OIG Reviewing S&DC Development Process

The Postal Service’s proposed revamp of its network is barely out of the planning stages and portions of it are already under audit by a federal watchdog. 

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is evaluating USPS’s “data models used to determine sites for conversion into” sorting and delivery centers (S&DC), the associated conversion costs and how those plans were shared with stakeholders, according to its website. 

The review began on Nov. 28, and a report of the OIG’s findings is expected in June. 

The S&DCs are part of USPS’s planned consolidation of its surface transportation network, with the intended purpose of reducing “transportation and mail handling costs,” OIG stated in the notice. 

There is an email link included for those who “have any information or input that might be beneficial to the auditors on this topic.”