Federal Reports

An Amtrak vendor in Boston, Massachusetts, did not properly secure and protect Wright Express (WEX) fuel cards assigned to three vehicles, which Amtrak leases from the General Services Administration (GSA). This resulted in GSA billing the company for fraudulent or otherwise inappropriate transactions totaling $2,745. The company’s contract requires the vendor and its onsite employees to comply with the company’s policies concerning conduct and security. The contract also states that the vendor will be exclusively responsible for the theft or loss that occurs as a result of their failure to maintain adequate security. The vendor agreed to reimburse Amtrak $2,745 for the fraudulent charges. On January 10, 2023, Amtrak management implemented procedures to ensure compliance and proper use of the WEX fuel cards.We also determined that the vendor’s failure to adequately control the WEX cards allowed a former vendor driver to use these fuel cards to fuel his personally owned vehicles for fraudulent fuel purchases totaling $760. The vendor terminated the driver on October 28, 2022.

EAC OIG requested that the Department of Interior OIG investigate allegations that an administrative officer for EAC improperly signed contracts for EAC when she did not have a contracting officer warrant.

This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of the efficiency of operations at the Delaware Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Wilmington, DE. We conducted this audit to provide U.S. Postal Service management with timely information on operational risks at this P&DC. We selected the Delaware P&DC based on Congressional interest in Delaware and concerns raised during a recent House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. The Delaware P&DC is in the Chesapeake Division and processes letters, flats, and parcels. The Delaware P&DC services multiple 3-digit ZIP Codes in urban and rural communities.

This report presents the results of our audit of efficiency of operations at the Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Philadelphia, PA. We conducted this audit to provide U.S. Postal Service management with timely information on operational risks at this P&DC. We selected the Philadelphia P&DC based on a Congressional request from Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. and Representative Dwight Evans. The Philadelphia P&DC is in the Chesapeake Division; and processes letters, flats, and parcels; and services multiple 3-digit ZIP Codes in urban and rural communities.

This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of mail delivery, customer service, and property conditions at the Germantown Station in Philadelphia, PA. The Germantown Station is in the Delaware-Pennsylvania 2 District of the Atlantic Area and services ZIP Codes 19119 and 19144. These ZIP Codes serve about 71,239 people in a predominantly urban area. This unit has 58 city routes. We judgmentally selected the Germantown Station based on a request from Senator Robert P. Casey and Representative Dwight Evans.