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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 December 30, 2010.
Organization
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Office
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Competitive Area
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Headquarters
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Office of the Postmaster General
Chief Executive Officer
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Separate
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Office of the Deputy Postmaster General
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Separate
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Offices of the Executive Vice Presidents
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Separate
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Office of the Chief Postal Inspector
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Separate
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Offices of Senior Vice Presidents
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Separate
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Each Vice President’s Organization
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Separate
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Each President of Organization
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Separate
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Headquarters-Related Organization — Organizational Type
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Each Accounting Service Center
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Separate
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Each Communications Service Center1
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Separate
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Each Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Compliance and Appeals Region1
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Separate
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Each Facilities Service Office
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Separate
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Each Field Counsel Unit1
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Separate
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Each Information Technology Site1
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Separate
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Each Inspection Service DCI Field Operations Unit1
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Separate
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Each Inspection Service Investigations Service Center1
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Separate
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Each Inspection Service Division1
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Separate
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Each Mail Recovery Center
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Separate
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Each Sales Field Office1 (Grouped by Area)
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Separate
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Each Supply Management Unit1
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Separate
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Each Stamp Distribution Center
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Separate
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Unique Organization — Separate Competitive Area
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Address Management, Memphis, TN
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Separate
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Human Resources Shared Service Center, Greensboro, NC
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Separate
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National Center for Employee Development, Norman, OK
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Separate
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Capital Equipment Material Management, Topeka, KS
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Separate
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Materials Customer Service, Topeka, KS1
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Separate
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Maintenance Technical Support Center, Norman, OK
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Separate
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Pricing and Classification Service Center, New York, NY
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Separate
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Material Production & Distribution, Topeka, KS
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Separate
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Mail Equipment Shops, Washington, DC
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Separate
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EEO Services, Tampa, FL
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Separate
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Unique Organization — Part of Another Competitive Area
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Facilities Portfolio, Arlington, VA
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Supply Management, National HQ, Washington, DC
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Mail Equipment Portfolio, Merrifield, VA
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Supply Management, National HQ, Washington, DC
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Each Transportation Contract Management Transportation (CMT)
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Supply Management, National HQ, Washington, DC
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Eastern Service Category Management Center (CMC), Windsor, CT
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Eastern Service CMC, Memphis, TN
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HQ Facilities Services, HQ,
Washington, DC
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Facilities, Arlington, VA
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Western Service Category Management Center (CMC), Denver, CO
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Western Service CMC, San Francisco, CA
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Career Development Division, Inc., Potomac, MD
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Inspection Service, National HQ, Washington, DC
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Technical Service Division, Inc., Dulles, VA
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Inspection Service, National HQ, Washington, DC
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William F. Bolger Center for Leadership Development, Potomac, MD
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Employee Development and Diversity, National HQ, Washington, DC
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Forensic Laboratory Services, Dulles, VA
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Inspection Service, National HQ, Washington, DC
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Field Organizations
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Each Air Mail Center
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Separate
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Each Air Mail Facility
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Separate
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Each Area Office
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Separate
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Each Network Distribution Center (NDC)
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Separate
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Each District Office
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Separate
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Each Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF)
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Separate
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Each Independent Delivery Distribution Center
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Separate
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Each Independent Surface Transfer Center (STC)
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Separate
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Satellite International Service Center
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Separate
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Each International Service Center (ISC)
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Separate
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Each Post Office
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Separate
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Each Logistics and Distribution Center (L&DC)
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Separate
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Each Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC)
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Separate
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Each Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF)
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Separate
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Each Remote Encoding Center (REC)
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Separate
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Each Senior Processing and Distribution Center
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Separate
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1 Some units located in the Washington, DC, commute area and Headquarters-domiciled employees may be part of the parent national Headquarters organization Competitive Area.
— Complement, Staffing & Field Policy, Human Resources, 12-30-10
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