Less than six months after a cyber data breach may have stolen thousands of postal employees personal information, USPS has posted a notice of its intent to modify the existing system of records (SOR), “Personnel Compensation and Payroll Records.” USPS is proposing to modify a General Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) to support the […]
OWCP, with the approval of the Department of Justice has imposed nationwide sanctions on USPS for repeated Privacy Act violations. Information sharing will be restricted. Here is the text of the letter sent out by OWCP: The purpose of this letter is to inform you of certain steps that the Department of Labor (DOL) is […]
The following is PostalReporter’s summary of several cases related to the same issue: Darrell Coburn sued the United States Postal Service claiming that the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, was violated when records from the file on his administrative complaint of discrimination were disclosed internally to several management employees. USPS was seeking evidence of […]
A brief update on an article posted several months ago regarding the omission of USPS’s Privacy Act on an online survey. Some USPS managers are requiring all window clerks to answer an online survey regardless of how many hours they work the window. I clicked on the link, https://USPSLSSA.questionpro.com, and didn’t see a valid ‘Privacy […]
APWU News The APWU and National Association of Letters Carriers (NALC) reached a settlement [PDF] with the Postal Service on May 20, 2010, ending a 2008 lawsuit in which the unions charged the USPS with “systematic and widespread intrusions” into members’ medical records. The settlement requires the Postal Service, agents of the USPS Office of Inspector […]
Update regarding USPS Retail Survey Lacks Privacy Act Safeguards? The POS Identification Number “was only used at the aggregated level. The survey has now been discontinued.” Meaning? Yet two days later, it is still online and working. If you leave your POS ID # blank, it states: “Text Response is Required.” There is still no […]
It appears USPS Headquarters has developed a retail survey for PS-07 Lead Sales and Service Associates (LSSA) , Clerk Finance Station, and Window Service Technicians. Some concerns are being raised about this survey including a lack of Privacy Act notice on the website. From PostalReporter Reader (s) Some USPS managers are requiring all window clerks […]