Law Department, USPS Headquarters; area and district facilities; and USPS facilities.
- Current and former USPS employees involved in MSPB appeals.
- USPS employees and applicants for employment involved in EEO litigation.
Records related to individuals involved in MSPB appeals or EEO litigation, including names, Social Security Numbers, Employee Identification Numbers, work locations, dates, case number, and other information related to the litigants and the subject matter of the litigation.
39 U.S.C. 401 and 409.
To provide advice and representation to USPS in MSPB appeals and EEO litigation.
Standard routine uses 1. through 9. apply.
Automated database, computer storage media, and paper.
By name of litigant or case number.
Paper records, computers, and computer storage media are located in controlled-access areas under supervision of program personnel. Access to these areas is limited to authorized personnel, who must be identified with a badge. Access to records is limited to individuals whose official duties require such access. Contractors and licensees are subject to contract controls and unannounced on-site audits and inspections. Computers are protected by mechanical locks, card key systems, or other physical access control methods. The use of computer systems is regulated with installed security software, computer logon identifications, and operating system controls including access controls, terminal and transaction logging, and file management software.
MSPB appeals records are retained 7 years from the date of the last administrative or judicial decision. EEO litigation records are retained 4 years from the date of the final decision. Records existing on paper are destroyed by burning, pulping, or shredding. Records existing on computer storage media are destroyed according to the applicable USPS media sanitization practice.
Vice President, Labor Relations, United States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260.
General Counsel and Executive Vice President, United States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260.
Individuals wanting to know if information about them is maintained in this system of records must address inquiries to the system manager, and provide full name, case number, if known, and the approximate date the action was instituted.
Requests for access must be made in accordance with the Notification Procedure above and USPS Privacy Act regulations regarding access to records and verification of identity under 39 CFR 266.6.
See Notification Procedure and Record Access Procedures above.
Subject employees; counsel or other representatives for parties; and other individuals involved in appeal or litigation.
Records in this system that have been compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action or proceeding are exempt from individual access as permitted by 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(5). The USPS has also claimed exemption from certain provisions of the Act for several of its other systems of records at 39 CFR 266.9. To the extent that copies of exempted records from those other systems are incorporated into this system, the exemptions applicable to the original primary system continue to apply to the incorporated records.
