# COVID-19 Test Kit Distribution
> **Audit** by U.S. Postal Service OIG · 2022-09-28
> *About: U.S. Postal Service*
## Report
- **Title:** COVID-19 Test Kit Distribution
- **Submitting OIG:** U.S. Postal Service OIG
- **Component agency:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2022-09-28

## Summary

The Biden administration purchased rapid COVID-19 test kits to give to Americans free of charge for home use and partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to package and deliver the kits. Within a short period, the Postal Service established a test kit program, which facilitated ordering, fulfillment, and delivery of kits to 125 million residential addresses.


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Closed): Strengthen final reconciliation processes for all costs and revenue associated with COVID-19 test kit distribution to ensure accuracy of accounting and reimbursement or payment to the Department of Health and Human Services.
- **Rec 2** (Closed): Some or all of the recommendation is not publicly available due to concerns with information protected under the Freedom of Information Act.
- **Rec 3** (Closed): Some or all of the recommendation is not publicly available due to concerns with information protected under the Freedom of Information Act.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/covid-19-test-kit-distribution)
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