§ 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, 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.