[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR229.1]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 229--FIELD ORGANIZATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 229.1  Regions.

    (a) General. The Regions are responsible for monitoring the 
performance of postal operations; assessing long-term solutions to 
operating problems; and performing long-range operational planning.
    (b) Functional Units. Each region is headed by a Regional Postmaster 
General who reports to the Deputy Postmaster General. Each region is 
organized into five functions: Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and 
Communications, Operations Support, and Planning, as follows:
    (1) Finance is responsible for all accounting, budgeting, financial 
analysis, and management information programs.
    (2) Human Resources is responsible for all employee and labor 
relations programs.
    (3) Marketing and Communications is responsible for commercial 
accounts and merchandising programs, market and product analysis, and 
for providing information to the public and employees.
    (4) Operations Support is responsible for operations planning and 
monitoring the performance of the mail processing network.
    (5) Planning is responsible for long-range planning for the region 
and for support services to the regional building.
    (c) Regional areas--(1) Central region. The headquarters for the 
Central Region is in Chicago, IL. The regional area is made up of the 
states of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,

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Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
    (2) Eastern region. The headquarters for the Eastern Region is in 
Philadelphia, PA. The regional area is made of the states of Delaware, 
Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey (ZIP Code areas 080-084, 189, 193 and 
194), North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina (except ZIP Code areas 298 
and 299), Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, DC.
    (3) Northeast region. The headquarters for the Northeast Region is 
in Windsor, CT. The regional area is made up of the states of 
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey (ZIP Code areas 074-079 
and 085-089) New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Puerto Rico.
    (4) Southern region. The headquarters for the Southern Region is in 
Memphis, TN. The regional area is made up of the states of Alabama, 
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South 
Carolina (ZIP Code areas 298 and 299), Tennessee and Texas (except ZIP 
Code areas 797-799).
    (5) Western region. The headquarters for the Western Region is in 
San Bruno, CA. The regional area is made up of the states of Alaska, 
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, 
Texas (ZIP areas 797-799), Utah and Washington.

[52 FR 47002, Dec. 11, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 29711, July 14, 1989]