Update Notice 

Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy, the Freedom of Information Act, and Records Management, September 2005

(Note: The vertical bars adjacent to the text in this online Guide to Privacy, the Freedom of Information Act, and Records Management indicate Postal Bulletin updates have been incorporated.)

Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy, the Freedom of Information Act, and Records Management, published September 2005, has been updated with Postal Bulletin articles through December 20, 2007, as follows:

 

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Handbook Cover and Transmittal Letter

Handbook Title

Guide to Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act

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Chapter 1, Introduction

1-1

Purpose of Handbook

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1-4.2.1

Officers, Managers, and Employees

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1-4.2.2

Suppliers, Business Partners, and Customers

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1–4.2.3

Chief Privacy Officer

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1–4.2.4

Records Office Manager

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1–4.2.5

Freedom of Information Act Coordinator

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Records Custodian

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1–4.2.7

Manager, Corporate Information Security Office

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1–4.2.8

General Counsel

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1–4.2.9

Chief Postal Inspector

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1–4.2.10

Office of Inspector General

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1–4.2.11

General Counsel

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1–4.2.12

Chief Postal Inspector

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1–4.2.13

Office of Inspector General

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1–5

Definitions

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1–5.1

Record

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1–5.5

Legal Hold Notice

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1-5.6

Retention Record

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Chapter 2, Laws, Guidelines, and Politics

2-2

Mail Protections

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2-3.1

The Postal Reorganization Act

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2-3.2

The Privacy Act

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2-3.3

The Freedom of information Act

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2-3.4

E-Government Act of 2002

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2-3.5

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

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2-3.6

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

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2-4.1

Federal Trade Commission Privacy Principles

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2-4.2

OMB Privacy Guidelines

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2-5.1

Customer Privacy Policy

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2-5.3

Supplier Policy

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2-5.4

Monitoring of Postal Service Equipment

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Chapter 3, Privacy Procedures

3-1

General

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3-2.2

How to Provide Privacy Notice

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Exhibit 3-2.2

Procedures to Provide a Privacy Notice

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3-2.3

Customer Choice

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Exhibit 3-2.3

Procedures to Provide Choice

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3-3.4

Privacy to Access Information

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3-4.1

Request to Access Information

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3-4.3

Appeals and Customer Redress

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3-4.4

Fees

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3-5.3

External Disclosures

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3-5.5

Accounting off Disclosures

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3-6

Operating a Customer Web Site

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3-7

Sending Marketing E-mail

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3-8

Entering into a Contract or Business Agreement

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3-9

Computer Matching Programs

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Chapter 4, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Procedures

4–2

How to make a FOIA Request

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4–2.1

Format and Content

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4–2.3

Requests for Fee Waivers

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4–2.4

Where to Direct FOIA Requests

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4–3

How to Direct FOIA Requests

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Exhibit 4–3

FOIA Processing Checklist

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4–3.2

Requests That Are Insufficient, Misdirected, for Records That Do Not Exist

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4–3.3

Searches

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4–3.5

Withholding Any Records

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4–3.6

Appeal Rights

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4–3.7

Time Limits

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4–4.1

Reading Rooms

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4–4.4

Postage Evidencing System User Data

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4–5

Records Which May Be Withheld From Disclosure

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4–5.1

Exemption 1 — National Defense and Foreign Relations

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4–5.2

Exemption 2 — Personnel Rules and Practices

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4–5.3

Exemption 3 — Federal Law

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Exhibit 4–5

Exemption 3 Statutes

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4–5.4

Exemption 4 — Trade Secrets and Privileged Information

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4–5.5

Exemption 5 — Internal or Interagency Information

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4–5.6

Exemption 6 — Personal Information

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4–5.7

Exemption 7 — Law Enforcement Information

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4–5.8

Exemption 8 — Financial Information

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4–5.9

Exemption 9 — Geological Information

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4–6.5

How to Assess Fees

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4–7.1

General

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4–8.1

General

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4–8.2

Submissions

Not Published in the Postal Bulletin

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4–8.3

FOIA Annual Report

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Chapter 5, Requests for Special Categories of Records

Exhibit 5-2b

Change of Address or Boxholder Request Format - Process Servers

Not Published in the Postal Bulletin

N/A

Chapter 6, Records Management

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Records Management

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Appendix, Privacy Act Systems of Records, Section C, Index of Systems of Records

USPS 700.300
System Name: Inspector General Investigative Records

Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System, Including Categories of Users and the Purposes of Such Uses

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