Sensitive Information

• If it’s a wadded up piece of paper with sensitive or sensitive-enhanced information, you’re doing something wrong. Properly dispose of this information when no longer needed. Cross-shred documents or lock them in a file cabinet or desk drawer.
• Follow USPS data and legal retention requirements. The information is available in Handbook AS-805-Information Security.

The Postal Service takes pride in maintaining public trust and protecting employee and business customer information.

And that’s smart business.

Managing a Political Campaign

Postal Service employees may volunteer for a partisan candidate’s campaign while off duty without violating the Hatch Act. Here are examples of what you can do:

• Initiate or pass out nominating petitions
• Canvass votes for or against a candidate
• Endorse a candidate
• Attend and actively participate in political rallies and meetings
• Distribute literature
• Help manage a campaign

Exercising your freedom of speech rights in the political arena while off duty fosters the public’s trust in the Postal Service as an agency separate from partisan politics.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for more information about the Hatch Act.