Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service

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governing body oversight board

The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service canonical	9
United States Postal Service Board of Governors	4
U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ oversight board ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
duty	ensure efficient and reliable postal services nationwide ⓘ ensure financial sustainability of the United States Postal Service ⓘ ensure transparency and accountability of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
exOfficioMember	Deputy Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
governs	United States Postal Service ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	rates and classifications for postal products within statutory limits ⓘ
hasPart	Deputy Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ presidentially appointed governor ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
legalBasis	Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ
legalForm	independent establishment of the executive branch ⓘ
maximumNumberOfTermsForGovernor	2 ⓘ
meetsAt	United States Postal Service ⓘ surface form: United States Postal Service Headquarters
numberOfExOfficioMembers	2 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	11 ⓘ
numberOfPresidentiallyAppointedGovernors	9 ⓘ
oversees	finances of the United States Postal Service ⓘ management of the United States Postal Service ⓘ operations of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Postal Service ⓘ
partOf	United States Postal Service ⓘ executive branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
power	direct the exercise of the powers of the United States Postal Service ⓘ select Deputy Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ select Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
reorganizedBy	Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act ⓘ
responsibleFor	long‑range financial planning of the United States Postal Service ⓘ review of practices and policies of the United States Postal Service ⓘ strategic direction of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
sector	postal services ⓘ
setsPolicyFor	United States Postal Service ⓘ
subjectTo	United States federal law ⓘ
supervises	Deputy Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ
termLengthForPresidentiallyAppointedGovernors	7 years ⓘ
website	https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Postal Service → overseenBy → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 → establishedBody → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Priority Mail → regulator → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Postal Service Board of Governors

Priority Mail Express → regulator → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Postal Service Board of Governors

Postmaster General of the United States → appointedBy → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Postmaster General of the United States → memberOf → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Postmaster General of the United States → reportsTo → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Postmaster General of the United States → salaryDeterminedBy → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Thurgood Marshall Jr. → boardMemberOf → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Postal Service Board of Governors

Deputy Postmaster General of the United States → appointedBy → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Deputy Postmaster General of the United States → memberOf → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

Express Mail → regulator → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Postal Service Board of Governors

Public Law 91-375 → established → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

United States postage stamps → regulatedBy → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors