Archive for the ‘OIG’ Category
The Great Debate
Posted by RARC host | Filed under OIG
The debate about the Postal Service’s future is heating up and Pushing the Envelope is interested in your views. Last week the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security held a hearing on the Future of the Postal Service. The week before there was a hearing in the House [...]
Tags: Delivery, financial crisis, pension, postal service, retiree health benefits, revenue, Saturday Delivery
Top 10 Postal Stories of 2009
Posted by RARC host | Filed under OIG
Those of us helping on the Office of Inspector General blog had so much fun last year we thought we would make the top 10 stories an annual event. We’ve provided the top 10 postal stories for 2009. Tell us about any stories we missed and add whatever comments you think appropriate. In particular, we [...]
Tags: top 10
Year 2
Posted by RARC host | Filed under OIG
Pushing the Envelope officially launched on October 14 last year. Since that time, the blog has posted more than 49 topics including this one and more than 1,700 comments. Some topics have been more popular than others, and those covering issues of interest to Postal Service employees have generally received the most attention. For example, [...]
Preventing Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Posted by Blog Editor | Filed under OIG
The Postal Service funds workers’ compensation benefits for employees who sustain job-related injuries. In FY 2008, the Postal Service incurred over $1.2 billion in workers’ compensation expenses. In addition, the Postal Service estimated its liability for future workers’ compensation costs at nearly $8 billion. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) [...]
Tags: claims, compensation, Fraud, owcp


