U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Resigns
Louis DeJoy
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has resigned following weeks of news coming out of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Here is what you need to know.
In mid-February, the USPS announced that it would begin the process of finding a successor for sitting Postmaster General DeJoy after just five years of service.
During the same week, The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump was expected to initiate a takeover of the USPS with an executive order. Although initially denied by the administration, it was then reported that Trump was considering putting the control of the USPS under the Department of Commerce.
Just last week we reported that DeJoy had signed an agreement with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to help it find more cost-saving efficiencies and eradicate waste. In the article, Mark Michelson wrote:
In a March 13 letter to congressional and committee leaders announcing the DOGE and GSA agreement, DeJoy said more sweeping changes need to be made to the Postal Service. 'The DOGE team was gracious enough to ask for the big problems they can help us with,' he wrote. 'Among other initiatives, I provided a list of items that are in your hands and that have been intractable even though they have needed to be addressed for over a decade.'
He reportedly wanted DOGE to study the mismanagement of the USPS's self-funded retirement assets and the actuarial miscalculations of its retirement obligations; the mismanagement of the USPS Workers' Compensation Program, which DeJoy said results in approximately $400 million a year in excessive charges when compared to private industry practices; and the unfunded mandates imposed on the Postal Service by legislation.
Then, in an official statement from USPS on Monday evening, DeJoy announced his resignation, effective immediately. Deputy Postmaster Doug Tulino will assume the role in an interim basis.
His abrupt resignation comes as news reports that a clash between DeJoy and DOGE began swirling after DeJoy reportedly refused to give the organization "broad access to agency computer systems."
Ashley Roberts is Content Director of Printing Impressions.
