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In May 2020, in a controversial move, the [[Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service]] appointed [[Louis DeJoy]], the first postmaster general in the last two decades who did not emerge from the postal bureaucracy. Instead he had three decades of experience in the private delivery sector where he created a new national corporation with 80,000 employees.<ref>Mackenzie Dunn, "From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story" [https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2016/04/louis-dejoy-shares-his-success-story From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story ''Elon News Network'' 4/14/16]</ref><ref name="congress_urges_2020_08_06_ap_archive_org">{{cite news|date=August 6, 2020|title=Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail|website=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|access-date=August 6, 2020|agency=[[AP News]]|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806210601/https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=2020-05-07 |title=Postal Service Pick With Ties to Trump Raises Concerns Ahead of 2020 Election |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | In May 2020, in a controversial move, the [[Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service]] appointed [[Louis DeJoy]], the first postmaster general in the last two decades who did not emerge from the postal bureaucracy. Instead he had three decades of experience in the private delivery sector where he created a new national corporation with 80,000 employees.<ref>Mackenzie Dunn, "From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story" [https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2016/04/louis-dejoy-shares-his-success-story From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story ''Elon News Network'' 4/14/16]</ref><ref name="congress_urges_2020_08_06_ap_archive_org">{{cite news|date=August 6, 2020|title=Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail|website=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|access-date=August 6, 2020|agency=[[AP News]]|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806210601/https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=2020-05-07 |title=Postal Service Pick With Ties to Trump Raises Concerns Ahead of 2020 Election |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | ||
DeJoy—until 2014 CEO of [[New Breed Logistics]] (a controversial Postal Service contractor),<ref name="contracts_questioned_2020_16_11_nbc_news">{{cite web|title=Postal contracts awarded to DeJoy-run company were questioned in 2001 Postal Service audit|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=[[NBC News]]|date=September 14, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050805/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|url-status=live}}</ref> and until 2018 a board member its new parent, [[XPO Logistics]], whose postal contracts expanded during DeJoy's postmaster general role—was a major donor and fundraiser for the | DeJoy—until 2014 CEO of [[New Breed Logistics]] (a controversial Postal Service contractor),<ref name="contracts_questioned_2020_16_11_nbc_news">{{cite web|title=Postal contracts awarded to DeJoy-run company were questioned in 2001 Postal Service audit|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=[[NBC News]]|date=September 14, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050805/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|url-status=live}}</ref> and until 2018 a board member its new parent, [[XPO Logistics]], whose postal contracts expanded during DeJoy's postmaster general role—was a major donor and fundraiser for the Republican Party<ref name="embattled_2020_08_20_apnews_com">{{cite news |last1=Izaguirre |first1=Anthony |last2=Slodysko |first2=Brian |title=Embattled postal leader is Trump donor with deep GOP ties |url=https://apnews.com/aedcc34674344793961666fe82d6d257 |date=August 20, 2020 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://apnews.com/aedcc34674344793961666fe82d6d257 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="house_demands_2020_08_17_washpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/dejoy-postal-service-house-protest/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=As the House demands an interview with Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy, protesters picket his homes|date=August 17, 2020|last=Armus|first=Teo|access-date=August 29, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050808/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/dejoy-postal-service-house-protest/|url-status=live}}</ref> (from 2017, a deputy finance chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]], until appointed postmaster general, and later million-dollar donor to the 2020 Trump campaign while postmaster general).<ref name="embattled_2020_08_20_apnews_com" /><ref name="house_demands_2020_08_17_washpost" /><ref name="dejoy_defends20200821politico">{{cite web |last1=Desiderio |first1=Andrew |last2=Levine |first2=Marianne |last3=Lippman |first3=Daniel |title=DeJoy defends proposed changes amid Postal Service furor |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/dejoy-postal-service-hearing-399659 |date=August 21, 2020 |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/dejoy-postal-service-hearing-399659 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whats_wrong_2020_08_07_vox">{{cite web |last=Estes |first=Adam Clark |date=August 7, 2020 |title=What's wrong with the mail |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/21358946/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/21358946/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pierce |first=Charles P. |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Destroying the Postal Service Is the Most Republican Thing Trump Has Ever Done |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33565671/trump-destroy-postal-service-louis-dejoy/ |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050818/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33565671/trump-destroy-postal-service-louis-dejoy/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pres_partner_fundraiser_2017_05_26_wnyc_org">{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Andrea |last2=Marritz |first2=Ilya |date=May 26, 2017 |title=The President, His Business Partner, and the Fundraiser |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/president-his-business-partner-and-fundraiser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050844/https://www.wnyc.org/story/president-his-business-partner-and-fundraiser/ |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=WNYC |language=en}}</ref><ref name="lead_fundraiser_2020_05_07_bizjournals_archive_org">{{cite magazine |last=Finnegan |first=Daniel |date=May 7, 2020 |title=Lead fundraiser for Charlotte RNC named postmaster general. He starts in June. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/07/lead-fundraiser-for-charlotte-rnc-named-postmaster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050746/https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/07/lead-fundraiser-for-charlotte-rnc-named-postmaster.html |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |magazine=[[Triad Business Journal]] |access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref> | ||
DeJoy immediately began taking measures to reduce costs, such as banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Eric|date=July 20, 2020|title=Looking to Cut Costs, New USPS Leader Takes Aim at Overtime and Late Trips|url=https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727174300/https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2020|website=Government Executive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT_Broadwater_20200815">{{cite news |issn=0362-4331 |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Healy |first2=Jack |last3=Shear |first3=Michael D. |last4=Fuchs |first4=Hailey |title=Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 15, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |archive-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816201415/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200714">{{cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last=Bogage |first=Jacob |title=Postal Service memos detail 'difficult' changes, including slower mail delivery |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=July 14, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814145955/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While DeJoy admitted that these measures were causing [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|delays in mail delivery]], he said they would eventually improve service.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Amy|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Kane|first3=Paul|date=August 13, 2020|title=Trump opposes election aid for states and Postal Service bailout, threatening Nov. 3 vote|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html?|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816204722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | DeJoy immediately began taking measures to reduce costs, such as banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Eric|date=July 20, 2020|title=Looking to Cut Costs, New USPS Leader Takes Aim at Overtime and Late Trips|url=https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727174300/https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2020|website=Government Executive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT_Broadwater_20200815">{{cite news |issn=0362-4331 |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Healy |first2=Jack |last3=Shear |first3=Michael D. |last4=Fuchs |first4=Hailey |title=Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 15, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |archive-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816201415/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200714">{{cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last=Bogage |first=Jacob |title=Postal Service memos detail 'difficult' changes, including slower mail delivery |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=July 14, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814145955/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While DeJoy admitted that these measures were causing [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|delays in mail delivery]], he said they would eventually improve service.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Amy|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Kane|first3=Paul|date=August 13, 2020|title=Trump opposes election aid for states and Postal Service bailout, threatening Nov. 3 vote|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html?|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816204722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||