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.
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| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USPS for Ethan Shaotran Document Cloud, |
Events
3/07/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Alexander Simonpour 3/07/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
3/12/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Ethan Shaotran 3/12/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from GSA to USPS for Ethan Shaotran Document Cloud, |
3/13/25
Official Action:
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.
Official Action:
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.
| Source: | USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers The Associated Press, 3/14/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-Personnel, Spending |
3/24/25
Sighting:
Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino met with the DOGE team embedded there (Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour), reportedly to discuss ethics rules.
Sighting:
Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino met with the DOGE team embedded there (Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour), reportedly to discuss ethics rules.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | DOGE holds meetings with White House, new postal leadership and Treasury to discuss reforming USPS GovExec, 6/20/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
Disruption:
Postmaster General DeJoy abruptly resigns, reportedly forced out by the Trump Administration
Disruption:
Postmaster General DeJoy abruptly resigns, reportedly forced out by the Trump Administration
| Source: | Changes are coming for your mail: Postal service faces challenges − digital and DOGE USA Today, 3/30/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
4/XX/25
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.
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.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | DOGE holds meetings with White House, new postal leadership and Treasury to discuss reforming USPS GovExec, 6/20/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
5/XX/25
Interagency Coordination:
In May, Clark Milner, a senior advisor for policy in the White House, organized a meeting between USPS staff, the DOGE representatives at the agency, other DOGE staffers and members of the Domestic Policy Council.
Interagency Coordination:
In May, Clark Milner, a senior advisor for policy in the White House, organized a meeting between USPS staff, the DOGE representatives at the agency, other DOGE staffers and members of the Domestic Policy Council.
| Question: | Fuzz: No other specific date information is given |
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Ethan Shaotran, James Burnham |
| Source: | DOGE holds meetings with White House, new postal leadership and Treasury to discuss reforming USPS GovExec, 6/20/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, USPS |