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The U.S. Postal Service Leaked motherboard memos reveal that workers are asked to talk to members of the press.
Two memos were issued, one in the Appalachian District and the other in the Greater Michigan District, Mboard reported.
The memorandums, entitled “Guidelines for The Management of Local Media Consultations”, provide detailed instructions to USPS workers to process media applications.
In the memos, workers obtain commands to report media requests and data requests to a USPS representative who is not married in their district and are further discouraged from sharing too much data with customers.
“The Postal Service is constantly striving to assign a positive image, its logo, and provide a unified message to the consumers and communities it serves,” said the Greater Michigan District memorandum.
Demonstrating concern that hounds may use USPS workers for informational purposes, the memorandum states that workers should exercise caution when talking to others over the phone.
USPS workers in the memorandum are asked to restrict the amount of data they provide to consumers for fear that they may be undercover journalists.
“Avoid the temptation to ‘answer a few questions,'” the memo said. “Keep in mind that, while most media representatives will identify themselves up front, sometimes they do not.”
While the memorandum warns USPS workers who oppose hounds disguised as clients, the practice of misrepresenting themselves to collect data is very unethical in journalism.
“If it’s a consumer, especially a consumer who asks a series of questions, it’s perfectly appropriate to ask, “Are you a member of the media?” the memo says.
USPS did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
This new postal service movement comes at a time of controversy over operational cuts through Post Office Louis DeJoy. Changes in recent weeks have included cost-cutting measures such as the elimination of mail sorting machine charges in the United States.
Although DeJoy has since promised to suspend all adjustments to the postal service until the end of the election, considerations of the USPS’s ability to handle mail voting and suspicions that Trump would adjust his operations to gain elections remain high.