Effective November 2018, the Postal Service™ revised Publication 553, Employee’s Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Reporting Harassment, to reflect the termination of support from the current vendor of the Centralized Intake System for initiating requests for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counseling. This service has been replaced by an online efile application. The revision to Publication 553 describes the primary and alternative process to initiate EEO counseling on the online EEO efile application.
There is also a change to the wording for “sex” discrimination, which is consistent with the EEO Commission Management Directive (EEO-MD-110), issued August 2015.
The November 2018 edition of Publication 553 supersedes all previous editions.
Use the following information to order Publication 553 through the Material Distribution Center eBuy2 catalog:
PSIN: PUB553
PSN: 7610-04-000-5098
Item Description: PUB 553, EMPLOYEES GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTING, AND REPORTING HARASSMENT
Unit of Measure: EA
Minimum Order Quantity: 1
Bulk Pack Quantity: 450
Price per Unit: $0.3900
Edition Date: 11/18
Note: For military sites without eBuy2 access, order revised Publication 553 through the Touch Tone Order Entry system by calling 800-273-1509.
Publication 553 is also available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to blue.usps.gov.
n In the left-hand column under “Essential Links,” click PolicyNet.
n Go to the right-hand side under “Published Forms and Directives.”
n Click Publications.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is blue.usps.gov/cpim.
— EEO Compliance and Appeals,
Labor Relations, 1-31-19
