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Nov
20
2023
Report Number:
23-156-2-R24
Report Type:
Audit Reports
Category: Service Performance

Easton Post Office in Easton, MD: Delivery Operations

Background

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities across the country and provides management with timely feedback in furtherance of this mission.

This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of delivery operations and property conditions at the Easton Post Office in Easton, MD. The Easton Post Office is in the Maryland District of the Atlantic Area and services ZIP Codes 21601, 21625, and 21654 (see Figure 1). These ZIP Codes serve about 27,563 people in a predominantly urban area. Specifically, of the people living in these ZIP Codes, about 18,033 (65 percent) are considered living in urban communities and about 9,530 (35 percent) are considered living in rural communities.