FOIA Library

Please Note: The United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the National Postal Forum are independent entities and are not controlled by the Postal Service. Please submit requests for documents or information from these entities directly to their respective FOIA offices.

Final Opinions and Orders

Final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases.

• Judicial Office Administrative Decisions
• Board of Contract Appeal Decisions
• Business Disagreement Decisions
• Purchasing Protest Decisions (disagreement decisions prior to 2005)

Agency Policy Statements

Statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register.

• Financial Reports and Related Information
• Strategic Planning Publications
• USPS FOIA Annual Reports
• USPS Report and Improvement Plan on Executive Order 13,392 PDF | RTF
• Report to the President’s Management Council on FOIA Improvement Plan Deficiencies PDF | RTF
• Updated Status Report to The President’s Management Council
  • August 1, 2007 PDF | TXT
  • July 31, 2008 PDF | HTM
• FOIA Backlog Reduction Goals for FY08, FY09 and FY10 in furtherance of Executive Order 13,392 PDF | HTM
• Partial Certification of Postal Service Compliance with the FOIA Reading Room, October 31, 2008 PDF | RTF

Chief FOIA Officer Report

These are in response to the Attorney General’s directive to Chief FOIA Officers to review and to report each year to the Department of Justice on their progress in improving transparency.

• 2020 PDF | RTF
• 2019 PDF | RTF
• 2018 PDF | RTF
• 2017 PDF | RTF
• 2016 PDF | RTF
• 2015 PDF | RTF
• 2014 PDF | RTF
• 2013 PDF | RTF
• 2012 PDF | RTF
• 2011 PDF | RTF
• 2009 PDF | RTF

Administrative Manuals that affect the public

Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public.

USPS Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act, and Records Management PDF| HTM

Postal Periodicals and Publications

Handbooks
Manuals
Postal Bulletins
Publications
Notices
Management Instructions

Frequently Requested Records

Records previously released that have been or are likely to become the subject of multiple requests.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Logs

• FY19 Log
• FY18 Log
• FY17 Log