Federal Reports

Background 

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities across the country and provides management with timely feedback in furtherance of this mission. 

This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of delivery operations and property conditions at the Huntington Station in Shreveport, LA. The Huntington Station is in the Louisiana District of the Southern Area and serves about 55,444 people in ZIP Codes 71101, 71103, 71109, 71119, and 71129 which are considered predominately urban communities. Specifically, 51,619 (93.1 percent) were considered living in urban communities and 3,825 (6.9 percent) were considered living in rural communities.

Background

The U.S. Postal Service needs effective and productive operations to fulfill its mission of providing prompt, reliable, and affordable mail service to the American public. It has a vast transportation network that moves mail and equipment among approximately 308 processing facilities and 31,100 post offices, stations, and branches. The Postal Service is transforming its processing and logistics networks to become more scalable, reliable, visible, efficient, automated, and digitally integrated. This includes modernizing operating plans and aligning the workforce to meet marketplace needs; leveraging emerging technologies to provide world-class visibility and tracking of mail and packages in near real time; and optimizing the surface and air transportation network. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews the efficiency of mail processing operations at facilities across the country and provides management with timely feedback to further the Postal Service’s mission. 

This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of the efficiency of operations at the Shreveport Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and Package Support Annex (PSA) in Shreveport, LA (Project Number 26-026). We judgmentally selected the Shreveport, LA, P&DC and PSA based on a review of Leg 1 and Leg 3 failures; workhours; scanning compliance; and late, canceled, and extra trips. The Shreveport P&DC and PSA are in the Gulf South Division. The P&DC processes letters, flats, and packages and the PSA processes packages. The Shreveport P&DC and PSA service multiple 3-digit ZIP Codes in urban and rural communities (see Table 1).

As of November 14, 2025, the Shreveport P&DC employee availability rate was 87.3 percent for processing and 99.1 percent for logistics. The Postal Service’s Employee Availability goal for fiscal year (FY) 2025 was 89 percent for processing and 92.9 percent for logistics.

Background

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities across the country and provides management with timely feedback in furtherance of this mission.

This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of delivery operations and property conditions at the Southfield Station in Shreveport, LA (Project Number 26-027-3). The Southfield Station is in the Louisiana District of the Southern Area and serves about 50,519 people in ZIP Codes 71104, 71105, and 71115, which are considered a predominantly urban area (see Figure 1). Specifically, 49,571 (98.1 percent) live in urban communities and 948 (1.9 percent) live in rural communities.

Background

The U.S. Postal Service’s mission is to provide timely, reliable, secure, and affordable mail and package delivery to more than 160 million residential and business addresses across the country. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews delivery operations at facilities across the country and provides management with timely feedback in furtherance of this mission. 

This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of delivery operations and property conditions at the Plantation Station in Bossier City, LA. The Plantation Station is in the Louisiana District of the Southern Area and serves about 34,644 people in ZIP Codes 71110 and 71112, which are considered a predominantly urban area. Specifically, 32,064 (92.6 percent) live in urban communities and 2,580 (7.4 percent) live in rural communities.

Why We Did This Report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine whether the EPA’s grants workforce planning efforts are in accordance with federal requirements and address the workload for grants administered under annual and supplemental appropriations.
 

Summary of Findings

The EPA lacks a plan to address its grants workforce needs and the challenges associated with the volume of grants awarded through annual and supplemental appropriations.

NASA is working with SpaceX and Blue Origin to develop lunar landers that will enable crew to descend to the lunar surface, temporarily live and work there, and ascend back to lunar orbit. While NASA has controlled contract costs and effectively collaborated with the providers, lander development challenges will delay planned Artemis launch dates. NASA is also taking actions to mitigate and prevent hazards associated with the landers, but does not currently have the capability to rescue crew should they become stranded in space or on the lunar surface.