; and (E) in paragraph (9), by inserting (and to ensure appropriate levels of transparency) before the period at the end. (2) Factors Section 3622(c) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) Factors In establishing or revising such system, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall take into account the following factors: (1) The effect of rate increases upon the general public and business mail users. (2) The available alternative means of sending and receiving written communications, information, and letters and other mail matter at reasonable costs. (3) The reliability of delivery timelines and the extent to which the Postal Service is meeting its service standard obligations. (4) The need to ensure that the Postal Service has adequate revenues and has taken appropriate cost-cutting measures to maintain financial stability and meet all legal obligations. (5) The extent to which the Postal Service has taken actions to increase its efficiency and reduce its costs. (6) The value of the mail service actually provided by each class or type of mail service to both the sender and the recipient, including the collection, mode of transportation, and priority of delivery. (7) The requirement that each class of mail or type of mail service bear the direct and indirect postal costs attributable to each class or type of mail service through reliably identified causal relationships plus that portion of all other costs of the Postal Service reasonably assignable to such class or type. (8) The degree of preparation of mail for delivery into the postal system performed by the mailer and its effect upon improving efficiency and reducing costs to the Postal Service. (9) Simplicity of structure for the entire schedule and simple, identifiable relationships between the rates or fees charged the various classes of mail for postal services. (10) The importance of pricing flexibility to encourage increased mail volume and operational efficiency. (11) The relative value to postal users of the kinds of mail