FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Treasury Department and the U.S. Postal Service tomorrow will hold a joint news conference on the U.S. Postal Service.

Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Peter R. Fisher and Postmaster General John E. Potter will host the news conference at 10:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, in the Media Room (Room 4121) at the Treasury Department, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC. They will be joined by Robert F. Rider, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.

The news conference will be web cast live at www.treasury.gov.

The room will be available for pre-set at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Media without Treasury or White House press credentials planning to attend should contact Frances Anderson at Treasury's Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960 by 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday with the following information: name, media organization, social security number and date of birth. This information also may be faxed to (202) 622-1999.