Postal Service delays closure of processing centers
Source: Federal Times
Andy Medici
The Postal Service is delaying an effort to consolidate some mail processing facilities – putting on hold about 80 consolidations and 7 closures slated for this summer, according to the agency.
The Postal Service has been working since 2011 to reduce mail processing infrastructure costs and consolidate facilities to better match future demand, according to the agency. But the efforts had drawn fire from employee groups and some lawmakers.
"The decision to defer the next phase of the initiative was based upon operational considerations, and was made to ensure that the Postal Service will continue to provide prompt, reliable and predictable service consistent with the published service standards," said Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan.
The delay is only temporary as the Postal Service plans to resume the consolidations in 2016.
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The Postal Service is temporarily backing away from a plan to close more than 80 processing centers.
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I interact with the postal service from my job, and every container I get to fill is either BROKEN or UNUSABLE. There is a problem going on and I do not know if its local or regional. The bulk mail centers are supposed to receive and repair these over the road containers, but I guess its easier to just give them to my job than properly tagging them for BMC repair!
