Postmaster General says USPS in need of major reform.In remarks published in 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's newsletter, Memo to Mailers, Postmaster General POSTMASTER GENERAL. The chief officer of the post office department of the United States. Various duties are imposed upon this officer by the acts of congress of March 3, 1825, and July 2, 1836, which will be found under the articles Mail; Post Office and Postage. William J. Henderson William J. Henderson served as the United States Postmaster General from 1998 to 2001. Government offices Preceded by Marvin T. Runyon United States Postmaster General 1998 – 2001 Succeeded by John E. told mailers at the National Postal Forum that "the real postal story is about more than the finances--it's about reform." Memo to Mailers reports: "Noting that 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. may lose $2 billion to $3 billion this year, Henderson says the Postal Service's bottom line 'is only the symptom of a larger problem--a regulatory model that does not provide the 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 with the flexibility it needs to succeed in a radically changing market.' "Henderson, addressing his final forum as Postmaster General, told the mailers gathered in Orlando, FL, 'Your success, to a large part, is dependent on our success. Affordable, universal mail service is what you expect from the Postal Service. It's something we want to deliver. But delivering it will become increasing difficult."' Henderson said the Postal Service's regulatory model can be fixed "before we are faced with a crippling crisis." But to do it, he warned, "will require the most significant innovation seen in more than 30 years. It will require comprehensive postal reform." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an Associated Press story this week, Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, was less diplomatic. Referring to USPS, he said, "It's obvious that the ox is in the ditch big time." Thompson said Congress must review 30-year-old Postal Service laws and "nothing should be off the table, including the future of the postal monopoly itself." |
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