PUSHING THE ENVELOPE BLOG

If it’s June, it’s time once again to share the results of our Spring Semiannual Report to Congress or SARC. We have been working diligently to promote the integrity, accountability, and efficiency of the U.S. Postal Service and its regulator, the Postal Regulatory Commission and have achieved significant milestones in the first half of the 2025 fiscal year.

When we think of combating mail theft, the OIG’s investigative work usually comes to mind. Every day, our special agents use analytics tools and investigative methods to detect and stop internal mail theft throughout the Postal Service’s network. Last fiscal year, our Office of Investigations made 449 arrests and closed more than 1,600 cases related to mail theft. To learn more about some of our...

Any organization with a computer network is concerned about cybersecurity, and the U.S. Postal Service has one of the world’s largest IT networks. It connects 1.1 million devices and includes 92.5 petabytes of storage. (A petabyte is a million gigabytes.) As cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure continue to increase in frequency and sophistication, keeping networks and data safe from...

It’s that time again — when we look back and rank what we think were the top 10 postal stories of the year! As it did in 2020, the U.S. Postal Service saw its fair share of important news stories in 2021. Some are obvious, like the pandemic’s ongoing impacts on staffing and service thanks to the arrival of yet another variant, while others might be less obvious. Here’s our countdown, in reverse...

"Pushing the Envelope" wishes everyone a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year!