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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee-management relations in government.

Occupations.

Postal service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

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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. Discusses retail postal facility closure processes, including data on public appeals of closures. Summarizes proposed alterations to processes under H.Con. Res. 7, emphasizing significance of USPS services and importance of not closing individual post offices; H.R. 658, to require USPS to employ more lengthy post office closure process on all retail facility closures, and to expand current statutory public notification requirements; and H.R. 4612, to specify definition of post office. Addresses issues and options for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures

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