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Vol. 89, No. 23 

Friday, February 2, 2024 

POSTAL SERVICE 

5 CFR Part 7001 

Supplemental Standards of Ethical 

Conduct for Employees of the United 

States Postal Service; Correction 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Correcting amendments. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

corrections to a final rule that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 8, 2023. The final rule amended 

the United States Postal Service’s 

(Postal Service) Supplemental 

Standards of Ethical Conduct for 

Employees of the United States Postal 

Service (Supplemental Standards), 

which were issued by the Postal Service 

with the concurrence of the United 

States Office of Government Ethics 

(OGE). 

DATES: Effective date: February 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Stevenson, Chief Counsel, Ethics & 

Legal Compliance, United States Postal 

Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260–1101, 202–268– 

6936. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On August 8, 2023, the Postal Service 

published a final rule amending its 

Supplemental Standards. 88 FR 53351. 

The final rule updated the outside 

employment and activity provisions 

(including prior approval requirements 

and prohibitions), added new 

requirements applicable to Postal 

Service Office of Inspector General 

(OIG) employees, Postal Service 

Governors, the Postmaster General, and 

the Deputy Postmaster General, and 

made limited technical and ministerial 

changes. 

II. Need for Correction 

The final rule incorrectly listed two 

internal cross-reference citations 

contained in the outside employment 

and business activities restrictions 

section, § 7001.102. This technical 

correction amends the Supplemental 

Standards by updating the crossreferences. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 7001 

Conflict of interests, Ethical 

standards, Executive branch standards 

of conduct, Government employees. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the United States Postal 

Service, with the concurrence of the 

United States Office of Government 

Ethics, amends 5 CFR part 7001 as 

follows: 

PART 7001—SUPPLEMENTAL 

STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT 

FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED 

STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for 5 CFR 

part 7001 is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. Chapter 

131; 39 U.S.C. 401; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 

3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by 

E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., 

p. 306; 5 CFR 2635.105, 2635.802, and 

2635.803. 

■ 2. In § 7001.102, example 1 to 

paragraph (a)(2)(ii) and paragraph (c)(2) 

are revised to read as follows: 

§ 7001.102 Restrictions on outside 

employment and business activities. 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

Example 1 to paragraph (a)(2)(ii): 

United Parcel Service (UPS), Federal 

Express (FedEx), Amazon, or DHL offers 

a part-time job to a Postal Service 

employee. Because UPS, FedEx, 

Amazon and DHL are persons engaged 

in the delivery outside the mails of 

mailable matter (as defined in paragraph 

(d)(3) of this section) that is not daily 

newspapers, the employee may not 

engage in employment with UPS, 

FedEx, Amazon, or DHL in any location 

in any capacity while continuing 

employment with the Postal Service in 

any location in any capacity. If the 

employee chooses to work for UPS, 

FedEx, Amazon, or DHL, the employee 

must end his or her postal employment 

before commencing work for that 

company. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(2) When prior approval required. A 

Special Agent or Criminal Investigator 

shall also request and obtain written 

approval prior to engaging in outside 

employment or business activities 

which he or she is required to report 

under paragraph (c)(1) of this section. A 

request for approval shall be submitted 

to the OIG’s Office of General Counsel, 

which will be reviewed under the same 

standard stated in paragraph (b)(4) of 

this section. 

* * * * * 

Ruth Stevenson, 

Chief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance 

United States Postal Service. 

Shelley Finlayson, 

Acting Director, U.S. Office of Government 

Ethics. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01866 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

16 CFR Part 305 

RIN 3084–AB15 

Energy Labeling Rule 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) amends 

its Energy Labeling Rule (‘‘Rule’’) by 

publishing new ranges of comparability 

for required EnergyGuide labels on 

televisions. 

DATES: The amendments are effective 

May 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Relevant portions of the 

record of this proceeding, including this 

document, are available at https://

www.ftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hampton Newsome, (202) 326–2889, or 

Hong Park, (202) 326–2158, Attorneys, 

Division of Enforcement, Bureau of 

Consumer Protection, Federal Trade 

Commission, Room CC–6316, 600 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20580. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Commission issued the Energy 

Labeling Rule in 1979 pursuant to the 

Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 


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