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 Southfield Station in Shreveport, LA (Project Number 26-027-3). The Southfield Station is in the Louisiana District of the Southern Area and serves about 50,519 people in ZIP Codes 71104, 71105, and 71115, which are considered a predominantly urban area (see Figure 1). Specifically, 49,571 (98.1 percent) live in urban communities and 948 (1.9 percent) live in rural communities.