USPS New Mail Deals Up for Quick Regulatory Rubber Stamp
Published Date: 2/10/2025
Notice
Summary
The Postal Regulatory Commission is reviewing new deals the Postal Service wants to offer for competitive mail services. If you use or compete with these services, you can share your thoughts by February 12, 2025. These changes could affect pricing and options for certain mail products soon.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Public notice of new USPS negotiated deals
The Postal Regulatory Commission is reviewing recent Postal Service filings for Competitive negotiated service agreements and has opened public proceedings for certain filings. For the listed dockets (CP2024-105; MC2025-1168/K2025-1168; MC2025-1170/K2025-1170) the Commission accepted the filings on February 4, 2025, appointed Public Representatives, and set a public comment deadline of February 12, 2025. You can read the public portions on the Commission's website and submit comments through the PRC Filing Online system.
No public comment on some standardized products
The notice explains that standardized distinct products—negotiated service agreement variations that underwent advance Commission review—are handled in summary proceedings. For such summary proceedings, pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405(c)-(d), the Commission does not appoint a Public Representative and does not request public comment.
Access rules for public and sealed filings
The Commission states that public portions of the Postal Service's requests can be accessed on the PRC website, while non-public (sealed) portions can only be accessed by meeting the requirements of 39 CFR 3011.301. The notice also gives the Commission's general contact (David A. Trissell) and instructs commenters who cannot file online to call for filing alternatives.
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