Huntington Station, Shreveport, LA: 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 Huntington Station in Shreveport, LA. The Huntington Station is in the Louisiana District of the Southern Area and serves about 55,444 people in ZIP Codes 71101, 71103, 71109, 71119, and 71129 which are considered predominately urban communities. Specifically, 51,619 (93.1 percent) were considered living in urban communities and 3,825 (6.9 percent) were considered living in rural communities.