USPS stores data the expensive way, IG finds

Published August 13, 2013 4:00am ET



Storing data the U.S. Postal Service way could cost an extra $2 million a year, according to the agency’s inspector general.

The Postal Service’s “Enterprise Data Warehouse” stores data from about 100 of its different computer systems. The EDW is then able to provide reports to Postal Service employees, while also serving as its “primary financial reporting system.”

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