The Post Office Department is the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a United States Cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General.... , a part of the cabinet, and created the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States.... , a corporation
Corporation
A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate .... -like independent agency with an official monopoly
Government monopoly
In economics, a government monopoly is a form of coercive monopoly in which a government agency is the sole provider of a particular good or service and competition is prohibited by law.... on the delivery of mail
Mail
Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects, wherein written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages, are delivered to destinations around the world.... in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... . was signed by President Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office.... on August 12, 1970.
The legislation was a direct outcome of the U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970.
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The Post Office Department is the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a United States Cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General.... , a part of the cabinet, and created the United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an Independent agencies of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States.... , a corporation
Corporation
A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate .... -like independent agency with an official monopoly
Government monopoly
In economics, a government monopoly is a form of coercive monopoly in which a government agency is the sole provider of a particular good or service and competition is prohibited by law.... on the delivery of mail
Mail
Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects, wherein written documents, typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages, are delivered to destinations around the world.... in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... . was signed by President Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the only president to resign the office.... on August 12, 1970.
The legislation was a direct outcome of the U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970.
