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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
U.S. Postal Service OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
U.S. Postal Service
Report Number
24-131-R25
Report Description

The U.S. Postal Service relies on pre‑career employees to supplement its regular workforce. Pre-career employees are temporary workers who do not receive the same employee benefits as career employees and are not always guaranteed a regular schedule. The Postal Service’s 10-year strategic plan identified “unacceptably high rates of pre‑career employee turnover” as a key challenge and created a goal of stabilizing and empowering the workforce, which included a reduction of pre‑career workforce turnover by 50 percent.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
5
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$1,437,662
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No

Open Recommendations

This report has 5 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 Yes $0 $0

Update the Learning Management System to require and assign all facility managers overseeing pre-career employees to take Delivering the New Employee Experience training.

2 Yes $0 $0

Reiterate the importance of the 511 Initiative best practices and facility managers responsibilities to ensure national compliance and standardization of the initiative.

3 Yes $0 $0

Assess the benefits of the implemented Retention and Mentor Pilot programs and develop strategies to improve annual retention rates for all pre-career crafts.

4 Yes $0 $0

Require Postal Service Forms 1750 to be tracked and monitored in the Retail and Delivery Applications and Reports system for all facilities instead of only pilot sites.

5 Yes $0 $0

Require all operations to use the electronic Postal Service Form 1750 web-based application once implemented.

U.S. Postal Service OIG

United States