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1See Postal Regulatory Commission, Strategic 

Plan: 2017–2022, available at https://www.prc.gov/ 

sites/default/files/Strategic%20Plan%202017- 

2022%2009222016%20OSA.pdf. 

2See, e.g., 39 U.S.C. 3652–3653, establishing the 

annual compliance review process. Other statutory 

areas of Commission oversight include 39 U.S.C. 

3622–3633 (the Market Dominant and Competitive 

product ratemaking systems); 39 U.S.C. 3641 

(market tests); 39 U.S.C. 3642 (mail classification 

changes); 39 U.S.C. 3654 (required financial 

reporting from the Postal Service); 39 U.S.C. 3661 

(conducting hearings and issuing advisory opinions 

with respect to nature-of-service changes); and 39 

U.S.C. 3662 (hearing rate and service complaints). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 as 

amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act, this 

notice announces that the U.S. Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) intends 

to submit to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request to reinstate 

a previous approved information 

collection. Standard Form 1153, Claim 

for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased 

Civilian Employee, is used to collect 

information from individuals who have 

been designated as beneficiaries of the 

unpaid compensation of a deceased 

Federal employee who believe that their 

relationship to the deceased entitles 

them to receive the unpaid 

compensation of the deceased Federal 

employee. OPM needs this information 

in order to adjudicate the claim and 

properly assign a deceased Federal 

employee’s unpaid compensation to the 

appropriate individual(s). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until April 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and/or 

Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 

and title, by the following method: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.rgulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The general policy for comments and 

other submissions from members of the 

public is to make these submissions 

available for public viewing at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information; or 

• Email: Damon Ford, Merit System 

Accountability and Compliance, Office 

of Personnel Management, at 

damon.ford@opm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation, may be 

obtained by contacting the 

Compensation and Leave Claims 

Program, Office of Personnel 

Management, 1900 E. Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20415, Attention: 

Damon Ford, 202–606–2980, or via 

electronic mail to damon.ford@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

MSAC adjudicates classification 

appeals, job-grading appeals, FLSA 

claims, compensation and leave claims, 

and declination of reasonable offer 

appeals, as well as the settling of 

disputed claims for unpaid 

compensation due deceased Federal 

employees. This adjudicative function 

provides Federal employees 

administrative due process rights to 

challenge compensation and related 

agency decisions without having to seek 

redress in Federal courts. These 

decisions are also a critical resource for 

agency HR offices in making their own 

classification, pay, and FLSA 

determinations. 

Analysis 

Agency: Merit System Accountability 

and Compliance, Office of Personnel 

Management. 

Title: Standard Form 1153, Claim for 

Unpaid Compensation of Deceased 

Civilian Employee. 

OMB Number: 3260–0234. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Federal Employees 

and Retirees. 

Number of Respondents: 3,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 750 hours. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Kellie Cosgrove Riley, 

Director, Privacy and Information 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03220 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–58–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. PI2022–2; Order No. 6104] 

Public Inquiry on Service Performance 

Dashboard 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is initiating 

a proceeding to propose public input 

with respect to the service performance 

dashboard and other questions of data 

accessibility and usability. This 

document informs the public of this 

proceeding, invites public comment, 

and takes other administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: March 18, 

2022. Reply comments are due: April 7, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Background 

III. Invitation for Comments 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

The Commission’s mission is to 

ensure transparency and accountability 

of the United States Postal Service and 

to foster a vital and efficient universal 

mail system.1 As part of the 

Commission’s ongoing efforts to 

promote transparency by making its 

public data more accessible and usable, 

the Commission is in the process of 

developing a new online service 

performance dashboard. In this docket, 

the Commission seeks public input with 

respect to the service performance 

dashboard, as well as other questions 

pertaining to data accessibility and 

usability. 

II. Background 

As a result of its statutory oversight 

responsibilities, the Commission has an 

extensive catalog of public data 

pertaining to the Postal Service, 

including information concerning the 

Postal Service’s service performance, 

finances, operations, and rates.2 While 


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3See, e.g., the E-Government Act, Public Law 

107–347, 116 Stat. 2899 (2002); the Digital 

Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), 

Public Law 113–101, 128 Stat. 1146 (2014); and the 

OPEN Government Data Act, Public Law 115–435, 

132 Stat. 5534 (2019). 

4OPEN Government Data Act, Public Law 115– 

435, 132 Stat. 5534 (2019), Title II. 

5Specifically, service performance data are 

generally filed in a library reference, typically 

‘‘Postal Service Library Reference 29,’’ in ACR 

dockets. See, e.g., Docket No. ACR2020, Library 

Reference USPS–FY20–29, December 29, 2020 

(service performance data pertaining to Fiscal Year 

2020); Docket No. ACR2019, Library Reference 

USPS–FY19–29, December 27, 2019 (service 

performance data pertaining to Fiscal Year 2019), 

etc. 

6See 39 CFR part 3055, subpart A, which 

establishes the required level of service 

performance reporting by the Postal Service. 

7The United States Postal Service Office of 

Inspector General publishes national, division, and 

district data based on the composite results 

provided by the Postal Service at the following web 

page: https://www.uspsoig.gov/service-performance. 

These data are not the product-level results (as 

required by 39 CFR part 3055) used to evaluate 

compliance in the ACR dockets. The national 

composite results serve as public performance 

indicators used to evaluate the Postal Service’s 

progress toward its High-Quality Service 

performance goal. See, e.g., Docket No. ACR2020, 

Analysis of the Postal Service’s FY 2020 Annual 

Performance Report and FY 2021 Performance Plan, 

June 2, 2021, at 34–35. 

8 ‘‘An Application Programming Interface, or API, 

is a set of software instructions and standards that 

allows machine to machine communication,’’ 

available at https://digital.gov/2013/04/30/apis-ingovernment/. 

9The treatment of information and data provided 

to the Commission as non-public material is 

governed by 39 U.S.C. 504(g), 3652(f), 3654(f), and 

39 CFR parts 3006 and 3011. 

this information has always been 

available to the public in the form in 

which the Commission receives it, it is 

spread across a myriad of reports and 

filings in the Commission’s docketing 

system and knowing where to look for 

relevant information is not necessarily 

intuitive for the general public. Much of 

the data exists in the form of ‘‘library 

references,’’ which consist of electronic 

spreadsheets, workpapers, and other 

supporting material relevant to 

Commission proceedings, where it is 

frequently included within multiple 

layers of compressed files. See 39 CFR 

3010.125. 

As directed by statute, the 

Commission prepares reports on an 

annual basis, and these reports highlight 

and discuss important findings, trends, 

results, etc. with respect to the Postal 

Service’s operations, finances, and 

performance. However, for generalists 

and members of the public who are not 

postal experts, but who seek to obtain 

specific relevant information relatively 

quickly, this process may seem 

somewhat opaque. Moreover, there is a 

necessary lag time between the receipt 

of relevant information by the 

Commission and the issuance of formal 

reports based on that information. 

Furthermore, statutorily prescribed 

reporting periods typically cover 

previous periods, such as prior fiscal 

years, such that the information 

contained in Commission reports can 

lag what is happening ‘‘on the ground’’ 

by many months. While the 

Commission complies with all relevant 

statutes and strives to make its reports 

accessible to the general public, the 

Commission is exploring how the 

information contained therein might be 

made even more accessible. 

Congress has encouraged federal 

agencies to improve the quality and 

accessibility of their data.3 The 

Commission is required to comply with 

the OPEN Government Data Act,4 and 

the Commission looks to open data 

policies for guidance on transparency 

initiatives. As part of these efforts, the 

Commission is in the process of 

developing an online dashboard that 

provides visual data and interactive 

tools to allow the public to view service 

performance results for many of the 

Postal Service’s Market Dominant mail 

products (and product components) at 

the national level. The data on which 

these results are based are filed each 

year in Annual Compliance Review 

(ACR) dockets; but, for the reasons 

explained above, accessing it may not 

necessarily be intuitive for members of 

the public.5

Consistent with the data that the 

Commission receives, the service 

performance dashboard focuses on 

national-level service performance 

results for specific Market Dominant 

postal products and/or product 

components.6 The dashboard does not 

have the capability to visualize 

geographic data, such as regional or ZIP 

Code level service performance results.7

The dashboard reflects information that 

is already available to the public and 

does not present any personally 

identifiable information. The initial 

service performance dashboard can be 

found at https://www.prc.gov/dashdeploy. 

III. Invitation for Comments 

The Commission invites interested 

persons to comment on the initial 

service performance dashboard, as well 

as on the Commission’s more general 

efforts to make Postal Service data more 

accessible and usable for the public. 

Regarding the service performance 

dashboard, the Commission seeks 

comment specifically on the following 

discussion areas: 

• The overall usefulness and 

desirability of dashboard-style 

visualization with respect to the Postal 

Service’s national-level service 

performance. 

• The current dashboard’s 

presentation, usability, functionality, 

and any other features. 

• The scope of products and/or 

product components covered by the 

current dashboard. 

• The frequency of desired updates 

(e.g., quarterly, annually, etc.). 

• The desirability of being able to 

download source data, and if so, in what 

format. 

Regarding data accessibility and 

usability more generally, the 

Commission seeks comment specifically 

on the following discussion areas: 

• What, if any, other dashboards 

should the Commission develop that are 

consistent with the Commission’s 

statutory authorities (e.g., postal 

finances, etc.)? 

• What other forms of data 

visualization should the Commission 

explore? 

• Who would be the likely users of 

Commission dashboards and what 

information they would be most 

interested in? 

• Whether bulk access and 

Application Programming Interface 

(API) 8 functionality with respect to 

Commission data would be useful to 

mailers, postal customers, or other 

postal stakeholders? 

• What machine readable formats are 

most useful to external users? 

The dashboard linked above is limited 

to public information currently 

provided by the Postal Service to the 

Commission for its regulatory purposes 

pursuant to Title 39 and consistent with 

the Commission’s regulations. 

Comments suggesting presentation of 

data not currently provided to the 

Commission or not currently available 

to the public are beyond the scope of the 

initial service performance dashboard 

but may be considered for future efforts 

to the extent consistent with the law 

and the Commission’s mission and 

resources.9

Comments are due March 18, 2022 

and reply comments are due April 7, 

2022. Material filed in this docket will 

be available for review on the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.prc.gov. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Manon A. 

Boudreault is appointed to serve as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

docket. 


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IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. PI2022–2 for the purpose of 

receiving public input with respect to 

the Commission’s new service 

performance dashboard and other 

questions of data accessibility and 

usability. 

2. Interested persons may submit 

written comments no later than March 

18, 2022 and reply comments are due 

April 7, 2022. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Manon 

A. Boudreault is appointed to serve as 

Public Representative in this 

proceeding. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03327 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The United States Postal 

ServiceTM (USPSTM) is proposing to 

modify a General Privacy Act System of 

Records to facilitate effective 

preparedness and response to potential 

emerging public health crises and other 

emergency events that may impact 

Postal Service employees and 

operations in the working environment. 

DATES: These revisions will become 

effective without further notice on 

March 18, 2022 unless comments 

received on or before that date result in 

a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted via email to the Privacy and 

Records Management Office, United 

States Postal Service Headquarters 

(privacy@usps.gov). Arrangements to 

view copies of any written comments 

received, to facilitate public inspection, 

will be made upon request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janine Castorina, Chief Privacy and 

Records Management Officer, Privacy 

and Records Management Office, 202– 

268–3069 or privacy@usps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is in accordance with the Privacy 

Act requirement that agencies publish 

their systems of records in the Federal 

Register when there is a revision, 

change, or addition, or when the agency 

establishes a new system of records. 

I. Background 

The Postal Service has determined 

that General Privacy Act Systems of 

Records (SOR), USPS 500.300, 

Emergency Management Records, 

should be revised to facilitate effective 

preparedness and response to potential 

emerging public health crises and other 

emergency events that may impact 

Postal Service employees and 

operations in the working environment. 

II. Rationale for Changes to USPS 

Privacy Act Systems of Records 

The emergence of SARS–CoV–2 

(COVID–19) in early 2020 identified the 

need for robust set of policies and 

practices to ensure operational 

continuity and employee safety amidst 

an emergency event, while also 

protecting individual privacy. To 

enhance the Postal Service’s capability 

to respond to emergency events, the 

Postal Service will revise this SOR to 

broaden the scope of emergency events 

contemplated therein. 

Further, this SOR will be revised to 

support the collection of information 

related to ongoing pathogenic public 

health crises, including an individual’s 

inoculation status related to an ongoing 

pathogenic public health crisis, as well 

as to collect information on positive or 

negative diagnostic test results related to 

an ongoing pathogenic public health 

crisis. 

These changes will provide greater 

flexibility to the Postal Service in its 

ability to prepare for and respond to a 

wide array of emergencies, and therefore 

provide greater support in its emergency 

management procedures. 

III. Description of the Modified System 

of Records 

The Postal Service will expand the 

types of Emergency events 

contemplated by this SOR, including: 

• Natural disasters or other acts of 

God, such as coastal flooding, 

hurricanes, wildfires, etc. 

• Manmade hazards, such as coastal 

oil spills and terrestrial chemical 

contamination. 

• Manmade incidents, such as 

significant automobile accidents and 

active shooter events. 

• Acts of international or domestic 

terrorism and impacts from terrorism, 

such as the September 11th, 2001 

attacks on New York City; Arlington, 

Virginia; and Pennsylvania and the 1995 

Oklahoma City Federal Building attack. 

• Cybersecurity incidents, such as 

ransomware attacks and computer 

vulnerability exploits. 

• Pathogenic public health crises, 

such as the Novel Coronavirus Disease19 (COVID–19) pandemic and the 2014 

Ebola outbreaks. 

These events listed are intended as 

illustration and are not exhaustive of the 

types of events covered by the revisions 

to this SOR. 

Additionally, this SOR has been 

revised as follows: 

• Revisions to purposes 1, 2, 4, and 

6. 

• Creation of purposes 7 through 13. 

• Revisions to Categories of 

Individuals 1 through 4. 

• Addition of Category of Individuals 

5. 

• Revisions to Categories of Records 

1, 2, and 4. 

• Additions of Categories of Records 

5 and 6. 

• Addition of Routine Uses b through 

e. 

• Revisions to Record Source 

Categories. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11), 

interested persons are invited to submit 

written data, views, or arguments on 

this proposal. A report of the proposed 

revisions has been sent to Congress and 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for their evaluations. The Postal Service 

does not expect this amended system of 

records to have any adverse effect on 

individual privacy rights. The notice for 

USPS 500.300, Emergency Management 

Records, provided below in its entirety, 

is as follows: 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

USPS 500.300, Emergency 

Management Records. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Headquarters and all field postal 

facilities. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Chief Postal Inspector, United States 

Postal Inspection Service, United States 

Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260. 

Vice President, Organization 

Development, United States Postal 

Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260. 

Vice President, Facilities, United 

States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, Washington, DC 20260. 

Chief Information Security Officer 

Vice President, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

39 U.S.C. 401 and 410. 


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