Congress has oversight of the USPS, however the USPS is considered a private business running under congressional authorization, but the employees are federal employees, with oversight by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), except for the ones who are contract employees, like the USPS Shared Services (HR) which is in NC........which is entirely contracted out......


It's a byzantine mess.

While speaking to a congressional staffer, he asked me what I wanted Congress to do? Investigate one small postal plant being closed?

As I've managed to get a decent quasi-working relationship with some of the politicians in the area, I bit my tongue, because the reply which immediately came to mind was:

You fools investigate whether or not Roger Clemens shot himself in the butt with steroids, but you won't hold hearing on something you have CONSTITUTIONAL oversight on?

(see Karen, my temper has improved in the last 25 years)