RIF Competitive Areas for the Postal Service

The Office of Personnel Management requires agencies covered by reduction-in-force (RIF) procedures to establish Competitive Areas and to publish them for their employees. Competitive Areas are organizational units under separate management authority within which preference-eligible employees compete during a RIF. Listed below are the Competitive Areas for the Postal Service™ as of October 20, 2008.

 

Organization

Office

Competitive Area

Office of the Postmaster General

Chief Executive Officer

Separate

Office of the Deputy Postmaster General

Chief Operating Officer

Separate

Offices of the Executive Vice Presidents

Separate

Office of the Chief Postal Inspector

Separate

Offices of Senior Vice Presidents

Separate

Each Vice President’s Organization

Separate

Each President of Organization

Separate

Headquarters — Related Organization — Organizational Type

Each Accounting Service Center

Separate

Each Communications Service Center1

Separate

Each Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Compliance and Appeals Region1

Separate

Each Facilities Service Office

Separate

Each Field Counsel Unit1

Separate

Each Information Technology Site

Separate

Each Inspection Service DCI Field Operations Unit1

Separate

Each Inspection Service Investigations Service Center1

Separate

Each Inspection Service Division1

Separate

Each Mail Recovery Center

Separate

Each Sales Field Office1 (Grouped by Area)

Separate

Each Supply Management Site1

Separate

Each Statistical Programs Service Center1

Separate

Unique Organization — Separate Competitive Area

Address Management, Memphis, TN

Separate

Human Resources Shared Service Center, Greensboro, NC

Separate

National Center for Employee Development, Norman, OK

Separate

International Business System Portfolio, Jamaica, NY

Separate

Kansas City Stamp Distribution Network, Kansas City, MO

Separate

Maintenance Technical Support Center, Norman, OK

Separate

Pricing and Classification Service Center, New York, NY

Separate

Material Production & Distribution (including Topeka Material Distribution Center) Topeka, KS

Separate

EEO Services, Tampa, FL

Separate

Unique Organization — Part of Another Competitive Area

Facilities Portfolio, Arlington, VA

Supply Management,
National HQ,
Washington, DC

Mail Equipment Portfolio, Merrifield, VA

Supply Management,
National HQ,
Washington, DC

Career Development Division Inc., Potomac, MD

Inspection Service,
National HQ,
Washington, DC

Dulles Stamp Distribution Network, Dulles, VA

Government Relations, National HQ,
Washington, DC

HQ Facilities Services, HQ,

Washington, DC

Facilities, Arlington, VA

Mail Equipment Shop,

Washington, DC

Supply Management, National HQ,
Washington, DC

National Test Administration Center, Largo, MD

Employee Resource Management, National HQ, Washington, DC

Technical Service Division Inc., Dulles, VA

Inspection Service, National HQ,
Washington, DC

William F. Bolger Center for Leadership Development, Potomac, MD

Employee Development and Diversity, National HQ, Washington, DC

Forensic Laboratory Services, Dulles, VA

Inspection Service, National HQ,
Washington, DC

Field Organizations

Each Air Mail Center

Separate

Each Air Mail Facility

Separate

Each Area Office

Separate

Each Bulk Mail Center

Separate

Each District Office (including its Vehicle Maintenance Facilities)

Separate

Each Independent Delivery Distribution Center

Separate

Each Independent Surface Transfer Center

Separate

Satellite International Service Center

Separate

Each International Service Center

Separate

Each Mail Equipment Facility

Separate

Each Post Office

Separate

Each Logistics and Distribution Center (L&DC)

Separate

Each Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC)

Separate

Each Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF)

Separate

Each Remote Encoding Center (REC)

Separate

Each Senior Processing and Distribution Center

Separate

1The unit located in the Washington, DC, commute area is part of the parent national Headquarters organization Competitive Area.