39 CFR § 262.7 - Non-records.

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title: "39 CFR § 262.7 - Non-records."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "262.7"
section_name: "Non-records."
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part_number: "262"
part_name: "RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 39 U.S.C. 401."
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# 262.7 Non-records.

(a) *Non-record material.* Includes blank forms and surplus publications, handbooks, circulars, bulletins, announcements, and other directives as well as any material not directly associated with the transaction of Postal Service business.

(b) *Personal papers.* Those materials created or received during an individual's period of employment with the Postal Service which are of a purely private or nonofficial character, or which were neither created nor received in connection with Postal Service business.