Good News for Postal Reformers

One post-election boon to direct marketers is the promotion of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) to chairman of the Senate Government Reform Committee. Maine has L.L. Bean and other catalogers and paper companies in the state, and Collins is sensitive to their concerns, said Bob McLean, executive director of the Mailers Council.

More importantly, Collins is likely to push forward the idea of a presidential commission to study the USPS. That commission will