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		<title>Video: Hundreds of Western New Yorkers join fight to save mail center</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WNYers join fight to save mail center: wivb.com CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) &#8211; Frustration and fury reigned the night as hundreds of western New Yorkers joined the fight to save Buffalo&#8217;s William Street Post Office. About 200 outraged citizens, elected officials and Postal Service employees lit up the mic at a public meeting to discuss a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Congressman Calls On PMG To Keep Mail Processing Facility Open In Stockton</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/12/10/california-congressman-calls-on-pmg-to-keep-mail-processing-facility-open-in-stockton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the office of Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-CA-11) December 8, 2011 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11) wrote to the United States Postal Service, calling on Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to ensure that the processing and distribution center in Stockton which is being considered for closure remains open.  The closing of the facility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Another Siouxland USPS Processing Plant on the chopping block</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/14/video-another-siouxland-usps-processing-plant-on-the-chopping-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norfolk USPS closure could cause pharmacy headaches &#8211; Folks in Norfolk, Nebraska will try to convince the United States Postal Service to keep their postal processing center open Monday night. The Postal Service will host a meeting to discuss its proposal to close the operation, just as it did with Sioux City&#8217;s processing center. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Drive Initiative In High Gear To Study Closing 250 Mail Processing Plants</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/09/usps-drive-initiative-to-study-closing-250-mail-processing-plants-in-high-gear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DRIVE INITIATIVE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION MOVES AHEAD Members of the Network Optimization team — including employees whose expertise spans most USPS functions — discuss the plant consolidation/closure study. Vice President, Operations, David Williams, the team leader, is second from right. The Postal Service’s Network Optimization Initiative — a study to determine whether more than 250 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Lawmakers Express Concern Over USPS Lack Of Transparency in Toledo Mail Processing Plant Study</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/10/17/ohio-lawmakers-express-concern-over-usps-lack-of-transparency-in-toledo-mail-processing-plant-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) are asking U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to give further review to a study of the Toledo Processing &#038; Distribution Center (P&#038;DC). Brown and Kaptur, in a letter to Donohoe sent last week, expressed concern over the lack of transparency in the study, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Womack&#8217;s Statement on USPS Proposed Consolidation Plans in Arkansas</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/09/16/rep-womacks-statement-on-usps-proposed-consolidation-plans-in-arkansas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Steve Womack  (R-Ark) released the following statement regarding the latest announcement by the United States Postal Service affecting the Third District of Arkansas: “The latest news from USPS is very disturbing and has crossed the boundary of reason.  This is not a study.  It is a “trial balloon” and we don’t need to waste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Rep., Senators Ask USPS To Delay Consolidation of Sioux City Mail Processing Facility</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/30/iowa-rep-senators-ask-usps-to-delay-consolidation-of-sioux-city-mail-processing-facility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announce that they have formally requested that the United States Postal Service delay the implementation of its plan to consolidate mail processing operations in Sioux City with a mail processing center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The request was made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Falls, ID Mail Operations move will change service standards from overnight to 2-day</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/28/twin-falls-id-mail-operations-move-will-change-service-standards-from-overnight-to-2-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/28/twin-falls-id-mail-operations-move-will-change-service-standards-from-overnight-to-2-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of the consolidation, service between ZIP Code areas 832, 833 and 834 will change from overnight to 2-day TWIN FALLS, ID – As a result of a study begun April 13, the Postal Service has made the decision to move mail processing operations from the Twin Falls, ID, Customer Service Mail Processing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman: USPS Continues To Run Out the Clock on Providing Sioux City Info</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/26/congressman-usps-continues-to-run-out-the-clock-on-providing-sioux-city-info/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/26/congressman-usps-continues-to-run-out-the-clock-on-providing-sioux-city-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today released the following statement regarding the meeting held in Sioux City between city and community leaders and representatives of the United States Postal Service regarding the Postal Service&#8217;s plans to move Sioux City&#8217;s mail processing operations to Sioux Falls. &#8220;Today, city and community leaders in Sioux City were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Says USPS is Stalling on Release of Sioux City Info</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/19/congressman-says-usps-is-stalling-on-release-of-sioux-city-info/</link>
		<comments>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/19/congressman-says-usps-is-stalling-on-release-of-sioux-city-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[King Releases E-mail Chain Suggesting USPS is Stalling the Release of Information the Postmaster General Promised to King, Senators Weeks Ago Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today released a series of emails between congressional staff and USPS officials which document the weeks&#8217; worth of effort that has gone into the work of King, Grassley, [...]]]></description>
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