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Smart Business Moment

Special request

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Special request

Disclosure Rules Can Be Confusing

Did you receive a Freedom of Information Act request for records that solely pertain to the requester? The Privacy Act and FOIA apply to such a request and there are different disclosure rules under each act. Your response letter must analyze both. Need help understanding these rules? Call the Privacy and Records Management Office.

Getting it right the first time saves the Postal Service time and money by avoiding an appeal or lawsuit.

And that’s smart business!

If you have any questions, contact the Privacy and Records Management Office at FOIA12@usps.gov and review the appendix in Handbook AS-353.

Alternate business moment

Cash Gifts

Thanks, But No Thanks

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Cash Gifts

Thanks, But No Thanks

A Postal Service employee cannot accept cash, checks, money orders, or credit card gift cards from an outside source, such as a Postal Service customer, a company doing business with the Postal Service, or a company seeking to do business with the Postal Service.
Never ever accept cash or cash equivalents as a gift from a customer or supplier.

Our customers, suppliers, and the public should know that they will be treated fairly and professionally no matter what. Accepting gifts – especially cash or cash equivalents – leaves the opposite impression. Declining inappropriate gifts is not only the law, it’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for more information about the ethics regulations addressing gifts.

Smart Safety Moment

Crosswalk safety

Caution! Pedestrians are crossing.

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Crosswalk safety

Caution! Pedestrians are crossing.

Pedestrians are one-and-a-half times more likely to be killed in a crash than passengers in the vehicle. Faster car speeds increase the likelihood of a pedestrian getting hit and being severely injured. Most pedestrian deaths occur in urban areas, locations without marked intersections and at night. Most at risk are older adults, children and individuals impaired by alcohol or drugs.

By being extra vigilant at intersections and crosswalks, drivers can help reduce accidents involving pedestrians.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.

Alternate safety moment

Injuries and illnesses

Consider the costs.

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Injuries and illnesses

Consider the costs.

Work-related injuries and illnesses can affect every aspect of life for injured employees and their families. There’s pain and suffering because of the injury. There also could be loss of income, job or career, or the financial impact of medical bills not covered by insurance. There’s stress on relationships, and possibly permanent medical or mental health problems.

Providing a safe workplace not only helps protect a worker from injury and illness, it can decrease compensation costs, reduce absenteeism, increase productivity and raise employee morale.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.

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Special request

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Cash Gifts

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Crosswalk safety

Alternate safety moment

Injuries and illnesses

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