(USPS OIG photo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KFGO) – North Dakota’s congressional delegation has asked the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service (USPS OIG) to expand its audit of mail delivery operations across the Minnesota-North Dakota district to include several additional postal facilities, including Fargo.
In a letter dated Monday, February 5, Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong said they have heard concerns from communities across the state about delayed delivery, late or undelivered newspapers, and broken cluster box units in residential neighborhoods. The initial audit was to include Minot, Bismarck and Mandan facilities, but in the letter the delegation asked the USPS OIG to add post offices in Fargo, Grand Forks, and Dickinson to the review.
The delegation also said they want the USPS OIG to reconsider a Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR) that took place last year. They said stakeholders were not properly notified of public meetings and that the holiday season prevented the communities to be properly engaged during the feedback period of a proposed plan by the USPS to move some sorting and processing operations from Bismarck and Grand Forks to Fargo. The letter says constituents who did attend the meetings were disappointed that USPS officials in attendance would not answer any questions regarding the MPFR.
The USPS OIG initially audited select facilities in Minnesota in November and after that review found significant deficiencies, announced it would expand its review to additional offices across the entire Minnesota-North Dakota district on January 25.
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