Federal Reports

Our objective was to evaluate mail delivery operations and property conditions at the Conroe Post Office in Conroe, TX.

Our objective was to evaluate the efficiency of operations at the North Houston P&DC. To accomplish our objective, we focused on five audit areas: mail clearance times; late, canceled, and extra outbound trips; delayed mail; scan compliance; and security of registry items. We reviewed Surface Visibility Web data for late, canceled, and extra trips, as well as scan compliance for the period from August 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023. Further, we identified mail clearance time goals for the North Houston P&DC and compared them with operations shown in the Run Plan Generator report.6 During our site visit the week of September 11, 2023, we interviewed P&DC management and observed mail processing and dock operations.

Our objective was to evaluate mail delivery operations and property conditions at the Fairbanks Station in Houston, TX.

Our objective was to evaluate delivery operations and property conditions at the Oak Forest Station in Houston, TX.

Our objective was to determine whether Postal Service officers complied with policies and procedures regarding travel and representation expense reimbursements. We reviewed 15 reimbursement requests for each quarter totaling $191,203.

As part of our annual audit plan, we performed an audit of costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by The Steam Generating Team, LLC for steam generator replacement services under Contract No. 11144. Our audit objective was to determine if the craft labor and project closeout costs billed to TVA under Contract No. 11144 for steam generator replacement services were in accordance with the contract's terms. Our audit scope included about $29.2 million in craft labor costs billed to TVA from February 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. In addition, we limited our review of project closeout costs to TVA's total project fee amount of $23 million.In summary, we determined the project closeout fee was billed in accordance with the contract's terms. However, we determined The Steam Generating Team, LLC, overbilled TVA $386,227 in craft labor costs, including (1) $361,467 in ineligible workers compensation insurance costs, (2) $20,635 in ineligible craft incentive bonus costs, and (3) $4,125 in unsupported craft labor costs.(Summary Only)