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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 26, 2002
Contact: (202) 268-2155
Release No. 02-057
U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet in Washington, DC, August 5-6, 2002

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will conduct its monthly meeting in Washington, DC, at Postal Service headquarters located at 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, on Monday and Tuesday, August 5-6, 2002.

While the Monday meeting is in closed session, the public is welcome to observe Tuesday's meeting.

Tuesday's open session is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board expects to discuss the matters listed in the agenda below.

Tuesday Session, August 6, 2002, at 8:30 a.m. (open)

  1. Minutes of the previous meeting, July 1-2, 2002.

  2. Remarks of the Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer.
    (John E. Potter)

  3. National Postal Forum Report.
    (John Wargo, vice president, Service and Market Development)

  4. Briefing on Pipe Bomb Investigation
    (James Rowan, Deputy Chief Inspector, Security)

  5. Fiscal Year 2002 Borrowing Resolution.
    (Richard J. Strasser Jr., chief financial officer and executive vice president)

  6. Financing the Postal System.
    (Richard J. Strasser Jr.)

  7. Capital Investments.
    a. Fairfax, VA, Main Post Office
    (Rudolph K. Umscheid, vice president, Facilities)
    b. Office of Inspector General-Office Space Additional Funding Request
    (Rudolph K. Umscheid)
    c. Automated Package Processing Systems
    (Thomas G. Day, vice president, Engineering)

  8. Tentative Agenda for the September 5-6, 2002, meeting in Washington, DC.
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