ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Postal Competition.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 TOPIC: According to a story in USAToday, the United States Postal Service ended its fiscal year $1.7 billion in the red. Postal officials blamed the losses on the declining economy, lower mail volume after Sept. 11, and increased competition from the private sector. Anthrax scares, which happened after the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30, will further burden the USPS financially, experts in the story said. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Diane Elmer has over 15 years of direct mail experience with Val-Pak DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. . In 1999 she was appointed to her current position as vice president of delivery logistics for Cox Target Media. Elmer develops and oversees strategic plans, budgets, on-going activities and functions of GIS, postal affairs, and address information departments. She also keeps up-to-date with direct mail industry, GIS trends, postal regulations and address list and data information and monitors postal regulation reform and rate cases to assist consultants in determining their effect on the strategic objectives of Cox Target Media (the parent company of Val-Pak) and the stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. . 800/237-6266; diane_elmer@coxtarget.com or PR: Karen Krampitz 727/399-3007; karen_krampitz@coxtarget.com Prior to joining AccuDocs as Executive Vice President, Mury Salls spent three years with International Billing Services, Inc. (IBS IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, see there ) as Vice President of Postal Relations. He was responsible for developing and coordinating IBS' postal and distribution policies, plans and operations worldwide to make the most economical and efficient use of postal administrators and alternate mail services. In 1990, he co-founded the telecommunications Major Mailers Association. Mury is currently the President of the association, and also serves as industry co-chair for the First Class Mail Group on the Postmaster postmaster - The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is General's Mailers Technical Advisory Council (MTAC MTAC Music Teachers' Association of California MTAC Midwest Technology Assistance Center for Small Public Water Systems MTAC Multimedia Technology and Applications Conference MTAC Multiple Threat Alert Center MTAC Mailer's Technical Advisory Committee ) committee. PR: Cobie Graber cobie.graber@accudocs.com Jim Martell is president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SmartMail Services, a complete mailing and shipping company that provides timely, efficient and high-quality worldwide distribution of flat-sized mail & lightweight parcels. Through a workshare partnership with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval (USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. ), SmartMail delivers reliable and cost-effective solutions for businesses of all sizes. PR: Corinne Sheehan, Corporate Ink 617/969-9192; csheehan@corporateink.com ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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