# US Postal Service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-postal-service/55645>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-postal-service/55645 "2001-02-23T20:00:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Freedom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Freedom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freedom)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-postal-service/55645/1 "2001-02-23T20:00:17Z")

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Kind of a one two combo on this question.  
What is the official status of the US post office? Are they similiar to regualted utility?

Follow-up…  
The ATF and USS come under the treasury Dept, the FBI comes under the Justice Dept.

Where do the US Postal Investigators get their authority from?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-postal-service/55645/2 "2001-02-23T20:03:40Z")

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You should go to [http://www.usps.gov](http://www.usps.gov) for all the info, but  
the USPS is a government run corporation.

Postal Inspectors get their authority from acts of Congress.