Advertising and priority mail are up and have a good future. The Postal Service is seeking partnerships to build its international mail business. Moreover, the threat that electronic billing and bill-paying appeared to pose just a few months ago has virtually disappeared. We are less pessimistic about e-mail now, Henderson said. The adoption rate is slower than anticipated. . . .
People don t want to turn over their personal data on the Internet.
It s still the blow that could hit, he said. He has been postmaster general since May 1998. The son of a postal clerk, Henderson has worked in the agency for 29 years in a variety of posts, including chief marketing officer, chief operating officer and vice president of employee relations. A decade ago, he oversaw the largest downsizing in postal history. Ed Baer, executive director of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, praised Henderson s work.