Update on the Postal Service’s Share of CSRS Pension Responsibility

The Postal Service and the federal government share the CSRS pension costs for USPS employees who once worked for the former Post Office Department. However, the Postal Service is currently responsible for all increased pension costs resulting from pay raises given to those employees since its founding on July 1, 1971. Reports issued by the OIG and the Postal Regulatory Commission in 2010 explored alternative ways of splitting CSRS pension costs. The OIG now provides an update to those 2010 reports.