OIG: Some USPS Exec Salaries were not frozen in 2012 as reported to public

Office Of Inspector General’s audit of  USPS Officer Compensation for Calendar Year 2012 This report presents the results of our audit of calendar year (CY) 2012 compensation paid to or deferred by officers of the U.S. Postal Service (Project Number 13BG016FT000). The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Postal Service complied with […]

OIG: Customers not using USPS Self-Service Kiosks as anticipated

OIG Audit report on USPS Self-Service Kiosks(SSKs) In fiscal year (FY) 2003, the U.S. Postal Service received approval to develop 2,500 Automated Postal Centers (APCs), now called SSKs. The Postal Service completed distribution of the 2,500 SSKs to about 2,300 post offices in FY 2004. In 2013, the Postal Service deployed an additional 264 SSKs […]

OIG Recommends USPS Make Adjustments to Postal Vehicle Service Driver Workload and Staffing

The Office Of Inspector General issued the following report “Nationwide Analysis of Tier 1 Network Distribution Centers – Postal Vehicle Service Operations.” The following are highlights of the report. U.S. Postal Service network transportation using Postal Service vehicles and employees is called Postal Vehicle Service (PVS). PVS operations at Network Distribution Centers (NDCs) include yard […]

OIG: USPS did not recognize Labor Savings From Outsourcing Roof Maintenance

BACKGROUND: A warranty is an agreement offered by the seller or manufacturer to replace or repair a faulty item, or to reimburse the purchaser in the event of a product failure. Warranty management is essential to the U.S. Postal Service because it owns and manages over 200,000 commercial products that have a manufacturer’s warranty. These […]

OIG: USPS Followed Policies When Returning Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Employees To Work

OIG Audit: Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Employees Returned to Work This report presents the results of our audit of the U.S. Postal Service’s Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Employees Returned to Work (Project Number 13YG016HR000). The report responds to a request from the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of General Counsel due to a recent class action […]

USPS OIG Audit report: Use of PSEs in Customer Service Operation

USPS OIG Audit report: Use of Postal Support Employees in Customer Service Operation In the 2010-2015 American Postal Workers Union’s National Labor Agreement (National Agreement), the U.S. Postal Service created a new category of non-career employees called postal support employees (PSEs) to increase its workforce flexibility and reduce labor costs. PSEs have no daily or […]