[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: 39CFR265.3]

[Page 107]
 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 265--RELEASE OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 265.3  Responsibility.

    (a) Custodian. Official records are in the custody of the postmaster 
or other head of a facility or department at which they are maintained, 
as defined at Sec. 262.2(a) of this chapter. These custodians are 
responsible for responding in the first instance to requests from 
members of the public for Postal Service records.
    (b) Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Officer. The USPS Freedom of 
Information/Privacy Acts Officer, under the Manager, Administration and 
FOIA, is responsible for the overall administration of this part, 
including the issuance of detailed instructions to custodians.
    (c) General Counsel. The General Counsel decides timely appeals 
authorized by this part.

[40 FR 7331, Feb. 19, 1975, as amended at 45 FR 44270, July 1, 1980; 60 
FR 57344, Nov. 15, 1995; 63 FR 6481, Feb. 9, 1998; 64 FR 41290, July 30, 
1999]