Tag: waste
Honest assessments needed to determine next steps for Postal Service
By Leslie K. Paige – December 11, 2015 If Americans have noticed that their mail is being delivered later and more erratically in 2015 than in the past, it is not their imaginations — it is true. On Aug. 13, 2015 the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General released a report highlighting a…
Postal Service to Squander $2 Billion on Vehicles
By John Gizzi – December 1, 2015 The U.S Postal Service is now on the verge of unveiling its new fleet of delivery vehicles — which will cost more than $2 billion. The plan underscores waste the service cannot afford. This was the conclusion of a just-released study commissioned by the advocacy group Securing America’s…
USPS OIG Audit: Undeliverable As Addressed Mail
How does undeliverable as addressed mail impact you as a sender or receiver? Each year, about 6.8 billion mailpieces cannot be delivered as addressed for reasons such as people and businesses moving, illegible addresses, or deceased addressees. It is estimated that more than 40 million Americans change their addresses annually. However, not all moves are…
Postal arrestees’ charges dropped, Activists vow to escalate pressure on the postal service
August 13, 2014 – For Immediate Release “I suspect the authorities dropped the charges because their persecution just emboldened us to further spotlight waste, fraud, and abuse at the people’s postal service,” said Rev. John Schwiebert. Schwiebert was one of the “postal protector” arrestees who were charged with “impeding a mail delivery vehicle” and “blocking a…
Postal Service has spent $190,000 on unopened office
(July 7, 2014) SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — White envelopes, clear packaging tape and unfolded colorful boxes line the right wall, while a “Next Station Please” sign sits atop a wood counter in the dark room. Outside the room, in a narrow hallway, stacks of empty white mail bins rest against a wall. The entrance remains…
Golden Hammer Award: Postal Management caught using travel cards for personal food as costs of mailing rise
Postal workers may be famous for delivering that check in the mail. But they apparently are also good at grabbing cash advances off their official credit cards to satisfy their personal hunger. An investigation by the Postal Service’s internal watchdog identified hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable expenses that workers charged to their official…
Grassley Works With Iowa Whistleblower to Expose Postal Service Contracting Problem
“The whistleblower came forward with his concerns, I asked for an investigation, and the investigation found the whistleblower was right,” Grassley said. WASHINGTON – A new report requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley on a tip from an Iowa whistleblower confirms the U.S. Postal Service mishandled $18.4 million in contract payments to maintain and change the…