Tag: OIG

A mail carrier tried bankrolling his drug addiction by stealing mail, but by the time he wanted out of the wrong crowd he’d gotten into, it was too late.

The Postal Service did not consistently define and manage deferred maintenance and lacked accurate cost estimates to effectively prioritize resources.

Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s management of excess and underutilized space in its facilities

When Postal Service employees get hurt on the job or develop a work-related illness, workers’ compensation benefits are there to help — covering medical care and lost wages while they recover.

This management alert presents issues the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General identified during the Counterfeit Postage Program audit

During the week of August 11, 2025, we performed a self-initiated audit at the Santa Clarita Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and four delivery units serviced by the plant.

Over the last two decades, historical events, legislative enactments, and operational performance have shaped the U.S. Postal Service’s financial results

The mail carrier was arrested at the San Ysidro border just shy of her ninth anniversary with USPS

The universal service obligation (USO) guarantees all citizens within a country affordable, consistent postal service, regardless of location

In contrast, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) receives an annual appropriation which is derived from the Postal Service Fund and not the U.S. Treasury.

Overtime hours have declined from 172.9 million in 2021 to 117.8 million in 2024. Even with this decline, opportunities continue to exist to improve the management of unauthorized overtime in the Time and Attendance Collection System (TACS)

We found opportunities to improve the Postal Inspection Service’s management of the purchase card program