Mail Delivery and Customer Service Operations – Ashford West and Westbury Stations, Houston, TX

This report responds to a request from U.S. Representative Lizzie Fletcher, 7th Congressional District of Texas, to evaluate select mail delivery and customer service operations and determine if internal controls are effective at the Ashford West and Westbury Stations in Houston, TX. Representative Fletcher’s June 2021 request specifically mentioned lost mail and the removal of drive-up collection boxes. The two stations are in the Postal Service’s Texas 2 District in the Southern Area and have a combined 116 city routes. Staffing at the stations includes 130 full-time city carriers, 58 part-time city carriers, 15 full-time clerks, and 4 part-time clerks.