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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

Impacts Associated with Local Transportation Optimization in Richmond, Virginia

2024
23-161-1-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The Postal Service deployed a major change to operations within the Richmond, VA, area on October 28, 2023, when it implemented its Local Transportation Optimization initiative. The initiative is designed to reduce the overall number of transportation trips to and from select Post Offices and...

Scanning Compliance and Oversight of Dock Operations

2024
23-164-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service is working to leverage technology to improve visibility and tracking of mail and packages in near real time for the Postal Service, its customers, and mailers. As it moves through the surface transportation network, mail and packages are assigned to a container equipped with...

Brookland Station in Washington, D.C.: Delivery Operations

2024
24-065-1-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...

Efficiency of Operations at the Curseen-Morris Processing and Distribution Center, Washington, D.C.

2024
24-063-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 approximately 330 processing facilities and 31,100 post...

Lammond Riggs Station in Washington D.C.: Delivery Operations

2024
24-065-2-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...

Ward Place Carrier Annex in Washington DC: Delivery Operations

2024
24-065-3-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...

Mail Conditions at South Houston Local Processing Center

2024
24-050-1-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

Our objective for this alert was to determine facility opening procedures and mail conditions at the South Houston Local Processing Center.Each year, increased mail volume during the Postal Service’s peak mailing season — Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve1 — significantly strains the Postal...

Effectiveness of the New Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond, VA

2024
23-161-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service is redesigning its processing network with the goal of creating a best-in-class mail and package processing network as part of its 10-year strategic Delivering for America plan. The Postal Service plans to create a modernized network based around Regional Processing and...

The Price of a Stamp: An International Comparison

2024
RISC-WP-24-004
Inspection / Evaluation
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The Postal Service relies almost entirely on the revenue generated from postage to fulfill its public mission and cover the costs of delivering mail. As mail volumes decline and operational costs increase, USPS has sought to cover its costs by generating more revenue through increases in the price...

Mail Processing Machine Relocation

2024
23-165-R24
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

As part of the Delivering for America 10-year plan, the U.S. Postal Service is making significant investments in Regional Processing and Distribution Centers (RP&DCs) to modernize its network. The goal of this initiative is to standardize and modernize mail and package processing and improve service...

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