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Governor of the United States Postal Service is a position comparable to director of a private corporation, except in service of the American postal system. Of the Board's 11 members, nine are appointed by the President of the United States, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The nine presidentially appointed Governors choose the Postmaster General, who also serves as a member of the Board. These 10, in turn, choose a Deputy Postmaster General, who becomes the 11th member of the Board. The Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General serve at the pleasure of the Governors.
Each Governor is appointed to a nine-year term or to the remainder of an unexpired term created by the death or resignation of a sitting Governor. Terms of the Governors are staggered to expire each year on December 8. A Governor whose term has expired may continue to sit on the Board for up to one year until a successor has been appointed. No more than five of the nine Governors may be of the same political party.
The Board generally meets once a month. Each January, the Governors elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman. Three standing committees--Audit and Finance, Capital Projects, and Strategic Planning--meet regularly during the year to consider matters within their area of responsibility and refer items to the full Board for consideration.
UnitedStatesPostalService (USPS) is the UnitedStates government organization responsible for providing postalservice in the UnitedStates and is generally referred to as "the post office." It was created to fulfill the mandate in the UnitedStates Constitution that there must be a federal postalservice.
The USPS is headed by a Board of Governors or Governor of the UnitedStatesPostalService, appointed by the President and confirmed by the senate, who serve as its corporate board of directors, they set policy and proceedure and postal rates for services rendered.
The UnitedStatesPostmaster General, formerly appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate, but now appointed by the board of governors, serves as Chief Operating Officer and deals with the day to day activities of the service.
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