The U.S. Postal Service processes approximately 98,000 address changes per day. The National Change of Address (NCOA) is the system of record for all change of address requests and stores approximately 160 million change of address records. The Postal Service processed nearly 36 million address changes in 2021, with over 20 million submitted online through the Moversguide application.Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Postal Service’s controls over the security and availability of the NCOA and Moversguide applications.
Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
U.S. Postal Service OIG
Other Participating OIGs
U.S. Postal Service OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
U.S. Postal Service
Report Number
21-146-R22
Report Description
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
8
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0