see url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service
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see full article. Efficient and proper function of US Post Office is
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The*United States Postal Service*(*USPS*; also known as the*Post
Office*,*U.S. Mail*, or*Postal Service*) is anindependent agency
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government>of
the executive branch of theUnited States federal government
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States>responsible
for providingpostal service <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail>in the
United States, including itsinsular areas
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_area>andassociated states
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association>. It is one
of the few government agenciesexplicitly authorized by
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Clause>theUnited States
Constitution <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution>.
The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during theSecond Continental Congress
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress>,
whenBenjamin Franklin
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin>was appointed the
firstpostmaster general
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General>.
ThePost Office Department
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department>was
created in 1792 with the passage of thePostal Service Act
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Service_Act>. It was elevated to
acabinet-level
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States>department
in 1872, and was transformed by thePostal Reorganization Act of 1970
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act>into the United
States Postal Service as an independent agency.^[6]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-6>
Since the early 1980s, many direct tax subsidies to the USPS (with the
exception of subsidies for costs associated with disabled and overseas
voters) have been reduced or eliminated.^[7]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-7>
The USPS, as of 2019, has 469,934 career employees and 136,174
non-career employees. The Postal Service is legally obligated to serve
all Americans, regardless of geography, at uniform price and quality.
The Post Office has exclusive access^[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-8>
toletter boxes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_box>marked "U.S.
Mail" and personal letterboxes in the United States, but has to compete
against privatepackage delivery
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_delivery>services, such asUnited
Parcel Service
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Parcel_Service>,FedEx
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx>, andAmazon
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)>.^[9]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-9>
History[edit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Postal_Service&action=edit§ion=1>]
Further information:United States Post Office Department
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department>andPostage
stamps and postal history of the United States
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States>
On March 18, 1970, postal workers in New York City—upset over low wages
and poor working conditions, and emboldened by the Civil Rights
Movement—organized a strike
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._postal_strike_of_1970>against the
United States government. The strike initially involved postal workers
in only New York City, but it eventually gained support of over
210,000United States Post Office Department
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department>workers
across the nation.^[10]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-10>
While the strike ended without any concessions from the Federal
government, it did ultimately allow for postal worker unions and the
government to negotiate a contract which gave the unions most of what
they wanted, as well as the signing of thePostal Reorganization Act
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act>by
PresidentRichard Nixon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon>on
August 12, 1970. The Act replaced the cabinet-level Post Office
Department with a new federal agency, the United States Postal
Service,^[11]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-11>
and took effect on July 1, 1971.^[12]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#cite_note-12>
Current operations
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