Government Relations

Key topics

Fact sheets

These briefing materials were developed to educate and inform members of Congress and their staff about the Postal Service’s operating environment, network, financial situation, and other aspects of our business. This information provides critically important context to the solutions proposed in the Delivering for America Plan and to the need for Congress to pass postal reform legislation. Download fact sheets below:

Correspondence to Congress

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and other members of the Postal Service’s leadership team correspond with Congress on a regular basis about issues affecting the organization. Download recent correspondence below:

USPS response to Sept. 7, 2022 House Government Operations Subcommittee field hearing – September 16, 2022
Letter on the Integrated Delivery Network – June 28, 2021
Letter on the Delivering for America Plan – March 23, 2021
Letter on next generation delivery vehicles – March 11, 2021
Letter on service performance and the 10-year strategy – February 18, 2021

Annual reports to Congress

Reports to Congress providing operations, performance, and financial situation details

Congressional testimony

Congress holds hearings and invites the Postal Service to testify

USPS financial reports

Updates detailing the organization’s financial situation

USPS media statements

Press releases and statements on a wide range of issues

Postal history

Explore the history of the Postal Service

Inquiry process

The Government Relations Liaison group is the primary point of contact between the Postal Service and members of Congress and their staff in Washington, DC. Incoming inquiries are assigned to the Correspondence Group for research and response. There are several steps to the review process. Note: if it is determined that it will take more than 20 work days from when an inquiry was received to finalize a response, an interim response will be generated.

Office of Inspector General referrals

Cases that are referred from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General to the Postal Service for response should be directed to the Response Group manager. Such cases will then be placed into the routine congressional correspondence process, and a courtesy copy of the final response will be provided to the OIG.

Requests for information from individual members of Congress

Individual members of Congress are considered as requesters under the Freedom of Information Act. Government Relations and Public Policy will exercise discretionary disclosure of otherwise confidential information to individual members on a case-by-case basis, based on a weighing of the various issues involved.

For more information, you can review our detailed standard operating procedures for congressional and other governmental inquiries.

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