Effective November 29, 2012, the Administrative Support Manual (ASM), is revised to state that local buys may not be made from Postal Service™ employees and other prohibited sources.
Administrative Support Manual (ASM)
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7 Supply Management
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71 General
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72 Purchasing
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722 Local Buying Authority
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722.4 Standards of Ethical Conduct and Purchases from Postal Service Employees and Their Immediate Families
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722.42 Purchases from Postal Service Employees and Other Sources
[Revise 722.42 to read as follows:]
Local buys may not be made from (1) Postal Service employees, (2) the spouse of a Postal Service employee, (3) another family member of a Postal Service employee, (4) an individual residing in the same household as a Postal Service employee, or (5) a business organization substantially owned or controlled by any of the above. A Postal Service employee is any Postal Service officer or employee working on a full-time or part-time basis in a career or noncareer position, including specifically persons in temporary positions such as Postmaster replacements, rural carrier reliefs, and postal support employees. See Handbook AS-709, 313.1, Ethics and Business Practices, for more information.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ASM and into the next 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.)
— Supply Management Infrastructure,
Supply Management, 11-29-12
