Link to "4-4.2 Assigning FOIA Tracking Number to and Acknowledgment of Request" Link to contents for "4 Records Notification, Access, and Disclosure Procedures Under the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act"      Link to "4-4.4 Evaluating First Under the Privacy Act a Request for Disclosure to the Requester of His or Her Records"

4-4.3 Responsibility for Responding to a Request Under the FOIA

Ordinarily, it is the responsibility of the records custodian (or designee) to respond to an initial request under the FOIA in accordance with the procedures in 4-4. However, in some cases, a FOIA requester service center responds to a request in accordance with the procedures in 4-4. For the purpose of 4-4, “records custodian” means any Postal Service employee who responds to a request under the FOIA. A FOIA requester service center must promptly forward a misdirected request to the appropriate records custodian for response, and notify the requester of the referral.




Link to "4-4.2 Assigning FOIA Tracking Number to and Acknowledgment of Request" Link to contents for "4 Records Notification, Access, and Disclosure Procedures Under the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act"      Link to "4-4.4 Evaluating First Under the Privacy Act a Request for Disclosure to the Requester of His or Her Records"