The Issuance of Semipostal Stamps by the U.S. Postal Service: Hearing Before the International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, May 25, 2000 |
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Page 4 - Senator Akaka. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR AKAKA Senator AKAKA. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I...
Page 35 - General promptly issue regulations that clearly state the Service's criteria for determining which costs are to be recouped from the BCRS surcharge revenue and ensure that the criteria are consistently applied to all costs. In response to that recommendation, the Service recently issued regulations formalizing its criteria for making the required reasonable cost determinations associated with the BCRS.
Page 34 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to be here today to participate in the subcommittee's hearing on the report of the congressionally mandated Commercial Activities Panel (the Panel).
Page 25 - With that, the hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 11:52 am, the Subcommittee was adjourned...
Page 27 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, l appreciate this opportunity to discuss...
Page 9 - I do not know if you have had a chance to review the guidelines that were promulgated by the Department of Justice in the initial aftermath of the Boston-Flemmi-Bulger situation.
Page 37 - ... would provide Congress and us with the results of that reassessment as soon as practicable. Effectiveness of the BCRS as a Fund-Raiser The BCRS has continued to be an effective means of raising funds for breast cancer research. Although neither the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act nor amendments to the act provide quantitative measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the BCRS as a fund-raiser, the act did provide that the BCRS was to provide the public a voluntary and convenient way of raising...
Page 36 - In (act, an estimated 71 percent of adults 18 years of age or older in the continental United...
Page 37 - ... BCRS as a Fund-Raiser The BCRS has continued to be an effective means of raising funds for breast cancer research. Although neither the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act nor amendments to the act provide quantitative measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the BCRS as a fund-raiser, the act did provide that the BCRS was to provide the public a voluntary and convenient way of raising funds for breast cancer research. We reported in April 2000 that the BCRS had been successful to those ends. Since...
Page 40 - Kecow rjr costs, it is difficult for Congress, us, and others to evaluate how well the Service is implementing its legislative mandate to recoup reasonable costs. The...