1. SOV/CSV Curt Artery 307-331-0919 Linda Gurka 734-646-2346

2. THE DIFFERENCE To know if you are to use SOV or CSV you will need to know what your revenue units are from your Form 150. Check your revenue units against the CAG chart to see where you fall. CAG A-G you will be CSV and CAG H-L you will be SOV This can change each year with the change of your revenue units.

3. Revenue units

4. CAG revenue units CAG: Cost Ascertainment Group. Method that classifies Post Offices according to their volume of revenue generated. Each year, Post Offices are categorized by revenue and mail volume, which means that a Post Office’s CAG classification might change. The following table shows the CAG categories: CAG Office Revenue Units A–G 950 or more H–J 190 to 949 K 36 to 189 L Fewer than 36

5. SOV How to get there Blue page Variance programs SOV Pick area to be activated Pick scope(district) Pick POOM Pick your office

7. SOV

8. SOV How to get there Pick Ad-hoc reports Pick current 52 week spread Submit Click on your office

10. SOV Things to take note of Workload value hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey) Retail hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey) Postmaster admin hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey

11. SOV

12. SOV Go to the SOV formula Do NOT round up or down Add workload value hrs Add retail hrs Add Postmaster Admin hrs Divivde by 302(6 retail days) or 282(5 retail days)

13. SOV Formula

14. SOV http://www.postmasters.org/resources/S OV_Office%20Calculator.xlsx

15. SOV This will determine your workload earned hours. Check formula page for the criteria for a 2/4/6/8 hour office Anything over 5.75 is an 8 hour office

16. SOV Menu Find your office Right side of screen is the menu button Look at every item on the menu

17. SOV Menu Business services-make sure you are getting the right credit Complement-check earned and current on the rolls Data stream-make sure information is current-it is the map of your office

18. SOV Menu Delivery admin-make sure all data is correct(if you have a clerk that travels to a RMPO then you should have time in the off site travel line). FDB-make sure all information is correct- you can update in FDB

19. SOV Menu Productivity-look at all LDCs to make sure you have credit for what you do in your office. Retail ANC-shows you what is clerk work RMPO-make sure your RMPO level is correct

20. SOV Menu WOS-earned hours divided by 52 What if---you can change info to see what your office will look like if you increase revenue or deliveries. Workload-manual-earned box-improve

21. SOV Go to your Form 150 to verify that it matches your SOV information

23. PS Form 150 http://blue.usps.gov/hr/jobs- workforce/complement- management/automated-ps150.htm

24. SOV Check to verify that the information here is the same as in SOV

25. CSV CSV offices are determined by your CAG level. CAG levels A-G will use CSV Use this formula to calculate CSV http://www.postmasters.org/resources/CSV_O ffice%20Calculator.xls

26. CSV how to get there Blue page Variance programs CSV Pick area to be activated Pick scope(district) Pick POOM Pick your office

27. CSV Pick ad hoc-use a current 52 week spread Take note of LDC 41,42,43,44,45,48 Use earned hours This data will be put into the CSV formula

28. CSV Menu Right side use menu-look at all choices Compliment-check earned and currently on the rolls Data stream-make sure the information is right-this is a map of your office FDB-verify that the information is correct- you can make adjustments in FDB FTEs-verify employees

29. CSVMenu LDC 41 LDC 42 LDC 43 LDC 44 LDC 45 LDC 48 Productivity-look at the LDCs to make sure you have all that you use in your office Workload- verify data is correct in each LDC Staffing/scheduling to work load(SST/1994)

30. CSV Take your numbers from LDC 41 42 43 44 45 48 and insert into the formula

31. CSV form 150 Find your Form 150 and verify that those numbers match the CSV numbers

32. PS Form 150

33. http://blue.usps.gov/hr/jobs- workforce/complement- management/automated-ps150.htm

34. Helpful Hints If you are in Business Services and Delivery Admin(in SOV) and LDC 48 (in CSV) pages- the bolded lines can be adjusted. You need to contact your district OPS office to see what the procedure is to update for your district so you get full credit for what your office earns.

35. Helpful Hints Before attending your convention print out a copy of an SOV and CSV office(all pages). Keep a printed copy of your SOV/CSV pages every six months to check on updates.