Postmaster General to Salute Postal Customer Council's 50th Year

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Sep 16, 2011, 02:38 ET

Will Address Group During National Postal Customer Council Day

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, Sept. 21, in Tampa, FL, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Donahoe will salute more than 80,000 members of the Postal Customer Council (PCC) on the organization's golden anniversary. The PCC was formed 50 years ago to help build cooperation and communication between the Postal Service and business mailers.

At 12 noon, ET, more than 160 PCC organizations across the country will host local events to tune in and hear Donahoe's remarks — live by satellite. Participants also will hear about new postal products and services and the revamped Postal Service website, usps.com — all designed to make it easier for customers to do business with USPS.

A much-anticipated highlight of the annual event will be the awards presentation, which will recognize outstanding achievements of PCCs around the country in categories including Industry Member of the Year, Education Program Excellence and the new Business Partner of the Year.

For additional information about PCCs, or to locate the closest National PCC Day event, customers can visit https://www.usps.com/business/local-pcc.htm, or contact their local postmaster.

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

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 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 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 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 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.

SOURCE U.S. Postal Service