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| Type | Governing body |
| Jurisdiction | United States Postal Service |
| Headquarters | 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C. 20260 |
| Employees | 11 board members
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| Key document | |
| Website | about |
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the governing body of the United States Postal Service (USPS).[1] The board oversees the activities of the Postal Service, while the postmaster general actively manages its day-to-day operations.[2]
The board directs "the exercise of the power" of the Postal Service, controls its expenditures, and reviews its practices and policies.[3] It consists of 11 members; 6 are requisite to achieve an ordinary quorum. Of the 11 board members, 9 are the presidentially appointed governors, 1 is the postmaster general, and 1 is the deputy postmaster general. The 9 governors elect the postmaster general, the chairman of the board as well as the USPS inspector general; the governors and the postmaster general elect the deputy postmaster general. No more than five governors may belong to the same political party. The board also has the power to remove all of these officers.[4]
The Board of Governors is comparable with the board of directors of most private corporations.
- ^ "39 U.S. Code § 202 – Board of Governors". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "39 U.S. Code § 203 – Postmaster General; Deputy Postmaster General". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "39 U.S. Code § 205 – Procedures of the Board of Governors". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "Who is running the Postal Service? Why is there only one person on the board?". Newsweek. June 17, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2018.