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  2. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.

  3. State-owned enterprises of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal government chartered and owned corporations operate to provide public services. Unlike government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or independent commissions, such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and others, they have a separate legal personality from the federal government.

  4. Category : Government-owned companies of the United States

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    Public utilities of the United States (8 C, 66 P) Pages in category "Government-owned companies of the United States" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.

  5. Independent agencies of the United States government

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    The Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the bank "assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services", particularly when private sector lenders are unable or unwilling ...

  6. United States Postal Savings System - Wikipedia

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    A certificate of a $5 deposit in the United States Postal Savings System issued on September 10, 1932. The United States Postal Savings System was a postal savings system signed into law by President William Howard Taft and operated by the United States Post Office Department, predecessor of the United States Postal Service, from January 1, 1911, until July 1, 1967.

  7. Postal service privatization - Wikipedia

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    The process of complete privatization of Japan Post is undergoing as the Japanese government continues to sell off their shares in subsequent sales. [4] The privatization has led to more openness of bookkeeping, accounting methods and detailed fiscal result becoming readily accessible to the public through Japan Post's corporate profiles. [5]

  8. Postal, telegraph and telephone service - Wikipedia

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    In countries that had a PTT unit of government, typically the vast majority of forms of distribution of information fell under the auspices of the PTT, whether that be the delivery of printed publications and individual letters in the postal mail, the transmission of telephonic audio, or the transmission of telegraphic on-off signals, and in some countries, the broadcast of one-way (audio ...

  9. United States Post Office Department - Wikipedia

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    The United States Post Office Department (USPOD; also known as the Post Office or U.S. Mail) was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, established in 1792. From 1872 to 1971, it was officially in the form of a Cabinet department. It was headed by the postmaster general.