S. Hrg. 104-442 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE REFORM: THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE JOINT HEARING SUBCOMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE POSTAL SERVICE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JANUARY 25, 1996 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight ee U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 22-41BcC WASHINGTON : 1996 Forse by the U.S. Government Printing Office ‘Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052624-8COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS TED STEVENS, Alaska, Chairman WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware JOHN GLENN, Ohio WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine SAM NUNN, Georgia FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee CARL LEVIN, Michigan THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas JOHN McCAIN, Arizona JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut BOB SMITH, New Hampshire DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii HANK BROWN, Colorado BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota Albert L. McDermott, Staff’ Director Leonard Weiss, Minority Staff Director Michal Sue Prosser, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE TED STEVENS, Alaska, Chairman THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas JOHN McCAIN, Arizona DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii BOB SMITH, New Hampshire BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota Patricia A. Raymond, Staff Director Kimberly Weaver, Minority Staff Director Nancy Langley, Chief Clerk aCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT WILLIAM F. CLINGER, Jn, Pennsylvania, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut STEVEN SCHIFF, New Mexico ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida WILLIAM H ZELIFF, Jn., New Hampshire JOHN M McHUGH, New York STEPHEN HORN, California JOHN L. MICA, Florida PETER BLUTE, Massachusetts THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia DAVID M. McINTOSH, Indiana JON D. FOX, Pennsylvania RANDY TATE, Washington DICK CHRYSLER, Michigan GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana WILLIAM J. MARTINI, New Jersey JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona MICHAEL PATRICK FLANAGAN, Illinois CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio MARSHALL “MARK” SANFORD, South Carolina ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR, Maryland CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois HENRY A. WAXMAN, California TOM LANTOS, California ROBERT E. WISE, Jn,, West Virginia MAJOR R. OWENS, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN M. SPRATT, Ja, South Carolina LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New York PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania GARY A. CONDIT, California COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota KAREN L. THUMAN, Florida CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia GENE GREEN, Texas CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania BILL BREWSTER, Oklahoma TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) James L. Clarke, Staff Director Kevin Sabo, General Counsel Judith McCoy, Chief Clerk Bud Myers, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE POSTAL SERVICE JOHN M. McHUGH, New York, Chairman MARSHALL “MARK” SANFORD, South Carolina, Vice Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut DAVID M, McINTOSH, Indiana ROBERT L. EHRICH, Jk., Maryland BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan MAJOR R. OWENS, New York GENE GREEN, Texas CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida Ex OrFicio WILLIAM F. CLINGER, Jz., Pennsylvania CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois Dan Blair, Staff Director Jennifer Tracy, Clerk Denise Wilson, Minority Professional Staff a