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Abbreviation
USPS
Agencies
U.S. Postal Service
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
The USPS OIG Hotline will take complaints regarding fraud, waste, and misconduct within the Postal Service. These include: - Injury compensation fraud - Embezzlements and financial crimes - Contract Fraud - Kickbacks - Computer Crimes - Narcotics - Employee Misconduct - Internal affairs and executive investigations - Whistleblower reprisal - Theft of items from the mail by Postal employees or contractors - Destruction of mail by Postal employees or contractors
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
The following matters are NOT generally investigated by the USPS OIG: - Daily mail delivery and tracking problems - Post Office customer service issues and concerns. If you have a customer service issue, please contact USPS. - Day-to-day management decisions - EEO Complaints - Issues that are handled by the grievance process - Issues handled by other government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Justice - Department, Office of Personnel Management - Employee benefits and compensation For help on these and other issues not listed please visit https://www.uspsoig.gov/hotline-helpful-links

Service Performance During the Fiscal Year 2024 Peak Mailing Season

2024
24-050-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

Each year, increased mail volume and operational changes during the U.S. Postal Service’s peak season — Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve — significantly strain the Postal Service’s processing and distribution network. As noted in prior audit reports, Postal Service management continued to develop...

U.S. Postal Service Ground Advantage Billing Determinant Calculation Process

2024
24-101-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA) requires the U.S. Postal Service to produce an Annual Compliance Report (ACR) and provide the report to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year (FY). In support of the ACR, the Postal Service...

Postal Service’s Adverse Weather Condition Procedures

2024
24-064-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

Every year, U.S. Postal Service employees risk illness and injury while working in extreme hot or cold temperatures. Mail carriers, especially, experience daily weather challenges and when exposed to extreme heat may be at risk of heat stress. Heat stress can result in heat stroke, heat exhaustion...

Efficiency of Operations at the Charleston Processing and Distribution Facility, North Charleston, SC

2024
24-116-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service needs effective and productive operations to fulfill its mission of providing prompt, reliable, and affordable mail service to the American public. It has a vast transportation network that moves mail and equipment among about 330 processing facilities and 31,100 post offices...

North Charleston Branch, North Charleston, SC: Delivery Operations

2024
24-117-3-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities...

Mount Pleasant Post Office, Mount Pleasant, SC: Delivery Operations

2024
24-117-2-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities...

East Bay Station in Charleston, SC: Delivery Operations

2024
24-117-1-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities...

ePostage Oversight

2024
23-149-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

ePostage is an electronic postage program that provides small merchants a convenient way to print labels, pay postage, and drop off packages at a post office rather than designated facilities for large customers. The Postal Service collected billions in ePostage revenue in fiscal year 2023, and...

Evaluation of Freight Auction

2024
23-162-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service implemented Freight Auction (FA) in October 2021 to solicit bids to transport mail on an “as needed” basis with the flexibility to schedule trips without requiring contractual changes. The FA program supports the Delivering for America vision with the goal to improve...

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