Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a news conference with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) on the postal banking pilot…
93 viewsKevin Kosar talked about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ten-year strategic and business plans for the U.S. Postal Service.
246 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy testified at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Postal Service. Mr. DeJoy told committee members he would give himself an “A” for his performance,…
1,921 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy and other U.S. Postal Service officials testified on proposals to improve the finances, operations and services of the U.S. Postal Service before the House Oversight and Reform…
6,362 viewsEric Katz talked about the previous day’s hearing on the state of the U.S. Postal Service in terms of its fiscal health and persistent service delays.
275 viewsScholars discussed the role of the western press during the Civil War. They talked about the divide between pro-Union and secessionist papers west of the Mississippi River as well as the…
216 viewsThe 1960s folk band “The Swingin' Six” stars in a U.S. Postal Service public service announcement explaining the zip code system, which was first introduced in 1963. ZIP is an acronym for…
437 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy took part in an Economic Club of Washington, D.C., virtual conversation on a host of issues. Topics included postal service employment diversity, operations,…
1,333 viewsThis U.S. Postal Service film documents research and development and lab tests related to mail processing, featuring technology designed to automate the movement of letters and packages and…
109 viewsThis 1922 Ford Motor Company educational film shows how mail is processed and delivered. According to the National Archives, the original Ford catalog description opens with this sentence: “Uncle Sam’s…
179 viewsThis Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film shows how the U.S. Postal Service works by documenting a typical working day in the life of a mailman.
155 viewsThis is a U.S. Postal Service training film for the highly demanding job of Railway Mail Service postal clerk. Between the 1890s and 1960s, trains were the primary method for moving mail in…
530 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations held a hearing to examine actions taken by U.S. Postmaster General Lewis DeJoy since he took office in July 2020.…
4,541 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a virtual hearing on election security. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams (R) informed…
3,760 viewsIn the weekly Democratic address, Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen talked about voting and the Postal Service.
115 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Postal Service operations during the coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming elections. He was joined by Postal…
13,986 viewsRepublican Representatives Kelly Armstrong (ND), James Comer (KY), and Fred Keller (PA) spoke with reporters after a House Oversight Committee hearing. The hearing involved Louis DeJoy, the…
228 viewsRepresentative Mike Quigley (D-IL) spoke with reporters outside a House Oversight Committee hearing. The hearing involved Louis DeJoy, the postmaster general, who testified on U.S. Postal…
265 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on U.S. Postal Service operations during the coronavirus pandemic and 2020 election. “As…
7,422 viewsSpeaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a briefing on the legislative agenda after the House was called back into session to work on a bill to fund the U.S. Postal Service. She addressed criticisms of the U.S. Postal Service that suggest…
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