# Mail Service During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic
> **Audit** by U.S. Postal Service OIG · 2021-01-04
> *About: U.S. Postal Service*
## Report
- **Title:** Mail Service During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- **Submitting OIG:** U.S. Postal Service OIG
- **Component agency:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2021-01-04

## Summary

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Postal Service provided vital service, including the delivery of critical items such as medications, stimulus payments, and Social Security checks. Further, the Postal Service is the leading delivery service provider for online purchases. A May 2020 Harris Poll survey on America’s 100 essential companies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, ranked the Postal Service as number one, based on its resolve, integrity, responsiveness, and permanence.

## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/mail-service-during-early-stages-covid-19-pandemic)
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