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• <br /> FOOD STAMPS <br /> THE POST OFFICE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR <br /> THE DIRECT MAIL ISSUANCE PROGRAM <br /> AS THE RESULT OF SERIOUS, INTERNAL LASSES IN A MAJOR REGIONAL FACILITY. THE POSTAL <br /> INSPECTORS DEVISED AND IMPLE `A SYS= FOR STOPPING INTERNAL TES OF FOOD <br /> STAMPS. THIS SYSTEM IS OMPSLEITaLY EFFECTIVE AND HAS PROVEN ITSELF FOR OVER. THE <br /> LAST SEVEN YEARS. CCI WOULD LIKE ALL-POSTAL SYSTEMS TO ADOPT THE SAME MEASURES AS <br /> THE PROVEN WAY TO CONTROL 7.'aFT OF THE FOOD STAMPS THAT WE ENTRUST TO THE POST <br /> OFFICE. ANY EVALITATION OF THE ME'ITIODS USED WOULD SHOW THE ENCOURAGEEENT OF SAVING <br /> TIME, MCNEY AND TROUBLE...DOLLARS AND SENSE. <br /> STEP 1: CCI ZIP-CODES ACCORDING TO POST OFFICE SPECIFICATIONS. <br /> STEP 2: ALL ENVELOPES GOING TO A 5-DIGIT STATION WILL BE BANDED, CODED AND HEAT- <br /> SEALED IN PLASTIC BAGS. THE TRAYS CONTAINING THE SINGLE PACKAGES WILL BE <br /> CODED AND Mr-SEALED IN LARGE PLASTIC BAGS. NO OPENING LARGER THAN A <br /> QUARTER WILL BE ALLOWED. EVEN A SINGLE ENVELOPE WILL BE SEALED AND HANDED <br /> AS A PACKAGE. <br /> STEP 3: ALL TRAYS WILL BE LISTED BY DESTINATION ON AN APPROVED FORM. <br /> STEP 4: ALL CERTIFED MAIL WILL BE COUNTED, PACKAGED, AND IDENTIFIED AS TO BEING <br /> . CERTIFIED. THE COUNT OF EACH PACKAGE WILL BE EASILY READ THROUGH THE <br /> PLASTIC BAG. <br /> STEP 5: EACH ENVELOPE WILL BE LISTED IN THE POST OFFICE CERTIFIED BOOK. <br /> STEP 6: POST OFFICE DRIVER WILL COUNT AND APPROVE BOTH THE NUMBER OF TRAYS AND <br /> THE NUMHER OF CERTIFIED ENVELOPES BY SIGNATURE. <br /> STEP 7: • THE SUPERVISOR WILL APPROVE THE TRANSFER AT THE LOADING DOCK AND THE <br /> ENVELOPES WILL BE MOVED TO THE REGISTERED MAIL CAGE TO WAIT SHIPPING. <br /> STEP '$: THE SUPERVISOR WILL BE <br /> 7 SEILIS•ON THE VARIOUS TRUCKS-AMID <br /> LOCK THE DOOR. <br /> STEP 9: THE SUPERVISOR WILL CALL THE SUPERVISORS AT THE VARIOUS DESTINATIONS AND <br /> GIVE THE NUMBER OF TRAYS SENT TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. <br /> 10: v <br /> STEP THE RECEIVING SurE�r 1SORS WILL UNLOCK,THE DOORS OF THE TRUCKS AND COUNT <br /> AND EXAMINE THE PLASTIC SEALS•-ON THE TRAYS. ANY TRAYS WITH BROKEN SEALS <br /> WILL GO BACK TO CCI FOR RECOUNT. <br /> STEP 11: *TRAYS WITH OILY ONE 5-DIGIT ZIP CODE WILL GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM WITH <br /> SEAL ATTACHED. THE SEAL WILL BE BROKEN WHEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE ROUTE <br /> CARRIERS. <br /> STEP 12: TRAYS WITH 3-DIGIT TAGS WILL HAVE THE OUTSIDE SEAL EXAMINED AND BROKEN <br /> BY THE SUPERVISOR AT THE REGIONAL FACILITY. TfIE SEALED PACKAGES WILL BE <br /> ROUTED TO THE 5-DIGIT ZIP CODE AND THE SEAL EXAMINED AND BROKEN BY THE • <br /> • SUPERVISOR PRIOR TO BEING GIVEN TO THE ROUTE CARRIERS, <br /> • <br />