U.S. Postal Service

Our objective was to assess controls and actions taken by the U.S. Postal Service to address identified security deficiencies surrounding the Postal Service’s Deposit by Mail (DBM) service at [redacted] mail processing facilities. At the request of a business customer, the Postal Service initiated a...

OIG data analytics identified the Newport, KY, Post Office with the highest amount recorded to Account Identifier Code (AIC) 553, Refund Postage and Fees, during fiscal year (FY) 2019, Quarter (Q) 3 in the Ohio Valley District (57 percent of district total of $70,023). During this period, this unit...

We selected Gracie Station based on our analysis of stop-the-clock (STC) scan data from the Product Tracking and Reporting (PTR) system. Specifically, we used geolocation data to identify packages with STC scans with a scan event of “Delivered” that occurred at the delivery unit property instead of...

The Ypsilanti MPO is in the Detroit District in the Great Lakes Area. We conducted this audit in response to concerns related to delayed mail and package scanning raised by U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell, 12th District, Detroit, MI. Other concerns were directed to our Office of Investigations...

Our objective was to assist the OPM in assessing the reasonableness of U.S. Postal Service employee health benefits, life insurance, and retirement withholdings; Postal Service benefit contributions; and enrollment information submitted via the headcount report.

The Postal Service has a pricing management system based on procedures and methodologies that were developed over 20 years ago. The Postal Service’s primary sources for developing and analyzing prices comes from statistical analysis and reports that are generated on a quarterly and annual basis...

OIG data analytics identified that the West Sacramento P&DC had $18,827 recorded to account identification code (AIC) 624, Refund of Miscellaneous Non-Postal Revenue, from January 1 to March 31, 2019. AIC 624 refunds for the West Sacramento P&DC accounted for 67.5 percent of all refunds processed in...

This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of U.S. Postal Service Processing Network Optimization. The objective of our audit was to evaluate trends and practices used to optimize the Postal Service’s processing network. The Postal Service’s processing network includes 285...

This management alert presents issues identified during our ongoing audit of U.S. Postal Service Transportation Network Operations and Cost Optimization Practices. The objective of this management alert was to provide Postal Service officials immediate notification of the issues identified during...

Our objective was to identify and summarize the findings and recommendations in four issued area physical and environmental controls site security reports. The objective of those four audits was to determine whether the Postal Service established effective physical and environmental security...