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1 Michelle D. Christensen & Mehgan M. Stuessy, U.S. Postal Service Governors: and Then There Were None 1 (2018)

handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbdow0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT U.S. Postal Service Governors: And Then There Were None January 12, 2018 (IN10621) Related Authors Mi h e11 D hritn n Meghan M Stuessy Michelle D. Christensen, Analyst in Government Organization and Management (mchrinste nsncrs.l r.Uv, 7-0764) Meghan M. Stuessy, Analyst in Government Organization and Management (ms.rs 1c gov, 7-1281) Background: U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service (hereinafter, the Board) was created by a provision of the Postal 1Rerganiz ian A in 1970 (PRA, 39 S §202). The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) describes the Board as COMparabl t r f dirctr of a private corporatton. Guided by sjajuz and its iyia-va, the Board directs the exercise of the powers of the Postal Service, reviews the practices and policies of the Postal Service, and directs and controls the expenditures of the Postal Service. The Board is cm f 11 m mber , including 9 Governors who are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. As noted in a recent USPS Office f InSpector General (JSPSOIG) white Daper, the Postal Service, as an executive branch agency, is to be led by presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed officers. The nine Governors serve this role. The Board also includes the Postmaster General, who is appointed by the Governors, and the Deputy Postmaster General, who is appointed by the Governors and the Postmaster. Under the PRA, Postal Governors served nine-year terms, with the first nine appointees serving staggered terms of one to nine years. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA,

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