U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20250
DEPARTMENTAL REGULATION |
Number: 1600-002 |
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SUBJECT: Posting of Notices and Information Bulletins |
DATE: April
4, 2002 |
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OPI: Office of Procurement & Property Management, Property Management Division |
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1 PURPOSE
This regulation provides the criteria for posting
material in USDA buildings with respect to the appropriateness of material, the
locations where material may or may not be posted, and identifies agency responsibility
for the control of such postings.
2 SPECIAL
INSTRUCTIONS/CANCELLATIONS
a This
regulation changes the Office of Primary Interest to Office of Procurement and
Property Management, Property Management Division.
b Departmental
Regulation 1600-2, Posting of Notices and Information Bulletins dated July 13,
1984 is superseded.
3 INSTALLATION
OF BULLETIN BOARDS AND POSTING NOTICES
Bulletin boards will be installed only with the
approval of the building manager/owner of the building. Items for posting will be placed on bulletin
boards and at no other locations. No
material will be fastened to the walls with tape or otherwise in public areas.
Bulletin
boards should be placed under the jurisdiction of a designated person whose
name and telephone number are registered with the building manager. This person will be responsible for the
maintenance of the board to keep it neat and orderly; remove any objectionable
material; and monitor the posting of the following:
a Information concerning recognized, nonprofit, community-wide activities. This may include prices.
b
Information on organizations or events recognized as profit making
activities, such as concerts, lectures, etc., if the activities are actually
recreational or educational in nature.
This may include prices.
Employee organizations, agency officials and
individual employees may post the following types of information:
a Official
business notices of the occupant agency.
b Request
for funds for welfare, health, and other purposes, approved by the head of the
occupancy agency.
c Information
concerning Department employee organizations, including prices of recreational
activities. Do not include discount
price lists or other retail material.
d Notices
of Federal employees by concessionaires and employee organizations recognized
by the occupant agency.
e Personal
notices of agency employees, such as the sale of any employee’s home, requests
for carpool participation, etc.
Advertisements are to be dated and not to exceed 3x5 inches in size.
f Recognized
labor organization notices and issuances on space provided by the agency
pursuant to agreement between the agency and recognized labor organization.
6 RESTRICTIONS
The following postings are not authorized:
a Advertisements
by employees offering services or items for sale, when such services or items
can be obtained from commercial sources on a continuous basis.
b Material
which directly or indirectly attacks or adversely reflects on the integrity or
character of Members of Congress, the judiciary, the President, members of the
President’s Cabinet, or any other Government official in a similarly
responsible position.
c Material
containing expressions of a derogatory or abusive character concerning any
employee of the Department of Agriculture.
d Material
which directly or indirectly condemns or criticizes the policies of any
Government Department or Agency.
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