6/8/2018 President Trump’s task force to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service is up and running, and despite concerns that its members would simply follow the direction preset by the tweeter-in-chief, stakeholders in the postal community are impressed with seriousness and attention to detail with which the group has approached its undertaking.

The task force, established by an executive order Trump signed in April, has begun holding meetings at the Treasury Department, according to an array of trade organizations, shipping companies and unions. Trump tapped Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to head up the task force, but their staffers have so far led the charge.

Overall, participants in the meetings have come away impressed with the officials’ knowledge base and commitment to learning more about what has caused the Postal Service to find itself in such a shaky financial position.

The group, made up of Treasury, OMB and OPM officials, has held meetings over the last several weeks. Gary Grippo, Treasury deputy assistant secretary for public finance, and Kipp Kranbuhl, the department’s deputy secretary, have led the charge (both declined, through a spokesman, a request for an interview). They have met both with individual groups in a one-on-one setting and with several groups together.

source: Government Executive