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U.S. Postal Service
Efficiency of Selected Processes – Norwood Post Office, Norwood, MA
This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of the efficiency of selected processes at the Norwood Post Office in Norwood, MA. The Norwood Post Office is in the Massachusetts-Rhode Island District of the Atlantic Area. We judgmentally selected the Norwood Post Office for our audit.
This interim report presents the results of our self-initiated audit of the efficiency of selected processes at the Woburn Main Post Office in Woburn, MA. The Woburn MPO is in the Massachusetts-Rhode Island District of the Atlantic Area. We judgmentally selected the Woburn MPO for our audit.
For our evaluation of the U.S. Census Bureau's (the Bureau's) cybersecurity posture, our objective was to determine the effectiveness of the Bureau’scybersecurity posture against a simulated real-world attack. To do this, we conducted a covertcyber red team with six goals tailored to relevant risks. We found that the red team was able to gain unauthorized and undetected access to a Bureaudomain administrator account as well as personally identifiable information of Bureauemployees; reduce the Bureau’s defensive options; use insecure programs to send fake emails; and carry out severalmalicious actions that identified 11 security weaknesses.
The objective of the evaluation was to assess the Library’s processes to identify and verify reported COVID-19 related pay and non-pay expense data from service units, ensuring that payments were properly supported and allowable.
What OIG Found:
1. The Library appropriately identified and documented COVID-19 costs. 2. COVID-19 pay and non-pay expenses were properly supported and allowable. 3. No discrepancies were identified in financial data related to COVID-19 pandemic expenses. 4. Data reporting complied with applicable procurement policies and procedures.
What OIG Recommends:
We did not make any recommendations in this report.
