Skip to main content

United States Postal Service

Jump To:

Recent Reports

View More Reports

Open Recommendations (13 total)

Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: USPS Should Plan for Potential Workplace Charging

GAO-23-105781
Show
1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure that the leadership of the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Program and the sustainability office incorporate the potential for workplace charging in USPS's site planning efforts to deploy fleet-charging infrastructure. (Recommendation 1)
Open
As of March 2024, USPS officials stated that the agency had procured charging station hardware that allows for employee charging capabilities in the future. GAO is evaluating USPS's efforts.

U.S. Postal Service: Action Needed to Improve Credibility of Cost Assumptions for Next Generation Delivery Vehicles

GAO-23-106677
Show
1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Director of Fleet Management should incorporate leading practices from GAO's Cost Guide into future updates of USPS's cost estimates for acquiring new delivery vehicles. These leading practices include conducting a sensitivity analysis, a risk and uncertainty analysis, cross-checks, and an independent cost estimate. (Recommendation 1)
Open
As of March 2024, USPS has not provided information related to this recommendation. We will continue to monitor USPS' effort regarding this recommendation.

U.S. Postal Service: Action Needed to Improve Credibility of Cost Assumptions for Next Generation Delivery Vehicles

GAO-23-106677
Show
1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Director of Fleet Management should clearly explain the changes to cost assumptions, including reasons for the change and important methodological details used, in decision analysis reports requesting capital for vehicle orders placed in USPS's vehicle acquisition programs. (Recommendation 2)
Open
As of March 2024, USPS officials stated that the agency had complied with this recommendation in previous decision analysis reports. As stated in GAO-23-106677, we maintain that this recommendation is valid. We will continue to monitor USPS' effort regarding this recommendation.

U.S. Postal Service: Better Incorporating Leading Practices for Project Management Could Benefit Strategic Plan Implementation [Reissued with revisions on Sept. 19, 2023]

GAO-23-105297
Show
1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should direct the Office of Strategic Planning to ensure that the policies and guidance—such as the Strategic Initiative Governance Controls document—used to implement Strategic Plan projects determine when a project requires an integrated master schedule and require that such a project's team develop and maintain an integrated master schedule for the entire life of the project. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

U.S. Postal Service: Better Incorporating Leading Practices for Project Management Could Benefit Strategic Plan Implementation [Reissued with revisions on Sept. 19, 2023]

GAO-23-105297
Show
5 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should direct the Office of Strategic Planning to ensure that the policies and guidance—such as the Strategic Initiative Governance Controls document—used to implement Strategic Plan projects include guidance for project teams to integrate existing cost information in project charters or establish performance baselines for project costs and update those cost estimates throughout the life of projects. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should direct the Office of Strategic Planning to ensure that the policies and guidance—such as the Strategic Initiative Governance Controls document—used to implement Strategic Plan projects provide guidance on when project teams are required to conduct a root cause analysis and develop corrective action plans to address variations in expected outcomes. (Recommendation 3)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should direct the Office of Strategic Planning to ensure that the policies and guidance—such as the Strategic Initiative Governance Controls document—used to implement Strategic Plan projects require that independent reviews resulting in activities as well as outcomes of corrective actions are clearly documented throughout the life of projects. (Recommendation 4)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should direct the Office of Strategic Planning to ensure that the policies and guidance—such as the Strategic Initiative Governance Controls document—used to implement Strategic Plan projects include guidance for project teams to review, identify, and disseminate lessons learned prior to, during, and after implementing projects. (Recommendation 5)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should direct the Office of Strategic Planning to amend the policies and guidance—such as the Strategic Initiative Governance Controls document—used to implement Strategic Plan projects to clarify what qualifies as an exception from the USPS policies used to implement Strategic Plan projects as well as the process for documenting the rationale for such exceptions. (Recommendation 6)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

U.S. Postal Service: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Workforce Diversity Efforts

GAO-24-105732
Show
1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
United States Postal Service The Postmaster General should ensure that executive leaders develop a plan for capturing and using data from USPS's new applicant flow tracking system to prepare the workforce tables and barrier analysis in its annual reports to the EEOC. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
View More Recommendations