Washington, D.C – The Inspector General of the United States Postal Service has agreed to conduct an audit of the study used to direct a possible consolidation of the Sioux City postal center, at the urging of Congressman Steve King.

Today, the offices of King and of Senators Grassley and Harkin met with the Inspector General to outline the parameters of the audit, which is expected to take a number of months. Once the audit is completed, the findings will be available to the public.
King has long asserted the previous study did not use the proper factors to fully determine the cost-impact of consolidation.

“I hope an independent investigation of the study will reveal to Sioux City officials and residents how this study was really conducted,” said King. “If the business case has not been fully examined, then a consolidation is clearly premature. I don’t want the Sioux City postmark to be lost over a plan that has been deemed ‘close enough for government work’ by Washington bureaucrats."