[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR20.509]

[Page 428]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 20--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart E--Other Employee Conduct Provisions
 
Sec. 20.509  Penalty mail and official stationery.

    (a) An employee is prohibited from using any official envelope, 
label, or indorsement authorized by law, to avoid the payment of postage 
or registry fee on his or her private letter, packet, package, or other 
matter in the mail (18 U.S.C. 1719).
    (b) Official Government envelopes and official letterhead stationery 
are Government property that may only be used for authorized purposes. 
Employees' use of Government envelopes to mail their own personal job 
applications is not authorized.