U.S. Postal Service OIG

Each year, increased package volume and operational changes during the peak mailing season (peak season) — Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve — significantly strain the Postal Service’s processing and distribution networks. To help handle this increase, the Postal Service creates peak season...

We have audited the accompanying Reclassified Financial Statements of the U.S. Postal Service, which comprises the Government-wide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS) Reconciliation Report - Reclassified Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2023, and the related GTAS...

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, enacted in 2006, limited price increases for Market Dominant products to the rate of inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). In 2020, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), while establishing additional price...

Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s effectiveness at managing hazardous waste and emergency response equipment at VMFs. We conducted site observations of hazardous waste and emergency response equipment at 16 VMFs designated by state-specific regulations as large quantity generators of...

Our objective was to evaluate the Postal Service’s efforts to respond to mail theft. For this audit, we reviewed processes and procedures for addressing mail theft, management of arrow keys, and mail theft complaints, investigations, and carrier robberies from October 1, 2020, through September 30...

Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls over the Postal Service’s annual capital property review at network distribution centers and processing and distribution centers. We judgmentally selected four network distribution centers and processing and distribution centers to...

Our objective was to assess the United States Postal Service’s processes and systems over retroactive pay. To accomplish our objective, we reviewed timelines for three collective bargaining agreements (labor contracts) from contract ratification to issuing retroactive payments to affected employees.

Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s effectiveness at managing hazardous waste and emergency response equipment at VMFs. We conducted site observations of hazardous waste and emergency response equipment at 16 VMFs designated by state-specific regulations as large quantity generators of...