Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures : Overview and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee-management relations in government.

Occupations.

Retail trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides information on recent USPS closure announcement, reviews historical data on number of post offices and other retail postal facilities, and explains legal authorities relevant to retail postal facility closures. Reviews retail postal facility closure processes, including data on public appeals of closures, and proposed alterations to the processes in H.R. 658, to require USPS to employ the more lengthy post office closure process on all retail facility closures, and expand current statutory public notification requirements; and addresses issues and options for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures

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