{"id":36692,"date":"2024-11-01T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=36692"},"modified":"2024-11-01T10:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:28:49","slug":"video-northeast-florida-lawmakers-demand-audit-of-jacksonville-usps-facility-over-lost-delayed-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/video-northeast-florida-lawmakers-demand-audit-of-jacksonville-usps-facility-over-lost-delayed-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Northeast Florida lawmakers demand audit of Jacksonville USPS facility over lost, delayed mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMewi2qGGTs?si=wOnWQBAYkPiXmMAh\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 10\/31\/24 &#8211; Customers have reported that important packages are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/2024\/06\/26\/unacceptable-florida-georgia-leaders-call-on-jacksonville-usps-center-to-improve-delivery-times-transparency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being delivered to the wrong states<\/a>, and in some cases, mail is being lost altogether. These issues have led to calls for a federal audit of a United States Postal Service (USPS) facility in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">Congressman John Rutherford and four other U.S. Representatives from Northeast Florida and Georgia are requesting an audit of the Jacksonville Network Distribution Center (NDC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">Congressman Rutherford shared his concerns with News4JAX and emphasized the importance of timely deliveries of essential items, particularly medications and checks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m concerned about people not getting their medications on time, not getting their check on time\u2014those sorts of things,\u201d Rutherford explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">Congressmen Rutherford, along with Representatives Aaron Bean, Michael Waltz, Kat Cammack, and Buddy Carter, signed a letter to the USPS Inspector General. In the letter, they urge an investigation into the Jacksonville NDC after receiving numerous complaints from constituents about lost or delayed mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">\u201cI think they\u2019ve got a lot of work to do, that\u2019s why we sent the letter, urging them to try to address these issues,\u201d Rutherford added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 LrBIp htMUPQ article-text\">The letter highlights that the Jacksonville NDC is currently undergoing renovations to repurpose it as a Regional Processing and Distribution Center (RPDC). Despite these changes, the NDC continues to process a high volume of packages, leading to growing concerns about delays. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2024\/10\/31\/northeast-florida-lawmakers-demand-audit-of-jacksonville-usps-facility-over-lost-delayed-mail\/\">News 4 Jax<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/News-4-Jax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/News-4-Jax-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/News-4-Jax-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/News-4-Jax-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/News-4-Jax.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 10\/31\/24 &#8211; Customers have reported that important packages are being delivered to the wrong states, and in some cases, mail is being lost altogether. These issues have led to calls for a federal audit of a United States Postal Service (USPS) facility in Jacksonville. Congressman John Rutherford and four other U.S. Representatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36694,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36692\/revisions\/36694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}