OIG: USPS losing nearly $22M a year due to inefficient vehicle maintenance facilities

USPS OIG: Vehicle Maintenance Facility Efficiency Nationwide – Capping Report Background The vehicles owned by the U.S. Postal Service represent a capital investment of nearly $3.6 billion. The fleet is maintained using 316 Postal Service vehicle maintenance facilities that service 211,264 vehicles. The Postal Service also contracts with commercial garages throughout the country for maintenance […]

10 Hicksville, NY VMF postal employees in trouble after caught sleeping on job

Special Agents from the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG)  raided the Hicksville, NY Vehicle Maintenance Facility early Friday morning. The VMF has been under investigation since June 2013 after receiving a tip that night shift workers were sleeping on the job. In October 2014  a Hicksville VMF Lead Automotive Technician died in a workplace […]