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The author of the Senate's postal reform bill wants to know more about the process used in her selection.

Incoming Postmaster General Megan Brennan will be the first woman in the job.

In a statement lauding outgoing Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe for his service, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) at the same time questioned the choice of Postal Service COO Megan Brennan as Donahoe's successor.

”At a time when the future of the Postal Service is unclear, largely because of Congress's inability to agree on a comprehensive reform bill, it's important that the Board of Governors has the best person it can find to take the helm,” Carper said in a statement issued last Friday, the day Brennan's appointment was announced. “I am eager to learn more about the Board's process to find a new Postmaster General and hope that it conducted a robust and thorough search before appointing Ms. Brennan.”

Carper also expressed concern about a quorum on the Postal Board of Governors, a body designed to include nine members that currently seats only four. He warned that, if five pending nominees to the board are not confirmed by the Senate before December 8, it would not be able to conduct business, leaving postal management to act without its oversight.

“More than ever, the Postal Service needs bold leadership that will enable [it] to emerge from its current difficulties, pursue promising new ideas, foster innovation and growth, and instill confidence in postal employees and customers,” Carper added.

Carper, who intends to bring his Postal Reform Act to a vote in the Senate during the lame duck session, is chairman of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee that oversees postal operations. His party having lost control of the Senate in the midterm elections, Carper will turn over the committee gavel to a Republican senator in January, most likely Wisconsin's Ron Johnson.

Business Breaking News: Facebook to Combat 'Overly Promotional' Pages with New Update

Facebook pages and ads may be a great way to expand your social audience and customer reach, but getting too promotional could cost you.

The social network reached out to its users to find out how they feel about the content on their news feeds. According to the Facebook for Business blog, the company surveyed hundreds of thousands of people as a part of an ongoing survey. What did they find?

"People told us they wanted to see more stories from friends and pages they care about, and less promotional content," the company wrote. "We dug further into the data to better understand this feedback. What we discovered is that a lot of the content people see as too promotional is posts from pages they like, rather than ads."

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