U.S. Congressman Steve King believes study will reveal Postal Service's flawed process

Congressman Steve King Monday urged the U.S. Postal Service to carefully consider a forthcoming study on the Area Mail Processing process.

The AMP process is used by the Postal Service to identify mail processing centers across the country, like the one in Sioux City, for possible consolidation, a press release issued by King explained.

King, the Postal Service, the Siouxland community and Iowa’s senators have been involved in a long process of review and discussion to clarify the question of whether to maintain or close the Sioux City center.

“Some believe that study after study equals action. Well, the Government Accountability Office spent the last year and half studying the Postal Service evaluation process and I expect that they’ll tell us exactly what we knew when all this started a year and a half ago. In their upcoming report, they will almost certainly tell us that the USPS process of evaluating its operations and finding opportunities for consolidation is flawed,” said King.

The GAO office, the investigative arm of Congress, is set to issue a report next month on the process used by the Postal Service to identify possible consolidation opportunities within its mail processing system. The potential departure of Sioux City’s mail processing center to Sioux Falls could increase costs for local businesses and cause delays to mail delivery throughout the Siouxland, the release issued by King stated.