39 U.S.C. § 2802 — Strategic plans

(a) By September 30, 1997, the Postal Service must submit a strategic plan for its program activities to the President and Congress. The plan must include: (1) a complete mission statement for the Postal Service’s major functions and operations; (2) general goals and objectives, including outcome-related ones; (3) how those goals will be achieved, including needed processes, skills, technology, and human, capital, information, and other resources; (4) how the performance goals in the section 2803 plan relate to the strategic goals and objectives; (5) outside factors beyond the Postal Service’s control that could significantly affect achievement; and (6) the program evaluations used to set or revise goals and a schedule for future evaluations. (b) The plan must cover at least the five years after the fiscal year in which it is submitted and must be updated and revised at least every three years. (c) The section 2803 performance plan must be consistent with the current strategic plan and may not cover a fiscal year outside that strategic plan. (d) While developing a strategic plan, the Postal Service must ask for and consider views and suggestions from entities that may be affected by or interested in it, and must tell Congress what the plan contains.