The Postal Service delivers the fail, audit shows

Posted on June 20, 2014June 20, 2014 by 21cpw

DES MOINES, Iowa — When it comes to incompetence, losing money and union muscle-flexing, the U.S. Postal Service always delivers. A recently released audit by the USPS Office of Inspector General shows Postal Service officials failed to follow proper procedures and wildly overestimated potential savings when it awarded a contract for mailbox maintenance in 18 states…

Whistle-blower flags U.S. Postal Service mailbox contract (video)

Posted on June 15, 2014June 20, 2014 by 21cpw

Kirk Gardino of Ankeny figured something was wrong. He did the math and it didn’t add up after the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service awarded a major contract to a private company to maintain and change locks on clustered mailboxes in Iowa and 17 other states. The multiple boxes are used for mail sent to…