)

PTRBAL1.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(TRBAL)

PPROG0.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(PROGRAM)

# 

# Quarter 3 FY 1998 SAS Programs

PUCODE3.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(UCODE23)

PDRPW3.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(DRPW)

PBRPW3.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(BRPW)

PIRPW3.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(IRPW)

PTRBAL3.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(TRBAL)

PPROG3.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(PROGRAM)

# 

# 

# Quarter 5 FY 1998 SAS Programs

PUCODE4.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(UCODE23)

PDRPW4.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(DRPW)

PBRPW5.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(BRPW)

PIRPW5.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(IRPW)

PTRBAL14.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(TRBAL)

PPROG5.TXT H22493.RPW.FY98(PROGRAM)

# Quarter 0 FY 1998 Data Files

D2SUM1.TXT HSISMN.RPW.D2SUM.FY98QT1

UCODE1.TXT H22493.FY981.UCODE23.DATA

PS1.TXT HSI.HQN.PS060D03.FY98QT1

HSQRAN1.TXT HSQRAN.BRPWD01.TRANS.FY1998Q1

CODREG1.TXT H22493.FY981.CODREG.DATA

DRPW1.TXT H22493.FY981.DRPW.DATA

MISC0.TXT H22493.FY980.MISC.DATA

SIRVO1.TXT H22493.SIRVO.RPWSUM.PQ9801.ADJII.DATA

IRPW0.TXT H22493.FY980.IRPW.DATA

AUANYN01.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP0198

AUANYN02.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP0298

AUANYN03.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP0398

TRIALB0.TXT H22493.FY980.TRIALBAL.DATA

BRPW0.TXT H22493.FY980.BRPW.DATA

# Quarter 2 FY 1998 Data Files

HSQRAN2.TXT HSQRAN.BRPWD01.TRANS.FY1998Q2

# Quarter 3 FY 1998 Data Files

D2SUM3.TXT HSISMN.RPW.D2SUM.FY98QT3

UCODE3.TXT H22493.FY983.UCODE23.DATA

PS3.TXT HSI.HQN.PS060D03.FY98QT3

HSQRAN3.TXT HSQRAN.BRPWD01.TRANS.FY1998Q3

CODREG3.TXT H22493.FY983.CODREG.DATA

DRPW3.TXT H22493.FY983.DRPW.DATA

MISC3.TXT H22493.FY983.MISC.DATA

SIRVO3.TXT H22493.SIRVO.RPWSUM.PQ9803.ADJII.DATA

IRPW3.TXT H22493.FY983.IRPW.DATA

AUANYN07.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP0798

AUANYN08.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP0898

AUANYN09.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP0998

TRIALB3.TXT H22493.FY983.TRIALBAL.DATA

BRPW3.TXT H22493.FY983.BRPW.DATA

# Quarter 5 FY 1998 Data Files

D2SUM4.TXT HSISMN.RPW.D2SUM.FY98QT4

UCODE4.TXT H22493.FY984.UCODE23.DATA

PS4.TXT HSI.HQN.PS060D03.FY98QT4

HSQRAN4.TXT HSQRAN.BRPWD01.TRANS.FY1998Q4

CODREG4.TXT H22493.FY984.CODREG.DATA

DRPW4.TXT H22493.FY984.DRPW.DATA

MISC5.TXT H22493.FY985.MISC.DATA

SIRVO4.TXT H22493.SIRVO.RPWSUM.PQ9804.ADJII.DATA

IRPW5.TXT H22493.FY985.IRPW.DATA

AUANYN14.BIN 1/ AUANYN.BV910T01.NATL.AP1498

TRIALB5.TXT H22493.FY985.TRIALBAL.DATA

BRPW5.TXT H22493.FY985.BRPW.DATA

(a) 1/ These files contain data stored as packed decimal. Data files
    were downloaded from the mainframe as binary files.

**CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon
all participants of record in this proceeding in accordance with section
12 of the Rules of Practice.

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Kenneth N. Hollies

475 L\'Enfant Plaza West, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20260--1137

April 18, 2000