USPS OIG Report: Highway Contract Routes-Extra Trips in the Greater South Carolina District

Background The U.S. Postal Service uses highway contract routes (HCR) to transport mail between its facilities and other designated points. An extra trip is one made in addition to those outlined in the contract; it results in added costs. Extra trips can be the result of late mail processing or early mail collection runs. Management…

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Video: Politics delaying consolidation of Florence, SC mail processing plant

FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) – The Florence mail processing and distribution facility now has three more months before it’s scheduled to be completely relocated to Columbia. Political pressure from Congress has caused the United States Postal Service to delay the consolidation of a total of 82 processing facilities from January 15, to April 18, according to…

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USPS OIG Audit Project: Highway Contract Routes (HCR) – Extra Trips – Greater South Carolina District

Start Date: Monday, January 5, 2015 Estimated Report Date: Friday, July 3, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service uses highway contract routes (HCR) to transport mail between its post offices and other designated points where mail is received or dispatched, such as mailers’ facilities. Extra trips are in addition to those normally provided under the terms…

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