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Upcoming Audit Work

Below is a list of some of our recently announced audit projects with the estimated release dates. If you have knowledge or experience related to any of these topics, we encourage you to get in touch with us via the link provided in the project description. Please note, the titles of these projects may change during the course of the audit and have a different name when the audit is issued.

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Fiscal Year 2024 Officers' Travel and Representation Expenses

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The Postal Service Reorganization Act of 1970, as amended, requires annual audits of the United States Postal Service's financial statements. As part of these audits, the Postal Service adopted policies and procedures that required annual audits of officers' travel and representation expenses. Our objective is to determine whether Postal Service officers complied with Postal Service policies and procedures regarding travel and representation expense reimbursements.

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Invoice and Payment Processes for Inflation Reduction Act Funds

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted in August 2022, appropriated $3 billion to the US Postal Service to assist with its fleet modernization. The act provides $1.29 billion in funding for the procurement of zero-emission delivery vehicles (electric vehicles) and $1.71 billion in funding for the purchase, design, and installation of the necessary infrastructure at Postal Service facilities. The Postal Service received the funds on September 21, 2022. Our objective is to assess invoice and payment processes for the Inflation Reduction Act funds. 

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Fleet Modernization Charging Stations

Fleet Modernization - Charging Station Construction Design and Deployment Timelines

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As part of its 10-year Delivering for America plan, the Postal Service is modernizing its fleet with electric delivery vehicles and charging stations at hundreds of facilities. We are monitoring the Postal Service’s construction of charging stations, which is supported by congressional funding. Our auditors will evaluate the Postal Service’s site design and construction timelines related to its charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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Planning and Deployment of the Matrix Regional Sorter

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The Delivering for America plan has put at the forefront the need for new equipment that has the capacity to allow for the consolidation of package processing in new modernized facilities. A key component of this is the acquisition and deployment of the Matrix Regional Sorter (MaRS). The MaRS is a new package processing machine designed to simultaneously process both outgoing and incoming packages at a higher throughput, and provide increased efficiency within a smaller operational footprint, compared to existing machines. The objective of this audit is to evaluate the planning, deployment, and initial performance of the MaRS.

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Effectiveness of the New Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond, VA

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Under Delivering for America, the Postal Service is redesigning its legacy network to create a best-in-class mail and package processing network. Central to this redesign is the creation of approximately 60 Regional Processing and Distribution Centers (RPDC) to consolidate mail processing operations and create fewer points in their transportation networks. The Richmond, VA RPDC opened in August of 2023, centralizing outgoing mail and package processing in the greater Richmond metropolitan area. The objective of this audit is to assess the operational impacts related to the launch of this RPDC and identify successes, opportunities, and lessons learned.