US Government Agencies Forgo USPS

Just read an interesting letter in this week's Linn's Stamp News. 2 US government agencies, The US Mint and the Internal Revenue Service, do not use the United States Postal Service when mailing items to customers, e.g. Yearly mint sets of coins, or IRS forms. Instead, they rely on UPS, United Parcel Service, a privately run corporation, to handle their shipping needs.

I find it curious, to say the least, that our own government does not find our postal service adequate for serving their needs.