For this year’s peak mailing season, which began last month and runs through January, the U.S. Postal Service decided to hire fewer temporary employees and lease less temporary space to handle the increased volume than it did last year.
We found that the Postal Service has developed a plan to handle the large increase in package and mail volume that is expected to occur during its upcoming peak mailing season.
Our objective was to assess Postal Service money order trends and initiatives to increase future cost coverage. To achieve our objective, we interviewed Postal Service personnel and evaluated money order prices, cost coverage, and volume data trends.
Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s VMF preparedness plans to maintain the future fleet of NGDVs.
Our objective is to provide notification of these issues for accelerated attention and action. Specifically, we found material weaknesses in internal controls over the U.S. Postal Service’s Channel Partner programs.
Our objective was to determine whether the Postal Service complied with applicable maximum total compensation provisions of the PAEA and related Postal Service policies and guidelines for CY 2021.
The U.S. Postal Service is required to provide universal service to every person in the United States. Most of Alaska’s communities are not connected due to its vast geography and lack of surface highway and road infrastructure.
Our objective was to assess the accounting treatment and selected technology support associated with the distribution of the COVID-19 test kits to the public. To accomplish our objective, we reviewed accounting treatment and reporting of costs and the development of the online test kit website.
Our objective in this follow-up audit was to evaluate whether corrective actions the Postal Service took in response to recommendations in our December 2020 Timecard Administration report sufficiently addressed the issues identified.
Our objective was to evaluate the Postal Service’s readiness for timely processing of Election Mail for the 2022 mid-term election to be held Tuesday, November 8, 2022.