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D. USPS Ground Advantage 

USPS Ground Advantage, introduced 

in July 2023, is the Postal Service’s 

flagship ground package product. The 

existing structure will be maintained for 

2024. Overall, USPS Ground Advantage 

prices will increase 5.4 percent on 

average. Retail prices will increase 5.2 

percent on average, while Commercial 

prices will increase 5.4 percent on 

average. The Alaska Limited Overland 

Routes (LOR) price category will see a 

9.2 percent average increase for January 

2024. The eVS Unmanifested Fee will 

be renamed as ‘‘Unmanifested Fee’’ to 

accommodate the ongoing migration of 

customers from eVS to the USPS Ship 

platform. Finally, certain Nonstandard 

Fees (NSFs) applicable to USPS Ground 

Advantage will see a 20 percent increase 

in 2024. 

F. Domestic Extra Services 

Premium Forwarding Service (PFS) 

prices will increase 3.0 percent on 

average in 2024. The retail counter 

enrollment fee will increase to $26.20. 

The online enrollment option, 

introduced in 2014, will increase to 

$24.10. The weekly reshipment fee will 

increase to $26.20. The reshipment fee 

for PFS Local, which was introduced in 

2019 for P.O. Box customers, will 

increase to $26.20. Prices for Adult 

Signature service will increase to $9.35 

for the basic service and $9.65 for the 

person-specific service. Address 

Enhancement Service prices will 

increase 3.0 percent on average in 2024. 

Competitive Post Office Box prices will 

be increasing 6.5 percent on average, 

within the existing price ranges. 

Package Intercept Service will increase 

to $17.50. The Pickup On Demand fee 

will remain unchanged for 2024, at 

$26.50. Premium Data Retention and 

Retrieval Service (USPS Tracking Plus), 

which was introduced in 2020, will not 

see a price change in 2024. The fee for 

Label Delivery Service, introduced in 

2023 under the Competitive Ancillary 

Services product, will remain at $1.25 

for 2024. 

II. International Products 

A. Expedited Services 

International expedited services 

include Global Express Guaranteed 

(GXG) and Priority Mail Express 

International (PMEI). Overall, GXG 

prices will rise by 5.4 percent, and PMEI 

will be subject to an overall 5.4 percent 

increase. Commercial Plus prices will be 

equivalent to Commercial Base. 

B. Priority Mail International 

The overall increase for Priority Mail 

International (PMI) will be 5.4 percent. 

Commercial Plus prices will be 

equivalent to Commercial Base. 

C. International Priority Airmail and 

International Surface Air Lift 

Published prices for International 

Priority Airmail (IPA) and International 

Surface Air Lift (ISAL) will increase by 

5.5 percent and 3.5 percent, 

respectively. 

D. Airmail M-Bags 

The published prices for Airmail MBags will increase by 5.4 percent. 

E. First-Class Package International 

ServiceTM

The overall increase for First-Class 

Package International Service (FCPIS) 

prices will be 6.4 percent. Commercial 

Plus prices will be equivalent to 

Commercial Base. 

F. International Ancillary Services and 

Special Services 

Prices for several international 

ancillary services will be increased, 

including a 2.5 percent increase for 

International Certificate of Mailing, a 3.0 

percent increase for International 

Insurance, a 2.5 percent increase for 

International Registered Mail, a 2.7 

percent increase for International Return 

Receipt, and a 3.0 percent increase for 

the Customs and Clearance Delivery 

Fee. 

Order 

The changes in prices and classes set 

forth herein shall be effective at 12:01 

a.m. on January 21, 2024. We direct the 

Secretary to have this decision 

published in the Federal Register in 

accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(2) 

and direct management to file with the 

Postal Regulatory Commission 

appropriate notice of these changes. 

By the Governors. 

/s/ 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Roman Martinez IV, 

Chairman, Board of Governors. 

United States Postal Service Office of 

the Board of Governors 

Certification of Governors’ Vote on 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5 

Consistent with 39 U.S.C. 3632(a), I 

hereby certify that, on November 13, 

2023, the Governors voted on adopting 

Governors’ Decision No. 23–5, and that 

a majority of the Governors then holding 

office voted in favor of that Decision. 

Date: November 13, 2023. 

/s/ 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Michael J. Elston, 

Secretary of the Board of Governors. 

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Notice of Request for Information; 

National Plan for Civil Earth 

Observations 

AGENCY: Office of Science and 

Technology Policy (OSTP). 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The White House Office of 

Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) 

requests public inputs to inform the 

development of the congressionally 

mandated National Plan for Civil Earth 

Observations (hereinafter ‘‘2023 

National Plan’’). This notice, which 

includes a draft of the 2023 National 

Plan, seeks information to achieve a 

future vision for continued United 

States global leadership in enabling and 

leveraging civil Earth Observations to 

increase access to Earth data, and 

address global changes. This notice 

serves as the follow-on Request for 

Information referenced in a Federal 

Register Notice titled ‘‘Notice of 

Upcoming Request for Information; 

National Plan for Civil Earth 

Observations’’. 

DATES: Interested persons and 

organizations are invited to submit 

comments on or before 5 p.m. ET, 

December 31, 2023 to be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Due to time constraints, 

mailed paper submissions will not be 

accepted, and electronic submissions 

received after the deadline may not be 

taken into consideration. 

Interested individuals and 

organizations should submit comments 

electronically via regulations.gov 

(Docket #: OSTP–2023–XXXX). Due to 

time constraints, mailed paper 

submissions will not be accepted, and 

electronic submissions received after 

the deadline cannot be ensured to be 

incorporated or taken into 

consideration. 

Instructions: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to 

submit your comments electronically. 

Information on how to use 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing agency documents, 

submitting comments, and viewing the 

docket, is available on the site under 

‘‘FAQ’’ (https://www.regulations.gov/ 

faq). 

Privacy Note: OSTP’s policy is to 

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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4For purposes of the Exchange’s colocation 

services, a ‘‘User’’ means any market participant 

that requests to receive colocation services directly 

from the Exchange. See Securities Exchange Act 

Release No. 76010 (September 29, 2015), 80 FR 

60197 (October 5, 2015) (SR–NYSEArca–2015–82). 

As specified in the Fee Schedule, a User that incurs 

colocation fees for a particular colocation service 

pursuant thereto would not be subject to colocation 

fees for the same colocation service charged by the 

Exchange’s affiliates the New York Stock Exchange 

LLC, NYSE American LLC, NYSE Chicago, Inc., and 

NYSE National, Inc. (together, the ‘‘Affiliate 

SROs’’). Each Affiliate SRO has submitted 

substantially the same proposed rule change to 

propose the changes described herein. See SR– 

NYSE–2023–44, SR–NYSEAMER–2023–59, SR– 

NYSECHX–2023–22, and SR–NYSENAT–2023–26. 

5The Exchange filed a similar proposal in 2021, 

which it subsequently withdrew. See Securities 

Exchange Act Release No. 93810 (December 17, 

2021), 86 FR 73026 (December 23, 2021) (SR– 

NYSE–2021–67, SR–NYSEAMER–2021–43, SR– 

NYSEARCA–2021–97, SR–NYSECHX–2021–17, 

SR–NYSENAT–2021–23). 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 76749 

(December 23, 2015), 80 FR 81640 (December 30, 

2015) (SR–NYSEArca–2015–99); 78377 (July 21, 

2016), 81 FR 49327 (July 27, 2016) (SR– 

NYSEARCA–2016–99); and 80116 (February 28, 

2017), 82 FR 12663 (March 6, 2017) (SR– 

NYSEArca–2017–18). 

7See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80310 

(March 24, 2017), 82 FR 15763 (March 30, 2017) 

(SR–NYSEArca–2016–89). 

8Through its Fixed Income and Data Services 

(‘‘FIDS’’) (previously ICE Data Services) business, 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (‘‘ICE’’) operates the 

MDC. The Exchange and the Affiliate SROs are 

indirect subsidiaries of ICE. The proposed service 

would be provided by FIDS pursuant to an 

agreement with a non-ICE entity. FIDS does not 

own the wireless network that would be used to 

provide the service. 

members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. OSTP requests that 

no proprietary information, copyrighted 

information, or personally identifiable 

information be submitted in response to 

this RFI. 

Information obtained from this RFI 

may be used by the Government on a 

non-attribution basis for planning and 

strategy development. OSTP will not 

respond to individual submissions. A 

response to this RFI will not be viewed 

as a binding commitment to develop or 

pursue the project or ideas discussed. 

This RFI is not accepting applications 

for financial assistance or financial 

incentives. 

Responses containing references, 

studies, research, and other empirical 

data that are not widely published 

should include copies of or electronic 

links to the referenced materials. 

Responses from minors, or responses 

containing profanity, vulgarity, threats, 

or other inappropriate language or 

content will not be considered. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice are subject to the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). Responses to 

this RFI may be posted without change 

online. Please note that the United 

States Government will not pay for 

response preparation, or for the use of 

any information contained in a 

response. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ezinne Uzo-Okoro; tel: 202–456–4010. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. 6617, OSTP is soliciting 

public input through an RFI to obtain 

feedback from a wide variety of 

stakeholders, including individuals, 

industry, academia, research 

laboratories, nonprofits, and think 

tanks. OSTP is specifically interested in 

public input to inform the development 

and release of the 2023 National Plan to 

better leverage Earth Observations for 

addressing key societal challenges and 

trends of the coming decade. The first 

draft of the 2023 National Plan is 

included for public input. 

Dated: November 16, 2023. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security 

Officer. 

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COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–98964; File No. SR– 

NYSEARCA–2023–79] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend the 

Connectivity Fee Schedule 

November 16, 2023. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that on November 

9, 2023, NYSE Arca, Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’ 

or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I, II, and 

III below, which Items have been 

prepared by the self-regulatory 

organization. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend the 

Connectivity Fee Schedule regarding 

colocation services and fees to provide 

Users with wireless connectivity to CME 

Group market data. The proposed rule 

change is available on the Exchange’s 

website at www.nyse.com, at the 

principal office of the Exchange, and at 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of, 

and basis for, the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to amend the 

Connectivity Fee Schedule (‘‘Fee 

Schedule’’) regarding colocation 

services and fees to provide Users 4 with 

wireless connectivity to CME Group 

market data.5

The Exchange currently provides 

Users with wireless connections to eight 

market data feeds or combinations of 

feeds from third-party markets (the 

‘‘Existing Third Party Data’’),6 and 

wired connections to more than 45 

market data feeds or combinations of 

feeds.7 The Exchange proposes to add to 

the Fee Schedule wireless connections 

to CME Group, Inc. (‘‘CME Group’’) 

market data (‘‘CME Group Data’’ and, 

together with the Existing Third Party 

Data, the ‘‘Third Party Data’’). Users 

would be offered the proposed wireless 

connection to the CME Group Data 

through connections into the colocation 

center in the Mahwah, New Jersey data 

center (‘‘MDC’’).8

The Exchange expects that the 

proposed rule change would become 


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