Citizens Against Government Waste is a non-profit organization that regularly tracks all forms of government waste including the Postal Service. Recently, they posted an article that outlines the Jaffer Scandal . Here are just some excerpts:

 While much of the report is rather sensational, detailing instances of Mr. Jaffer’s alleged excessive drinking and inappropriate behavior toward female USPS employees, a far more interesting picture of USPS corporate culture emerges from between the lines

Some of Mr. Jaffer’s profligate behavior revolve around parties for and gifts of expensive luggage to Vonzell Solomon, a runner up for American Idol in 2005.  Ms. Solomon was a rural postal carrier when she auditioned for the television program.  According to a postal spokesperson, a party featuring Ms. Solomon qualified as an “employee appreciation” event.  The luggage allegedly given to Ms. Solomon was plucked out of a closet in Mr. Jaffer’s office that held a trove of goodies ostensibly left over from the USPS’s National Executive Committee events, including Movado watches, strings of pearls, and digital cameras.  (Ms. Solomon subsequently signed a contract to be a “holiday spokesperson” for the USPS.)

Mr. Jaffer’s reckless spending and “lack of candor” should be viewed as part of the operational culture of the USPS.  Azzezaly Jaffer was just living large because he had swallowed the prevailing party line.  Maybe the USPS does operate like a Fortune 100 business.  Just like Enron, Fannie Mae, or Tyco.  

Full article: USPS Chief Lving Large