While there is only one of us for every 645 postal employees, at the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, we’re charged with an important mission: ensuring the efficiency, accountability, and integrity of the United States Postal Service. And as of October 2022, we also provide oversight to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC).
Our work plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of America’s postal system, its revenue and assets, and its over 635,000 employees.
In the past six months alone, we completed 1,772 investigations, made 310 arrests, and secured 345 indictments. Our special agents’ work resulted in more than $94 million returned to the Postal Service, nearly $233 million in cost avoidance, and over $384 million in fines, restitution, and recoveries.