[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 39CFR261.2]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 261--RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 261.2  Authority.

    (a) 39 U.S.C. 401(5) states that the Postal Service has the power to 
acquire property it deems necessary or convenient in the transaction of 
its business and to hold, maintain, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of 
such property.
    (b) 39 CFR 224.1(f) assigns to the Postal Service Records Office, 
located under Finance responsibility for the retention security and 
privacy of Postal Service records and the power to authorize the 
disclosure of such records and to order their disposal by destruction or 
transfer. Included is the authority to issue records management policy 
and to delegate or take appropriate action if that policy is not adhered 
to or if questions of interpretation of procedure arise.

[40 FR 45721, Oct. 2, 1975, as amended at 44 FR 51223, Aug. 31, 1979; 60 
FR 57344, Nov. 15, 1995]