[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: 39CFR261.3] [Page 102] TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE PART 261--RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents Sec. 261.3 Policy. It is the policy of the Postal Service: (a) To, as appropriate, create, preserve, protect and disclose records which contain adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, operations, procedures, activities and transactions of the Postal Service, (b) To reduce to an absolute minimum the records holdings of the Postal Service by strict adherence to established records retention schedules. [40 FR 45721, Oct. 2, 1975, as amended at 44 FR 51223, Aug. 31, 1979]