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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 26, 2009

Contact: David Partenheimer
(O) 202-268-8567
(C) 202-262-3275
david.a.partenheimer@usps.gov

usps.com/news
Release No. 09-010

Board of Governors to Meet Feb. 3-4, 2009 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 Feb. 3-4, 2009. The public is welcome to observe the Board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 4 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:

Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 10:30 a.m.

  1. Minutes of the previous meetings, Nov. 12-13, Dec. 2, 2008, and Jan. 22, 2009.
  2. Remarks of the Chairman of the Board.
  3. Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO.
  4. Committee reports.
  5. Quarterly report on service performance.
  6. Update on financial performance.
  7. Tentative agenda for the March 31-April 1, 2009, meeting in Washington, DC.
  8. Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors.

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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. 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.