« Religious Leaders, Human Rights Experts Urge Firm U.S. Policy on Tehran Regime | Main | Pelosi Statement on President Obama's Remarks at UN Climate Change Summit »
John Potter, CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, Will Discuss the Postal Service's Future at the National Press Club on October 8
September 22, 2009John Potter, the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on October 8, 2009 to discuss the Postal Service's future, including its environmental footprint. Potter, who has led the Postal Service for eight years, is at the helm of an organization overseen by Congress and a federal regulator and charged with running like a business. The Postal Service, which has said it may lose more than $7 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, is working to reinvent itself amid falling mail volume. Potter is looking at his agency's effect on the environment and is the first agency to conduct a study of its greenhouse gas emissions. He will release the results of the study during his remarks. Full release.