Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet Nov. 15

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Nov 08, 2013, 04:44 ET

CFO Briefing Follows Open Session Meeting

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet Nov. 15 in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning at 8 a.m. in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:

Call to order and remarks of the Chairman of the Board
Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO
Approval of minutes of previous meetings
Committee reports
FY 2013 10-K and financial statements
FY 2014 Integrated Financial Plan and Financing Resolution
FY 2015 appropriations request
Quarterly service performance report
Approval of Annual Report and Comprehensive Statement
Tentative agenda for the Dec. 10, 2013 meeting
Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors
Adjourn

Open session meetings of the Board of Governors are available on live audio webcasts at http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/bog/welcome.htm. Three hours after the conclusion of the open session meeting, a recorded audio file will be available for listening. In compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the audio webcast will be open-captioned.

CFO Briefing
Following the Board's open meeting on Nov. 15, Postmaster General & CEO Patrick Donahoe and Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett will host a telephone/web conference call to discuss the financial results in more detail. The call will begin at 1 p.m. ET and is open to the news media and all other interested parties.

How to Participate:
Important Notice: The procedure to join the briefing has changed. To ensure your computer is set up to join the event, click on the link www.webex.com/lp/jointest/

Attendee Direct URL: https://usps.webex.com/usps/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=993503302

If you cannot join using the direct link above, please use the alternate login below:
Alternate URL: https://usps.webex.com
Event Number: 993 503 302

To join by phone only, dial (855) 293-5496 and enter conference ID: 93813849.

The briefing will also be available on live audio webcast (listen only) at:
http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/cfo/welcome.htm.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: 152 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With more than 31,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a private-sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 42nd in the 2012 Fortune 500. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for seven years and the fifth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

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SOURCE U.S. Postal Service