# The U.S. Postal Service and Emergency Response: A History of Delivering for the American Public
> **Inspection / Evaluation** by U.S. Postal Service OIG · 2020-09-10
> *About: U.S. Postal Service*
## Report
- **Title:** The U.S. Postal Service and Emergency Response: A History of Delivering for the American Public
- **Submitting OIG:** U.S. Postal Service OIG
- **Component agency:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Type:** Inspection / Evaluation
- **Publication date:** 2020-09-10

## Summary

The U.S. Postal Service has a formal role in the federal National Response Framework, which guides the country’s response to disasters and emergencies like hurricanes, bioterrorism, pandemics and other incidents. The OIG examined how the Postal Service continues to support the American public during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even as the outbreak affects postal operations. The Postal Service has delivered essential items like prescriptions, unemployment benefit and stimulus payments, personal protective equipment, and coronavirus test kits.

## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/us-postal-service-and-emergency-response-history-delivering-american-public)
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