Bush to nominate former McHugh aide to PRC?
Bill McAllister reports in Linn’s Stamp News that George Bush plans to nominate Dan Blair, deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management, to be chair of the Postal Rate Commission. Blair has frequently been the Administration’s spokesperson when it comes to defending the requirement that the Postal Service foot the bill for military pensions for its employees, a burden other agencies don’t have to bear.
McAllister’s article points out that “Blair’s appointment to a five-year term is a highly significant move signaling that the administration wants a strong commission to oversee the Postal Service.” The article points out that Blair is a former aide to Congressman John McHugh, and has worked on previous postal reform legislation, and cites sources as saying that ”he has stated that he would help Congress rewrite those laws before he takes his seat on the commission.”
It concludes: “Although the White House has not announced the Blair appointment, three postal industry officials told Linn’s the president had selected him for the job.”
November 3rd, 2006 19:46
[...] The nomination had been predicted last month by Linn’s columnist and veteran postal correspondent Bill McAllister, who wrote at the time that “Blair’s appointment to a five-year term is a highly significant move signaling that the administration wants a strong commission to oversee the Postal Service.” [...]