[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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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 262.2 assigns to the Postal Service Records Office, 
located under the Privacy Office 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; 68 FR 56558, Oct. 1, 2003]