[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR262.2]

[Page 88]
 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 262_RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  262.2  Officials.

    (a) Chief Privacy Officer. The Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) is 
responsible for the issuance of policy on the protection of privacy and 
the release of Postal Service records with the power to authorize the 
disclosure of such records and to delegate or take appropriate action if 
that policy is not adhered to or if questions of interpretation or 
procedure arise. The CPO directs the activities of the Privacy Office 
and the Records Office.
    (b) Manager, Records Office. The Manager, Records Office, manages 
the Records Office, and is responsible for establishing procedures and 
guidelines to ensure that record management practices are in compliance 
with the Privacy Act and FOIA. The Manager, Records Office, may also 
delegate or take appropriate action if policies are not adhered to or if 
questions of interpretation or procedures arise.
    (c) Records Custodian. The postmaster or other head of a facility 
such as an area vice president, district manager, or head of a postal 
installation or department who maintains Postal Service records. Vice 
presidents are the custodians of records maintained at Headquarters. 
Senior medical personnel are the custodians of restricted medical 
records maintained within postal facilities.
    (d) Information System Executive. The Postal Service official who 
prescribes the existence of and the policies for an information system; 
usually this is a Vice President.
    (e) Records Office. The Records Office is responsible for the 
issuance of policy on the maintenance and disposition of Postal Service 
records and information, and to delegate or take appropriate action if 
such policy is not adhered to or if questions of interpretation or 
procedure arise.

[49 FR 30693, Aug. 1, 1984, as amended at 51 FR 26385, July 23, 1986; 60 
FR 57344, Nov. 15, 1995; 63 FR 6481, Feb. 9, 1998; 64 FR 41290, July 30, 
1999; 68 FR 56558, Oct. 1, 2003]