Federal Reports

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 about 330 processing facilities and 31,100 post offices, stations, and branches. The Postal Service is transforming its processing and logistics networks to become scalable, reliable, visible, efficient, automated, and digitally integrated. This includes modernizing operating plans and aligning the workforce; 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.

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.

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.

We conducted oversight of Forest Service's (FS) funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Division J for Hazardous Fuels Management activities.

OIG evaluated the internal controls that the Farm Service Agency designed and established to respond to risks it identified related to (1) consistent and accurate reviews of applications for assistance and (2) reducing improper payments of the Inflation Reduction Act Section 22006 Extraordinary Measures Assistance program funds.

What Office of Inspector General Evaluated: 

This audit evaluated the Library’s consistency, timing, and accuracy of information technology project direct labor costs and updates to the original estimate(s) and Project Status Reports for IT projects started in October 2021 or later. 

What Office of Inspector General Found: 

• The Library has not implemented effective controls over direct labor hour reporting for information technology projects.
• Policies and procedures to govern ongoing development and maintenance programs have not been implemented.
• Project Portfolio Management does not adequately protect IT projects from being deleted in Project Portfolio Management. 

The Office of the Inspector General recommends that the Library of Congress: 

1. Develop and implement internal controls to periodically reconcile GovTA direct labor hours to Project Portfolio Management project hours on a regular basis. 

2. Develop and implement internal controls to ensure that direct labor hours are correctly assigned to Informational technology projects in both GovTA and Project Portfolio Management (PPM), including hours manually entered into PPM, but not reflected in GovTA. 

3. Implement a process to review project hours ignored by Project Portfolio Management and take follow-up actions to record ignored hours from timecards. 

4. Complete the development and implementation of policies and/or procedures for the management of programs.