Postal IG Considers Ways Leverage “Last Mile” Delivery Network
USPS could generate more revenue by taking advantage of its door-to-door “last mile” delivery network, the postal IG has said. …More
usps
Enter your email to subscribe free!IG Faults USPS in Award of $18 Million Lock Maintenance Contract
The Postal Service did not award a contract with Diebold to repair and change locks in the Western Area in …More
Postal Union Persists in Fighting Staples Deal, AFL-CIO Joins Boycott
The American Postal Workers Union continues to fight a deal between the USPS and office supply giant Staples to open …More
USPS: 5,581 Postal Employees Attacked by Dogs Last Year, Houston Leads Pack
Houston led the nation in the Postal Service’s annual nationwide dog attack city rankings, in a year in which 5,581 …More
Report Considers an “Internet of Postal Things”
The convergence of an increasing amount of actionable data, and the ubiquity of network connectivity to integrate and share it, …More
Postal Reform Stalled Again
One potential vehicle for substantial benefit changes has been a postal reform effort that could include government-wide restrictions on injury …More
IG: Half of USPS Executives Retirement Eligible in Three Years
In fiscal 2012, 35 percent of postal executives were retirement eligible, but that number could grow to 49 percent within …More
Room to Move Up to Open at USPS
Within three years half of Postal Service executives will be eligible to retire—more than a third of them already are—but …More
Union Demonstrations Against USPS/Staples Deal Makes Headlines
The American Postal Workers Union has been resisting a USPS deal with office supply retailer Staples to open postal counters …More
Another Try Possible on Postal Reform
A revised version of long-standing postal reform attempts may be introduced soon by the chair of the House Oversight and …More
IG: Social Media Could Help USPS Improve Customer Service
The Postal Service should leverage some of its 18 social media accounts, including its Facebook account, to efficiently improve customer …More
IG Says USPS Managing Growth in Package Business Well, Cites Opportunities
USPS Customer Service Operations has successfully managed periods of package growth, employee work-hours, and scan rates at delivery units, the …More
Union Continues to Resist USPS-Staples Deal
The American Postal Workers Union is scrambling to block a potential deal between the Postal Service and the Staples office …More
IG Calls on USPS to Better Manage Data Storage
The Postal inspector general has called on USPS management to establish operating procedures and security requirements and to improve oversight …More
IG: USPS Financial Reporting IT Strong, but Controls Could be Better
Internal controls for the IT systems the Postal Service uses for financial reporting are properly designed and generally operating effectively, …More
Postal Reform Bill Also Awaits
Another issue that Congress may take up soon is postal reform, a plan that has cleared the committee level on …More
USPS HR Initiative Not Following Established Processes, Says IG
A Postal Service HR management initiative to increase employee availability has not been using established management processes, the USPS inspector …More
USPS IG Calls for Knowledge Management Strategy
As a result of downsizing in response to declining mail volume and the retirement eligibility of about 31 percent of …More
Union Wary of USPS Pilot with Retailer
The American Postal Workers Union recently sent a 27-point request for information on a pilot program the USPS is conducting …More
IG Calls on USPS to Modify National Real Estate Contract
The Postal Service awarded a contract to CB Richard Ellis, Inc. to be the sole provider of its real estate …More
Senate Postal Reform Bill Has Management Provisions
After several delays in recent months the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has passed a substitute version of …More
Postal Bill Takes Another Stab at Real Property Reform
Included in the postal reform bill is the Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act of 2013, which would require …More
Postal Bill Would Affect Key Benefits
A postal reform bill cleared by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would, if enacted, have wide-ranging impacts …More
Impact Would Extend Beyond USPS
Removing postal employees and retirees from the FEHB risk and premium pool would have unknown effects on the remainder of …More
USPS Pushes Back Barcode Requirements to 2015
USPS has postponed a requirement that all letter and flat automation mailings be Full-Service Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) compliant to …More
Panel Still Working on Postal Reform
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee plans to try again this week to move a postal reform bill …More
USPS IG: Future Costs of Unfunded Repairs Could Cost $1.4 Billion
From fiscal 2009 – 2012 the Postal Service experienced a $382 million decrease in its budget for facility repairs, alterations, …More
USPS Postpones Network Consolidation
The Postal Service has announced it will postpone Phase 2 of its network consolidation plan set to take effect February …More
Consumer Trust Rating Bodes Well for USPS
The USPS is the fourth most trusted company in the U.S. in terms of its reliability in protecting personal information …More
White Paper Looks at How Data Gathering Technologies Can Improve USPS
The USPS inspector general has issued a white paper prepared with IBM looking at ways the Postal Service might better …More
