---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 961.3"
title: "39"
number: "961.3"
heading: "(Rule 3) Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/961.3"
---

# §961.3. (Rule 3) Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) **Employee.** A current Postal Service employee who is alleged to be indebted to the Postal Service.
- (b) **General Counsel.** The General Counsel of the Postal Service or the General Counsel's designee.
- (c) **Hearing Official.**
  - (1) An Administrative Law Judge qualified to hear cases under the Administrative Procedure Act;
  - (2) An Administrative Judge appointed under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, as amended; or
  - (3) Any other qualified person who is not under the control or supervision of the Postmaster General and is designated by the Judicial Officer to conduct the hearing.
- (d) **Judicial Officer.** The Judicial Officer, Associate Judicial Officer, or Acting Judicial Officer of the Postal Service.
- (e) **Notice of involuntary administrative salary offset.** The formal written notice required by section 5 of the Debt Collection Act, including the provision of notice of the procedures under this part, before involuntary offset may be taken from an employee's salary.
- (f) **Days.** Calendar days.
- (g) **Recorder.** The Recorder, Judicial Officer Department, United States Postal Service, located at 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201-3078. The Recorder's telephone number is (703) 812-1900, and the fax number is (703) 812-1901.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 204, 401; 5 U.S.C. 5514.

### Source

Source: 90 FR 9220, Feb. 10, 2025, unless otherwise noted.