Lax oversight of trucking contractors plagues Postal Service

"... The audit, released on Friday by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), was requested by Congress last year following a Wall Street Journal investigation into safety violations and fatal crashes involving long-distance carriers that haul mail for the agency. The Postal Service does not track accidents and fatalities involving its trucking contractors, the OIG audit revealed, ..."   
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Alabama | Madison residents frustrated with mail delivery

"They say they receive their letters from the mail carrier late at night and they fear this leaves an opening for their items to be stolen. ... “There’s five or six of us on this road and some days everyone gets a package. Most days, someone gets at least one package…and that comes around 2 o’clock. Why not bring the mail then? I don’t like anything sitting in my mailbox overnight. There’s far too much theft going on. They may be checking for checks too. I actually did have one go missing,” Seavers said. ..."   
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US postal workers will now have a clear policy for getting water refills during summer heat, congressman says

"...SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Postal Service workers have spent more than a month delivering letters in 100-degree temperatures, many of them driving vehicles that don't have air conditioning. So when water bottles stopped being delivered to postal stations last month, many workers became confused and frustrated. This led to four U.S. congressmen writing a letter to demand changes in early August and a postal worker rally for better conditions in San Antonio later in the month. Now, U.S. Rep. Greg Casar said USPS is clarifying its policies to better protect their workers. ..."   
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