The United States Postal Service Projects
Starting early 2012, ICIS began working with The United States Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General (USPS-OIG) to provide a series of workshops and research projects with the goal of identifying new areas of revenue generation for the USPS. Workshops were conducted at M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, in January, and at the USPS-OIG offices, Arlington, Virginia, in September, 2012. The workshops were attended by Risk Analysis Research Center and Innovations team, in addition to the Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, Assistant Inspector Generals and industry leaders from fields related to the USPS. It is our belief that information from these reports developed by ICIS were discussed by the United States federal government. The workshops conducted by ICIS for USPS-OIG are listed below.
- Wokshop on January 25, 2012: Planning, Innovation & Optimization of USPS
- Workshop on September 11, 2012: Systems Dynamics
- Workshop on September 26, 2012: Connecting Buyers and Sellers
The ICIS team published workshop executive summary report after each workshop. Adobe PDF version of the research reports can be viewed by clicking the links below.
- Strategic planning document developed from the workshop conducted on January 25, 2012 on the topic “Planning, Innovation and Optimization of the USPS“.
- Executive Summary report from the workshop conducted on September 11, 2012 on the topic “Systems Dynamics”.
- Executive Summary report from the workshop conducted on September 26, 2012 on the topic “Connecting Buyers and Sellers“.
Follow up discussions subsequent to the workshops led to the USPS-OIG requesting ICIS to conduct further research in specific areas. ICIS team performed extensive research and submitted research reports on a number of topics to the USPS-OIG. A list of the research topics are provided below and Adobe PDF version of the research reports can be viewed by clicking the links.
- Research report submitted on August 23, 2012 on the topic “Email Management & Potential Opportunities for United States Postal Service“.
- Research report submitted on January 9, 2013 on the topic “International Small Business Commerce (ISBC): Potential Source of New Revenue for the United States Postal Service“.
ICIS is scheduled to conduct more workshops for the USPS-OIG during the year 2013. ICIS team looks forward to publishing appropriate reports we complete the work.
