Section 1.
All mail addressed to employees, including personal mail, shall be processed and handled in accordance with LCR 8-520*, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.
Section 2.
Mail received at the Library through regular postal deliveries and internal Library mail addressed to unit employees, including mail marked personal or confidential, shall not normally be opened by any person other than the addressee or the sender except for security concerns, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7106(a)(1), and for other legitimate management purposes.
Section 3.
Unit employees may use electronic mail (e-mail) systems in the Library and in CRS for official business. Such official business may include emergency messages and messages that the Library determines are necessary and in the best interest of the Government as defined in LCR 5-711*. Although the Library has the right to monitor its employees e-mail activities, an employees e-mail should not normally be opened by any other person than the addressee; monitoring will occur when there is evidence that an employee is involved in activities that are prohibited by law, that violate Library regulations and policies, or that might jeopardize the technical systems of the institution.
* LCR 8-520 was formerly LCR 1915, “Official Mail and Messenger Service of the Library”.
* LCR 5-711 was formerly LCR 1616, “Library Telecommunications Service”.