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B-202936 1 (1981-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkbw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20540 B-202936 B-.96JUN 2 6 1981 ' The Honorable William D. Ford Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of April 3, 1981, requested that we comment on H.R. 2813, 97th Congress, which your Committee is considering. The subject bill, if enacted, would permit the U.S. Postal Serv- ice to provide electronic mail services by using transmission services of privately owned telecommunications carriers. Based on our work on the electronic mail issue and the Post- al Rate Commission activities, we offer the following comments. For your convenience, we have enclosed a copy of the bill which is keyed to our comments. (1) Purpose--The purpose clause could be clarified to more accurately reflect that the bill provides for the U.S. Postal Service's involvement in electronic mail services only by using the transmission services of privately owned telecommunications carriers. (2) Location--Section 2(a)--The proposed new section could be located under Title 39, U.S. Code Part V - Transportation of Mail by establishing a new chapter since the Postal Service views electronic mail as a subclass of mail that is transported electronically. (3) Renumbering--If point two above is adopted, the section would have to be renumbered. (4) Separate entity--Section 3686(a)(2)--In the admini- stration's July 1979 endorsement of the Postal Serv- ice's involvement in electronic mail systems, certain conditions were set forth to which the Postmaster General agreed. One condition indicated that the Service's electronic service should be established as a separate entity for accounting and ratemaking

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