Outside Activities

• As a federal employee, in general you may not make representations to the Postal Service or other federal agencies on behalf of others.
• For example, you may not call the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on behalf of your friend to ask for a reduction of a penalty assessed against him for late payment.
• You may not call Supply Management to try to help a neighbor’s business get a Postal Service contract.
• You don’t want to come close to this line because criminal liability is at stake – contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance.

When you avoid a conflict of interest between your interests outside of work and the interests of the federal government, you enhance the Postal Service’s reputation for trustworthiness.

And that’s smart business.

Prohibited Supplemental Employment – Mail Transportation Contractor

• Thinking of working for a person who has a contract with the Postal Service to transport mail to and from the postal facility at which you work? You can’t.
• This prohibition also applies to contractors moving mail to or from a postal facility within the delivery area of a post office in which you work.

Avoiding conflicting outside employment preserves the Postal Service’s reputation as being fair and honest.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance on supplemental employment.