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)
CREW v. USPS - Final Response: Release Letter | Responsive Records
Response to FOIA Case No. 2021-FPRO-03019: Initial Response Letter | Responsive Records

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.

2024 PDF | RTF
2023 PDF | RTF
2022 PDF | RTF
2021 PDF | RTF
2020 PDF | RTF
2019 PDF | RTF
2018 PDF | RTF
2017 PDF | RTF
2016 PDF | RTF
2015 PDF | RTF
2014 PDF | RTF
2013 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.

Change of Address Stats

Starting June 2023, the monthly COA stats are now available as part of the USPS Population Mobility Trends data service on PostalPro. Visit postalpro.usps.com/pmt for information.