USPS OIG Audit Project: Postal Service’s Workplace Violence Prevention Program
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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…
How Effectively Does the USPS Respond to Sexual Harassment Complaints?
Project Title: USPS Response to Sexual Harassment Complaints Start Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: August 2022 The U.S. Postal Service must maintain a work environment free of sexual harassment for its employees. Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual…
Does the USPS OT Administration Tool Help Assign OT More Efficiently and Consistently?
Project Title: Overtime Administration Tool Start Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: March 2022 The Overtime Administration System (OT Admin Tool) is a web-based application designed to simplify overtime administration. The OT Admin Tool is used to administer overtime for employees in the carrier, clerk, mail handler, and motor vehicle services crafts….
Is Critical Knowledge Lost When Employees Leave the Postal Service?
Project Title: Postal Service Knowledge Continuity Start Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: April 2022 During fall 2020, the Postal Service initiated a series of phased organizational changes to improve its ability to implement strategies and drive success. As a result of these changes, a reduction-in-force occurred in affected areas for several…
USPS OIG: Will Plan to Transfer Mail Processing Operations Between Facilities Affect You?
Project Title: Transfer of Mail Processing Operations from Selected Facilities Start Date: Monday, September 20, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: March 2022 In April 2021, the Postal Service announced it would transfer mail processing operations out of 18 facilities to make space needed for package processing. Specifically, the Postal Service stated that due to the…
USPS OIG Audit Project: How Do AWOL Employees Affect the Postal Service?
Project Title: Unscheduled Leave – AWOL Status Start Date: Monday, November 29, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: May 2021 Employees who fail to report for duty on scheduled days are considered absent without leave (AWOL), except when emergencies prevent them from obtaining permission in advance. An employee who is absent without permission or who fails…
USPS OIG: Are Scheduled Times and Hours for HCR Trips Accurate?
Project Title: Scheduled Hours and Payments for Highway Contract Routes Start Date: Monday, October 19, 2020 Estimated Report Release Date: April 2021 Highway Contract Route (HCR) suppliers provide contracted transportation service based on established scheduled hours for the drivers to complete the trip. The times for the trip are manually entered in the system. Incorrect…