GAO: Post Office is "High Risk" Area of Government Mismanagement

Kevin Glass  Managing Editor, Townhall.com

Feb 14, 2013 10:54 AM EST

The Government Accountability Office issues biennial reports on "high risk areas" of government, which they define as having "greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or the need for transformation to address economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges." The U.S. Postal Service has been on the GAO's list since 2009, and they've made the list again in the report released today. What's troubling about this report is that the viability of the USPS gets worse every year, with very little changes made.

The GAO makes this explicit in its evaluation of the USPS' finances: ………The USPS has had long-term plans to address its deficit, which include moving to five-day delivery, eliminating up to 55,000 jobs, and closing processing facilities. Unfortunately, it's largely workers' unions and members of Congress themselves standing in the way of modernization and reform.  To Read More….