In The Mail: April 2018 – What You Need to Know About Postal Issues

Postal Task Force. On April 12, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to form a "Task Force on the United States Postal System" with a report due in 120 days. The order calls for the Task Force to “conduct a thorough evaluation of the operations and finances of the USPS” and “develop recommendations for administrative and legislative reforms to the United States postal system.”

It further calls for such recommendations to “promote our Nation’s commerce and communication without shifting additional costs to taxpayers” and to “consider the views of the USPS workforce; commercial, non-profit, and residential users of the USPS services; and competitors in the marketplace.”

The Task Force is to be chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, or his designee, and to include the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management or their designees. It is also to consult with the Postmaster General and the Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission; and engage the Attorney General, on issues relating to government monopolies operating in the commercial marketplace and the Secretary of Labor, on issues related to workers compensation programs.

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