GAO: Comp Costs Rose 68% at Postal Service between 2009 and 2012

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefWorkers' compensation costs at the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service rose 68% between 2009 and 2012 and postal workers suffered a disproportionate share of injuries and illnesses among federal workers, the Government Accountability Office reported last week.GAO last Thursday sent a report to U.S. Rep. Darrell E. Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in response to questions Issa raised concerning H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013.In a vote that broke along party lines, Issa's commi...