[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: 39CFR222.2]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 222--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.2  Media of delegation.

    (a) All delegations of authority must be issued through official 
directives.
    (b) Headquarters or regional officials shall not orally authorize 
postmasters to deviate from published instructions, except in 
emergencies. An oral authorization must be confirmed by a memorandum or 
order dated subsequent to the issuance date of the most recently 
published instructions on the subject. Postal inspectors shall charge as 
irregularities any improperly authorized deviations observed in the 
course of office inspections.

[38 FR 20404, July 31, 1973, as amended at 51 FR 40797, Nov. 10, 1986]