What Is The Difference Between Inspection Services And Oig For Post Office

U.s.a.
Postal Service Office of Inspector General
Agency overview

Formed	1996
Jurisdiction	Usa
Agency executive	Tammy Whitcomb, Usa Mail Function of Inspector Full general
Parent agency	United states Postal Service
Website	https://www.uspsoig.gov/about-us/about-oig

The U.s.a. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) was created by Public Law 104–208,^[1] passed by Congress in 1996. The inspector general of the United States Postal Service (USPS) is appointed by the presidentially appointed governors on the Lath of Governors of the United states Postal Service and reports to them. The term of the inspector general is a maximum of vii years. To ensure accountability, the inspector general keeps Congress, the governors, and Mail management informed of the office's work and alerted to potential areas where the Postal Service could be more economical and efficient.

The OIG achieves its mission of helping maintain confidence in the postal system and improving the Post's lesser line through independent audits and investigations. Audits of postal programs and operations assist to determine whether the programs and operations are efficient and price-effective. Investigations assist forbid and detect fraud, waste, and misconduct and have a deterrent effect on postal crimes.^[2]

The United states Postal Inspection Service is a separate bureau.^[iii]

History [edit]

The electric current USPS inspector general is Tammy L. Whitcomb, who was appointed by the governors of the Lath of Governors of the U.s.a. Mail service on November 29, 2018. She is the USPS's third inspector general,^[4] who served as Deputy Inspector Full general from Nov 2011 and was acting Inspector General from Feb 2016 until her engagement.

The USPS's second inspector full general was David C. Williams, who was inspector general from August twenty, 2003, until he resigned on Feb 19, 2016. In June 2013, Williams criticized the Postal Service's real estate contract with CBRE, a multinational existent estate visitor, citing "disharmonize of involvement concerns."^[five] Williams was nominated in October 2017 by President Donald Trump for a position of governor on the USPS Board of Governors.

The start USPS inspector general was Karla W. Corcoran, who held the position from January 1997, later on the position was created in 1996. She resigned on August 19, 2003, afterwards a federal investigation establish that she abused her authority, wasted public money and promoted questionable personnel practices.^{[half dozen]}

List of United States Postal Service inspectors general [edit]

#	Name	Term began	Term concluded
i	Karla W. Corcoran	January 1997	Baronial xix, 2003
2	David C. Williams	Baronial 20, 2003	February nineteen, 2016
three	Tammy L. Whitcomb	February 19, 2016	Incumbent*

Run into also [edit]

The states Postal Inspection Service
Part of Inspector Full general (United States)

References [edit]

^ "Public Constabulary 104-208" (PDF). Congress.gov. September xxx, 1996. Retrieved August xvi, 2020.
^ "About the OIG". Retrieved Baronial 16, 2020.
^ "United States Postal Inspection Service". Retrieved August 16, 2020.
^ "Tammy Fifty. Whitcomb, Inspector General, The states Postal Service". United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General . Retrieved Baronial xvi, 2020.
^ Byrne, Peter (September 18, 2013). "Going Postal: The hubby of US Senator Dianne Feinstein has been selling post offices to his friends, cheap". Eastward Bay Limited . Retrieved September 21, 2013.
^ Mail IG Quits As Inquiry Concludes