Protecting Privacy Act Information

If a business initiative might collect, maintain, or use any personally identifiable information, your team should contact the Privacy and Records Management Office early in the process to see if the Privacy Act might apply.

When we collect personal information from an individual, a Privacy Act Statement must be provided or displayed at the point of collection.

The main purpose is to provide informed consent. The statement informs the user about why we are collecting the information and how we will use and disclose it before they decide to give it to us.

By understanding the Privacy Act and its requirement that we properly inform individuals when we are collecting information covered under the Act, you can help the Postal Service adhere to the Privacy Act, maintain public trust, and prevent potential litigation against the Postal Service.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) with any questions. 

Advancing skills

Honing and expanding skills for current and future job roles is an ongoing, evolving process.

• Encourage employees to identify where their current and future skills best contribute to the organization.
• Support continual access to division meetings, industry conferences and skill advancement seminars that offer opportunities to share, teach and sharpen employee soft and technical skills.

Employees who are encouraged to interact and learn from peripheral sources motivate and cross-train each other — this improves individual competencies and fortifies our organization’s mission.

And that’s smart business!