Nepotism

• A Postal Service employee is prohibited from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing a relative; or advocating the appointment, employment,
  promotion, advancement of a relative; or using his or her official position for the private gain of a relative.
• This means that a Postal Service employee should never be involved in a hiring decision, promotion decision, detail assignment decision, any decision
  resulting in the advancement of a relative, a transfer decision, change of domicile request, pay for performance review, or any decision that would result
  in a financial gain to a relative.

When you refrain from taking any action to advance or financially benefit your relative, you maintain a work environment free from favoritism allegations and
resentment. And you also enhance our reputation for trustworthiness and integrity.

That’s smart business.

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

Is there a need to know?

The Privacy Act restricts the disclosure of customers’ and employees’ personal information within the Postal Service unless the disclosure is to employees who need the information in order to do their jobs.

For example, IT employees would not have a need to access employee medical records in order to do their jobs. Similarly, the medical team would not have a need to access IT insider threat records in order to do their jobs.

Protect personal privacy by limiting disclosure to those employees with a need to know. And that’s smart business.

Contact the Privacy and Records Management Office for guidance.