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Our Mission: Provide reliable, efficient, trusted and affordable universal delivery service that binds the nation together, as it has for more than 240 years.

The United States Postal Service shall operate as a basic and fundamental service provided to the people by the Government of the United States, authorized by the Constitution, and created by an Act of Congress. The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the nation together through the personal, educational, literary and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide prompt, reliable and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities. The costs of establishing and maintaining the Postal Service shall not be apportioned to impair the overall value of such service to the people. The Postal Service shall provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to rural areas, communities and small towns where Post Offices are not self-sustaining. — Title 39 U.S.C.

Our Vision: We envision a Postal Service that enables all citizens to connect, businesses to grow and communities to thrive in a digital world. Our vision includes serving those individuals who are currently digitally disconnected or underserved.




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