Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2010 / Notices 79053 

1Request of the United States Postal Service to 

Add Global Plus 1B to the Competitive Products 

List and Notice of Filing Two Functionally 

Equivalent Global Plus 1B Contracts Negotiated 

Service Agreements and Application for Non-Public 

Treatment of Materials Filed Under Seal, December 

9, 2010 (Request). 

DIGS01205 Senior Advisor for Indian 

Affairs. Effective October 22, 2010. 

Department of Agriculture 

DAGS01131 Chief of Staff for Natural 

Resources and Environment. Effective 

October 19, 2010. 

DAGS20039 Chief of Staff for Food 

Safety. Effective October 20, 2010. 

DAGS20150 Press Secretary for 

Communications. Effective October 

29, 2010. 

Department of Commerce 

DCGS00444 Special Assistant for 

Outreach. Effective October 1, 2010. 

DCGS00434 Chief of Staff for Industry 

and Security. Effective October 4, 

2010. 

DCGS60163 Special Advisor for 

Market Access and Compliance. 

Effective October 7, 2010. 

DCGS00628 Confidential Assistant for 

the International Trade 

Administration. Effective October 18, 

2010. 

DCGS00603 Special Assistant for the 

International Trade Administration. 

Effective October 25, 2010. 

DCGS00614 International Trade 

Administration Deputy Director for 

the National Export Initiative. 

Effective October 29, 2010. 

DCGS00620 Director, Office of 

Legislative Affairs and Senior Trade 

Advisor for the International Trade 

Administration. Effective October 29, 

2010. 

Department of Labor 

DLGS60190 Senior Legislative Officer 

for Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective 

October 1, 2010. 

DLGS60253 Special Assistant for 

Labor. Effective October 22, 2010. 

Department of Heath and Human 

Services 

DHGS60374 Confidential Assistant to 

the Department. Effective October 8, 

2010. 

DHGS60081 Special Assistant for the 

Office of Global Health Affairs. 

Effective October 15, 2010. 

Department of Education 

DBGS00112 Confidential Assistant for 

Strategy. Effective October 1, 2010. 

DBGS00259 Confidential Assistant for 

Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Effective 

October 1, 2010. 

DBGS60187 Special Assistant for 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Effective October 1, 2010. 

DBGS00432 Confidential Assistant for 

Civil Rights. Effective October 15, 

2010. 

DBGS00346 Confidential Assistant for 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Effective October 28, 2010. 

DBGS00370 Confidential Assistant for 

Vocational and Adult Education. 

Effective October 29, 2010. 

DBGS00418 Confidential Assistant to 

the Chief of Staff. Effective October 

29, 2010. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

EPGS10014 Director, Operations Staff 

to the Administrator. Effective 

October 1, 2010. 

EPGS11001 Deputy Director of 

Scheduling to the Administrator. 

Effective October 12, 2010. 

EPGS11002 Deputy Associate 

Administrator for the Office of 

External Affairs and Environmental 

Education for Public Affairs. Effective 

October 27, 2010. 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

SEOT61200 Confidential Assistant to a 

Commissioner. Effective October 13, 

2010. 

Department of Energy 

DEGS00831 Director for Tribal and 

Intergovernmental Affairs for 

Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Affairs. Effective October 12, 2010. 

DEGS00832 Senior Advisor to the 

Assistant Secretary (Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy). Effective 

October 20, 2010. 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

DRGS10012 Deputy Director, Office of 

External Affairs to the Chair-Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

Effective October 29, 2010. 

Small Business Administration 

SBGS00688 Senior Advisor for 

Government Contracting and Business 

Development. Effective October 22, 

2010. 

General Services Administration 

GSGS01308 Special Assistant to the 

Chief of Staff. Effective October 6, 

2010. 

Export-Import Bank 

EBGS14049 Speechwriter to the Senior 

Vice President, Communications. 

Effective October 15, 2010. 

Occupational Safety and Health Review 

Commission 

SHGS60008 Counsel to the 

Commission Member. Effective 

October 1, 2010. 

Department of Transportation 

DTGS60222 Director of Public 

Engagement for Transportation Policy. 

Effective October 8, 2010. 

International Joint Commission 

IJGS00001 Policy Advisor to the 

Commissioner (Chair). Effective 

October 15, 2010. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

John Berry, 

Director, U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31661 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2011–7, CP2011–39 and 

CP2011–40; Order No. 607] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Global Plus 1B Contracts to the 

competitive product list. This notice 

addresses procedural steps associated 

with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: December 

21, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot 

submit their views electronically should 

contact the person identified in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

telephone for advice on alternatives to 

electronic filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov or 202–789– 

6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Notice of Filing 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 

CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal Service 

seeks to add Global Plus 1B as a new 

product, to the competitive product 

list.1 The Request has been assigned 

Docket No. MC2011–7. In addition, the 

Postal Service filed notice, pursuant to 

39 CFR 3015.5, announcing that it has 

entered into two Global Plus 1B 


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2See Docket Nos. CP2008–8 through CP2008–10, 

Order Concerning Global Plus Negotiated Service 

Agreements, June 27, 2008 (Order No. 85). 

3See Docket No. CP2008–8, Notice of United 

States Postal Service of Governors’ Decision 

Establishing Prices and Classifications for Global 

Plus Contracts, June 2, 2008, at 1. 

4The Postal Service states that if the date of the 

change in published prices for qualifying mail does 

not occur before January 31, 2012, the contracts’ 

termination date is January 31, 2012. Id. at 5. 

5See Docket Nos. MC2010–26, CP2010–67 and 

CP2010–68, Order Approving Functionally 

Equivalent Global Plus 1A Contracts Negotiated 

Service Agreement, July 30, 2010. 

contracts. The Postal Service states that 

the instant contracts are functionally 

equivalent with one another and to 

previously submitted Global Plus 1A 

contracts.2 It states further that the 

instant contracts are supported by 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–8, which 

establishes prices and classifications not 

of general applicability for Global Plus 

Contracts.3 The two contracts have been 

assigned Docket Nos. CP2011–39 and 

CP2011–40, respectively. 

The instant contracts. The Postal 

Service states that the instant contracts 

are the immediate successors to the 

Global Plus 1A contracts in Docket Nos. 

CP2010–67 and CP2010–68 that are 

scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. on the 

day prior to the date of any change in 

the published rates that affect the 

qualifying mail (as defined in the 

contract) in the agreement. The change 

in published rates is expected to occur 

for Express Mail International and 

Priority Mail International on January 2, 

2011. Request at 4. The instant contracts 

are expected to begin January 2, 2011, 

and expire at 11:59 p.m. on the day 

prior to the day of any change in the 

published rates that affect the qualifying 

mail subject to the contracts in the 

month of January 2012.4 Id. at 4–5. 

The Postal Service filed copies of the 

contracts, Governors’ Decision with 

attachments, and supporting financial 

documentation under seal. Id. at 3. 

Additionally, the Postal Service filed 

the following five attachments: 

• Attachment 1—a statement of 

supporting justification required by 39 

CFR 3020.32; 

• Attachments 2A and 2B—a redacted 

copy of each contract and applicable 

annexes; 

• Attachments 3A and 3B—certified 

statements required by 39 CFR 

3015.5(c)(2); 

• Attachment 4—a redacted copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–8, which 

establishes prices and classifications for 

Global Plus Contracts, formulas for the 

prices, analysis and certification of the 

formulas and certification of the 

Governors’ vote; 

• Attachment 5—an application for 

non-public treatment of materials to 

maintain the contract and supporting 

documents under seal. 

Functional equivalence. The Postal 

Service asserts that the instant contracts 

are functionally equivalent to one 

another and to the precursor Global Plus 

1 contracts in that they share similar 

cost and market characteristics. Id. at 5. 

It contends that as a result, the instant 

contracts should be grouped together as 

a single product. Id. 

The Postal Service addresses 

similarities between the instant 

contracts and their predecessors, e.g., 

that the customers are the same and the 

fundamental terms and conditions of 

the contracts remain essentially 

unchanged. Id. at 6. It identifies minor 

changes in contract terms that 

distinguish the instant contracts from 

each other, e.g., customer name, postage 

prices, penalties, identification of prior 

agreements, and preservation after 

termination provisions. The Postal 

Service asserts that the differences do 

not affect either the service provided or 

the structure of the contracts. It also 

states that the differences do not affect 

functional equivalency. Id. at 5–6. 

Baseline treatment. The Postal Service 

states that each of the instant contracts 

takes the place of its immediate 

predecessor which served as the 

baseline contracts for the Global Plus 1A 

Contracts product.5 It requests that the 

instant contracts be considered ‘‘the new 

‘baseline’ contracts for future functional 

equivalency analyses concerning the 

Global Plus 1 product.’’ (Footnote 

omitted.) Request at 4. 

Filing under part 3020. In support of 

its filing, the Postal Service submitted a 

statement of Supporting Justification 

and a copy of Governors’ Decision No. 

08–8 as Attachments 1 and 4, 

respectively. The Postal Service asserts 

that analysis under 39 U.S.C. 3642(b) is 

unnecessary here because of the 

Commission findings in Order No. 43 

that Negotiated Service Agreements for 

outbound International Mail are 

classified as competitive. Further, it 

contends that the classification 

requirements of section 3642 have been 

met and that there is, ‘‘no further need 

to ponder whether Global Plus 1B 

contracts are market dominant or 

covered within the postal monopoly.’’ 

Id. at 7. 

The Postal Service states that its 

filings demonstrate that the instant 

contracts comply with the requirements 

of 39 U.S.C. 3633, fit within the Mail 

Classification Schedule language for 

Global Plus Contracts and are 

functionally equivalent to each other. 

Id. at 8. It urges the Commission to add 

Global Plus 1B Contracts to the 

competitive product list and to establish 

the instant contracts as the baseline 

contracts for the Global Plus 1B product. 

Id. 

II. Notice of Filing 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2011–7, CP2011–39 and 

CP2011–40 for consideration of matters 

raised in the Postal Service’s Notice. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments on whether the Postal 

Service’s filings in the captioned 

dockets are consistent with the policies 

of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 3642, 39 CFR 

part 3015, and 39 CFR part 3020 subpart 

B. Comments are due no later than 

December 21, 2010. The public portions 

of these filings can be accessed via the 

Commission’s Web site (http// 

www.prc.gov). 

The Commission appoints Paul L. 

Harrington to serve as Public 

Representative in these dockets. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2011–7, CP2011–39 and 

CP2010–40 for consideration of matters 

raised by the Postal Service’s Request. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

these proceedings are due no later than 

December 21, 2010. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Paul L. 

Harrington is appointed to serve as the 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Shoshana M. Grove, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31657 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2011–8, CP2011–41 and 

CP2011–42; Order No. 608] 

New Postal Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recently-filed Postal Service request to 

add Global Plus 2B Contracts to the 

competitive product list. This notice 

addresses procedural steps associated 

with this filing. 

DATES: Comments are due: December 

21, 2010. 


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