Repair and Alteration Services at the U.S. Postal Service.

Abstract

The U.S. Postal Service operates about 35,000 facilities encompassing 255 million square feet of space. Because of the number of facilities, amount of space, and geographic dispersion, the task of maintaining those facilities is monumental. This report assesses the USPS's facility repair and alteration (R&A) services. It includes an evaluation of the Postal Service's R&A organization; the resources, or staffing, available to accomplish the R&A workload; and the R&A project delivery process. The study found that the responsibility for R&A is fragmented; the distribution of the R&A workload and the resources in place to execute it ant inequitable and appear to be inadequate, and the planning of R&A projects at all levels is sporadic and subject to frequent change. The report recommends a number of changes that the Postal Service should make to improve its R&A program. Implementation of those recommendations will enable the Postal Service to simplify and focus its R&A program and to make great strides toward ensuring that repair and alteration services are timely, responsive, and of high quality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA302358

Entities

People

  • Adam Dooley
  • John Cable
  • Marguerite Moss

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Customer Services
  • Energy Management
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Postal Service
  • Training
  • United States
  • Workload

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology

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  • Space