Chairman’s Information Request No. 3 was issued on May 26, 2016, to clarify issues raised by the Responses to CHIR No. 1 and the Responses to CHIR No. 2. The Postal Service filed its response on June 8, 2016. COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS Comments were filed by the Association for Postal Commerce and the Major Mailers Association (together, Joint Commenters) and the Public Representative. Reply comments were filed by John Haldi, Ph.D., the Postal Service, and the Public Representative. The comments are summarized below and are organized to align with the request for comments in the Commission’s notice establishing this docket. See Order No. 2791 at 2-3. Reply comments are summarized following the comments to which the reply relates. Additional comments on topics outside the scope of this request are also summarized below. See infra section IV.D. Potential Deficiencies in the Accuracy, Reliability, and Representativeness of Service Performance Measurement Data the Commission asked commenters to any potential deficiencies “[d]escribe with respect to the accuracy, reliability, and representativeness of the current service performance measurement data.” Order No. 2791 at 2. In addition, the Commission requested that data are limited in a specific area, discuss how the Postal Service “[i]f could improve that data.” Id. Comments from the Public Representative and Related Reply Comments The Public Representative states that accuracy, reliability, and representativeness characterize different aspects of evaluating data quality. PR Comments at 8.
Chairman’s Information Request No. 3 was issued on May 26, 2016, to clarify issues raised by the Responses to CHIR No. 1 and the Responses to CHIR No. 2. The Postal Service filed its response on June 8, 2016. COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS Comments were filed by the Association for Postal Commerce and the Major Mailers Association (together, Joint Commenters) and the Public Representative. Reply comments were filed by John Haldi, Ph.D., the Postal Service, and the Public Representative. The comments are summarized below and are organized to align with the request for comments in the Commission’s notice establishing this docket. See Order No. 2791 at 2-3. Reply comments are summarized following the comments to which the reply relates. Additional comments on topics outside the scope of this request are also summarized below. See infra section IV.D. Potential Deficiencies in the Accuracy, Reliability, and Representativeness of Service Performance Measurement Data the Commission asked commenters to “[d]escribe any potential deficiencies with respect to the accuracy, reliability, and representativeness of the current service performance measurement data.” Order No. 2791 at 2. In addition, the Commission requested that “[i]f data are limited in a specific area, discuss how the Postal Service could improve that data.” Id. Comments from the Public Representative and Related Reply Comments The Public Representative states that accuracy, reliability, and representativeness characterize different aspects of evaluating data quality. PR Comments at 8.
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