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HANDBOOK REVISION

Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act

Effective July 21, Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy and the Freedom of Information Act, is revised. The appendix is revised to include a new Privacy Act system of records, USPS 800.200, Address Element Correction Enhanced Service (AECES), which was published in the Federal Register on June 2, 2005 (70 FR 32382-32385).

This new system of records relates to name and address files that the Postal ServiceTM plans to maintain for the purpose of improving the accuracy of mail piece addresses and mail delivery. The files will contain name and address data provided by mailers, where the address contains a minor error, as well as the associated correct address provided by the Postal Service. The files will allow the Postal Service to eliminate repeated corrections of address records.

We will incorporate this revision in the next printed version of Handbook AS-353 and into the online version of the handbook available on the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site.

• Go to http://blue.usps.gov.

• Under "Essential Links" in the left-hand column, click on References.

• Under "References" in the right-hand column, under "Policies," click on PolicyNet.

• Then click on HBKs.

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

Refer any questions about this revision to the Records Office at 202-268-2608.

— Privacy Office,
Consumer Advocate, 7-21-05