UNIFORM ALLOWANCE INT’L AND MILITARY MAIL CHRISTMAS DATES

96 Pages·2002·3.24 MB·English

UNIFORM ALLOWANCE (cid:1) INT’L AND MILITARY MAIL CHRISTMAS DATES

PUBLISHED SINCE MARCH 4, 1880 PB 22085, September 19, 2002
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POSTAL BULLETIN 22085 (9-19-02)
CONTENTS
The Postal Bulletin is also available on the World Wide Fraud Alert
Web at http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm for All Personnel Processing Mail for Dispatch
customers and at http://blue.usps.gov for employees. Abroad: Foreign Order No. 468 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Withholding of Mail Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account
Click-N-Ship Field Information Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Administrative Services Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order
Handbook AS-701 Revision: Disposal of Computers, Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Laptops, Monitors, and Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order
Officials Who Install Postmasters and Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Officers-in-Charge: PS Form 8020, Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms . . . . . . . . 53
Report of Installation (Postmaster or Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian
Officer-In-Charge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Money Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Warranty Extension: Gratis Warranty Under
Philately
Compaq ADEPT II Contract — Extended . . . . . . . . 12
Stamp Announcement 02-44: Hawaiian
Customer Relations Missionaries Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Mail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Stamp Announcement 02-45: Sea Coast
Nonprofit Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Domestic Mail
Stamp Announcement 02-46: Happy Birthday
DMM Revision: Postage Meters (Postage
Commemorative Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Evidencing Systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Pictorial Cancellations Announcement. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DMM Revision: Parcel Select Exhibit ZIP Code
Special Cancellation Die Hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
American Commemorative Collectibles . . . . . . . . . . . 76
DMM Revision: Optional Increase in Minimum
Number of Pieces Required for Preparing 5-Digit Post Offices
Packages of Standard Mail Flats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Ordering Instructions/Reminder: Miscellaneous
2002 International and Military Mail Christmas Cardboard Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Supply Management
Notice: Business Mail Entry Unit Operations —
Quick Pick List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Proper Use of PS Form 3602-C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Overseas Military Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Columbus Day Posters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Employees Postal Bulletin Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
ELM 17 Revision: Employee and Labor Relations
Postal Bulletin Index
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Semiannual Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PB 22081 (7-25-02)
USPS–NALC National Agreement: Changes to
Uniform Program Allowance, 2001–2006 . . . . . . . . 25
Safety Alert: Fire Prevention Week — The Postal Bulletin is pub-
October 6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
lished biweekly; information
Thrift Savings Plan Fact Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
is effective for one year un-
Finance less it changes a permanent
Handbook Revisions: Travel Per Diem Rates — directive or unless otherwise
Handbooks F-15 and F-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
specified.
Handbook F-1 Revision/Correction: Stamp Stock
Destruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Recycled
International Mail Paper
ICM Update: International Customized Mail . . . . . . . 40
Ordering Information: Following is the list of postal stock numbers (PSNs) to use when ordering copies of the Postal Bulletin from the MDC:
PB 22085: 7690-05-000-4850 PB 22077: 7690-05-000-4842 PB 22071: 7690-05-000-4836 PB 22064: 7690-04-000-5671
PB 22084: 7690-05-000-4849 PB 22076: 7690-05-000-4841 PB 22070: 7690-05-000-4835 PB 22063: 7690-04-000-5670
PB 22083: 7690-05-000-4848 PB22075A: 7690-05-000-5051 PB 22069: 7690-05-000-4834 PB 22062: 7690-04-000-5669
PB 22082: 7690-05-000-4847
PB 22075: 7690-05-000-4840 PB 22068: 7690-04-000-5675 PB 22061: 7690-04-000-5668
PB 22081: 7690-05-000-4846
PB 22080: 7690-05-000-4845 PB 22074: 7690-05-000-4839 PB 22067: 7690-04-000-5674 PB 22060: 7690-04-000-5667
PB 22079: 7690-05-000-4844 PB 22073: 7690-05-000-4838 PB 22066: 7690-04-000-5673 PB 22059: 7690-04-000-5666
PB 22078: 7690-05-000-4843 PB 22072: 7690-05-000-4837 PB 22065: 7690-04-000-5672 PB 22058: 7690-04-000-5665
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Administrative Services
HANDBOOK AS-701 REVISION
Disposal of Computers, Laptops, Monitors, and Printers
Effective immediately, Handbook AS-701, Material Man- [Insert new 646.10 after 646.9 to read as follows:]
agement, is revised to provide instructions for disposing of
646.10 Computers, Laptops, Monitors, and Printers
computers, laptops, monitors, and printers.
From time to time, there may be special, one-time dis- A. Disposal of Equipment Covered Under ADEPT
posal instructions that will supercede the general policy As part of the Postal Service’s transition to the Ad-
provided in this revision. We will publish any such special vanced Computing Environment (ACE), ACE technical
instructions in the Postal Bulletin. teams are removing computer equipment purchased under
We will incorporate this revision into the next printed ver- the ADEPT contract and replacing it with new equipment.
sion of Handbook AS-701 and into the next update of the Contact your ACE coordinator for further information.
online version accessible on the Postal Service PolicyNet
B. Disposal of Non-ADEPT Equipment
Web site at http://blue.usps.gov/cpim; click on HBKs.
1. Methods
Handbook AS-701, Material Management The Postal Service disposes of non-ADEPT comput-
er equipment in one of the following ways:
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(cid:2) Transfer from one postal organization to another
6 Asset Recovery: Redistribution, Recycling, through the Excess Item Catalog on the eBuy
and Disposal Web site.
* * * * * (cid:2) Donation to nonprofit organizations.
(cid:2) Local sales or web auctions.
64 Recycling and Disposal
(cid:2) Recycling.
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2. Procedures for Disposing of Non-ADEPT
645 Material Requiring Special Approval
Equipment
645.1 Antiques and Collectibles a. If the item is a computer or laptop, contact the
* * * * * material accountability officer (MAO) or property
officer (PO) for your location. The MAO/PO con-
645.14 Care of Historic Items tacts the systems administrator for your location to
* * * * * request that the equipment be wiped clean. The
systems administrator eradicates the data accord-
645.142 Preserving Antiques, Collectibles, and
ing to Handbook AS-805, 3-5.6.1, Disposal of
Objects of Historic Value
Electronic Hardware and Media.
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Wiping the hardware ensures that no personal or
[Revise the mailing address of the historian in item c to read postal information becomes accessible to non-
as follows:] Postal Service personnel.
HISTORIAN b. Ask the MAO/PO to remove the equipment.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
475 L’ENFANT PLAZA SW RM 5410 c. The MAO/PO attaches a label to the equipment
WASHINGTON DC 20260-0012 stating “WARNING: THIS EQUIPMENT CON-
* * * * * TAINS TOXIC MATERIAL. DO NOT SEND TO A
LANDFILL.”
646 Proprietary Items Requiring Special
d. The MAO/PO lists the equipment in the Excess
Processing
Item Catalog on eBuy to determine if other Postal
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Service organizations want the items.
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e. If the equipment has not been transferred after a 3. Sale to Postal Service Employees
preset number of days (30, 60, or 90), the MAO/
The Postal Service does not sell computer equip-
PO takes the necessary steps to donate the
ment to Postal Service employees or their immediate
equipment to a nonprofit organization, sell it local-
families before offering it for sale to the public. They
ly or through web auctions, or dispose of it at no
may purchase this equipment only through local
charge through the recycling program the Postal
sales or web auctions.
Service has established with UNICOR. If it is con-
sidered in the best interest of the Postal Service,
the MAO/PO may use another recycling contrac-
tor authorized by the Postal Service that may
charge for this service.
f. The MAO/PO must require the new owner to sign
the liability release form in Exhibit 646.10 (or a
statement containing the same text) before com-
pleting the transfer or sale. This is to ensure prop-
er transfer of the responsibility for disposal.
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Exhibit 646.10
Release from Liability and Denial of Warranty for Sold or Donated Computer Equipment
The following equipment is being sold/donated by the U.S. Postal Service to
_________________________________________________ (buyer/donee):
1. ____________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________________________
This equipment may contain toxic materials and, if so, may not be sent to a landfill (i.e., disposed of in the trash). Once the
buyer or donee takes possession of this equipment, the buyer/donee is solely responsible for ensuring that the equipment
is recycled or disposed of in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws. Reselling this equipment does not
release the buyer/donee of this responsibility unless a similar signed release is executed. The buyer/donee accepts the
equipment as is. No warranty is provided or implied.
Buyer/Donee Signature ____________________________________
Printed Name ____________________________________________
Title ___________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Phone _________________________________________________
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— National Supply Management Programs, Supply Management, 9-19-02