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The Postal Service works closely with key government stakeholders to educate them and serve as a resource on postal issues or their constituents' interaction with our organization. Working with appropriate functions throughout the Postal Service, Government Relations staff ensure that a coordinated and consistent message is communicated to key government stakeholders or through them to the public.
The department’s responsibilities include:
- Developing communications strategies and advocacy materials to support USPS® legislative and public policy objectives, and developing congressional testimony, briefing materials and educational content to support these objectives.
- Monitoring and analyzing legislative and regulatory proposals that may affect the Postal Service and advising USPS leadership of any potential impact to our organization.
- Providing advice and counsel to internal stakeholders regarding our public position on key issues and facilitating relationships between postal executives and external stakeholders.
The Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy, Peter Pastre, reports to the Postmaster General and is responsible for developing and executing public policy and legislative objectives with government stakeholders. Pastre assumed leadership of the department in September 2020 after nearly three decades as a government relations executive in the private sector. 
