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3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Identify ways in which OPM can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: CyberCorps®: Scholarship for 

Service, Office of Personnel 

Management. 

Title: Scholarship for Service (SFS) 

Program Internet Site. 

OMB Number: 3206–0246. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,303. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

New Scholars: 30 minutes. 

Existing Scholars: 15 minutes. 

Principal Investigators/Academic 

Officials: 35 minutes. 

Agency Officials: 10 minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 965 hours. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Alexys Stanley, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20175 Filed 9–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6325–43–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Postal Service®. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The United States Postal 

Service® (USPS®) is proposing to create 

one Customer Privacy Act System of 

Records (SOR) 1225.000. This new SOR 

will formalize the Postal Service 

program known as USPS Operation 

Santa® and promote transparency. 

DATES: These revisions will become 

effective without further notice on 

October 9, 2024, unless comments 

received on or before that date result in 

a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted via email to the Privacy and 

Records Management Office, United 

States Postal Service Headquarters 

USPSPrivacyFedRegNotice@usps.gov. 

Arrangements to view copies of any 

written comments received, to facilitate 

public inspection, will be made upon 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janine Castorina, Chief Privacy and 

Records Management Officer, Privacy 

and Records Management Office, 202– 

268–2000, USPSPrivacyFedRegNotice@

usps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The United States Postal Service has 

a long, storied history concerning letters 

to Santa. From cultural touchstones like 

Miracle on 34th Street to ‘‘Letters to 

Santa’’ holiday decorations, the notion 

of a child writing a letter to Santa Claus, 

Saint Nicolas, Papa Noel, and countless 

other derivations goes back generations. 

The Postal Service has long supported 

these types of programs, formalizing 

efforts at the turn of the 20th century, 

then evolving over time into what we 

now know as Operation Santa. 

The Postal Service now seeks to 

expand this program further, enhancing 

the capability for spreading holiday 

cheer and keeping the spirit of the 

holidays alive. This SOR is drafted 

therefore with the goal of turning 

Operation Santa into a beloved, 

perennial program cherished by 

children and adults across the country. 

To further that end, this SOR will 

formalize components of Operation 

Santa, standardize previously disparate 

components, and add channels for 

keeping the magic alive all season long. 

The USPS Operation Santa program 

encourages the public to adopt letters 

written to Santa. For 111 years this 

program has helped children and 

families have a magical holiday when 

they otherwise might not. USPS 

Operation Santa is designed to allow 

individuals to adopt actual letters 

written to Santa that are only displayed 

online after any personal information is 

redacted to protect the confidentiality 

and safety of the letter writer. 

Prescreened adopters have the 

opportunity to adopt and send 

thoughtful, heartfelt gifts anonymously. 

Package recipients or sender names are 

never revealed to program participants. 

This security practice of anonymity 

safeguards the confidentiality of 

participants, while preserving holiday 

‘‘Santa magic.’’ 

II. Rationale for Creation of a New 

USPS Privacy Act System of Records 

The first goal of this SOR is to 

formalize the letter-writing program 

known as Operation Santa. Every year, 

thousands of individuals write and send 

letters to Santa through USPS. These 

letters are received, redacted of all 

identifying information, and placed for 

‘‘adoption’’ through a USPS website. 

Here, members of the public have the 

opportunity to register, become verified, 

and ‘‘adopt’’ those letters and fulfill 

holiday wishes. With the creation of this 

SOR, USPS will formally centralize the 

program for adopting letters and 

fulfilling holiday wishes to solely 

within USPS headquarters, ensuring 

that any participants in the program are 

provided with the rigorous security and 

anonymity requirements provided by 

the program while also supplanting the 

need for individual post office locations 

to create their own letter-adoption 

program. 

This SOR will also confer on USPS a 

higher capacity to ensure accountability 

under this program. This will allow U.S. 

Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) 

greater flexibility in investigating any 

actual or suspected misbehavior that 

may occur during the seasonal program. 

Further, this will allow USPS to refer 

incidents of improper disclosure by 

USPS employees through the proper 

disciplinary courses. 

III. Description of the New System of 

Records 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (e)(11), 

interested persons are invited to submit 

written data, views, or arguments on 

this proposal. A report of the proposed 

new System of Records has been sent to 

Congress and to the Office of 

Management and Budget for their 

evaluations. The Postal Service does not 

expect that this new system of records 

will have any adverse effect on 

individual privacy rights. 

The notice for the creation of USPS 

SOR 1225.000, USPS Operation Santa®, 

is provided below in its entirety, as 

follows: 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

USPS 1225.000 USPS Operation 

Santa®. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

All USPS facilities and contractor 

sites. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Vice President, Processing & 

Maintenance Operations, United States 

Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260. 

Chief Customer and Marketing Officer 

and Executive Vice President, United 

States Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, Washington, DC 20260–4016. 

Chief Postal Inspector, Inspection 

Service, United States Postal Service, 

475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 

20260. 


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Chief Information Officer and 

Executive Vice President, United States 

Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, 

Washington, DC 20260. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

39 U.S.C. 401, 403, 404. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

1. To administer the formal USPS 

letter-writing, letter-adopting, and giftsending holiday program known as 

Operation Santa. 

2. To allow individuals to create 

online accounts to view and adopt 

redacted letters and to fulfill gift 

requests on behalf of letter-writers. 

3. To verify the identity of letteradopters to ensure the safety of the 

program’s participants. 

4. To produce semi-anonymous labels 

for packages sent through the formal 

Operation Santa program. 

5. To allow communication between 

USPS and letter-adopters regarding 

letters, adoption, account functionality, 

and marketing. 

6. To provide disciplinary referrals for 

USPS employees related to improper 

disclosures of personally identifiable 

information. 

7. To identify improper handling and 

improper disclosures of personally 

identifiable information for 

administrative referral and mitigation of 

harm to impacted individuals. 

8. To allow investigation into fraud, 

abuse, and illegal conduct related to 

activity occurring during the Operation 

Santa seasonal program. 

9. To provide an online e-commerce 

platform for facilitating online gift 

requests. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

USPS Customers, USPS employees, 

USPS Contractors. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

1. Operation Santa Participant 

information: Name, Email Address, 

Phone Number, Address. 

2. Model Release information: Name, 

Name of Minor Child, Name of Minor 

Child’s Guardian or Parent, Email 

Address, Phone Number, Individual 

Photograph, Social Media Handle. 

3. E-commerce transaction 

information: Transaction ID, Order 

Number. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

USPS Employees, Operation Santa 

Letter Participants. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM, 

INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

Standard routine uses 1. through 7., 

10., and 11. apply. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Automated databases, computer 

storage media, scanned images of letters 

and paper. 

POLICIES OF PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records may be retrieved by name, 

ZIP Code and numeric code assigned to 

redacted letters. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Electronic records are retained until 

July 1st of the year following the 

conclusion of that season’s program. 

Paper records are retained until July 

1st of the year following the conclusion 

of that season’s program. 

Records existing on paper are 

destroyed by burning, pulping, or 

shredding. Records existing on 

computer storage media are destroyed 

according to the applicable USPS media 

sanitization practice. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Paper records, computers, and 

computer storage media are located in 

controlled-access areas under 

supervision of program personnel. 

Access to these areas is limited to 

authorized personnel, who must be 

identified with a badge. 

Access to records is limited to 

individuals whose official duties require 

such access. Contractors and licensees 

are subject to contract controls and 

unannounced on-site audits and 

inspections. 

Computers are protected by 

mechanical locks, card key systems, or 

other physical access control methods. 

The use of computer systems is 

regulated with installed security 

software, computer logon 

identifications, and operating system 

controls including access controls, 

terminal and transaction logging, and 

file management software. Online data 

transmission is protected by encryption. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES

Requests for access must be made in 

accordance with the Notification 

Procedures below and USPS Privacy Act 

regulations regarding access to records 

and verification of identity under 39 

CFR 266.5. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES

See Notification Procedures and 

Record Access Procedures. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals wanting to know if 

information about them is maintained in 

this system of records must address 

inquiries to their local postmasters. 

Individuals requesting notification must 

include name, address, and other 

identifying information in their request. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FROM THIS SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Christopher Doyle, 

Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20189 Filed 9–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Change in Rates of General 

Applicability for Competitive Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice of a change in rates of 

general applicability for competitive 

products. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth timelimited changes in rates of general 

applicability for competitive products. 

DATES: Applicability date: October 6, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Reed, 202–268–3179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

8, 2024, pursuant to their authority 

under 39 U.S.C. 3632, the Governors of 

the Postal Service established timelimited price changes for competitive 

products. The Governors’ Decision and 

the record of proceedings in connection 

with such decision are reprinted below 

in accordance with section 3632(b)(2). 

Mail Classification Schedule language 

containing the new prices can be found 

at www.prc.gov. 

Ruth Stevenson, 

Chief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

Decision of the Governors of the United 

States Postal Service on Changes in 

Rates of General Applicability for 

Competitive Products (Governors’ 

Decision No. 24–4) 

August 8, 2024. 

Statement of Explanation and 

Justification 

Pursuant to authority under section 

3632 of title 39, as amended by the 

Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act of 2006 (‘‘PAEA’’), we establish new 

prices of general applicability for certain 

domestic shipping services (competitive 

products), and concurrent classification 

changes to effectuate the new prices. 

These prices shall be in effect at 12:00 

a.m. CDT on October 6, 2024 until 12:00 

a.m. CST on January 19, 2025, at which 


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