Effective January 27, 2011, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) subchapter 630, Ideas Program, is revised to update Postal Service™ procedures. Some revisions are not significant: these include changes in section titles, job titles, and organization names as well as improvements in grammar or style. Significant changes include the following:
n Add new 633, Responsibilities, to define the roles and responsibilities of managers, executives, officers, and program coordinators.
n Clarify in 634 the criteria for employee ideas that are eligible for consideration and those that are not.
n Describe the process for requesting reevaluation of an idea not adopted in 634.4.
n Define in 635.2 the use of nonmonetary awards for ideas not adopted or for those adopted that have minimal impact and the valuation of a nominal gift.
n Expand Exhibit 637.1 to provide step-by-step processing instructions for idea submitters and evaluators.
Because subchapter 630 is completely revised, this article provides a summary of the revisions.
Summary of Changes to ELM 630, Ideas Program
We will incorporate the complete text of this revision into the next printed version of the ELM and into the online update available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
n On the PolicyNet page, click Manuals.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
— Compensation, Human Resources, 1-27-11
