(a) Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3692(a)(1), the Postal Service shall establish reasonable performance targets for each market dominant product for each fiscal year and provide such targets to the Commission not later than 60 days after the beginning of the fiscal year in which they will apply. In setting reasonable performance targets, the Postal Service must consider and balance:
- (1) the need for each target to establish a clear path toward improving performance and enabling the provision of high-quality service; and
- (2) the need for each target to be realistically attainable considering the Postal Service's network, workforce, transportation capacity, and financial resources, and actual service standards in effect.
- (b) The Postal Service's filing made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall contain sufficient information about the criteria used to select the targets for the Commission to be able to determine (based on the contents of the Postal Service's filing alone), by a preponderance of the evidence, that the targets set by the Postal Service are reasonable. Preponderance of the evidence means proof by information that, compared with that opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more probably true than not.
- (c) The Commission will use each reasonable target set by the Postal Service to evaluate compliance for each market dominant product for a given fiscal year pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3653(b)(2).
[91 FR 26924, May 13, 2026]