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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by codingdave on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:28AM (#23964056)
> Aren't contracts of the government with private parties publically accessible?

Yes, you can submit a FOIA request to the USPS requesting the contract.

https://www.foia.gov/

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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by sp332 on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:46AM (#23965023)
The request was denied. https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/ama...
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by jagged-chisel on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:15AM (#23965272)
> The release of the existence of such a relationship or of the material terms of any such agreement, should it exist, with a particular business entity could harm the Postal Service's commercial interests in obtaining competitive rates with a variety of business partners in the future.

Understandable reason. Redacting only the "necessary" bits might well render the document unreadable.

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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by metalliqaz on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:13AM (#23964326)
since 2013 that contract must have been foia'd by now
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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by anoraca on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:47AM (#23965038)
You know what they say about assumptions...
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