USPS delivered 78% of first-class mail on time in the second quarter of 2021, compared to 92.18% for the same period last year. Tulino and the new governors will help USPS move ahead with its 10-year reform plan and will help the agency deal with persistent challenges with on-time mail delivery. In this dual-hatted role, he’ll continue to oversee labor relations, human resources management, organizational development, compensation and benefits, as well as recruiting and hiring. Tulino, a career USPS employee with more than 40 years working at the agency, will stay on as its CHRO while taking on new responsibilities as deputy postmaster general. If confirmed, the board would be fully staffed for the first time since 2010. President Joe Biden’s third pick to serve on the board, Anton Hajjar, a former attorney for the American Postal Workers Union, is on the Senate’s calendar and is expected to receive a confirmation vote soon. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee senior member Tom Carper (D-Del.), the author of several postal reform bills in recent years, praised the confirmation of Stroman and McReynolds, saying both recognize “the dire need to get the Postal Service back to its core mission: Reliable, affordable, and on-time mail delivery service for Americans across our nation.” The Senate voted 59-38 for McReynolds to serve on the board through December 2026. The Senate on Thursday also approved the nomination of Amber McReynolds, the chief executive officer of the nonprofit National Vote at Home Institute and the former director of elections in Denver, as a member of the board.

The Senate approved his nomination Wednesday in a 69-30 vote to serve on the board for a partial term through December 2021, and voted 66-32 for Stroman to serve on the board for a full term through December 2028. Meanwhile, previous Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman will rejoin the agency by serving on its Board of Governors. USPS is naming its Chief Human Resources Officer Doug Tulino to serve as deputy postmaster general, a position left vacant for a year. The Postal Service is filling up its leadership ranks, and is close to having its first fully staffed Board of Governors in more than a decade.

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