International Product Change-Canada Post-United States Postal Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound Competitive Services, 65172 [E9-29384]
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 9, 2009 / Notices
POSTAL SERVICE
International Product Change—Canada
Post—United States Postal Service
Contractual Bilateral Agreement for
Inbound Competitive Services
Postal ServiceTM.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives
notice of filing a request with the Postal
Regulatory Commission to add the
Canada Post—United States Postal
Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement
for Inbound Competitive Services to the
Competitive Products List pursuant to
39 U.S.C. 3642.
DATES: December 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret M. Falwell, 703–292–3576.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that on November 25, 2009,
it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a Request to Add Canada
Post—United States Postal Service
Contractual Bilateral Agreement for
Inbound Competitive Services to the
Competitive Product List, and Notice of
Filing (Under Seal) the Enabling
Governors’ Decision and Agreement.
Documents are available under Docket
Nos. MC2010–14 and CP2010–13 on the
Postal Regulatory Commission’s Web
site, https://www.prc.gov.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E9–29384 Filed 12–8–09; 8:45 am]
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Privacy Act of 1974, Data Comparison
Program—Postal Service and Public
Sex Offender Registries
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Notice of Data Comparison
Program—Postal Service and public sex
offender registries via the Dru Sjodin
National Sex Offender Public Web site
maintained by the Department of
Justice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The United States Postal
Service® (Postal Service) plans to
conduct an ongoing data comparison
program to identify any current Postal
Service employees who are required by
law to register on a public registry of sex
offenders. These registries contain
information about individuals who are
statutorily required to register, having
committed offenses of sexual violence
against adults or children, certain other
crimes against victims who are minors,
or other comparable offenses. Under the
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guidelines created by the Adam Walsh
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
(Walsh Act), the Dru Sjodin National
Sex Offender Public Web site (NSOPW)
was created and coordinated by the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) as a
cooperative effort between the agencies
hosting public sexual offender registries
and the Federal government. The
NSOPW is a search tool allowing a user
to submit a single national query to
obtain information about sex offenders
through a number of search options. The
Postal Service has procured software
that enables it to conduct multiple
simultaneous queries of the NSOPW via
a secure line to the DOJ NSOPW. The
software queries the public registries for
each employee and returns a match, if
found, to a secured database. No Postal
Service employee information is ever
shared with the DOJ or stored outside of
the Postal Service’s control. The Postal
Service will compare its payroll
database of current employees against
public records using the NSOPW search
tool. The Postal Service is undertaking
this initiative to ascertain the suitability
of individuals for certain positions or
employment and to protect the integrity
of its brand.
DATES: The comparison program will
become effective no sooner than 30 days
after notice of the comparison program
is published in the Federal Register and
sent to the DOJ, Congress, and the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB). The
comparison program will be ongoing.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this
proposal should be mailed or delivered
to the Records Office, Postal Service,
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Room 5846,
Washington, DC 20260–5353. Copies of
all written comments will be available
at the above address for public
inspection and photocopying between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
Eyre at 202–268–2608.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Postal
Service seeks to provide the public with
accurate and efficient mail delivery to
the more than 144 million businesses
and residences in this country. Given
the public nature of the Postal Service,
published standards of conduct for
Postal Service employees prohibit any
employee from engaging in criminal,
dishonest, or similar prejudicial
conduct. The Postal Service plans to
extract records for each current
employee (first and last name, city of
residence, state, and ZIPTM Code) from
its Privacy Act System of Records (USPS
100.400), Personnel Compensation and
Payroll Records, and will compare the
records with public sex offender records
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using the NSOPW search tool
maintained by the DOJ under the
authority of the Walsh Act. The NSOPW
search tool accesses databases of public
information about individuals who have
been required as a matter of law to
register on a sexual offender public
registry. This comparison program does
not constitute a computer matching
program, subject to the provisions of the
Privacy Act, because the Postal Service
is comparing data in its own Privacy Act
Systems of Records with publicly
available records. Records will not be
disclosed to any other agency for
purposes of this comparison.
Nevertheless, the Postal Service is
providing public notice of the proposed
program and will conduct the program
in the manner described below to
ensure that the interests of postal
employees are fully protected.
After extensively verifying the
accuracy of the information, the Postal
Service will use the data to determine
whether the reported offenses may
impact an individual’s suitability for
certain positions or employment and to
protect the integrity of the Postal
Service’s brand. The Postal Service will
analyze each occurrence on a case-bycase basis to determine the appropriate
action to take, if any. In this regard, the
Postal Service will consider the
seriousness of the offense, the date of
the offense, the nature of the employee’s
position with the Postal Service, and
any other factors that may be relevant to
the individual case.
The Postal Service will make
extensive efforts to ensure that the data
is accurate. Postal Inspectors will
review the match report in order to
verify that the person identified via the
NSOPW is in fact a Postal Service
employee. A postal inspector will then
determine whether the person is
properly included on the public registry
by reviewing the relevant facts about the
offense from information furnished by
relevant law enforcement agencies, such
as the arresting agency. The postal
inspector will refer instances where the
employee failed to provide any required
notice of the offense to Postal Service
management, or other instances
considered employee misconduct, to the
Office of Inspector General (OIG). The
inspector or OIG special agent will
prepare an investigative memorandum
or report of investigation, respectively,
which will be sent to the individual
employee’s installation head. The
installation head will ensure that a caseby-case analysis is conducted regarding
the appropriate action to be taken. The
Postal Service will provide at least 30
days advance notice prior to the
initiation of any adverse action against
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POSTAL SERVICE
International Product Change--Canada Post--United States Postal
Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound Competitive
Services
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the
Postal Regulatory Commission to add the Canada Post--United States
Postal Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound Competitive
Services to the Competitive Products List pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642.
DATES: December 9, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret M. Falwell, 703-292-3576.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Postal Service[supreg]
hereby gives notice that on November 25, 2009, it filed with the Postal
Regulatory Commission a Request to Add Canada Post--United States
Postal Service Contractual Bilateral Agreement for Inbound Competitive
Services to the Competitive Product List, and Notice of Filing (Under
Seal) the Enabling Governors' Decision and Agreement. Documents are
available under Docket Nos. MC2010-14 and CP2010-13 on the Postal
Regulatory Commission's Web site, https://www.prc.gov.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
[FR Doc. E9-29384 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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