Are Emergency Suspensions of USPS Facilities Executed in Compliance with Policies and Procedures?
Postal Service properties may be vacated due to events such as network optimization efforts, emergency suspensions, and/or staffing shortages.
Postal Service properties may be vacated due to events such as network optimization efforts, emergency suspensions, and/or staffing shortages.
The Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) is responsible for protecting the Postal Service’s infrastructure against cyber threats that could disrupt operations to the 45,000 point of sale terminals, 2,837 retail kiosks, 8,500 mail processing equipment pieces, USPS.com, and more.
The existing fleet of two-ton vehicles has aged to or is beyond its planned life cycle, requiring frequent repairs. Regardless of preventive maintenance performed, chassis and component parts break down, resulting in increased vehicle maintenance costs.
It is not uncommon that employees feel pressured to meet organizational goals, and as goals are raised, employees may turn to less-than-ethical means to meet them. As a result, work environments can fill up with unethical behavior that employees rationalize. Likewise, when employees detect unethical behavior, they may not feel comfortable reporting it.
Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) workload management procedures were developed to maintain vehicles in a mechanically reliable, safe, and clean condition and to ensure vehicles are available for maximum mail delivery/transportation use. These procedures place primary emphasis on preventative maintenance rather than on major repairs.