USPS Spending More to Deliver Less, Audit Finds

The reduction in mail volume has not been accompanied by a comparable decline in expenses, an IG audit has said, saying that “the Postal Service’s strategic initiatives to reduce costs and optimize the processing network have not achieved planned cost savings.” For example, it said, the Postal Service had planned on savings of $1.9 billion […]

OIG cites lack of supervision, letter carriers wasting time, late mail for $7.2m extra workhours cost in USPS San Francisco District

September 23, 2015 – Earlier this month PostalReporter reported on the Office of Inspector General’s audit of the USPS Sierra Coastal (California) District.OIG cites late mail, letter carriers wasting time as reasons in $7.4m extra workhours cost for USPS Southern California District The audit was conducted in order to assess the office efficiency of city […]

OIG cites late mail, letter carriers wasting time as reasons in $7.4m extra workhours cost for USPS Southern California District

USPS OIG Audit Report City Delivery Office Efficiency-Sierra Coastal District (California) is third in the nation City delivery office operations cover all duties a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier performs in the office. These duties include casing mail (placing mail in delivery order), preparing parcels for delivery, and retrieving accountable items. City carriers are delivering […]