Sec. 408. Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers program
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Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General of the Postal Service shall conduct an assessment of the mail covers program of the United States Postal Inspection Service that includes— a review of issues found in prior audits by the Inspector General of the Postal Service that involve— mail cover approvals; the security of mail cover documents and information; the handling of accountable documents; and compliance with mail cover procedures; a validation of internal and external mail cover request statistics provided by the United States Postal Inspection Service; recommendations to address deficiencies and improve the mail covers program; and consideration of any civil liberty and privacy issues raised regarding the mail covers program.
Not later than November 1 of each year, the Chief Postal Inspector shall submit to the Inspector General of the Postal Service all statistics regarding the mail covers program of the United States Postal Inspection Service, including the number of external and internal requests, approvals, and processing time data. The Inspector General of the Postal Service shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives an annual report that contains the findings of each assessment conducted under subsection (a).