Upcoming Audit Work

In support of the Delivering for America Plan, the U.S. Postal Service plans to convert 400 facilities into Sorting and Distribution Centers (S&DC) beginning in November 2022. These centers will consolidate multiple delivery units into one facility, thereby reducing traffic between processing centers and post offices and increasing truck trailer utilization. The first six S&DCs were deployed as of February 2023, including two—Gainesville and Panama City S&DCs—in Florida 1 District. The objective of this audit is to assess the impact of S&DC implementation on surface transportation schedules in Florida 1 District.

Colorado mountain towns have experienced delivery and customer service issues consisting of reduced and unpredictable Post Office operating hours, long retail waits, and mail and packages being delayed and/or returned to senders. Local Colorado leaders and residents have continually reached out to the Postal Service for solutions regarding the issues and the impact this has had on their communities and economies.
 
Our objective is to evaluate delivery and customer service operations at post offices in select Colorado mountain towns. Contact us if you have any information or input that might be beneficial to the auditors on this topic.

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) processes outpatient prescriptions along with non-medicine items for veterans across the country. To deliver these medications and non-medicine items to veterans, the CMOP contracts with a mailing contractor who uses various shipping methods, including the Postal Service. Our objective is to assess the Postal Service’s handling and delivery of the VA’s CMOP shipments. The scope of our audit is VA prescription shipments nationwide from June 2022 through June 2023.
 

The Selected Financial Activities and Accounting Records audit supports the Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm’s integrated audits of the Postal Service’s financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting through re-performance of selected financial control tests and independent testing as agreed upon with the IPA. Our audit objectives are to determine whether the Postal Service: 

• Fairly stated accounting transactions in the general ledger and whether selected controls surrounding those transactions were designed and operating effectively. 
• Properly tested, documented, and reported its examination of selected key financial reporting controls at Headquarters and Accounting Service Centers.
   

The Postal Service operates more than 8,500 pieces of automated equipment that processes and sorts nearly half the world’s mail. The mail processing and handling equipment environment includes networks, computer systems and equipment that manage, monitor, and control mail processing functions. These assets are vital for business operations and must be protected based on the criticality and sensitivity of the asset. Our objective is to determine whether the Postal Service has established and implemented adequate controls at selected Processing and Distribution Centers in the Southern California Division.