Beware of accepting gifts from foreign companies

Postal employees are sometimes offered gifts by nongovernmental, private sector foreign companies with which they interact, either here or abroad. This includes such things as meals, refreshments and/or entertainment.

The ethics gift rules can prohibit the acceptance of a gift from a foreign company. Never accept cash or a cash equivalent. If you’re offered a gift by a foreign company, check with the Ethics Office for advice on whether it can be accepted.

When you follow the ethics gift rules, you show our customers that postal employees have integrity and perform their duties impartially.

And that’s smart business.

Respond to all of what’s asked for

Make sure to carefully review specific records asked for in a FOIA request and then respond by addressing all of those records. If our response doesn’t do that, or addresses records that weren’t asked for, the FOIA requester can legally challenge the Postal Service’s decision. This could result in additional time and expense to make it right.

Processing FOIA requests correctly the first time saves the Postal Service time and money.

And that’s smart business!