Use of Postal Property

A Postal Service employee has a duty to protect and conserve postal property.

A Postal Service employee may not use postal property or allow its use for other than authorized purposes.

For example, you may not use your postal mobile telephone to view pornographic materials or your postal laptop to conduct work for another employer.

When you protect and conserve postal property, you contribute to the Postal Service’s financial success.

And that’s smart business.

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