Board of Governors to Meet Dec. 10-11, 2007 in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC — The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Dec. 10-11, 2007. The public is welcome to observe the Board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 11 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:

Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 8:30 a.m.

1. Minutes of the previous meeting, Nov. 14-15, 2007.
2. Remarks of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board (Jim Miller and Alan Kessler).
3. Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO (John Potter).
4. Holiday preparations (Pat Donahoe, deputy postmaster general and chief operating officer, and Anita Bizzotto, chief marketing officer and executive vice president).
5. Committee reports.
6. Consideration of the Postal Service Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report (Chairman Miller)
7. Fiscal Year 2007 Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations, including Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Reporting Requirements (Chairman Miller).
8. Consideration of Final Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriation Request (Glen Walker, chief financial officer and executive vice president).
9. Diversity strategy (Alta Rodriguez, manager, National Diversity Initiatives office).
10. Tentative agenda for the Jan. 29-30, 2008, meeting in Washington, DC.


An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.