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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
U.S. Postal Service OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
U.S. Postal Service
Report Number
24-164-R25
Report Description

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s mission is to support and protect the U.S. Postal Service and its employees, infrastructure, and customers; enforce the laws that defend the nation’s mail system from illegal or dangerous use; and ensure public trust in the mail. According to the Postal Inspection Service strategic plan, the key mission and business priorities were developed through research and represent critical and emerging issues affecting the Postal Service’s employees, infrastructure, and products, as well as the success of the Postal Inspection Service’s mission. 

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
5
Questioned Costs
$2,203,480
Funds for Better Use
$0
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

Discontinue supporting events that do not directly support the Postal Inspection Service's mission, reassess the allocation of personnel, and provide oversight of divisions' use of resources

2 Yes $0 $0

Update the strategic plan to ensure that all strategic goals have measurable key performance indicators.

3 Yes $0 $0

Update instructions for developing performance measures and instruct preparers to revise key performance indicators, metrics, and division objectives to be specific, measurable, actionable, reasonable, and timely.

4 Yes $0 $0

revise the high-security collection box and high-security electronic locks installation performance measures to
include metrics within Postal Inspection Service's control.

5 Yes $0 $0

Establish internal controls to obtain periodic updates prior to the end of the quarter to ensure required quarterly and annual goals are met.

U.S. Postal Service OIG

United States