The Postal Service is marking USPS Ethics Awareness Week by reminding employees of the rules they must follow while on the organization’s property.
Known as the Conduct on Postal Property regulations, these rules cover all USPS premises, including inside facilities and in parking lots.
The regulations apply to certain activities governed by ethics rules as well as the Hatch Act, a law that prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan activity, among other things, while on the job.
For example, the regulations prohibit electioneering activities for both partisan and nonpartisan candidates for public office from taking place on postal property.
The regulations also generally prohibit solicitation, commercial vending and the display of commercial advertising on USPS premises. An exception is made for activities involving the Combined Federal Campaign, the federal government’s annual workplace charity drive.
Additionally, the regulations generally prohibit the posting or display of non-USPS materials on postal premises, although these prohibitions don’t apply to the posting of notices on employee bulletin boards.
Poster 7, Rules and Regulations Governing Conduct on Postal Service Property, which is displayed in all USPS facilities, summarizes the rules that must be followed on postal property.
The Ethics Blue page also covers these topics.
For more information, employees can email the Postal Service’s ethics helpline or call 202-268-6346.