{"id":1120,"date":"2010-06-30T18:03:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T23:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2010-06-30T18:03:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T23:03:42","slug":"u-s-postal-service-named-most-trusted-government-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2010\/06\/30\/u-s-postal-service-named-most-trusted-government-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Service Named Most Trusted Government Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trust: It\u2019s in the Mail
\nU.S. Postal Service Named \u2018Most Trusted Government Agency\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 When it comes to safeguarding personal information, Americans continue to trust the U.S. Postal Service above all other government agencies. For the sixth consecutive year, the Postal Service has been named the \u201cMost Trusted Government Agency\u201d by the premier privacy trust study in America.<\/p>\n

More than 87 percent of the 9,000 Americans surveyed by the Ponemon Institute in its 2010 Privacy Trust Study of the United States Government ranked the Postal Service first among 75 federal government agencies. The results show that Americans view the Postal Service as the government agency that is best able to keep their information safe and secure. The average score among federal agencies included in the survey was 38 percent, down from 50 percent last year, with an increasing concern among Americans about the government\u2019s surveillance in their personal lives.<\/p>\n

The Postal Service has held the top spot since the first privacy trust survey of the United States Government was completed in 2004. In addition, the Postal Service has consistently improved its privacy trust score during this time from 78 percent to the current rating of 87 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you visit every door every day, trust is critical,\u201d said Delores Killette, USPS Consumer Advocate and vice president. \u201cIt is the cornerstone of our mission to deliver reliable and affordable mail service to every American, as well as a great source of pride for postal employees across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Postal Service handles 40 percent of the world\u2019s card and letter volume and delivers more mail to more addresses in a larger geographical area than any other post in the world. Despite the vast size of the Postal Service\u2019s network and scope of operations, many Americans know their letter carriers by name and see them as welcomed and trusted members of the local community, Killette said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a 230-year tradition of securing the mail and protecting our customers\u2019 personal information,\u201d said Killette. \u201cThis survey clearly demonstrates that Americans continue to trust and depend on the Postal Service to protect their privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey asked Americans about their beliefs about U.S. government organizations that are known to collect and use information about the public. The survey included questions about Americans\u2019 belief that the federal government takes appropriate steps to safeguard personal information and about the government\u2019s commitment to protecting the privacy rights of its citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile overall trust in the government declined this year, trust in the U.S. Postal Service remains at an all-time high,\u201d said Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute. \u201cBy offering consumers a sense of security that their privacy is protected and limiting the amount of personal data that is collected, government agencies like the Postal Service are able to strengthen the public\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n

An Audio News Release on this topic is available in the USPS Newsroom: www.usps.com\/news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trust: It\u2019s in the Mail U.S. Postal Service Named \u2018Most Trusted Government Agency\u2019 WASHINGTON \u2014 When it comes to safeguarding personal information, Americans continue to trust the U.S. Postal Service above all other government agencies. For the sixth consecutive year, the Postal Service has been named the \u201cMost Trusted Government Agency\u201d by the premier privacy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}