Executive Orders EO 13278 Sec. 2. Membership. Commission shall be composed of nine members ap- pointed by the President. The President shall designate two members of the Commission to serve as Co-Chairs. Sec. a. Mission. (a) The mission of the Commission shall be to examine the state of the United States Postal Service, and to prepare and submit to the President a report articulating a proposed vision for the future of the United States Postal Service and recommending the legislative and admin- istrative reforms needed to ensure the viability of postal services. (b) In fulfilling its mission, the Commission shall consider the following issues and such other issues relating to the Postal Service as the Commis- sion determines appropriate: (i) the role of the Postal Service in the 21st century and beyond; (ii) the flexibility that the Postal Service should have to change prices, control costs, and adjust service in response to financial, competitive, or market pressures; (iii) the rigidities in cost or service that limit the efficiency of the post- al system; (iv) the ability of the Postal Service, over the long term, to maintain universal mail delivery at affordable rates and cover its unfunded liabil- ities with minimum exposure to the American taxpayers; (v) the extent to which postal monopoly restrictions continue to ad- vance the public interest under evolving market conditions, and the ex- tent to which the Postal Service competes with private sector services; and (vi) the most appropriate governance and oversight structure for the Postal Service. Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Department of the Treasury or any organiza- tional entity subiect to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide administrative support and funding for the Commission. The Commission is established within the Department of the Treasury for administrative purposes only. (b) Members of the Commission shall serve without any compensation for their work on the Commission. Members appointed from among private citizens of the United States, however, while engaged in the work of the Commission, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), to the extent funds are available. (c) The Commission shall have a staff headed by an Executive Director. (d) The Commission, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treas- ury, may establish subcommittees, consisting of Commission members, as appropriate, to aid in its work. (e) Consistent with such guidance as the President or, on the President's behalf, the Secretary of the Treasury, may provide, the Commission shall exchange information with and obtain advice from Members of Congress; Federal, State, local, and tribal officials; commercial, nonprofit, and resi- dential users of the United States Postal Service; and others, as appropriate, including through public hearings. 257
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