Federal Reports

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 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 Cleveland Heights Branch in Cleveland Heights, OH. The Cleveland Heights Branch is in the Ohio 1 District of the Central Area and serves about 59,123 people in ZIP Codes 44112 and 44118, which are considered urban communities.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has 109 conventional hydroelectric generating units with a capacity of 3,783 megawatts (MW). The hydro fleet supports TVA’s mission of providing clean, reliable, and affordable electricity to people and businesses of the Tennessee Valley.  As of 2021, 53 of TVA’s 109 hydro units had low asset health scores indicating the need for repair.  To extend the life of the hydro fleet, the Hydro Life Extension (HLE) program was formed in 2021.  Due to the importance of TVA’s hydro fleet in providing low cost, clean, and reliable energy, we performed an evaluation of TVA’s HLE program to determine if the program was achieving intended results.

We determined the HLE program achieved the intended results on completed projects for availability, efficiency, and flexibility, but did not meet the efficient project execution goal for some projects.  Specifically: 

• All hydro units that have completed an HLE project have availability greater than 85 percent.
• All 4 hydro units that have completed a turbine replacement as part of an HLE project met contractual vendor efficiency guarantees and increased efficiency.
• All hydro units that have completed an HLE project achieved their intended result to increase generation output capability.  In total, the HLE projects added an additional 29 MWs of capacity.
• All HLE projects met budget targets, but only two met In Service Date (ISD) targets.  Variances between target and actual ISDs ranged from 59 to 261 days. 

While HLE projects have increased the maximum output capability, these additional MWs cannot be transmitted to the system due to transmission limits for the hydro sites. The transmission limits (1) were not evaluated during HLE project planning and (2) have not been increased due to a lack of funding.  In addition, we found one lesson learned related to cost and schedule had not been incorporated into future projects as required.

Statement on Auditing Standards AU-C 260 Letter

AU-C 265 Management Letter

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 Cleveland Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Cleveland, OH (Project Number 25-140). We judgmentally selected the Cleveland, OH P&DC based on a review of Leg 1 and Leg 3 failures; workhours; scanning compliance; and late, canceled, and extra trips. The Cleveland P&DC is in the Lakeshores Division and processes letters, flats, and parcels. The Cleveland P&DC services multiple 3-digit ZIP Codes in urban and rural communities.

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 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 Station B, in Cleveland, OH. Station B is in the Ohio 1 District of the Central Area and serves about 61,344 people in ZIP Codes 44103, 44104, and 44106 which are considered a predominantly urban area.

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 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 Shaker Heights Station in Cleveland, OH. The Shaker Heights Station is in the Ohio 1 District of the Central Area and serves about 62,998 people in ZIP Codes 44120 and 44128, which are considered urban areas.

Audit of the Federal Labor Relations Authority's Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2025