Mismanagement cost Postal Service $21 million extra for vehicle maintenance

Published May 6, 2015 4:58pm ET



Postal Service mismanagement caused by vacant supervisor positions allowed vehicle maintenance to cost nearly $22 million more than necessary, a government watchdog found.

Vehicle maintenance facilities had 109 unfilled managerial positions in 2014, which allowed mechanics to be paid for more than 580,000 hours without a matching work order, according to a Postal Service inspector general report released Monday.

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