Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 29.11.1994

System Certification Program (SCP)

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) published a notice of the general requirements for Stage II of the System Certification Program (SCP) in the Federal Register on April 6, 1992 (57 FR 11593-11595). After further consideration, the Postal Service is withdrawing that proposal and is publishing for public notice and comment this proposal for a revised SCP. Although the new proposal retains the general purposes and much of the content of the original proposal, this new proposal includes three major changes: (1) Elimination of distinct stages of certification; (2) extension of the basic principles of the former Stage II program to a full-plant concept; and (3) establishment of a system of points and administrative sanctions to evaluate a certified mailing system and to promote maintenance of a high level of quality in certified systems. In addition, with this notice the Postal Service is soliciting recommendations for prioritizing initial applications to the SCP should more applications be received than can be reasonably processed. The SCP is a quality assurance program designed to evaluate the ability of mailers to prepare high-quality mailings consistently and to enhance the ability of t