Tammy Whitcomb

FILE - A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021. A government watchdog said says the U.S. Postal Service's environmental evaluation used for purchases of next-generation delivery vehicles relied on some false assumptions. Jill Naamane from the Government Accountability Office told the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that the analysis used to determine the mix of gas- and electric-vehicles overstated maintenance costs of electric vehicles and relied on gas prices that don’t reflect the current reality. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

House Democrats tell USPS to ‘go back to the drawing board’ on electric vehicle cost analysis

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is telling the Postal Service to start over in determining how many electric…

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Postal Service)Tammy L. Whitcomb, Inspector General at the United States Postal Service

Postal Service trying to make customers more aware of where lags in mail delivery occur

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From left, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-O.R., announce a draft bill that would decriminalize marijuana on a federal level, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

COVID safety protocols, infrastructure and insurrection on Congress’ agenda this week

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