Notice2025-03086
Competitive Postal Products; Notice of Technical Conference
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Published
February 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Postal Regulatory Commission
Abstract
This document acknowledges that the Commission will be conducting an off-the-record technical conference to discuss how its streamlined mechanisms for reviewing requests to add negotiated service agreements to the Competitive product list function and to address other questions regarding the Commission's new rules for Competitive negotiated service agreements.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 38 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10835-10836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03086]
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. RM2023-5; Order No. 8703]
RIN 3211-AA34
Competitive Postal Products; Notice of Technical Conference
AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document acknowledges that the Commission will be
conducting an off-the-record technical conference to discuss how its
streamlined mechanisms for reviewing requests to add negotiated service
agreements to the Competitive product list function and to address
other questions regarding the Commission's new rules for Competitive
negotiated service agreements.
DATES: Technical Conference: May 7, 2025, at 10 a.m., Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT), Virtual.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202-789-6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Technical Conference
II. Participation in the Technical Conference
III. Technical Conference Procedures
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Technical Conference
On August 9, 2024, the Commission issued an order adopting
regulations regarding Competitive negotiated service agreements
(NSAs).\1\ These regulations were effective on September 19, 2024.\2\
Among other things, these regulations were ``designed to create a new,
efficient mechanism for reviewing requests to add NSAs to the
Competitive product list'' and include two other options for
streamlined review.\3\ The Commission wishes to encourage the broadest
possible adoption of the streamlined mechanisms outlined in its
regulations. Thus, in accordance with 39 CFR 3010.202(c), the
Commission will host an off-the-record technical conference to discuss
how such
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mechanisms function and to address other questions regarding the
Commission's new rules for Competitive NSAs. The Commission will not
provide legal advice or official interpretations of its rules at this
conference. The technical conference will be held on May 7, 2025, at 10
a.m. EDT via Microsoft Teams.
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\1\ Final Order Amending Rules Regarding Competitive Negotiated
Service Agreements, August 9, 2024 (Order No. 7353).
\2\ See 89 FR 67292, August 20, 2024.
\3\ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend Rules Regarding
Competitive Negotiated Service Agreements, January 30, 2024, at 28
(Order No. 6953); see Order No. 6953 at 40.
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II. Participation in the Technical Conference
The technical conference is open to all interested persons. The
Postal Service and the Public Representative, Christopher C. Mohr, must
attend the technical conference.
To participate in this technical conference, it is not necessary to
intervene formally in this docket. However, registration in advance is
required, as follows. Each individual seeking to participate in the
technical conference via Microsoft Teams using an individual device
(e.g., a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone) must
register by sending an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d4f585a544e494f5c495452537d4d4f5e135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddafb8bab4aea9afbca9b4b2b39dadafbef3bab2ab">[email protected]</span></a>, with the subject
line ``RM2023-5 Conference Registration'' by April 30, 2025. In order
to facilitate orderly public participation, this email must provide the
following information:
<bullet> your first and last name;
<bullet> your email address (to receive the Microsoft Teams link);
<bullet> your affiliation (if you are participating in your
capacity as an employee, officer, member, or representative of an
entity such as a corporation, association, or government agency) and
job title;
<bullet> a list of any questions or topics regarding the
Commission's new rules for Competitive NSAs that you request to be
addressed at the technical conference; \4\ and
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\4\ Questions and topics are not limited to the streamlined
filing mechanisms and may cover any issue related to the
Commission's new rules for Competitive NSAs.
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<bullet> For individuals affiliated with the Postal Service,
expected role at the technical conference (e.g., technical support,
research).
Each individual representing the Postal Service, as well as the
Public Representative, is required to submit an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f88a9d9f918b8c8a998c919796b8888a9bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0d2c5c7c9d3d4d2c1d4c9cfcee0d0d2c38ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a> as discussed above.
The <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c0e191b150f080e1d081513123c0c0e1f521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e49681838d97909685908d8b8aa4949687ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a> email address is established solely for
the exchange of information relating to the logistics of registering
for, and participating in, the technical conference.\5\ No information
provided by participants apart from the list identified above will be
reviewed or considered. Only documents filed with the Commission's
docket system will be considered by the Commission.
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\5\ Please refer to the Commission's privacy policy, which is
available at <a href="https://www.prc.gov/privacy">https://www.prc.gov/privacy</a>.
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Before the technical conference, the Commission will email each
identified individual a Microsoft Teams link, an explanation of how to
connect to the technical conference, and information regarding the
agenda, schedule, and procedures to be followed (in addition to those
identified in this Order).
III. Technical Conference Procedures
Because the technical conference concerns the Commission's
regulations for Competitive NSAs, and not any specific Competitive NSA,
the Commission does not expect that participants will have a need to
discuss any non-public information during the technical conference.
However, if any participant wishes to discuss non-public information
during the technical conference, such participant must file a motion in
accordance with 39 CFR 3010.160 no later than April 30, 2025,
requesting that appropriate protective measures be adopted for the
technical conference. Unless such a motion is granted, non-public
information should not be raised at the technical conference.
The technical conference may be recorded, and such recording may be
posted publicly.\6\ Participants in the technical conference, by
participating, consent to the recording of the technical conference and
public posting of such recording, as well as any livestream of the
technical conference.
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\6\ Such posting may occur on the Commission's YouTube Channel,
which is available at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbHvK-S8CJFT5yNQe4MkTiQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbHvK-S8CJFT5yNQe4MkTiQ</a>.
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Because technical conferences are ``off the record,'' information
obtained during the technical conference or as a result of the
technical conference is not part of the decisional record. See 39 CFR
3010.202(c). Similarly, because of the off-the-record character of the
technical conference, any statements made by Commission staff during
the technical conference are not statements of record of the Commission
and do not necessarily represent the views of, and are not binding on,
the Commission.
IV. Ordering Paragraphs
It is ordered:
1. A technical conference will be held on May 7, 2025, at 10:00
a.m. EDT as set forth in the body of this Order.
2. The Postal Service must participate in the technical conference.
3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Christopher C. Mohr shall continue to
serve as an officer of the Commission (Public Representative) to
represent the interests of the general public in this proceeding. The
Public Representative must participate in the technical conference.
4. By April 30, 2025, the Public Representative, individuals
representing the Postal Service, and any other interested persons must
register for the technical conference as described in this Order.
5. The Secretary shall arrange for publication of this Order in the
Federal Register.
By the Commission.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03086 Filed 2-26-25; 8:45 am]
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