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1 CIS H 40129
TITLE: Oversight
Hearing of the U.S. Postal Service
CIS-NO: 2001-H401-29
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Sept. 19, 2000
LENGTH: iii+380 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1016-A;
1016-B
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:P84/26
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND:
1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO:
552-070-26573-2.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No.
106-170. Hearing before the Subcom on Postal Service to review
USPS operations.
Supplementary material (p. 143-380 and
throughout) includes correspondence, a court document, and witnesses' written
replies to Subcom questions.
CONTENT-NOTATION: USPS
oversight
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON POSTAL SERVICE. HOUSE;
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
01-H401-29 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Sept. 19, 2000 p. 22-101, 104-123, 141-380
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
HENDERSON, WILLIAM
J. (Postmaster General and CEO, USPS)
CORCORAN, KARLA W.
(Inspector General, USPS)
UNGAR, BERNARD L. (Director,
Government Business Operations Issues, General Government Division, GAO)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on
issues relating to USPS operations, including implications for USPS of increased
competition from electronic communication services; impact of Office of
Inspector General audit and investigative activities on USPS operations; views
on major issues facing USPS, including loss of revenue, labor-management
relations, and need for technology advancements.
Elaboration on Office of Inspector General activities and
related matters; review of recent GAO reports and ongoing work pertaining to
USPS operations; status of and recommendations regarding USPS operations
improvement efforts; details on possible contractual alliance between USPS and
FedEx Corp.
Perspectives on USPS financial performance and
other issues; need to improve USPS e-commerce program; elaboration on issues
related to USPS operations.
INSERTION:
--
USPS implementation of data quality study recommendations, summary and status
charts, July 18, 2000 (p. 327-355).
CONTENT NOTATION:
USPS oversight
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FEDEX CORP.; OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USPS;
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; TELECOMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS; ACCOUNTING AND
AUDITING; GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS; POSTAL RATES AND REVENUES;
EMPLOYEE-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN GOVERNMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT; FINANCE; COMPETITION
LOAD-DATE: June 7, 2001 
