'Untangled' contract data helped USPS OIG catch millions in fraud

Federal News Network: If the Postal Service was a private company, it would rank 37th on the Forbes 500 list. The massive agency collects more than $70 billion in annual revenue and has more than 600,000 employees.

By contrast, USPS Office of the Inspector General that oversees USPS has about 1,000 employees and fewer than 400 contract workers.

However, a USPS OIG data analytics shop of about 50 employees has been using the agency’s huge troves of data to detect fraud, waste and abuse that might otherwise go undetected.

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