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Adapting Postal Facilities to Support Community Resilience

SteveJanuary 15, 2019Slideshow, Story

Carnegie Mellon researchers ask, How can underutilized postal facilities be envisioned as civic community hubs?

USPS OIG asks, How can the Postal Service put its excess space to good use?

SteveJuly 26, 2018Blog

USPS Office of Inspector General: In December 2016, Congress passed the Federal Property Management Reform Act (FPMRA). The purpose of the FPMRA is to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government, including the Postal Service, in managing its property by: – Requiring USPS to take measures to better manage and account for its property; – Providing for increased collocation … Read More

How to rent a piece of history: JLL’s USPS Properties for Lease

SteveFebruary 5, 2018Story

Last summer Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) replaced CBRE as the Postal Service’s exclusive provider of real estate services. As stated on the USPS page on its website, JLL is “the transaction manager and exclusive broker for USPS’ 280 million-square-foot U.S. portfolio.” JLL is responsible for negotiating leases on 25,500 properties the Postal Service leases from private owners, brokering the sale of … Read More

USPS properties for lease: Business as usual or a new approach to excess space?

adminOctober 4, 2013Story

The Postal Service and its real estate broker CBRE have created a new website advertising postal properties for lease. It’s the companion site to the USPS-CBRE Properties for Sale website, which went up in November 2011. The domain name for the new site was registered in April 2013, but the site may have gone online just in the past few weeks. … Read More

STAGES IN DISCONTINUANCE PROCESS
1   Request/approval to study for discontinuance
2   Notice (if appropriate) to Headquarters of suspension Organizations Notify
3   Notice (if appropriate) to customers/district personnel of suspension
4   Highway map with community highlighted
5   Inspection Service/local law enforcement vandalism reports
6   Form 4920, Post Office Fact Sheet
7 NEPA Worksheet
8 Financial Workbook
9 Recommendation and Service Replacement Type
10 PM Letter Instructions Cover letter, questionnaire, and enclosures
11   Community meeting roster
12   Community meeting letter (Need to set before questionnaire if not held before)
13   Proposal checklist
14   District notification to Government Affairs
15   Instructions to postmaster/OIC to post proposal
16   Invitation for comments exhibit
17   Proposal exhibit
18   Comment form exhibit
19   Instructions for postmaster/OIC to remove proposal
20 Postal Service response letters to returned customer questionnaires
21   Analysis of questionnaires
22   Community meeting analysis
23   Round-date stamped proposals and invitations for comments from affected offices
24 Notification of taking proposal and comments under internal consideration
25 Postal Service response letters to returned Proposal comments
26   Proposal Analysis of comments
27   Petition and Postal Service response letter (if appropriate)
28   Congressional inquiry and Postal Service response letter (if appropriate)
29   Log of Post Office discontinuance actions
30   Final determination from HEADQUARTERS (Review the Final Determination prior to sending for Hq approval)

STAGES IN DISCONTINUANCE PROCESS
1   Request/approval to study for discontinuance
2   Notice (if appropriate) to Headquarters of suspension Organizations Notify
3   Notice (if appropriate) to customers/district personnel of suspension
4   Highway map with community highlighted
5   Inspection Service/local law enforcement vandalism reports
6   Form 4920, Post Office Fact Sheet
7 NEPA Worksheet
8 Financial Workbook
9 Recommendation and Service Replacement Type
10 PM Letter Instructions Cover letter, questionnaire, and enclosures
11   Community meeting roster
12   Community meeting letter (Need to set before questionnaire if not held before)
13   Proposal checklist
14   District notification to Government Affairs
15   Instructions to postmaster/OIC to post proposal
16   Invitation for comments exhibit
17   Proposal exhibit
18   Comment form exhibit
19   Instructions for postmaster/OIC to remove proposal
20 Postal Service response letters to returned customer questionnaires
21   Analysis of questionnaires
22   Community meeting analysis
23   Round-date stamped proposals and invitations for comments from affected offices
24 Notification of taking proposal and comments under internal consideration
25 Postal Service response letters to returned Proposal comments
26   Proposal Analysis of comments
27   Petition and Postal Service response letter (if appropriate)
28   Congressional inquiry and Postal Service response letter (if appropriate)
29   Log of Post Office discontinuance actions
30   Final determination from HEADQUARTERS (Review the Final Determination prior to sending for Hq approval)

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