“Head on a swivel, thinking cap on”

The Mission Statement of the Post Office Law Department has military origins, meaning stay alert and aware of your surroundings, and is a common idiom found in combat situations among military operators.  A Mission Statement for the Post Office was recognized April 1, 2020.  United States Postal Service Mission Statement (naps.org)

  Keep Your Head on a Swivel - Meaning, Origin and Usage - English-Grammar-Lessons.com 

There are ten directives, practice groups, of the USPS legal department; an example, beyond those that deal with employees include:

• The Procurement and Property Law attorneys help the Postal Service acquire the property, goods, and services necessary to fulfill its universal service mission.
• The Corporate and Postal Business Law Section of the Law Department supports the efforts of the Board of Governors, the Postmaster General, the Executive Leadership Team as a whole, and a host of other internal stakeholders, to legally advance the governmental and commercial interests of the Postal Service, both domestically and internationally.
• The Legal Strategy team consists of the Commercial and Appellate Litigation Group and the Legal Policy and Legislative Advice Group. ppolicy attorneys are responsible for advice ON
  • legislation (including technical assistance on bills related to the Postal Service)
  • strategically significant dockets before the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
  • issues involving other Executive Branch agencies
  • applicability of laws and directives to the Postal Service
  • constitutional questions (including First Amendment issues and conduct on Postal Property)
  • Governance
  • Election mail.

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The United States Postal Service is an independent establishment of the executive branch (effective 1970) originally established in 1775.

• Postal Reorganization Act (PRA) of 1970 - signed By President Nixon 
  •  The law transformed the Cabinet-level Post Office Department into an independent establishment of the Executive Branch
  • Leadership structure like that of a private corporation
    • free of direct political control
    • significant authority over rates, operations, and employment.
• Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act - signed by President Bush
  • Required the Postal Service to accelerate the prefunding of 100 percent of our expected retiree health benefits obligations
  • Imposed a rigid price cap on most services for at least 10 years
  • Prohibited offering new products and services beyond core shipping and mailing services.
• Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) of 2022 - signed by President Bident
  • Repealed the requirement that the Postal Service annually prepay all future retiree health benefits
  • Canceled all past due prefunding obligations
  • Mandated retiree health benefit integration with Medicare
  • Did not modify the Postal Service’s requirement to be self-funded as an independent entity that receives zero tax-payer dollars for operational expenses.

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