{"id":6890,"date":"2020-05-04T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/?p=6890"},"modified":"2020-11-04T13:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T20:50:55","slug":"mvs-tell-the-oig-what-do-you-think-about-the-new-lift-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/?p=6890","title":{"rendered":"MVS Tell the OIG: What do you think about the new lift gates?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The USPS Office Inspector General (OIG) recently\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uspsoig.gov\/audit-asks\/what-do-you-think-about-new-lift-gates-postal-service-trucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced a solicitation<\/a>\u00a0for postal employee comments on the lift gates of the latest purchased Peterbilt 18\u2019 and 24\u2019 cargo trucks.<\/p>\n<p>On April 30, MVS Director Michael Foster and Assistant Director Javier E. Pi\u00f1eres teleconferenced with the OIG regarding their concerns with the cargo truck lift gates and the comment solicitation. Director Foster commented, \u201cThis is a significant comment solicitation by the OIG because the inquiries and concerns came from the MVS members who operate these lift gates on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uspsoig.gov\/audit-asks\/what-do-you-think-about-new-lift-gates-postal-service-trucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The USPS OIG has agreed to accept concerns until June 15, 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue discussions with the OIG audit team during the comment solicitation and up to the audit report. We will keep you updated accordingly,\u201d assured Assistant Director Pi\u00f1eres.<\/p>\n<p>In February of 2018, the MVS national officers and members participated in the First Article Testing (FAT) of the Peterbilt 18\u2019 and 24\u2019 cargo trucks, as agreed to in Article 39.3.B. Numerous comments were made and safety concerns were identified to postal management and the manufacturer &#8211; including issues with the lift gates.\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/d1ocufyfjsc14h.cloudfront.net\/sites\/default\/files\/march_2018_cargo_truck_fat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to view Director Foster\u2019s letter on the original FAT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the USPS OIG has been willing to review the potential safety issues on the lift gates, it is important that we make our safety concerns known.\u201d Director Foster further remarked, \u201cif you have any experiences, injuries, testaments, ergonomic issues, technical problems, or other information operating or repairing these lift gates, we encourage you to participate in the comment solicitation and make your voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uspsoig.gov\/audit-asks\/what-do-you-think-about-new-lift-gates-postal-service-trucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to submit your comment.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A full USPS OIG report is expected sometime after August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USPS Office Inspector General (OIG) recently\u00a0announced a solicitation\u00a0for postal employee comments on the lift gates of the latest purchased Peterbilt 18\u2019 and 24\u2019 cargo trucks. On April 30, MVS Director Michael Foster and Assistant Director Javier E. Pi\u00f1eres teleconferenced with the OIG regarding their concerns with the cargo truck lift gates and the comment solicitation. Director Foster commented, \u201cThis is a significant comment solicitation by the OIG because the inquiries and concerns came from [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motor-vehicle-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6891,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6890\/revisions\/6891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apwu73.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}