39 CFR 3045.20 v2 – Data collection and reporting requirements
(a) A notice of a market test shall include a data collection plan for the market test as required by § 3045.3(a)(2)(vi). Data collection plans shall include, at a minimum:
Terms Used In 39 CFR 3045.20 v2
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(1) The revenue by fiscal quarter received to date by the Postal Service from the market test;
(2) Attributable costs incurred in conducting the market test, including product specific costs related to the administration of the market test; and
(3) Volumes of the experimental product by fiscal quarter.
(b) The Commission may request additional information or data as it deems appropriate.
(c) To assess the potential impact of a market test in a particular geographic market, the Commission may require the Postal Service to report the revenues from the market test for specified geographic markets.
(d) The Postal Service shall file the information required by the data collection plan in data collection reports. Data collection reports must be filed within 40 days after the close of each fiscal quarter during which the market test is offered, or such other period as the Commission may prescribe.
(e) The Postal Service shall file in its Annual Compliance Report information on each market test conducted during the fiscal year pursuant to § 3050.21(h) of this chapter.