U.S. Postal Service

Market Dominant mail — a category consisting primarily of First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Periodicals — is the Postal Service’s largest source of funding, contributing 53 percent of the agency’s revenue in fiscal year (FY) 2023. Since 2006, however, mail volume has been in decline. The key...

Declining mail volume and a growing share of parcels in the mail mix have impacted the composition of the Postal Service’s workforce in recent years. Additionally, the U.S. labor market experienced dramatic swings, cratering in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, then tightening considerably as...

The U.S. Postal Service uses expense purchase cards, which allow Facility and Architect Engineers, also known as project managers (PM), to make local purchases for operational needs. During fiscal years 2021 to 2023, the Postal Service paid approximately $257.6 million in expense purchase card...

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide the nation with trusted, safe, and secure mail services. As the Postal Service provides mail service to almost 167 million addresses six days a week as part of its universal service obligation, mail can be subject to theft, including internal theft...

System Review Report

System Review Report

This report presents the results of our audit of delivery operations and property conditions in the Alabama-Mississippi District in the Southern Area.

This report presents the results of our audit of the status of the Postal Service’s acquisition of newdelivery vehicles.

This report presents the results of our audit of the U.S. Postal Service’s cost attribution for parcelonlyprocessing facilities.

This report presents the results of our audit of the United States Postal Regulatory Commission’s(PRC) Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 for FiscalYear 2024.