(September 7, 2014) In July 2014 the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit report on “City Letter Carriers Returning After 5.P.M.” in the Capital District.” Although the report addressed a growing problem of city carriers returning after 5 p.m. in USPS’ Capital District–it included the percentage of city letter carriers returning after […]
Station Managers Submitted Fraudulent and Inflated Invoices for Landscaping and Cleaning Services in Exchange for Bribe Payments Baltimore, Maryland – Former U.S. Postal Service Station Manager Richard Lewis Wright, III, age 47, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to bribery in connection with a scheme to obtain U.S. Postal Service contracts in exchange for bribe payments. […]
According to the USPS OIG: The new poster encourages employees to help the Office of Inspector General (OIG) — “Don’t Just Sit There… If you suspect wrongdoing… REPORT IT.” As part of its new look, the poster features a Quick Response Code (QR Code). This code provides another way for employees to report misconduct to […]
More than 100 Drug Deals Made By On-Duty Mail Carrier Beckley, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Greenbrier County man was sentenced in federal court in Beckley for using a telephone to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs. Jack Edwin McCoy, 30, of White Sulfphur Springs, West Virginia was sentenced […]
During the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Information Technology Internal Controls audit, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) became aware of a hardware failure that resulted in the loss of the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) database used to record and monitor computer incidents. The U.S. Postal Service’s Data Management Services group periodically […]
USPS OIG creates new fraud awareness poster The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is distributing a new fraud awareness poster. Poster 204 encourages employees to help the OIG “pick out the bad apples” by reporting postal crimes or misconduct. The poster features a Quick Response (QR) Code, which allows employees to report misconduct to the OIG […]
Effective immediately, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 666.32 and 666.35 are revised to clarify certain responsibilities of the Office of Inspector General when investigating allegations of reprisal for the release of information under the provisions of ELM 666.18. Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) * * * * * 6 Employee Relations * * […]
The USPS Office Of Inspector General issued an Audit Report over “Allegations of Inaccurate Time and Attendance Records” Here is why the report was conducted and some excerpts of what the OIG found: This report presents the results of our audit of allegations of inaccurate time and attendance records (Project Number 10YG017HR000). Our objective was […]
USPS OIG Report: Management Advisory – Benchmarking Mail Distribution to Carriers A few excerpts: The Postal Service and industry carriers are similar in that individuals perform some sorting of volumes for delivery, load their own vehicles, and assume additional delivery points when a colleague is absent or mail volumes require it. However, the Postal Service […]
USPS OIG Report: Management Advisory – Benchmarking Mail Distribution to Carriers A few excerpts: The Postal Service and industry carriers are similar in that individuals perform some sorting of volumes for delivery, load their own vehicles, and assume additional delivery points when a colleague is absent or mail volumes require it. However, the Postal Service […]