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 selfinitiated audit of delivery operations and property conditions at the Tuscaloosa Main Post Office (MPO) in Tuscaloosa, AL. The Tuscaloosa MPO is in the Alabama-Mississippi District of the Southern Area and services ZIP Codes 35401 and 35406. These ZIP Codes serve 59,184 people in a predominantly urban area. Specifically, 55,963 (95 percent) live in urban communities and 3,221 (5 percent) live in rural communities.