OIG

Our objective was to determine compliance with policies and procedures regarding financial controls and safeguarding assets at selected Postal Service retail units

The U.S. Postal Service moves 44 percent of the world’s mail and despite its massive size, it must rely on thousands of contracts worth billions of dollars each year. The sheer volume and huge dollar value of these contracts also make USPS susceptible to fraud. This makes the oversight work of our Contract Fraud Investigations Division … Read more

For more than a decade, the Postal Service has needed new delivery vehicles to replace its iconic Long-Life Vehicles (LLVs) and Flex-Fuel Vehicles (FFVs).

Background The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s mission is to support and protect the U.S. Postal Service and its employees, infrastructure, and customers; enforce the laws that defend the nation’s mail system from illegal or dangerous use; and ensure public trust in the mail. According to the Postal Inspection Service strategic plan, the key mission and … Read more

While the Postal Service took steps to notify the public of the revised one-to-three-day PME service standard change that occurred on April 1, 2025, there is room for improvement in its communications on a local level

The inspector general’s office released the audit findings on Wednesday, which covered two distribution centers — the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center and the Network Distribution Center — and seven delivery units that they service

We identified deficiencies in all of the areas we reviewed that affected the efficiency of operations at the St. Louis P&DC and NDC. We also identified other issues related to the security of registry items at the P&DC and safety and security at the NDC.

The Postal Service is working to enhance its recruitment, hiring, and onboarding processes to ensure it has the workforce it needs

While there’s always debate about the Postal Service’s present and future, there is one thing everyone can agree on: it’s a very large and extremely complex organization

Is serving time in federal prison and a criminal record worth some extra cash?