United States
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
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
Marion Man Pleads Guilty in Mail-Ordered Fentanyl Case
Marion Man Sentenced for Attempted Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute
Former Postal Employee Charged with Unlawfully Opening the Mail
Former U.S. Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing from Greeting Cards
Fiscal Year 2021 Selected Financial Activities and Accounting Records
The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 requires annual audits of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statements. In addition, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 requires the Postal Service to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This section requires the Postal...
Replacement of Privately Owned Delivery Vehicles
In fiscal year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Postal Service had about 133,000 rural letter carriers and associates delivering mail on over 79,500 rural routes. A rural route can be a government owned vehicle (GOV) route where the Postal Service provides the delivery vehicle, or an equipment maintenance...
Next Generation Delivery Vehicles – Contract Clauses
Our objective was to review the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) contract to determine if there are opportunities to better protect the U.S. Postal Service from fraud, waste, and abuse.
Clinic owner sentenced in illegal kickback and money laundering scheme
Unscheduled Leave – Absence Without Leave (AWOL) Status
Our objective was to assess the management of Postal Service employees in absence without leave (AWOL) status to identify opportunities to timely address employees in AWOL status and manage cost.