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Tag: USPS OIG

Give Feedback on USPS Scans and Postal Theft

May 5, 2024 Ina Steiner
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You can leave feedback about USPS package scans and postal theft through the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG), which is in the process of auditing those two areas of the US Postal Service. Accurate package scanning is vital to Read more

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Help the Postal Inspector Evaluate USPS Ground Advantage

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Ina Steiner
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How is the new USPS Ground Advantage service performing? The USPS Inspector General wants to know – and now is the chance for sellers to share their feedback with the agency. The audit, titled “Effectiveness of Package Shipping Services,” commenced Read more

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Is the USPS Ready for Holiday Peak Shipping?

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Ina Steiner
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The Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) put out a call asking for input on whether the USPS is ready for holiday peak shipping. It’s conducting a preparedness audit, and posted the following announcement on social media site Threads: Read more

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Audit Finds USPS Package Tracking Inaccurate and Inadequate

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 Ina Steiner
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The postal Inspector General (IG) found that 64% of tracking messages for packages it examined in a recent audit were inaccurate and recommended the USPS do a better job of communicating when providing delivery status notices. That’s significant for online Read more

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OIG Suggests USPS Should Track Delivery Failures Nationwide

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Ina Steiner
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Thanks to USPS Informed Delivery, people can check each day to see what’s scheduled to arrive in their mailbox. That lets them see if a mail carrier skips their house on any given day. But that’s not something the Postal Read more

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USPS Orders 50K Next Gen Delivery Vehicles for $2.98 Billion

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Ina Steiner
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The USPS ordered 50,000 next generation delivery vehicles for $2.98 billion (that’s an average of $59,600 each). Twenty percent of them will be battery electric vehicles (BEVs), rather than the 10% it had initially planned to order. Postmaster General Louis Read more

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USPS Peak Preparedness: Better Than Last Year

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Ina Steiner
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An audit on USPS peak preparedness found the Postal Service is better prepared for the holiday mail surge than last year (which was a disaster, as online sellers likely recall), but it may not be able to meet all of Read more

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USPS Gets Good Grade on Early Pandemic Response

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Ina Steiner
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The USPS kept the mail moving during the early stages of the pandemic. That’s the finding of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which announced the findings of an audit on Monday. The OIG said that in late winter of Read more

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IG Report Shows Poor Execution of USPS Initiatives

November 9, 2020 Ina Steiner
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The US Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced today a report it issued that shows poor execution on the part of postal management. “The Postal Service’s implementation of operational changes and initiatives in June and July 2020 resulted Read more

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OIG to USPS: Improve Scanning Practices

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 Ina Steiner
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The USPS Inspector General (USPS OIG) issued a report on mail scanning issues, a topic near and dear to online sellers’ hearts since they rely on scans to prove they sent a package, sent it on time, and show if Read more

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