USPS Falling Short on Social Media, Says IG
Public inquiries and feedback to the Postal Service increasingly are made through social media but the agency does not “effectively …More
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Two senators active in oversight of the U.S. Postal Service have asked the GAO to review the accuracy of postal …More
USPS Retail Facility Conditions Raise Safety Concerns
IG auditors at the Postal Service have said they now midway through a national review of conditions at retail facilities …More
Audit Raises Concerns about Postal COOP Plans
An inspector general audit has raised concerns about the Postal Service’s continuity of IT operations plans–called Functional Workgroup Annex plans–saying …More
Tighter Controls over USPS Fleet Cards Recommended
An IG report has recommended that the USPS Eastern Area tighten its controls over charges on fleet specialty credit cards, …More
Postal IG Raises Concern about Insider Threats
The IG’s office at the Postal Service has started an examination of the potential for insider threats there and whether …More
Postal Reform, Whistleblower, Other Bills Advance
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has passed a bipartisan postal reform bill (HR-756), which would: give the USPS …More
Postal Reform Proposal Set to Move
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is set to move a postal reform bill (HR-576), one of the topics …More
Whistleblower, Other Familiar Bills Set to Advance; Postal Reform Offered
Federal employees would gain additional protections against retaliation for whistleblowing under HR-657, set to be passed by the House Oversight …More
Postal IG Praises Empowerment Act
The Postal Service IG’s office has joined the praise from the IG community for the recently enacted Inspector General Empowerment …More
Postal Board Now Completely Lacking Appointees
In a development unique since the U.S. Postal Service was crafted into a semi-independent government corporation in the early 1970s, …More
Postal Reform Could Help Hold Down Health Premiums, CBO Says
A House postal reform bill (HR-5719) that would remove postal employees and retirees from the general FEHB population “would affect …More
More Concerns Raised about Postal Facility Conditions
The Postal Service IG has again raised concerns about the physical condition of facilities raising potential hazards to both employees …More
Not Yet Time to Send in the Drones, Postal IG Says
A move toward drone-based delivery of parcels would make the Postal Service “look more innovative” but significant use of such …More
Results of USPS Cost-Saving Steps a Disappointment, Audit Says
Mail service deteriorated “in a very public way” after USPS lowered its service standards and carried out equipment and plant …More
Postal Workplace Violence Program Gets Good Review
The Postal Service has a comprehensive workplace violence program to identify, review, report and address assaults on employees, an IG …More
Bills Targeting USPS, VA Also Pending
Congress also seems likely to return attention to two agencies that have been the focus of reform proposals, the VA …More
USPS Could Benefit from Better Target Marketing, IG Suggests
The Postal Service has been a main vehicle for marketers to reach potential customers in a well-received way—by providing them …More
Audit Recommends Viewing USPS as a Platform
While the USPS has many and obvious differences when compared with Internet companies, it could profit by adopting that industry’s …More
Postal IG Looking into Pay for Performance
The IG’s office at the Postal Service has started a review of a management practice there, pay for performance, that …More
Some Movement Made on Postal Reform, Other Ideas
As one of its last actions before the recess, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a postal reform …More
Postal, VA Proposals Also Questionable
House leaders on civil service issues had hoped to act before the recess on a bill to reform many USPS …More
Postal Plan Would Have Unknown Impact on FEHB
Bipartisan leaders in the House on civil service issues have produced a postal reform plan that if enacted would have …More
House Postal Plan Would Impact FEHB
Following is a summary of a new postal reform “discussion draft” that could advance in the House soon, greatly increasing …More
Postal Injury Reports Inaccurate, IG Says
The Postal Service provided inaccurate injury and illness reports to Congress over several years but the discrepancies did not affect …More
Postal IG Examining Safety of Facilities
The Postal Service IG is asking for information about potential safety hazards at postal facilities, broadening scrutiny that began with …More
House to Try Cut-Down Version of Postal Reform
Chances of movement on the long-running issue of reforming the Postal Service apparently have improved, with leaders of the House …More
Postal Management Still Doing Frontline Work, Says Audit
Postmasters and postal supervisors are doing less frontline work that is supposed to be reserved for union employees but they …More
Postal Reform to Get Look in House
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to hold a hearing today (Wednesday) on postal reform, the first serious …More
Report Sees More Potential for USPS in Money Orders
The Postal Service could recapture some of the market share it has lost in recent years in its money order …More
