Musk’s DOGE Called In by Postmaster to Help Save ‘Broken’ USPS

March 14, 2025, 2:15 PM UTC

America’s postmaster general knew that sooner or later, DOGE would come calling at the US Postal Service.

So Louis DeJoy decided to have DOGE work with him.

The nation’s top mailman this week signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to collaborate on reforms to the sprawling service, which delivers letters and packages from tropical Guam to the Alaskan wilderness. Rather than wait for the DOGE crew to dictate changes, DeJoy is seeking to shape them.

“This was a short and healthy conversation” that stated a few days ago, DeJoy said in an interview. “We’re off ...

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