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The United States Postal Service (USPS) signed an agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reform the agency and reduce spending.
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress in a letter Thursday that he reached a deal with DOGE to cut costs.
The USPS aims to cut 10,000 jobs using a voluntary retirement program.
The independent government agency employs approximately 635,000 people.
The United States Postal Service is cutting its workforce by 10,000.
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The Hill reports:
DeJoy said the organization has spent the last four years transforming from a “battered government bureaucracy” that experienced financial losses into a higher quality service, but it is still not achieving its goals.
“Last night I signed an agreement with the General Services Administration and DOGE representatives to assist us in identifying and achieving further efficiencies,” DeJoy said. “This is an effort aligned with our efforts, as while we have accomplished a great deal, there is much more to be done. We are happy to have others assist us in our worthwhile cause.”
The Postal Service is an independent agency that has remained untouched by DOGE’s presence in other departments, until now.
The postmaster general said the service plans to reduce its workforce by 10,000 workers within the next month through a voluntary early retirement program.
BREAKING: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress today that he signed an agreement to work with DOGE to cut jobs and spending.
The USPS is planning to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the next 30 days through a “voluntary early retirement” program. pic.twitter.com/YeJ5xDSdCO
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Per Reuters:
DeJoy cited a number of issues including management of retirement assets and its workers’ compensation program by other government agencies, unfunded mandates and burdensome regulatory requirements.
DeJoy has led a dramatic effort to restructure the post office over the last five years — including cutting forecasted losses from $160 billion to $80 billion over a decade– that has used similar tactics to the DOGE team including shrinking the workforce and canceling or renegotiating contracts.
He said the Postal Regulatory Commission “is an unnecessary agency that has inflicted over $50 billion in damage to the Postal Service by administering defective pricing models and decades-old bureaucratic processes.”
Representative Gerald Connolly, top Democrat on the committee overseeing USPS, said DeJoy was allowing DOGE to “infiltrate” the agency, suggesting DOGE would “undermine it, privatize it, and then profit off Americans’ loss.”