https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/usps-oig/ Ecommerce Industry News Mon, 06 May 2024 00:53:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/usps-oig/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/05/05/give-feedback-on-usps-scans-and-postal-theft/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/05/05/give-feedback-on-usps-scans-and-postal-theft/#comments Mon, 06 May 2024 00:53:02 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230757 You can leave feedback about USPS package scans and postal theft through the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG), which is in the process of auditing those two areas of the US Postal Service. Accurate package scanning is vital to Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/05/05/give-feedback-on-usps-scans-and-postal-theft/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/02/help-the-postal-inspector-evaluate-usps-ground-advantage/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/02/help-the-postal-inspector-evaluate-usps-ground-advantage/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:03:20 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230238 How is the new USPS Ground Advantage service performing? The USPS Inspector General wants to know – and now is the chance for sellers to share their feedback with the agency. The audit, titled “Effectiveness of Package Shipping Services,” commenced Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/02/help-the-postal-inspector-evaluate-usps-ground-advantage/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/08/16/is-the-usps-ready-for-holiday-peak-shipping/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/08/16/is-the-usps-ready-for-holiday-peak-shipping/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:36:56 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229699 The Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) put out a call asking for input on whether the USPS is ready for holiday peak shipping. It’s conducting a preparedness audit, and posted the following announcement on social media site Threads: Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/08/16/is-the-usps-ready-for-holiday-peak-shipping/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/16/audit-finds-usps-package-tracking-inaccurate-and-inadequate/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/16/audit-finds-usps-package-tracking-inaccurate-and-inadequate/#comments Tue, 16 May 2023 21:07:15 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229314 The postal Inspector General (IG) found that 64% of tracking messages for packages it examined in a recent audit were inaccurate and recommended the USPS do a better job of communicating when providing delivery status notices. That’s significant for online Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/05/16/audit-finds-usps-package-tracking-inaccurate-and-inadequate/feed/ 3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/01/16/oig-suggests-usps-should-track-delivery-failures-nationwide/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 03:46:42 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228723 Thanks to USPS Informed Delivery, people can check each day to see what’s scheduled to arrive in their mailbox. That lets them see if a mail carrier skips their house on any given day. But that’s not something the Postal Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/24/usps-orders-50k-next-gen-delivery-vehicles-for-2-98-billion/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/24/usps-orders-50k-next-gen-delivery-vehicles-for-2-98-billion/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:09:31 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227324 The USPS ordered 50,000 next generation delivery vehicles for $2.98 billion (that’s an average of $59,600 each). Twenty percent of them will be battery electric vehicles (BEVs), rather than the 10% it had initially planned to order. Postmaster General Louis Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/03/24/usps-orders-50k-next-gen-delivery-vehicles-for-2-98-billion/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/11/29/usps-peak-preparedness-better-than-last-year/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:33:13 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226706 An audit on USPS peak preparedness found the Postal Service is better prepared for the holiday mail surge than last year (which was a disaster, as online sellers likely recall), but it may not be able to meet all of Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/18/usps-gets-good-grade-on-early-pandemic-response/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/18/usps-gets-good-grade-on-early-pandemic-response/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:59:33 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17372 The USPS kept the mail moving during the early stages of the pandemic. That’s the finding of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which announced the findings of an audit on Monday. The OIG said that in late winter of Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/18/usps-gets-good-grade-on-early-pandemic-response/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/11/09/ig-report-shows-poor-execution-of-usps-initiatives/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:02:49 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16961 The US Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced today a report it issued that shows poor execution on the part of postal management. “The Postal Service’s implementation of operational changes and initiatives in June and July 2020 resulted Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/08/oig-to-usps-improve-scanning-practices/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/08/oig-to-usps-improve-scanning-practices/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2020 17:26:13 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15606 The USPS Inspector General (USPS OIG) issued a report on mail scanning issues, a topic near and dear to online sellers’ hearts since they rely on scans to prove they sent a package, sent it on time, and show if Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/03/08/oig-to-usps-improve-scanning-practices/feed/ 2