APMU News 10/9/07: APMU Files Fourth Comments on Postal Rulemaking APMU filed Comments on Regulations Establishing a System of Ratemaking (PRC Docket No. RM2007-1) in response to PRC Order No. 26. This is the fourth filing of comments by APMU in this most important docket. We are attempting to fend off efforts to impose too high an overhead burden on competitive products, including Priority Mail. 7/3/07: APMU Files Reply Comments on Postal Rulemaking APMU filed reply comments in Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Docket No. RM2007-1 in response to PRC Order No. 15. The APMU comments respond to the UPS comments filed on June 18, 2007, in which UPS suggested that the PRC require that competitive products recover an additional amount above attributable and above institutional costs to account for the Postal Service's "advantages." APMU is opposed to any surcharge on competitive products. 6/18/07: APMU Files Second Comments on Postal Rulemaking APMU filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission in Docket No. RM2007-1 opposing either the attribution or assignment of assumed federal income taxes to specific competitive products and urging that they be treated as institutional costs of the Postal Service.  The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act ("PAEA"), P.L. 109-435 requires that assumed federal taxes on "competitive products" be calculated and paid annually into a fund to benefit "market dominant products." 4/6/07: APMU Files Comments on Postal Rulemaking APMU filed comments with the Postal Regulatory Commission addressing some of the problems associated with implementing the new Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act ("PAEA"), P.L. 109-435, which changes the manner in which rates are set for Priority Mail and other types of mail now classified by Congress as "competitive  products."  5/15/06: APMU Press Coverage APMU Legal Counsel Bill Olson was quoted in this Govexec.com article "Legislative Provision Would Benefit Postal Service Competitors." 12/14/05: Appointment of APMU President Joyce F. Bagby to the MTAC Leadership Committee NOTICE All APMU Memos appear in the member's section. Only public memos are on the home page.   Postal Regulatory Commission US Postal Service Federal Register The GAO