U.s. Postal Service, Actions Needed to Strengthen the Capital Investment Process

U.s. Postal Service, Actions Needed to Strengthen the Capital Investment Process
Author: Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781973975632

" USPS has reached its statutory borrowing limit and has projected unsustainable losses. GAO's prior work has stated USPS's financial challenges hinder its ability to make capital investments. GAO was asked to review USPS's capital investment process. This report addresses the extent to which USPS follows leading practices for four phases of capital investments: planning, selecting, managing, and evaluating. GAO identified the phases and leading practices primarily by analyzing the Office of Management and Budget's capital investment guide and compared them with USPS's policies and practices. External stakeholders with both public and private-sector experience reviewed the leading practices and found them to be reasonable for USPS. To examine how USPS policies were applied in specific cases, GAO reviewed 5 of 28 capital investments greater than $25 million that were approved for funding since fiscal year 2007. "

Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service

Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the Postal Service
Publisher:
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

U. S. Postal Service

U. S. Postal Service
Author: Bernard L. Ungar
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2001-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780756708948

Reviews electronic-commerce initiatives (ECI) of the USPS. Some have questioned the merits of USPS' development of non-postal products and services, including those that are e-commerce related. The report describes USPS': (1) ECI that have been implemented or are being developed, (2) goals and strategies for the ECI, (3) processes for approving these ECI, and (4) expected performance and results to date related to ECI. Discusses areas where USPS can improve its management of its ECI. Describes USPS' views on how major federal laws and regulations apply to its ECI and identifies legal issues that have been raised concerning its ECI.