# 2025-10414: Postal Service Wants to Count Every Transaction, Not Estimate

2025-10414, Periodic Reporting, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Postal Regulatory Commission published 2025-06-09, effective The Postal Service proposes to replace sampling estimates with NMATS transactional (census) data no earlier than Quarter 4 FY 2025 and would retrospectively revise Quarter 1, 2, and 3 of FY 2025, but not FY 2024 or prior. (as of 2026-10-29).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10414
- As of: 2026-10-29
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10414
- Title: Periodic Reporting
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Postal Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 24258
- Published: 2025-06-09
- Effective: The Postal Service proposes to replace sampling estimates with NMATS transactional (census) data no earlier than Quarter 4 FY 2025 and would retrospectively revise Quarter 1, 2, and 3 of FY 2025, but not FY 2024 or prior.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-29

## In one line

Postal Service Wants to Count Every Transaction, Not Estimate

## Summary

The Postal Service wants to change how it reports mail data by using exact transaction counts instead of estimates. This affects anyone interested in postal mail stats, especially for non-contract mail with PC Postage. Comments on this change are open until July 1, 2025, and it could improve accuracy without extra costs.

## Abstract

The Commission is acknowledging a recent Postal Service filing requesting the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to analytical principles relating to periodic reports. This document informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-10414 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/09/2025-10414/periodic-reporting)
- [2025-10414 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-09/pdf/2025-10414.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10414 (as of 2026-10-29).