[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR221.4]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 221--GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 221.4  Deputy Postmaster General.

    (a) The Deputy Postmaster General is the alternate chief executive 
officer of the Postal Service. The Deputy is appointed and can be 
removed by the Postmaster General and the Governors. The Deputy is a 
voting member of the Board of Governors.
    (b) The Deputy Postmaster General is required to perform all tasks 
as assigned by the Postmaster General. The Deputy acts as Postmaster 
General in the Postmaster General's absence or whenever a vacancy exists 
in the Office of Postmaster General.
    (c) For delineation of authority of the Deputy Postmaster General by 
the Board of Governors see Sec. 4.4 of this chapter.

[38 FR 20403, July 31, 1973, as amended at 41 FR 16941, Apr. 23, 1976; 
43 FR 29117, July 6, 1978; 45 FR 43718, June 30, 1980]