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PUBLIC LAW 109–435—DEC. 20, 2006

‘‘(i) the level of service (described in terms of speed of delivery and reliability) provided; and ‘‘(ii) the degree of customer satisfaction with the service provided. The Inspector General shall regularly audit the data collection systems and procedures utilized in collecting information and preparing such report (including any annex thereto and the information required under subsection (b)). The results of any such audit shall be submitted to the Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission. ‘‘(b) INFORMATION RELATING TO WORKSHARE DISCOUNTS.—The Postal Service shall include, in each report under subsection (a), the following information with respect to each market-dominant product for which a workshare discount was in effect during the period covered by such report: ‘‘(1) The per-item cost avoided by the Postal Service by virtue of such discount. ‘‘(2) The percentage of such per-item cost avoided that the per-item workshare discount represents. ‘‘(3) The per-item contribution made to institutional costs. ‘‘(c) MARKET TESTS.—In carrying out subsections (a) and (b) with respect to experimental products offered through market tests under section 3641 in a year, the Postal Service shall— ‘‘(1) report data on the costs, revenues, and quality of service by market test, which may be reported in summary form; and ‘‘(2) report such data as the Postal Regulatory Commission requires. ‘‘(d) SUPPORTING MATTER.—The Postal Regulatory Commission shall have access, in accordance with such regulations as the Commission shall prescribe, to the working papers and any other supporting matter of the Postal Service and the Inspector General in connection with any information submitted under this section. ‘‘(e) CONTENT AND FORM OF REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Postal Regulatory Commission shall, by regulation, prescribe the content and form of the public reports (and any nonpublic annex and supporting matter relating to the report) to be provided by the Postal Service under this section. In carrying out this subsection, the Commission shall give due consideration to— ‘‘(A) providing the public with timely, adequate information to assess the lawfulness of rates charged; ‘‘(B) avoiding unnecessary or unwarranted administrative effort and expense on the part of the Postal Service; and ‘‘(C) protecting the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information. ‘‘(2) REVISED REQUIREMENTS.—The Commission may, on its own motion or on request of an interested party, initiate proceedings (to be conducted in accordance with regulations that the Commission shall prescribe) to improve the quality, accuracy, or completeness of Postal Service data required by the Commission under this subsection whenever it shall appear that— ‘‘(A) the attribution of costs or revenues to products has become significantly inaccurate or can be significantly improved;

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