USPS OIG: Employee Retirement Options -Management Advisory Report WHY THE OIG DID THE AUDIT: This report responds to a request from the postmaster general. The Postal Service is analyzing the options available for early retirement as it looks to reduce the size of its workforce. Our objective was to evaluate and describe information on retirement […]
OIG found in some locations that safety was not always a priority to management Highlights of the USPS OIG audit: Previously, the Postal Service, as a federal agency, was exempt from private sector provisions of the OSH Act. When PESEA became effective, the Postal Service became fully subject to the OSH Act. This gave OSHA jurisdiction […]
Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) asks the OIG to review savings if USPS did not have to comply with McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) of 1965. WHY THE OIG DID THE AUDIT: The report responds to a request from Representative Darrell E. Issa. Our objective was to review Postal Service’s market research to determine if potential […]
…a 37 percent increase over the same period last year. We have referred three instances of intentional misreporting of delayed mail to the Office of Investigations over the past several years. Mailers expressed concerns over the substantial amount of delayed Standard Mail® and Periodicals during the 2010 Fall Mailing Season. Approximately 95 percent of this […]
OIG: USPS does not require Congressional approval for this policy change. USPS could save $$Billions more by converting curbside delivery into centralized delivery. USPS OIG Audit Report – Modes of Delivery (Report Number DR-AR-11-006) Notwithstanding these limitations, the Postal Service should develop a comprehensive strategic plan to aggressively move from existing door-to-door delivery to curbside […]
USPS OIG audit report of the web-based application, the Change Suspension Discontinuance Center (CSDC) program, used for the discontinuance of Postal Service-operated retail facilities. According to OIG: “The CSDC program’s discontinuance process follows applicable federal law and Postal Service policies. By law, the Postal Service cannot close small POs solely for operating at a deficit.”
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Postal Service could have avoided paying almost 7 million of the 28 million overtime hours for full-time city letter carriers Our analysis identified that, during FY 2009, city delivery supervisors scheduled full-time city delivery carriers to use overtime hours to deliver the mail on city routes. Management actually expended overtime hours at a cost of […]
Excerpts from a report issued by the USPS Office of Inspector General: We also found that 24 of the 68 (or 35 percent) of the noncompetitive contracts we reviewed were not sufficiently supported per Postal Service policy. Policies contain minimum requirements for noncompetitive justifications, market research, and endorsement and approval requirements. Compliance with these requirements […]
One option is to “Eliminate duplicative staff positions and better position area management to work strategically with headquarters by relocating all area offices to headquarters.” A recent audit report issued by the USPS Office of Inspector General: Since 1992, the Postal Service’s workforce has decreased by almost 106,992 employees (13 percent); the cumulative total factor […]