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Biden to diversify USPS board, cement Democrats oversight with three appointments Geoff Bennett and Phil McCausland © Provided by NBC News President Joe Biden intends to fill three of the remaining seats on the U.S. Postal Services board of governors, positions that have immediate oversight of the postmaster general and the federal agency that delivers the countrys mail. Biden intends to appoint Ron Stroman, Anton Hajjar and Amber McReynolds to the three seats that remain open...

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers that U.S. mail system is losing $10 billion a year.

Almost two months into the new year, the U.S. Postal Service is still juggling massive delays, budget issues and operational challenges, compounded by the many obstacles of 2020.

With on-time mail delivery ‘drastically’ down, Wild joins call for new Postal Service appointments Updated Feb 20, 2021; Facebook Share U.S. Rep. Susan Wild joined colleagues in the House this week in urging President Joe Biden to fill three vacancies on the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. Three seats remain vacant from former President Donald Trump’s administration at a time of “ongoing crisis at the United States Postal Service,” the House members said in a Feb. 16 letter t...

NC’s Alma Adams leading the effort to hasten change at USPS President Biden could help reverse the harm done by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy — and hasten his exit — by filling the vacant seats on the U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors, members of Congress said in a letter this week. The Hill, was spearheaded by North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams along with Reps. Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Gerry Connolly of Virginia. In a joint press release, the trio of lawmakers made it c...

NC’s Alma Adams leading the effort to hasten change at USPS President Biden could help reverse the harm done by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy — and hasten his exit — by filling the vacant seats on the U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors, members of Congress said in a letter this week. The Hill, was spearheaded by North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams along with Reps. Peter DeFazio of Oregon and Gerry Connolly of Virginia. In a joint press release, the trio of lawmakers made it c...

Lawmakers call on president to appoint Democratic-majority board that can fire postmaster general Louis DeJoy The postmaster general, Louis DeJoy. Photograph: Reuters Even in a drama-filled election unlike any other, the postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, and his assault on the postal service stood out. After Trump appointed the businessman to run the agency, DeJoy largely failed in his mission to help the former president discourage voters from casting ballots by mail, but evidence suggests his p...

Share DeJoys plan also prevents first-class mail from being shipped by airplane, instead relying on trucks and a relay of distribution depots, the sources said. The changes would coincide with a significant hike in postage rates, which DeJoy has already said is imminent. He said that the plans had not yet been finalized when contacted by the Post.  It comes as the USPS struggles financially and seeks to find ways to control costs, after reporting net losses totaling $86.7 billion from 2007 thr...

The House Oversight Committee has asked USPS postmaster general Louis DeJoy to address the “alarmingly high numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths suffered by postal workers.”

There are currently three vacancies on the nine-person board. The American Postal Workers Union has called on Biden to fill the vacancies with Democrats, giving the party a simple majority. "It should become a 5-to-4 ... majority choices of the Democratic Party," Mark Dimondstein, the unions president, told NPR. Bloom said Tuesday that he would work with the agencys governors and its postmaster general, Louis DeJoy ADVERTISEMENT At Tuesdays meeting, DeJoy also reportedly apologized for mail se...