August 11, 2023 USPS Ethics Awareness Week, an annual effort to educate employees about the importance of conducting themselves with integrity, is Aug. 14-18 this year. In polls, the Postal Service is regularly voted the nation’s most trusted government agency. Honoring the public’s trust isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also good for…
August 3, 2023 Postal Service nonbargaining employees are required to complete training on political activity and the Hatch Act by Sept. 30. The Hatch Act law prohibits federal workers — including Postal Service employees — from engaging in political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property or while inside a…
July 26, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding employees that the organization is a unique hybrid: part government agency, part commercial enterprise. Because of this, some requests for information are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, which gives the public the right to request access to records from any federal agency. Commercial…
July 10, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding employees to be conscious of sales and advertising activities conducted on postal property. Federal regulations prohibit commercial sales and advertising on postal property without a valid contract with USPS. Employees who are on duty, in uniform or on postal property also may not engage in any type…
June 26, 2023 The Postal Service wants employees to know that there are ethics rules to consider before accepting work with highway contract route or contract delivery service contractors. A highway contract route, or HCR, is a mail transportation contract. A contract delivery service, or CDS, is a mail delivery service. USPS employees may not…
June 12, 2023 The Postal Service wants to remind employees that ethics rules apply even after someone retires or leaves the organization for other employment. The rules mainly address two concerns: when former employees can interact with USPS on behalf of new employers, and how current and former employees may interact with each other. Post-employment…
April 10, 2023 USPS wants to remind employees that there are rules regarding employment outside the Postal Service. If you have a second job or own an outside business, remember that postal time, equipment and resources cannot be used to serve another employer. There’s also a conflict if the outside job prevents you from adequately…
March 15, 2023 The Postal Service is reminding employees they may not run for partisan office. A partisan election is one in which any candidate in the race represents a political party. This Hatch Act rule applies to partisan elections at the federal, state and local levels. It also applies to employees who are on…
