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Former postal manager who stole drugs from the mail pleads guilty to drug and gun charges
California 5 District: Delivery Operations
We performed a self-initiated audit at the Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and three delivery units serviced by the P&DC during the week of November 13, 2023. The delivery units included the Dockweiler Station, Downtown Long Beach Station, and Inglewood Carrier Annex.We issued...
Impacts Associated with Local Transportation Optimization in Richmond, Virginia
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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...