San Francisco International Service Center Closure
Background
The U.S. Postal Service’s International Service Center in San Francisco, CA (SFO ISC) houses select international and military mail processing functions and a retail unit. In April 2020, the lessor notified the Postal Service that they were discontinuing the facility lease and subsequent discussions about potential on-airport facility alternatives proved unsuccessful. As a result, the Postal Service decided to permanently relocate processing operations to local and regional facilities and temporarily suspend retail services, steering customers to nearby post offices pending a final Postal Service decision on the unit. This report responds to a September 2021 congressional request regarding closure of the SFO ISC.
What We Did
Our objective was to evaluate Postal Service communication and documentation related to the closure. We conducted site visits to the SFO ISC, reviewed documentation, and interviewed Postal Service officials and stakeholders.