WASHINGTON – The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Dec. 5-6, 2006. The public is welcome to observe the board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 6 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:
1. Minutes of the previous meeting, Nov. 14-15, 2006.

2. Remarks of Postmaster General and CEO John E. Potter.

3. Committee reports.

4. Consideration of the Postal Service Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report (Chairman James Miller).

5. Consideration of Final Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriation Request (Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President H. Glen Walker).

6. Capital Investment.
       • Flats Sequencing System – Phase I Program (Engineering Vice President Walt O’Tormey).

7. Tentative Agenda for the Jan. 9-10, 2007, meeting in Washington, D.C.