US Postal Service
We don’t know much about what DOGE is doing at USPS, apart from the fact that Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour were detailed there (because of specific skills or because their names were next to each other in an alphabetical list?). USPS has long been a target of conservative ire, with many arguing it’s “losing money” (as if it were a business and not a service) and calling for its privatization. DOGE’s efforts at USPS will probably hew to their standard staffing reductions and elimination of contracts.
Positions
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GSA USPS
3/07
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detail (NTE 2025-06-15) | |
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GSA USPS
3/12
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detail (NTE 2025-06-15) |
Events
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3/13
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Official:
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy sends a letter to Congress informing he has signed an agreement with GSA and DOGE to eliminate 10,000 jobs at the agency. He also explicitly authorized DOGE to only work with his agency on matters related to USPS retirement plans, workers compensation costs, congressional liaisoning regarding costs incurred by legislative mandates, reforms to its regulatory requirements, retail lease renewals, business opportunities with other federal agencies and counterfeit postage.
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3/24
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Disruption:
Postmaster General DeJoy abruptly resigns, reportedly forced out by the Trump Administration
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3/24
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Sighting:
Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino met with the DOGE team embedded there (Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour), reportedly to discuss ethics rules.
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| April 2025 | ||
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4/XX
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Sighting:
Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour meet again with the acting Postmaster General as well as other senior staff. Reportedly, the topic of this meeting is potential price increases, which is outside the limitations on their work that had been set by former Postmaster DeJoy in the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) he signed for their presence at the agency.
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| May 2025 | ||
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5/XX
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