U.S. Postal Service

The explosion of e-commerce parcels flooding postal networks is just one symptom of a confluence of forces characterized by increasing globalization, the expanding digital revolution, and changes in manufacturing and transportation. This white paper highlights the forces and trends fueling the...

The paper recommends the Postal Service consider opportunities for public-private partnerships (PPPs) to reduce its costs, make its outlays flexible so that they vary along with volume, and leverage private sector expertise in developing new products for the digital age. The paper reviews lessons...

The U.S. Postal Service participates in three retirement plans: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (PSRHBF). These plans are restricted to government trust funds invested solely in U.S...

The OIG used data analytics to identify offices with lost or stolen stamp stock shipments. We identified three expenses totaling $27,429 related to stamp stock shipments for the Bensalem, PA, Post Office and the Croydon Post Office, a small post office whose stamp stock is shipped to the Bensalem...

Our objectives were to assist U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in assessing the reasonableness of U.S. Postal Service employee retirement, health benefits and life insurance withholdings; Postal Service benefit contributions; and enrollment information submitted via the headcount report by...

So what does the generation born and raised in the age of the Internet think of something like regular mail? Do so-called Digital Natives, who have little experience with life pre-World Wide Web, have any interest in it? Did they ever? The questions raise critical implications for the future of the...