New OIG report faults USPS on post office relocations

(September 6, 2014) The USPS Office of Inspector General has released a long-awaited audit report on the post office relocation process. The report faults the Postal Service on a number of counts — lack of transparency, not following postal regulations, the conflicting roles of the Vice President of Facilities — and it has already led…

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Postal Service stands firm on closing downtown New Bedford office

NEW BEDFORD — The U.S. Postal Service has reaffirmed its decision to close the downtown post office. In a June 23 letter to the mayor’s office, Tom A. Samra, a vice president of facilities, said there is no basis to set aside the initial decision to relocate the central New Bedford post office to a…

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Google Building Post Office Going Nowhere, for Now

The post office on the ground floor of Chelsea’s Google building is apparently safe from the tech giant’s forthcoming construction plans — for now. But spokespeople for the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the building’s management can’t seem to entirely agree on the information they’re releasing about the future of the post office. Some…

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Mayor, congressional delegation write to oppose New Bedford post office change

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell and the city’s congressional delegation have written separate letters urging the United States Postal Service not to close and relocate the downtown post office. Mitchell submitted a letter and a petition signed by more than 200 city residents opposing the move of the post office, an historic 1915 Classical…

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All operations at Monmouth P&DC will cease on September 19

Update via Ray Glasser, Red Bank Local APWU, Maintenance Craft Director: Wednesday 5/14/14 I attended the Article 12 meeting at the USPS South Jersey District HQ building today in Bellmawr, NJ. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss management’s plan for closing Monmouth P&DC and relocating all APWU represented employees. APWU Northeast Region Coordinator John…

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Congressmen: Downtown Santa Fe post office will stay put

Despite earlier plans to move the city’s main post office from its downtown location, the U.S. Postal Service has decided the office on Federal Place will stay where it is, members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation announced Friday. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján said they welcome the news…

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