This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit reviewing the use of Carrier Sequence Barcode Sorter (CSBCS) machines (Project Number 09XG026DR000) in the Mid-Carolinas Customer Service District (district). Our objective was to evaluate the business case for continuing to use CSBCS machines located in associate offices in the district. This audit addresses financial and […]
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has investigated many fraudulent workers’ compensation claim cases. Most of these investigations involve postal employees scamming the system. But, employees aren’t the only ones who abuse the system. Sometimes, medical providers used by postal employees injured on the job, defraud and abuse the system. A few seek to take […]
USPS Could Have Save $4 Million Excerpts from the USPS OIG report: This report presents the results of our audit of Postal Service Absenteeism (Project Number 09YG016HM000). Our overall audit objective was to determine if the Postal Service’s absenteeism rate is comparable with the rate of the private and federal sectors and, if not, to […]
The office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio issued the following press release: February 18, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called for an investigation on the effects of a proposed consolidation of U.S. Postal Service facilities in Lima. In a letter sent this week to David C. Williams, the Inspector General of […]
A study just released by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows that the current system of funding the Postal Service’s Civil Service Retirement System pension responsibility is inequitable and has resulted in the Postal Service overpaying $75 billion to the pension fund. The OIG estimates that if the overcharge was used […]
APWU News Echoing APWU criticisms, a recent audit by the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that after more than five years of initiatives aimed at streamlining the mail-processing network, the Postal Service has failed to establish criteria for identifying consolidation opportunities. The USPS has made only limited progress in implementing Area Mail […]
This report presents the results of our audit of Network Rationalization Initiatives (Project Number 09XR001EN000). This review is part of a series to evaluate the U. S. Postal Service’s Network Rationalization1 initiatives. Our objectives were to evaluate the Postal Service’s progress in streamlining the network since fiscal year (FY) 2005;and identify the key challenges in […]
GREG BELL, APWU DIRECTOR, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Visits by Postal Inspectors Or OIG Agents- which are usually unannounced – often catch employees by surprise, and sometimes cause them to panic. Our stewards, officers and arbitration advocates are doing an excellent job of defending union members, but this article should remind employees of their rights. After all, […]
From FedBizOpps: This Request for Proposal outlines the functional and performance requirements for TCP/IP-based video surveillance systems to be installed in a number of United States Postal Service facilities nation-wide. These systems will be managed by the Joint Criminal Investigative System Program Group (CISP) comprised of representatives of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) […]
APWU News Burrus Issues Stinging Rebuke To USPS Inspector General Audit ‘Lacks Relevance, Ignores Legislative Mandate’ to Bargain APWU President William Burrus slammed the Office of the Inspector General recently, charging that in a September audit report [PDF] on employee benefit programs the office had inserted itself into the collective bargaining arena. In a Nov. […]