The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has posted most committee hearings since 1990 on YouTube.com. For your convenience the Postal Journal is providing links to those videos relevant to the postal industry.
Postal Service Operations – 11/5/2009
Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing to examine revenue-generation initiatives recently undertaken by the Postal Service in order to further address the agency’s ongoing financial challenges. The hearing examined existing barriers to the Postal Service’s ability to innovate in its operations through the introduction of new products and services. Filmed by C-SPAN.
U.S. Postal Service – 4/17/2007
Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia. As part of an oversight hearing, U.S. Postal Service administrators testified about modernization, costs, competition, and other issues. Postal employee union representatives and management organization representatives testified about contract bargaining, and the issue of outsourcing postal deliveries causing loss of delivery jobs. Filmed by C-SPAN.
U.S. Postal Service Restructuring – 3/23/2004
Witnesses testified regarding the restructuring of the U.S. Postal Service before a joint meeting of the House Government Reform Committee and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Among the concerns addressed were the declining volume of mail handled by the Postal Service, declining Postal Service revenues, increasing postal rates, and the Postal Service escrow account. The top priorities expressed were maintaining the viability of the Postal Service, and protecting universal service and frequent delivery. Rep. Davis chaired this joint meeting. Filmed by C-SPAN.
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