Federal Manager's Daily Report

The Postal Service uses about 14,500 contract drivers to deliver bulk mail shipments but about a third of those lack the required current security clearances, with about three-fifths of those having clearances that had expired.

Postal Service policy requires contract drivers to obtain non-sensitive security clearances, which the Postal Inspection Service Security Investigations Service Center is supposed to renew every four years.

The lapses occurred because “management did not have sufficient controls in place to track and monitor clearances for contract drivers. In addition, management did not sufficiently oversee or otherwise ensure responsible personnel, including contract drivers, complied with clearance requirements. Further, management did not properly train personnel to obtain screening information from contract drivers,” a report said.

It further found inconsistencies, for example between the date of expiration listed on the clearance badges and in the agency records. It said management took corrective actions on the drivers the IG identified who were not properly cleared and that it generally agreed with the report’s recommendations.

The report is here: https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2014/hr-ar-15-001.pdf