USPS OIG Report: Employee Issues at the Dickinson, North Dakota Post Office

Objective This report responds to a request from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota about employee issues at the Dickinson Post Office. In response to that request, our objectives were to determine whether the U.S. Postal Service complied with employee payment requirements and assess employee engagement and staffing levels at the Dickinson, ND, Post Office….

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Sen. Claire McCaskill calls on USPS to explain complaints of poor service

By Jim Cunningham – May 8, 2017 Two senators are checking on complaints about poor service from the U.S. Postal Service, days after KMBZ News aired a story about persistent problems in Kansas City’s Northland. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) are stepping up to address concerns about the accuracy of delivery…

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Senator Heitkamp BringsĀ PMG to North Dakota to Tackle Mail Service Challenges

Press Release – August 11, 2016 BISMARCK, N.D. ā€“ U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today brought the Postmaster General to North Dakota to see the stateā€™s mail challenges up close and to discuss solutions for the unacceptable service issues facing the state. Heitkamp toured the Bismarck mail processing facility with Postmaster General Megan Brennan, and then…

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NAPS Endorses Bill to Preserve Rural Service Standards

July 14, 2015 NAPS is proud to endorse the Rural Postal Act of 2015 (S. 1742) offered by Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. The legislation restores overnight July 2012 service standards, places a 2-year moratorium on the closure of additional mail processing plants, makes six-day delivery permanent, protects rural post offices from unnecessary closures…

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USPS OIG Audit Report: North Dakota Postal Service Operations

Background North Dakota has experienced the nationā€™s fastest-growing population, growing 7.6 percent since 2010 compared to 2.4 percent nationally. The stateā€™s jobless rate was the lowest in the nation (2.8 percent) in July 2014. This is due to significant employment opportunities resulting from the oil boom in the Bakken Shale formation in western North Dakota….

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Postal Service to reduce N.D. hours: Heitkamp says it is breaking promise

(September 3, 2014) BISMARCK ā€” U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp accused the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday of backtracking on its promise not to cut hours at 30 rural post offices in central and western North Dakota. The Democrat started a ā€œFix My Mailā€ initiative in January to gather stories from North Dakotans about problems they…

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Heitkamp Brings Chairman of Senate Committee Overseeing Postal Service to Williston to Hear about Mail Service and Delivery in ND

Senator Shares Themes of North Dakotans’ Stories from Fix My Mail Initiative Press Release – June 7, 2014 WILLISTON, N.D. ā€“ U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today brought U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) to Williston so he could hear firsthand about the challenges that North Dakota faces with mail delivery and service, and about efforts to…

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MO Senator McCaskill Meets With Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association

Senator discusses her fight to protect rural post offices May 20, 2014 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today met with representatives from the Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association to discuss their joint effort to fight for rural post offices and maintain postal delivery standards. “Rural postal service is the lifeblood for communities all across…

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