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The U.S. Postal Service has signed an agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and the General Services Administration to help the agency in “identifying and achieving further efficiencies,” according to a letter to congressional lawmakers viewed by Bloomberg.
The agreement, signed March 12, comes after months of speculation about the service’s fate under President Donald Trump, who with Musk’s assistance has been slashing the federal workforce. Trump has mused about taking the Post Office private or folding it into the Commerce Department, while Musk told a conference this month it should be privatized.
The letter from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy provides few specifics on the agreement, which also includes the U.S. General Services Administration. Instead, DeJoy, who has already announced his intention to step down from the office, highlights reforms the service has already made, including plans for 10,000 employees to leave in the next 30 days through a previously announced early retirement program.
“We are happy to have others to assist us in our worthwhile cause,” the letter reads. “The DOGE team was gracious enough to ask for the big problems they can help us with.”
The letter also asks congressional leaders for assistance making changes that DeJoy says are out of his hands, including eliminating the Postal Regulatory Commission, which he calls “an unnecessary agency.”
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