United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-10-06 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-57R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R P0b002ee18039f0bc f:d0457r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R GAO-04-57R Data collection Performance measures Postal service Program evaluation Small business Data integrity Labor force Labor statistics Minorities Women Postal service employees Statistical data USPS Supplier Diversity Program Correspondence A08665 This report supplements our previous report responding to a Congressional request for current information on the representation of minorities and women at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). USPS's program to attract and award contracts to small, minority, and women-owned businesses is referred to as supplier diversity. In recent years, the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has questioned the reliability of data related to the Supplier Diversity Program, such as the dollar value of contracts awarded to small, minority, and women-owned businesses. In a September 2001 report, the OIG made nine recommendations that it said would improve the reliability of this data. Our objective was to determine the status of USPS efforts to address the recommendations contained in the OIG report. To address our objective, we obtained, reviewed, and analyzed documentation from USPS and interviewed USPS and OIG officials concerning the status of these recommendations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R.pdf GAO-04-57R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-57R Correspondence GAO-04-57R; U.S. Postal Service: Status of Inspector General's Recommendations on the Supplier Diversity Program; Data collection Performance measures Postal service Program evaluation Small business Data integrity Labor force Labor statistics Minorities Women Postal service employees Statistical data USPS Supplier Diversity Program