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[69 Stat. 117]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 117]

69 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 6 8 - J U N E 10, 1955

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(F) Provides for the safeguarding of all moneys, the operation and maintenance of equipment and other facilities of the post office, and for the expenditure of funds in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. (G) Approves requisitions for supplies and equipment submitted by operating officials of the post office for submission to the Supply Center or the Department. ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS.—Administratively responsible to a regional director. (49) POSITION.—REGIONAL DIRECTOR—LEVEL 20.

BASIC FUNCTION.—Directs the management of all postal activities within the jurisdiction of an assigned region in accordance with basic departmental policies and with functional direction and guidance from Assistant Postmasters General. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—

(A) Develops and formulates policies and practices for the region within basic policies and instructions of the Postmaster General, (B) Manages post office operations. (C) Administers routing, distribution, and transportation of mail within and in transit through the region. (D) Arranges for the provision of adequate facilities and equipment for all postal functions in the region. (E) Administers the personnel program of the region, including employment, placement, training, evaluation of positions, employee relations, and other personnel functions. (F) Authorizes and issues allowances for all expenditures and exercises budgetary controls. (G) Administers cost reduction programs and provides industrial engineering services to operating segments of the region. (H) Maintains effective public relations with the general public, large mail users, and with Federal, State, and municipal authorities. ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS.—Administrativel}^ responsible to the Deputy Postmaster General. Directs, through subordinate officials, approximately thirty thousand to thirty-five thousand employees in some three thousand offices within the region. DUAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXTRA DUTIES

SEC. 204. (a) An employee may be appointed to more than one position and shall be paid compensation at the rate provided by law for each position, without regard to the provisions of sections 1763, 1764, and 1765 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (5 V. S. C, secs. 58, 69, and 70). (b) As the needs of the service require, an employee may be assigned from time to time to perform, without change in compensation, duties, and responsibilities other than the duties and responsibilities specifically set forth in his position description; liowever, if any employee is assigned for more than thirty days in any calendar year to duties and responsibilities of a salary level which is higher than the salary level to which his position is assigned, except to perform service in a relief capacity for a supervisor granted compensatory time pursuant to section 603, he shall be paid for the period of his assignment in excess of thirty days a basic salary computed in accordance with the provisions of section 502. REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

SEC. 205. (a) The Postmaster General shall transmit to the Congress, on or before January 15, 1956, a comprehensive report of opera-

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