Federal Reports

Using a risk-based, tiered approach to focus our limited resources, AIE will initiate work in nine focus areas in 2022 – 2023.

Since at least the early 2000s, the trucking industry has warned of a shortage of truck drivers. It is estimated there was a shortage of 80,000 drivers in 2021, and it has impacted the Postal Service, which relies on a large surface-transportation network that includes over 9,000 USPS employees driving local Postal Vehicle Service routes and about 1,750 contracted suppliers that primarily drive longer-haul highway contract routes (HCRs).The driver shortage has contributed to more overtime hours for existing PVS drivers and costs for HCRs, including costs per mile, which increased 18 percent from October 2017 to September 2021. In addition, the shortage creates performance challenges for HCRs.The OIG identified several strategies to mitigate the impact of the driver shortage on the Postal Service. Potential strategies involve improving recruitment and retention of PVS drivers as well as focusing on the driver experience for both PVS and HCR operations. Other strategies include strengthening relationships with suppliers and increasing truck utilization. Mitigating the impact of the driver shortage is essential to control costs and ensure capacity is available for highway transportation of mail.

We found that between 2014 and 2017, a tribal administrator embezzled $158,063.35 from a tribe through unauthorized checks and debit card purchases.

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) did not execute allresearch and development (R&D) projects in accordance with Federal and DHS guidelines, policies, andprocedures.

The objective is to determine to what extent FEMA ensured states and territories distributed supplemental state lost wages assistance (LWA) from the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to eligible recipients.