Former Waste Management CEO David Steiner has been appointed as the new Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service (USPS), a decision that has generated optimism about the future direction ...

Postmaster General David Steiner is backing Louis DeJoy's Delivering for America turnaround plan, while critics urge a ...

Postmaster General David Steiner said the controversial Delivering for America plan puts the U.S. Postal Service “on the ...

USPS is roughly halfway through its 10-year “Delivering for America” plan, but is far from achieving its “break-even” ...

The Postal Service was established in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress, which appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.

In March, under then-Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the agency proposed a new network consolidation plan to change 58 processing and distribution centers in smaller Illinois communities.

The first postmaster general, appointed on July 26, 1775, was Benjamin Franklin.

As a new Postmaster General with ties to FedEx assumes control of the agency, rural customers and postal workers worry about privatization or downsizing of the agency.