Daily printout: March 25

USPS released the following statements from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and USPS Board of Governors Chair Amber McReynolds on March 24:

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

After nearly five years as America’s 75th postmaster general, and after informing the governors in February of my intention to retire, I have today informed the Postal Service Board of Governors that today will be my last day in this role. 

I believe strongly that the organization is well positioned and capable of carrying forward and fully implementing the many strategies and initiatives that comprise our transformation and modernization, and I have been working closely with the deputy postmaster general to prepare for this transition. 

While our management team and the men and women of the Postal Service have established the path toward financial sustainability and high operating performance — and we have instituted enormous beneficial change to what had been an adrift and moribund organization — much work remains that is necessary to sustain our positive trajectory. 

I am confident that Doug will continue our positive momentum during the period when the governors undertake the important work of identifying and selecting the next postmaster general.  I also have no doubt that the entirety of the Postal Service will aggressively shape its future and become more efficient, capable and competitive as it continuously changes and improves to best serve the American public. 

It is with great pride that I pass the baton to Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino until the governors name my permanent successor. The governors have hired a search firm in support of those efforts, which are well underway. I shall cheer on America’s 76th postmaster general and the 640,000 men and women of the United States Postal Service who I have called my colleagues and friends for close to five years. 

It has been one of the pleasures of my life and a crowning achievement of my career to have been associated with this cherished institution, the United States Postal Service.

USPS Board of Governors Chair Amber McReynolds

Louis DeJoy has steadfastly served the nation and the Postal Service over the past five years. The governors greatly appreciate his enduring leadership and his tireless efforts to modernize the Postal Service and reverse decades of neglect.

Louis is a fighter, and he has fought hard for the women and men of the Postal Service and to ensure that the American people have reliable and affordable service for years to come. I commend Postmaster General DeJoy for inspiring the Postal Service with strategic direction, a competitive spirit and a culture of achievement that comes from the successful implementation of large-scale change. I have seen this spirit of purpose grow steadily during my time on the board of governors, and I am confident it will continue to grow as progress begets further progress, and the promise of a transformed and modernized Postal Service is fully realized.

USPS and the National Association of Letter Carriers received an interest arbitration award from Arbitrator Dennis Nolan on March 21, following proceedings that took place March 17-18.

The award was the result of a legally mandated binding arbitration process that is required when the parties reach an impasse, and it resolves the collective bargaining dispute between the parties. 

The contract is effective through May 22, 2026, and covers more than 200,000 letter carriers.

The Postal Service wants employees to remember they have a duty to conserve and protect government property — including USPS vehicles.

The organization’s vehicles should not be used:

• To commute between home and work;

• To go on vacation;

• To transport unauthorized persons such as a child, relative or friend; or

• To run personal errands.

When on official travel or a detail assignment, USPS vehicles should not be used:

• To visit friends and family;

• To sightsee; or

• For entertainment.

Misuse of a USPS vehicle may result in disciplinary action — ranging from a minimum 30-day suspension without pay to removal from the organization.

Employees with questions about the use and misuse of Postal Service vehicles can email the USPS Ethics Office or call 202-268-6346. Employees with questions about using a postal vehicle while on detail or official travel can email the USPS Travel Office.

The Postal Service is observing Women’s History Month in March.

The commemoration was first observed nationally as Women’s History Week in 1980. The week was chosen to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8, a global observance that began in 1911.

In 1987, Congress designated the month of March as Women’s History Month.

Women often advanced in the postal system long before they won rights in the world outside.

For example, women were serving in important postal roles more than a century before they could vote. In 1775, Mary Katherine Goddard became the first known female postmaster, and the first female mail messenger was Sarah Black, in 1845.

One of the pioneering pilots flying U.S. Mail was Katherine Stinson, the “Flying Schoolgirl” who dropped mailbags over the Montana State Fair in 1913.

Approximately 44 percent of the USPS workforce is female.

The organization has celebrated many women and female achievements on stamps in recent years. These include Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, civil rights pioneer Constance Baker Motley and actress Betty White, who will be honored with a stamp this month.

Other recent stamps have paid tribute to women’s soccer, women’s rowing and the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in any educational program receiving federal funds.

The usps.com postal history section has additional information, including articles about notable female postal employees.