Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution.

Question: is the postal service part of the federal government?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
True
True.