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TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday,
February 18, 2010.
PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room
7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA
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In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
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meeting:
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Advisory Committee (#13883).
Date and Time: March 4, 2010, 12 p.m.–2
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Place: Teleconference. National Science
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and Space Administration (NASA) and the
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within the field of astronomy and
astrophysics that are of mutual interest and
concern to the agencies.
Agenda: To discuss the Committee’s draft
annual report due 15 March 2009.
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Committee Management Officer.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
National Council on Federal LaborManagement Relations Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The National Council on
Federal Labor-Management Relations
will hold its initial meeting on February
26, 2010, at the time and location shown
below. The Council is an advisory body
composed of representatives of Federal
employee organizations, Federal
management organizations and senior
government officials. The Council was
established by Executive Order 13522,
entitled, ‘‘Creating Labor-Management
Forums to Improve Delivery of
Government Services,’’ which was
signed by the President on November 9,
2009. Along with its other
responsibilities, the Council will assist
in the implementation of Labor
Management Forums throughout the
government and will make
recommendations to the President on
innovative ways to improve delivery of
services and products to the public
while cutting costs and advancing
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employee interests. The Council is cochaired by the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management and the Deputy
Director for Management of the Office of
Management and Budget.
Please note that we are providing a
slightly shortened notice period for this
meeting, as permitted under 41 CFR
102–3.150 in ‘‘exceptional
circumstances.’’ The record snowfall
and resulting closure of Federal
Government agencies in the National
Capital Area in the previous 41⁄2 days
forced a postponement of the originally
planned notice date. Deadlines imposed
by the executive order are pendingagencies are required to submit draft
implementation plans to OPM by March
9, and OPM believes that a timely first
meeting is necessary to hear comments
from the agencies and the public about
the process to create Labor-Management
Forums in each agency throughout the
Federal Government. A further
postponement of the meeting may
hinder agencies’ compliance with the
March 9 deadline. Therefore, we believe
that these conditions constitute
‘‘exceptional circumstances’’ within the
meaning of the regulation, and that the
shortened notice period is permitted.
At the February 26 meeting, the
Council will discuss the functions and
operating procedures of the Council and
training opportunities for managers and
employees’ representatives. The meeting
is open to the public. Please contact the
Office of Personnel Management at the
address shown below if you wish to
present material to the Council at the
meeting. The manner and time
prescribed for presentations may be
limited, depending upon the number of
parties that express interest in
presenting information.
February 26, 2010, at 10 a.m.
Location: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, Theodore Roosevelt
Building, 1900 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC.
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DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Wachter, Acting Deputy
Associate Director for Partnership and
Labor Relations, Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room
7H28–E, Washington, DC 20415. Phone
(202) 606–2930; FAX (202) 606–2613; or
e-mail at PLR@opm.gov.
For the National Council.
John Berry,
Director.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CP2010–23; Order No. 405]
New Postal Product
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a
recently-filed Postal Service request to
add a Global Expedited Package
Services 2 contract to the Competitive
Product List. This notice addresses
procedural steps associated with this
filing.
DATES: Comments are due: February 19,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot
submit their views electronically should
contact the person identified in ‘‘FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’
by telephone for advice on alternatives
to electronic filing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202–789–6820 or
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filing
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On February 9, 2010, the Postal
Service filed a notice announcing that it
has entered into an additional Global
Expedited Package Services 2 (GEPS 2)
contract.1 The Postal Service believes
the instant contract is functionally
equivalent to previously submitted
GEPS 2 contracts, and is supported by
Governors’ Decision No. 08–7, attached
to the Notice and originally filed in
Docket No. CP2008–4. Id. at 1,
Attachment 2. The Notice also explains
that Order No. 86, which established
GEPS 1 as a product, also authorized
functionally equivalent agreements to be
included within the product, provided
that they meet the requirements of 39
U.S.C. 3633. Id. at 1. In Order No. 290,
the Commission approved the GEPS 2
product.2
The instant contract. The Postal
Service filed the instant contract
1 Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of
Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited package
Services 2 Negotiated Service Agreement and
Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials
Filed Under Seal, February 9, 2010 (Notice).
2 Docket No. CP2009-50, Order Granting
Clarification and Adding Global Expedited Package
Services 2 to the Competitive Product List, August
28, 2009 (Order No. 290).
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pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition,
the Postal Service contends that the
contract is in accordance with Order No.
86. The Postal Service submitted the
contract and supporting material under
seal along with an application for nonpublic treatment as Attachment 1, and
attached a certified statement required
by 39 CFR 3015.5(c)(2) and a redacted
copy of the contract to the Notice as
Attachments 2 and 3, respectively. Id. at
1–2. The term of the contract is 1 year
from the date the Postal Service notifies
the customer that all necessary
regulatory approvals have been
received.
The Notice advances reasons why the
instant GEPS 2 contract fits within the
Mail Classification Schedule language
for GEPS 2. The Postal Service contends
that the instant contract is functionally
equivalent to the GEPS 2 contracts filed
previously, despite minor differences in
both the general language and for
customer-specific information, all of
which are highlighted in the Notice. Id.
at 3–8.
The Postal Service contends that
several factors demonstrate the
contract’s functional equivalence with
previous GEPS 2 contracts, including
the general terms of the contract, the
market to which it is being offered, and
its cost characteristics. Id. at 3. The
Postal Service concludes that because
the ‘‘GEPS agreements incorporate the
same cost attributes and methodology,
the relevant cost and market
characteristics are similar, if not the
same...’’ despite any incidental
differences. Id. at 8.
The Postal Service contends that its
filings demonstrate that this new GEPS
2 contract is established in compliance
with the requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633,
is functionally equivalent to previous
GEPS 2 contracts, and requests that this
contract be included within the GEPS 2
product. Id.
II. Notice of Filing
The Commission establishes Docket
No. CP2010–23 for consideration of
matters related to the contract identified
in the Postal Service’s Notice.
Interested persons may submit
comments on whether the Postal
Service’s contract is consistent with the
policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3622 or 3642.
Comments are due no later than
February 19, 2010. The public portions
of these filings can be accessed via the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.prc.gov).
The Commission appoints Paul
Harrington to serve as Public
Representative in the captioned filings.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations
will hold its initial meeting on February 26, 2010, at the time and
location shown below. The Council is an advisory body composed of
representatives of Federal employee organizations, Federal management
organizations and senior government officials. The Council was
established by Executive Order 13522, entitled, ``Creating Labor-
Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services,'' which
was signed by the President on November 9, 2009. Along with its other
responsibilities, the Council will assist in the implementation of
Labor Management Forums throughout the government and will make
recommendations to the President on innovative ways to improve delivery
of services and products to the public while cutting costs and
advancing
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employee interests. The Council is co-chaired by the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management and the Deputy Director for Management
of the Office of Management and Budget.
Please note that we are providing a slightly shortened notice
period for this meeting, as permitted under 41 CFR 102-3.150 in
``exceptional circumstances.'' The record snowfall and resulting
closure of Federal Government agencies in the National Capital Area in
the previous 4\1/2\ days forced a postponement of the originally
planned notice date. Deadlines imposed by the executive order are
pending-agencies are required to submit draft implementation plans to
OPM by March 9, and OPM believes that a timely first meeting is
necessary to hear comments from the agencies and the public about the
process to create Labor-Management Forums in each agency throughout the
Federal Government. A further postponement of the meeting may hinder
agencies' compliance with the March 9 deadline. Therefore, we believe
that these conditions constitute ``exceptional circumstances'' within
the meaning of the regulation, and that the shortened notice period is
permitted.
At the February 26 meeting, the Council will discuss the functions
and operating procedures of the Council and training opportunities for
managers and employees' representatives. The meeting is open to the
public. Please contact the Office of Personnel Management at the
address shown below if you wish to present material to the Council at
the meeting. The manner and time prescribed for presentations may be
limited, depending upon the number of parties that express interest in
presenting information.
DATES: February 26, 2010, at 10 a.m.
Location: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Theodore Roosevelt
Building, 1900 E Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Wachter, Acting Deputy
Associate Director for Partnership and Labor Relations, Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 7H28-E, Washington, DC
20415. Phone (202) 606-2930; FAX (202) 606-2613; or e-mail at
PLR@opm.gov.
For the National Council.
John Berry,
Director.
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