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Musk’s DOGE Could Learn From DeJoy’s USPS. Really.
The postmaster general can share his experience of trying to transform an inefficient government agency, and he could use a helping hand in return.
The Postal Service can use some financial and political flexibility.
Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg
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When they have their DOGE hats on, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy should sit down with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to discuss the opportunities and obstacles that he has faced while trying to transform a government agency.
Little is known about the modes and methods of the Department of Government Efficiency, which the two wealthy businessmen have hatched with the nod of President-elect Donald Trump in a broad and undefined mission to cut waste from federal spending.