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75 FR 38742, July 6, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
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39 U.S.C. 503; 3652; 3653; 3692(b) and (c); 3705.
75 FR 38742, July 6, 2010, unless otherwise noted.
For each Market Dominant product specified in the Mail Classification Schedule in part 3040, appendix A to subpart A of part 3040 of this chapter (and for each competitive nonpostal service product specified in the Mail Classification Schedule in part 3040, appendix B to subpart A of part 3040 of this chapter), the Postal Service shall file a report as part of the section 3652 report addressing service performance achievements for the preceding fiscal year.
[88 FR 10038, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) The items in paragraphs (b) through (n) of this section shall be included in the annual report of service performance achievements.
(b) The class or group-specific reporting requirements specified in §§ 3055.20 through 3055.25.
(c) The applicable service standard(s) for each product. If there has been a change to a service standard(s) since the previous report, a description of and reason for the change shall be provided. If there have been no changes to service standard(s) since the previous report, a certification stating this fact shall be provided.
(d) The applicable service goal(s) for each product.
(e) A description of the measurement system for each product, including:
(1) A description of what is being measured;
(2) A description of the system used to obtain each measurement;
(3) A description of the methodology used to develop reported data from measured data;
(4) A description of any changes to the measurement system or data reporting methodology implemented within the reported fiscal year; and
(5) Where proxies are used, a description of and justification for the use of each proxy.
(f) A description of the statistical validity and reliability of the results for each measured product.
(g) A description of how the sampled data represents the national geographic mail characteristics or behavior of the product.
(h) For each product that does not meet a service standard, an explanation of why the service standard is not met, and a plan describing the steps that have or will be taken to ensure that the product meets or exceeds the service standard in the future.
(i) The identification of each product, or component of a product, granted an exception from reporting pursuant to § 3055.3, and a certification that the rationale for originally granting the exception remains valid.
(j) Documentation showing how data reported at a given level of aggregation were derived from data reported at greater levels of disaggregation. Such documentation shall be in electronic format with all data links preserved. It shall show all formulas used, including volumes and other weighting factors. Any graphical representation of data provided shall also be accompanied by the underlying data presented in spreadsheet form.
(k) For each product, documentation showing how the reports required by subpart A of this part were derived from the reports required by subpart B of this part. Such documentation shall be in electronic format with all data links preserved. It shall show all formulas used, including volumes and other weighting factors.
(l) For each Market Dominant product, the average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, during the previous fiscal year, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels. “Actual delivery days” shall include all days in which Market Dominant products are eligible for delivery, excluding Sundays and holidays. The report shall include the following information on dispersion around the average:
(1) The percent of mailpieces delivered within +1 day of the applicable service standard;
(2) The percent of mailpieces delivered within +2 days of the applicable service standard; and
(3) The percent of mailpieces delivered within +3 days of the applicable service standard.
(m) A description of each Site-Specific Operating Plan, including operation completion time performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Site-Specific Operating Plan measurement category during the previous fiscal year. Such information shall be at the National level and disaggregated by Division and Region.
(n) A description of the total mail volumes measured and excluded from measurement. Such description shall include:
(1) For each class of Market Dominant products (except Special Services), a report of the reasons that mailpieces were excluded from measurement during the previous fiscal year. The report shall include:
(i) The exclusion reason;
(ii) The exclusion description;
(iii) The number of mailpieces excluded from measurement, which is the sum of all mailpieces excluded from measurement for the individual exclusion reason; and
(iv) The exclusion reason as a percent of total mailpieces excluded from measurement, which is the number of mailpieces excluded from measurement (i.e., provided in paragraph (n)(1)(iii) of this section) divided by the sum of all mailpieces excluded from measurement across all exclusion reason categories (i.e., the sum of all values provided in paragraph (n)(1)(iii) of this section).
(2) The report described in paragraph (n)(1) of this section shall follow the format as shown below:
| Exclusion reason | Exclusion description | Number of mailpieces excluded from measurement | Exclusion reason as a percent of total exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
(3) For each class of Market Dominant products and for each Market Dominant product (except Special Services), a description of the mail volumes measured and un-measured during the previous fiscal year. The description shall explain in detail any notations regarding the Postal Service's inability to collect any data. Corresponding data shall also be provided for the same period last year (SPLY).
(4) The report described in paragraph (n)(3) of this section shall follow the format as shown below:
| Class/product | ∧∧ | ∧∧ | ∧∧ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior FY | SPLY | Prior FY | SPLY | Prior FY | SPLY | |
| Total Number of Pieces (RPW-ODIS) | ||||||
| Total Number of Pieces in Measurement | ||||||
| Total Number of Pieces Eligible for Full-Service IMb | ||||||
| Total Number of Full-Service IMb Pieces Included in Measurement | ||||||
| Total Number of Full-Service IMb Pieces Excluded from Measurement | ||||||
| Total Number of Pieces Not in Measurement | ||||||
| % of Pieces in Measurement Compared to Total Pieces | ||||||
| % of Pieces Not in Measurement Compared to Total Pieces | ||||||
| % of Full-Service IMb Pieces in Measurement Compared to Total IMb Full-Service Pieces | ||||||
| % of Full-Service IMb Pieces Not in Measurement Compared to Total IMb Full-Service Pieces | ||||||
(5) Descriptions of the current methodologies used to verify the accuracy, reliability, and representativeness of service performance data for each service performance measurement system.
[75 FR 38742, July 6, 2010, as amended at 85 FR 81141, Dec. 15, 2020; 88 FR 10038, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) The Postal Service may petition the Commission to request that a product, or component of a product, be excluded from reporting, provided the Postal Service demonstrates that:
(1) The cost of implementing a measurement system would be prohibitive in relation to the revenue generated by the product, or component of a product;
(2) The product, or component of a product, defies meaningful measurement; or
(3) The product, or component of a product, is in the form of a negotiated service agreement with substantially all components of the agreement included in the measurement of other products.
(b) The Postal Service shall identify each product or component of a product granted an exception in each report required under subparts A or B of this part, and certify that the rationale for originally granting the exception remains valid.
Service performance measurements obtained from internal measurement systems or hybrid measurement systems (which are defined as systems that rely on both an internal and an external measurement component) shall not be used to comply with any reporting requirement under subparts A or B of this part without prior Commission approval.
The Postal Service shall file notice with the Commission describing all changes to measurement systems, service standards, service goals or reporting methodologies, including the use of proxies for reporting service performance, 30 days prior to planned implementation. The Commission may initiate a proceeding at any time to consider such changes if it appears that the changes might have a material impact on the accuracy, reliability, or utility of the reported measurement, or if the changes might have a material impact on the characteristics of the underlying product.
Whenever the Postal Service proposes the addition of a new market dominant product or a change to an existing market dominant product, it also shall propose new or revised (as necessary) service performance measurement systems, service standards, service goals, data reporting elements, and data reporting methodologies.
(a) For each of the Single-Piece Letters/Postcards, Presorted Letters/Postcards, and Flats products within the First-Class Mail class, report the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by mail subject to the overnight, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day service standards, as well as in the aggregate for the 3-to-5-day service standards.
(b) For each of the Outbound Single-Piece First-Class Mail International and Inbound Letter Post products within the First-Class Mail class, report the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by mail subject to the 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day service standards, as well as in the aggregate for the 3-to-5-day service standards and in the aggregate for all service standards combined.
(c) For each product that does not meet its service goal during the reporting period, report the point impact data for the top ten root causes of on-time service performance failures, at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels, during the previous fiscal year. “Point impact data” means the number of percentage points by which on-time performance decreased due to a specific root cause of failure. Identification and a description of all potential root causes of failure assigned during the previous fiscal year and any changes to the Postal Service's methodology for calculating point impact data shall be included.
[88 FR 10039, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) For each product within the USPS Marketing Mail class, report the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place).
(b) For each product within the USPS Marketing Mail class that does not meet its service goal during the reporting period, report the point impact data for the top ten root causes of on-time service performance failures, at the National level, during the previous fiscal year. “Point impact data” means the number of percentage points by which on-time performance decreased due to a specific root cause of failure. Identification and a description of all potential root causes of failure assigned during the previous fiscal year and any changes to the Postal Service's methodology for calculating point impact data shall be included. This requirement shall not apply to USPS Marketing Mail Every Door Direct Mail or USPS Marketing Mail Destination Delivery Unit Entry Saturation Flats.
[88 FR 10039, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) For each product within the Periodicals class, report the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place).
(b) For each product within the Periodicals class that does not meet its service goal during the reporting period, report the point impact data for the top ten root causes of on-time service performance failures, at the National level, during the previous fiscal year. “Point impact data” means the number of percentage points by which on-time performance decreased due to a specific root cause of failure. Identification and a description of all potential root causes of failure assigned during the previous fiscal year and any changes to the Postal Service's methodology for calculating point impact data shall be included.
[88 FR 10040, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) For each product within the Package Services class, report the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place).
(b) For each product within the Package Services class that does not meet its service goal during the reporting period, report the point impact data for the top ten root causes of on-time service performance failures, at the National level, during the previous fiscal year. “Point impact data” means the number of percentage points by which on-time performance decreased due to a specific root cause of failure. Identification and a description of all potential root causes of failure assigned during the previous fiscal year and any changes to the Postal Service's methodology for calculating point impact data shall be included.
[88 FR 10040, Feb. 16, 2023]
For each product within the Special Services group, report the percentage of time (rounded to one decimal place) that each product meets or exceeds its service standard.
(a) For each product that is a nonpostal service authorized pursuant to 39 U.S.C. chapter 37, the Postal Service shall report the measure of the quality of service.
(b) If practicable, quantitative measurement (such as on-time service performance) along with identification of the underling metric(s) shall be provided. If quantitative measurement is not practicable, the Postal Service shall so state, explain why it is not practicable, and provide qualitative analysis.
(c) For the Postal Service's program to provide property and nonpostal service to other Government agencies under 39 U.S.C. 3704, the Postal Service shall report the quality of service for the program as a whole.
(d) The effective date of this section is October 1, 2023.
[88 FR 10040, Feb. 16, 2023]
For each Market Dominant product specified in the Mail Classification Schedule in part 3040, appendix A to subpart A of part 3040 of this chapter, the Postal Service shall file a Quarterly Report with the Commission addressing service performance achievements for the preceding fiscal quarter (within 40 days of the close of each fiscal quarter, except where otherwise specified by the Commission), except where otherwise specified by the Commission.
[88 FR 10040, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) The items in paragraphs (b) through (h) of this section shall be included in the quarterly report of service performance achievements.
(b) The class or group-specific reporting items specified in §§ 3055.45 through 3055.70.
(c) The identification of each product, or component of a product, granted an exception from reporting pursuant to § 3055.3, and a certification that the rationale for originally granting the exception remains valid.
(d) Documentation showing how data reported at a given level of aggregation were derived from data reported at greater levels of disaggregation. Such documentation shall be in electronic format with all data links preserved. It shall show all formulas used, including volumes and other weighting factors. Any graphical representation of data provided shall also be accompanied by the underlying data presented in spreadsheet form.
(e) A year-to-date aggregation of each data item provided in each Quarterly Report due for the reported fiscal year, where applicable, including volumes and other weighting factors provided in electronic format, with formulas shown and data links preserved to allow traceability to individual Quarterly Reports.
(f) For each Market Dominant product, the average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, during the previous fiscal quarter, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels. “Actual delivery days” shall include all days in which Market Dominant products are eligible for delivery, excluding Sundays and holidays. The report shall include the following information on dispersion around the average:
(1) The percent of mailpieces delivered within +1 day of the applicable service standard;
(2) The percent of mailpieces delivered within +2 days of the applicable service standard; and
(3) The percent of mailpieces delivered within +3 days of the applicable service standard.
(g) A description of each Site-Specific Operating Plan, including operation completion time performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Site-Specific Operating Plan measurement category during the previous fiscal quarter. Such information shall be at the National level and disaggregated by Division and Region.
(h) A description of the total mail volumes measured and excluded from measurement. Such description shall include:
(1) For each class of Market Dominant products (except Special Services), a report of the reasons that mailpieces were excluded during the previous fiscal quarter. The report shall include:
(i) The exclusion reason;
(ii) The exclusion reason description;
(iii) The number of mailpieces excluded from measurement, which is the sum of all mailpieces excluded from measurement for the individual exclusion reason; and
(iv) The exclusion reason as a percent of total mailpieces excluded from measurement, which is the number of mailpieces excluded from measurement (i.e., provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iii) of this section) divided by the sum of all mailpieces excluded from measurement across all exclusion reason categories (i.e., the sum of all values provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iii) of this section).
(v) The report shall include information for each quarter in the applicable fiscal year.
(2) The report described in paragraph (h)(1) of this section shall follow the format as shown below:
| Exclusion reason | Exclusion description | Number of mailpieces excluded from measurement | Exclusion reason as a percent of total exclusions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
(3) For each class of Market Dominant products and for each Market Dominant product (except Special Services), a description of the mail volumes measured and unmeasured during the previous fiscal quarter. The description shall explain in detail any notations regarding the Postal Service's inability to collect any data. Corresponding data shall also be provided for the same period last year (SPLY). Each report is due within 60 days of the close of each fiscal quarter.
(4) The report described in paragraph (h)(3) of this section shall follow the format as shown below:
| Class/product | ∧∧ | ∧∧ | ∧∧ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior FQ | SPLY | Prior FQ | SPLY | Prior FQ | SPLY | |
| Total Number of Pieces (RPW-ODIS) | ||||||
| Total Number of Pieces in Measurements | ||||||
| Total Number of Pieces Eligible for Full-Service IMb | ||||||
| Total Number of Full-Service IMb Pieces Included in Measurement | ||||||
| Total Number of Full-Service IMb Pieces Excluded from Measurement | ||||||
| Total Number of Pieces Not in Measurement | ||||||
| % of Pieces in Measurement Compared to Total Pieces | ||||||
| % of Pieces Not in Measurement Compared to Total Pieces | ||||||
| % of Full-Service IMb Pieces in Measurement Compared to Total IMb Full-Service Pieces | ||||||
| % of Full-Service IMb Pieces Not in Measurement Compared to Total IMb Full-Service Pieces | ||||||
(i) A report of quarterly third-party audit results of its internal service performance measurement system for Market Dominant products. This report shall include a description of the audit measures used and the audit results specific to inbound and outbound single-piece First-Class Mail International and the Green Card option of the Return Receipt service. For any measure deemed by the auditor to be not achieved or only partially achieved, the Postal Service shall include in its report an explanation of its plan to achieve said measure in the future. Each report is due within 60 days of the close of each fiscal quarter.
[75 FR 38742, July 6, 2010, as amended at 88 FR 10040, Feb. 16, 2023]
For measurements that include a delivery factor, the duration of the delivery factor also shall be presented independent of the total measurement.
(a) Single-Piece Letters/Postcards, Presorted Letters/Postcards, and Flats. For each of the Single-Piece Letters/Postcards, Presorted Letters/Postcards, and Flats products within the First-Class Mail class, report the:
(1) On-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by mail subject to the overnight, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day service standards, as well as in the aggregate for the 3-to-5-day service standards, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels; and
(2) Service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for mail delivered within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of its applicable service standard, disaggregated by mail subject to the overnight, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day service standards, as well as in the aggregate for the 3-to-5-day service standards, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels.
(b) Outbound Single-Piece First-Class Mail International and Inbound Letter Post. For each of the Outbound Single-Piece First-Class Mail International and Inbound Letter Post products within the First-Class Mail class, report the:
(1) On-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by mail subject to the 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day service standards, as well as in the aggregate for the 3-to-5-day service standards and in the aggregate for all service standards combined, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels; and
(2) Service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for mail delivered within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of its applicable service standard, disaggregated by mail subject to the overnight, 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and 5-day service standards, as well as in the aggregate for the 3-to-5-day service standards and in the aggregate for all service standards combined, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels.
[88 FR 10041, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) For each product within the USPS Marketing Mail class, report the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by the Destination Entry (2-day), Destination Entry (3-day through 4-day), Destination Entry (5-day through 10-day), End-to-End (3-day through 5-day), End-to-End (6-day through 10-day), and End-to-End (11-day through 22-day) entry mail/service standards, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels.
(b) For each product within the USPS Marketing Mail class, report the service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for mail delivered within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of its applicable service standard, disaggregated by the Destination Entry (2-day), Destination Entry (3-day through 4-day), Destination Entry (5-day through 10-day), End-to-End (3-day through 5-day), End-to-End (6-day through 10-day), and End-to-End (11-day through 22-day) entry mail/service standards, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels.
[88 FR 10042, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) In-County Periodicals. For the In-County Periodicals product within the Periodicals class, report the:
(1) On-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels; and
(2) Service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for mail delivered within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of its applicable service standard, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels.
(b) Outside County Periodicals. For the Outside County Periodicals product within the Periodicals class, report the:
(1) On-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by the Destination Entry and End-to-End entry mail, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels; and
(2) Service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for mail delivered within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of its applicable service standard, disaggregated by the Destination Entry and End-to-End entry mail, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels.
[75 FR 38742, July 6, 2010, as amended at 88 FR 10042, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) For each product within the Package Services class, report the-on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by the Destination Entry and End-to-End entry mail, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels.
(b) For each product within the Package Services class, report the service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for mail delivered within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of its applicable service standard, disaggregated by the Destination Entry and End-to-End entry mail, provided at the District, Postal Administrative Area, and National levels.
[88 FR 10042, Feb. 16, 2023]
(a) For each product within the Special Services group, report the percentage of time (rounded to one decimal place) that each product meets or exceeds its service standard, provided at the National level.
(b) Additional reporting for Ancillary Services. For the Certified Mail, electronic Return Receipt, Delivery Confirmation, Insurance, and an aggregation of all other services within the Ancillary Services product, individually report the percentage of time (rounded to one decimal place) that each service meets or exceeds its service standard. For green card Return Receipt report:
(1) The percentage of green cards properly completed and returned;
(2) The percentage of green cards not properly completed, but returned;
(3) The percentage of mailpieces returned without a green card signature; and
(4) The percentage of the time the service meets or exceeds its overall service standard.
(c) Additional reporting for Post Office Box Service. For Post Office Box Service, report the percentage of time (rounded to one decimal place) that the product meets or exceeds its service standard, provided at the District and Postal Administrative Area levels.
(d) Additional reporting for Stamp Fulfillment Service. For Stamp Fulfillment Service, report:
(1) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place), disaggregated by customer order entry method; and
(2) The service variance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for orders fulfilled within +1 day, +2 days, and +3 days of their applicable service standard, disaggregated by customer order entry method.
[75 FR 38742, July 6, 2010, as amended at 76 FR 70656, Nov. 15, 2011; 88 FR 10042, Feb. 16, 2023]
For each market dominant product specified in the Mail Classification Schedule in part 3040, appendix A to subpart A of part 3040 of this chapter, the Postal Service shall file a report as part of the section 3652 report, unless a more frequent filing is specifically indicated, addressing customer satisfaction achievements for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include, at a minimum, the specific reporting requirements presented in §§ 3055.91 through 3055.92.
[85 FR 9659, Feb. 19, 2020]
(a) The following information pertaining to post offices shall be reported, disaggregated by type of post office facility, and provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels:
(1) The number of post offices at the beginning of the reported fiscal year;
(2) The number of post offices at the end of the reported fiscal year;
(3) The number of post office closings in the reported fiscal year;
(4) The number of post office emergency suspensions in effect at the beginning of the reported fiscal year;
(5) The number of post office emergency suspensions in the reported fiscal year; and
(6) The number of post office emergency suspensions in effect at the end of the reported fiscal year.
(b) The following information pertaining to delivery points shall be reported, disaggregated by delivery point type, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels:
(1) The number of residential delivery points at the beginning of the reported fiscal year;
(2) The number of residential delivery points at the end of the reported fiscal year;
(3) The number of business delivery points at the beginning of the reported fiscal year; and
(4) The number of business delivery points at the end of the reported fiscal year.
(c) The following information pertaining to collection boxes shall be reported, provided at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels:
(1) The number of collection boxes at the beginning of the reported fiscal year;
(2) The number of collection boxes at the end of the reported fiscal year;
(3) The number of collection boxes removed during the reported fiscal year; and
(4) The number of collection boxes added to new locations during the reported fiscal year.
(d) The average customer wait time in line for retail service shall be reported. Data shall be provided for the beginning of the reported fiscal year and for the close of each successive fiscal quarter at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels.
(a) The report shall include a copy of each type of Customer Experience Measurement instrument, or any similar instrument that may supersede the Customer Experience Measurement instrument used in the preceding fiscal year.
(b) The report shall include information obtained from each type of Customer Experience Measurement instrument, or any similar instrument that may supersede the Customer Experience Measurement instrument including:
(1) A description of the customer type targeted by the survey;
(2) The number of surveys initiated and the number of surveys received; and
(3) Where the question asked is subject to a multiple choice response, the number of responses received for each question, disaggregated by each of the possible responses.
88 FR 10042, Feb. 16, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Actual delivery days refers to all days in which Market Dominant products are eligible for delivery, excluding Sundays and holidays.
(b) Election mail refers to items such as ballots, voter registration cards, and absentee applications that an authorized election official creates for voters.
(c) Nonprofit mail refers to USPS Marketing Mail mailpieces that qualify for reduced rates pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3626(a)(6) and the regulations promulgated thereunder and Periodicals mailpieces that qualify for reduced rates pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3626(a)(4) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d) Political mail refers to any mailpiece sent for political campaign purposes by a registered candidate, a campaign committee, or a committee of a political party to promote candidates, referendums, or campaigns.
The Postal Service shall develop and maintain a publicly available website with an interactive web-tool that provides performance information for Market Dominant products. This website shall be updated on a weekly basis, no later than one month from the date of data collection. The website shall include, at a minimum, the reporting requirements specified in § 3055.102 and adhere to the formatting requirements specified in § 3055.103.
(a) The items in paragraphs (b) through (p) of this section shall be included in the Public Performance Dashboard.
(b) Within each class of Market Dominant products, for each Market Dominant product and each service standard applicable to each Market Dominant product:
(1) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for the Nation;
(2) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(3) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each District.
(c) Within each class of Market Dominant products, for each Market Dominant product and each applicable service standard:
(1) The average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for the Nation;
(2) The average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(3) The average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for each District.
(d) Within each class of Market Dominant products, for each Market Dominant product and each applicable service standard:
(1) the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for any given time period that can be selected by a Dashboard user within the previous two fiscal years (but no earlier than FY 2021 for National data and FY 2022 for Area- and District data); and
(2) the average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for any given time period that can selected by the Dashboard user within the previous two fiscal years (but no earlier than FY 2021 for National data and FY 2022 for Area- and District data).
(e) Within each class of Market Dominant products, for each Market Dominant product and each applicable service standard:
(1) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for any given pair of origin/destination Districts that can be selected by a Dashboard user; and
(2) The average time in which the product was delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for any given pair of origin/destination Districts to be selected by the Dashboard user.
(f) For identifiable Political mail:
(1) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for the Nation;
(2) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(3) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each District.
(g) For identifiable Election mail:
(1) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for the Nation;
(2) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(3) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each District.
(h) For the First-Class Mail that the Postal Service identifies as Single-Piece Reply Mail:
(1) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for the Nation;
(2) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Postal Administrative Area;
(3) The on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each District;
(4) The average time in which the mailpieces were delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for the Nation;
(5) The average time in which the mailpieces were delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(6) The average time in which the mailpieces were delivered, measured by actual delivery days, for each District.
(i) For identifiable Nonprofit mail (within Periodicals and USPS Marketing Mail classes of mail):
(1) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for the Nation;
(2) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(3) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each District.
(j) For identifiable Nonprofit mail (within the Periodicals and USPS Marketing Mail classes of mail) that does not also qualify as Political Mail or Election Mail:
(1) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for the Nation;
(2) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each Postal Administrative Area; and
(3) The processing scores for service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) for each District
(k) The point impact data for the top ten root causes of on-time service performance failures, at the Postal Administrative Area and National levels. “Point impact data” means the number of percentage points by which on-time performance decreased due to a specific root cause of failure. Identification and a description of all potential root causes of failure assigned during the previous fiscal year and any changes to the Postal Service's methodology for calculating point impact data shall be included.
(l) For each Market Dominant product and applicable service standard, the on-time service performance target currently in effect, as well as the on-time service performance target for the previous fiscal year.
(m) A summary of the methodology used to group 5-Digit ZIP Codes into the Postal Administrative Areas and Districts with links to more detailed explanations if applicable.
(n) An application that would allow a Dashboard user to initiate a query in order to access, for each Market Dominant product and applicable service standard, the on-time service performance (as a percentage rounded to one decimal place) and average time in which a mailpiece is delivered for a District by inputting the user's street address, 5-Digit ZIP Code, or post office box.
(o) Supporting documentation underlying the results presented in the Dashboard, including:
(1) Data sources for each service performance parameter presented in the Dashboard, as well as links to each such source;
(2) Explanations of how the information in the data sources are transformed and summarized for presentation on the Dashboard; and
(3) Exceptions and detailed explanations for each exception, such as missing service performance data for a specific product or geographic division.
(p) The items in paragraphs (b) through (o) shall be included within the following periods of time.
(1) Within 60 days after the effective date of this section, the Dashboard shall include the required data for each Market Dominant product;
(2) Within 150 days after the effective date of this section, the Dashboard shall include the required data for each Market Dominant class;
(3) Within 210 days after the effective date of this section, the Dashboard shall include the required data for each service standard, for identifiable Nonprofit Mail, and for the First-Class Mail that the Postal Service identifies as Single-Piece Reply Mail; and
(4) Within 300 days after the effective date of this section, the Dashboard shall include all other data required by this section.
(a) The results of a user-initiated query and the data underlying the query results should be exportable via a machine-readable format. Such data should be made accessible to any person or entity utilizing tools and methods designed to facilitate access to and extraction of data in bulk, such as an Application Programming Interface (API).
(b) When there is a negative deviation from service performance standards, the Dashboard should clearly indicate such deviation from expected performance and present the service performance from the prior week and the same period last year.