USPS OIG Audit Project: Select Workshare Discount Calculations

Project start date: Monday, July 24, 2023 Estimated release: February 2024 The Postal Service offers postage rate discounts to mailers for presorting, pre-barcoding, handling, or transporting mail. These discounts incentivize mailers to perform specific activities prior to dropping mail at a postal facility. The Postal Service uses the discounts to increase its operational efficiencies by…

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Are Workshare Discounts Beneficial to the Postal Service?

Project Title: Marketing Mail Workshare Discounts Cost Model Start Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Estimated Report Release Date: July 2018 The Postal Service offers a postage rate discount to mailers for presorting, pre-barcoding, handling, and transporting mail. These workshare discounts incentivize mailers to perform specific activities prior to dropping mail at postal facilities. These discounts…

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USPS OIG: Management Advisory – Government Mail

Background Federal, state, and local governments use mailing and shipping services to help carry out their missions and meet their diverse mailing needs.  Government mailers consider price, service, and contract terms when deciding between the U.S. Postal Service and one of its competitors; and some government entities use presorting to qualify for price discounts. The…

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