USPS Post Office Holidays 2009
USPS Post Office Holidays 2009 news: Post offices are closed on the holiday for Columbus Day (October 12th).
2009 Postal Holidays: When to Expect Post Office Closings, No Mail Delivery
According to the USPS website, Americans can expect the post office to be closed on the following days in 2009; the mail will not run on these postal holidays:
* January 1st – New Year’s Day
* January 19th – Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday
* February 16th – Washington’s Birthday (Presidents Day)
* May 25th – Memorial Day
* July 4th – Independence Day (Fourth of July)
* September 7th – Labor Day
* October 12th – Columbus Day
* November 11th – Veterans Day
* November 26th – Thanksgiving Day
* December 25th – Christmas Day
*Post Office Holiday 2009 for October 12th – Columbus Day : Columbus Day is one of eleven federal holidays that close down the USPS post office locations and halt mail delivery. However, many post office locations will be closed for good if the U.S. Postal Service approves the possible consolidation of 371 retail stations and branches. The U.S. Postal Service is expecting a deficit of at least $5 billion this .
According to an announcement by the USPS on October 9, a review process that started earlier this summer examined approximately 3,600 stations and branches in urban and suburban areas across the country to determine where consolidations might be feasible.
In a speech last week at the National Press Club in Washington, Postmaster General John Potter said that the USPS could save $20 million to $100 million by closing facilities.
With nearly 37,000 Post Offices, stations, branches, contract and community post offices, the Postal Service has the largest retail network in the United States. An additional 56,000 retail locations sell stamps and nearly 18,000 ATMs also dispense sheets of stamps. Postage can also be purchased at usps.com and printed on personal computers.
The consolidation announcement is part of the Station and Branch Optimization and Consolidation initiative that is currently being reviewed by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The filing does not represent a final decision on consolidation. To date, no facility-specific final decisions have been made by the United States Postal Service as a result of this initiative.
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