Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel November 16, 2012 (Authority of the Department of Labor to Control the Disclosure of Federal Employees' Compensation Act Records Held by the United States Postal Service)

Authority of the Department of Labor to Control the

Disclosure of Federal Employees’ Compensation Act

Records Held by the United States Postal Service

The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act gives the Department of Labor the authority

to control and limit the disclosure of FECA records held by the United States Postal

Service, and DOL’s FECA regulations prohibit USPS from disclosing FECA records