§ 3000.116 The Inspector General of the Postal Service.

(a) The Inspector General of the Postal Service shall function as the Inspector General for the Commission and shall have equal responsibility over the Postal Service and the Commission in accordance with 5 U.S.C. app. 3, 8G and chapter I, subpart D of this title. (b) The Governors and the members of the Commission shall appoint, by a favorable vote of a majority of the Governors in office and of a majority of the members of the Commission in office, the Inspector General. The Inspector General may be removed for cause with the written concurrence of at least 7 Governors and 3 members of the Commission. (c) The Office of Inspector General shall comply with and adhere to the procedures governing the release of information maintained by the Commission as set forth in part 3006 of this title and related provisions of these regulations to the extent such procedures do not conflict with any provision in this part. (d) Commission records in the custody of the Office of Inspector General that contain proprietary information will not be released by the Inspector General without consultation with the appropriate Commission official responsible for the record. (e) All Commission employees shall cooperate with all audits, reviews, and investigations conducted by the Office of Inspector General. Deliberately submitting information known to be false or misleading to the Office of Inspector General or failing to cooperate with all audits, reviews, and investigations conducted by the Office of Inspector General may be grounds for disciplinary or other legal action. (f) Any employee who has authority to take, direct another to take, recommend or approve any personnel action shall not retaliate against any employee as a reprisal for cooperating and assisting with any Office of Inspector General audit, review, or investigation (including reporting facts or information to the Office of Inspector General that leads to any audit, review, or investigation).