OIG FIELD OFFICE REPORT DETAILS ALLEGED 2020 MAIL BALLOT FRAUD
From the USPS-OIG Mid-Atlantic Field Office comes an investigative report into alleged illegal mail-in ballots affecting the 2020 election. From the heavily redacted report: [...]
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OIG SEES POOR FIRST-CLASS SERVICE THRU 2025
From the OIG Report: Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s First‑Class Mail and Priority Mail service performance since fiscal year (FY) 2022. The review [...]
OIG’s Top 10 Postal Stories of 2024
From the Office of the Inspector General of the USPS: It is January, so that means it’s time once again for our annual list of the top 10 postal stories (2024 edition). And [...]
Analysis of Historical Mail Volume Trends
From the OIG: Analyzing mail volume trends over the past 16 fiscal years makes clear the difficult situation facing the Postal Service. First‑Class Mail, historically the [...]
REPORT: How Inflation Impacts USPS
From the USPS Inspector General: In the first few months of 2022, the U.S. experienced the highest inflation rates since the early 1980s. This period of inflation is [...]
OIG Report Hides List Of Worst Postal Facilities
Linn’s Stamp News filed a Freedom of Information request to have the Office of the Inspector General reveal the names of poorly performing postal facilities, which were [...]
OIG Finds “Significant Operational Delays” of Int’l Outbound Packages
While conducting fieldwork for our International Mail Operations and Performance Data project, we found significant operational delays of international outbound (export) packages. [...]
OIG To Investigate LeHigh Valley, PA Sorting Plant Amid Mail Delays
From The Morning Call: The U.S. Postal Service’s independent watchdog last fall selected the Lehigh Valley’s main mail sorting plant — among the most challenged postal [...]
Military Mail Delays Hamper Service To Soldiers
From the Office of Inspector General: The U.S. PostalService partners with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of State (DoS) to deliver mail to [...]
Secretive Facility Where USPS Sells Lost Mail
An investigative reporter tracked down where lost USPS mail is sent and later sold — traveling to a Georgia facility where his film crew was detained … (click to [...]
OIG: Mail Mix Matters For Effective Ad Mail
USPS Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb referenced an upcoming study that details the importance of the household mail mix for ad mail effectiveness in her presentation at [...]
Broken UPU Terminal Dues System Outlined in OIG Report
The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) researched terminal dues in 2015, with a particular focus on the China to U.S. corridor, to examine concerns and [...]
USPS Inspector General: Mixed Household Mail Helps Ad Mail
Speaking at the Wednesday luncheon at MAILCOM ’19, USPS Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb detailed results of a to-be-released study that shows ad mail is most effective [...]
AOC Fixes The Mail!
The South Bronx mail delivery is notoriously bad, as recent OIG studies have shown. New on the case: newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the [...]
Governors Appoint Whitcomb Inspector General
WASHINGTON – The Governors of the U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of Tammy L. Whitcomb as the third Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service. The [...]
Using Mail To Build Brands
The OIG reports ads designed to elicit an emotional response or that used metaphorical symbols of the brand’s value were generally more effective for branding than ads that [...]