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The U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general has resigned after members of Congress and a government report questioned her personnel practices and her spending for team-building staff retreats.

Postal Inspector General Karla Corcoran, whose office is supposed to guard against fraud, waste and abuse, “has expressed her intention to retire immediately,” the governors of the Postal Service announced.

Corcoran conducted retreats where her employees had to dress up in costumes, participate in mock trials and tape testimonials for the inspector general.

Corcoran was unavailable for comment, her office said.

The U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee may hold a hearing Sept 3 to discuss the recommendations of the presidential postal reform commission.
A hearing has been discussed but will not be officially scheduled until all members of the committee are served with notice of the proposed date, a committee representative said yesterday. Although the Senate is in its summer recess and returns to session Sept 2.

The presidential postal commission sent its recommendations to the White House at the end of July. Proposed reforms in the report called for increased automation, fewer employees, changes to the collective bargaining process and increased power to close unprofitable post offices.