Annie Kennedy, from the Postal Com­mis­sion writes that the Postal Service’s list of facil­i­ties iden­ti­fied as can­di­dates for pos­si­ble clo­sure is fluid and will be updated by the Postal Ser­vice on a monthly basis.

She sug­gests that as fur­ther action with regard to Water­gate Post Office, that inter­ested per­sons sub­mit ‘for­mal state­ments’ for inclu­sion in the pub­lic record in Docket No. N2009-1 which can be done through the www.prc.gov home­page. (see info below)

Ms.Kennedy indi­cated, “the Com­mis­sion cur­rently is hold­ing hear­ings in Docket No. N2009-1 to con­sider a Postal Ser­vice pro­posal that may result in the clos­ing of numer­ous postal retail facil­i­ties nation­wide. In addi­tion to the impacts such clo­sures would have on cus­tomers, the econ­omy, and the postal net­work, the Com­mis­sion is care­fully exam­in­ing the cri­te­ria and processes being used by the Postal Ser­vice to eval­u­ate these offices and to imple­ment any clo­sures. While I can­not pro­vide you with the assur­ance that your facil­ity will not be closed by the Postal Ser­vice, I hope you find this infor­ma­tion useful.”

So, FB/WE res­i­dents, we are grate­ful for Ms. Kennedy’s guid­ance and sug­gest that you file a for­mal state­ment regard­ing acces­si­bil­ity, park­ing, and ser­vices with the Postal Reg­u­la­tory Com­mis­sion into the record devel­oped for this case.

You can read more about this ini­tia­tive at the PRC web site, www.prc.gov, where you will find it listed on the home­page under the docket num­ber N2009-1.

You can add your com­ments to the pub­lic record in that docket online via email, prc-dockets@ prc.gov, or you may sub­mit writ­ten state­ments via reg­u­lar mail to: The Hon­or­able Ruth Gold­way, Chair­man, Postal Reg­u­la­tory Com­mis­sion, 901 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200, Wash­ing­ton, DC 20268. Whichever method you choose be sure to ref­er­ence Docket No. N2009-1 in your correspondence.