The original patent was filed after work done on text based information systems such as Prestel by the General Post Office (GPO).

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On a visit to the General Post Office, he gained the support of the Engineer-in-chief, who arranged for Marconi to have an assistant.

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The Girobank was set up by the General Post Office in 1968 and was the first to offer free accounts to individual customers.

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The first pillar boxes were erected at St Helier in Jersey in 1852, at the recommendation of novelist Anthony Trollope - who was an employee of the General Post Office at the time.

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After the convent, Aisling acquired a qualification that led to a post in the general office of educational publishers.

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The Washington Post has since reported that at some point, the Office of General Counsel (OGC) at FDA became involved and authorized the computer surveillance.

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Mr Tandjung may have been arrested by the attorney-general's office, but he has not been removed from his post, nor has he resigned.

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"This contract means the public and businesses will continue to have convenient, local access to essential services while sub-postmasters will retain income to allow them to continue to provide a Post Office service to their communities, " said the federation's general secretary, George Thomson.

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In response, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe plans to close 3, 700 post offices, many in small rural communities where the local post office is their logistical supply line to the larger world.

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