USPS OIG Blog Article – October 26, 2020 Three years ago, the U.S. Postal Service began replacing 7-and 11-ton cargo vans and adding new lift gates â equipment on the rear that helps load/unload containers of mail. Transportation managers could choose between a tuck-under lift gate or a rail lift gate. The former tucks beneath…
Do First-Line Supervisors Have Adequate Resources to Perform Their Duties? Project Title: FirstâLine Supervisor Resources Start Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Estimated Report Release Date: January 2020 Postal Service first-line supervisors oversee the day-to-day execution of operations that drive services and delivery of mail to the public. As such, they significantly contribute to ensuring customers…
Press Release – Sep 19 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. â U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) called on U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Megan Brennan to take immediate action to remedy a significant lack of training requirements that led to inaccurate Postal Service reporting of an estimated two billion pieces of delayed…
December 30, 2016 The Postal Service has increasingly turned to non-career employeesâwho cost the agency less because they do not receive full employee benefits and privilegesâbut the exceptionally high turnover of such employees partially offsets the hoped-for savings, according to an IG report. The USPS currently has about 130,000 non-career employees to supplement its regular…
Employer name: U.S. Postal Service 1720 Market St. St. Louis, Missouri Citations issued: Sept. 13, 2016 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration‘s St. Louis Area Office has cited the U.S. Postal Service’s vehicle maintenance facility for one repeated and two serious safety violations. Investigating a report of a fire…
Audit Report – MS-AR-15-001 – 01/29/2015 Background In fiscal year (FY) 2013, the U.S. Postal Serviceâs retail network of about 32,000 facilities handled 1.7 billion transactions, a reduction of about 5.2 percent from FY 2012. These transactions typically included the sale of stamps, shipping supplies or services, and money orders. A positive customer experience during…
