Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned that the Postal Service is on "the brink of default" as he battles to keep his agency solvent. Without legislation by Sept. 30, the agency "will default on a mandated $5.5 billion payment to the Treasury," Donahoe told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
In Financial Crisis, Post Office Turns To Congress
Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press, Boston Globe: Business
Tue, 09/06/2011 - 11:54am
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