Background The U.S. Postal Service frequently receives inquiries from members of Congress and their staff. Congressional inquiries might include questions about service or changes in processing facility operations, or they might include complaints about mail delivery or decisions to change facilities. The Postal Service has various processes for handling and coordinating congressional inquiries. Informal inquiries,…
White Papers – SM-WP-15-002 – 05/12/2015 The U.S. Postal Service leases more than 23,000 buildings, consisting of about 79 million interior square feet. It pays more than $800 million annually to lease these properties. The Eastern Area has 10 districts covering parts of New York and extending as far south as Tennessee. As of September…
The Postal Service has sold over 500 properties over the past five years, but it hasn’t released much information about the disposals. A few weeks ago, however, the Postal Service finally updated its Owned Facilities report, so it’s now possible to learn more about which properties have been sold off. The overall scope of the…
