Web News Article #: 065-2016 03/24/2016 – The Postal Service sidestepped a fight in federal court on March 16 over enforcement of an Oct. 19, 2015, arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs). After the USPS filed a “consent motion,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ordered interpretation of the award to be returned to…
Audit Report – NO-AR-15-003 – 01/22/2015 Background The U.S. Postal Service has 21 network distribution centers (NDC) linked by a dedicated transportation network. NDCs are primarily responsible for sorting and transporting bulk mail — Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services. Our objective was to evaluate the efficiency of the Chicago, IL, NDC’s mail processing and…
Audit Report – NO-AR-14-013 – 09/29/2014 Background The U.S. Postal Service meets the majority of its long-distance surface transportation needs with highway transportation – known as highway contract routes (HCR). In 2013, the Postal Service spent more than $3.4 billion on HCRs and only about $43 million on rail. However, trends in the highway transportation…
