A new, mandatory “Conflict of Interest Certification” form, intended to spot potential conflict of interest, must accompany each lease renewal and/or new lease negotiation, plus at any change of ownership. All landlords must sign the form, effective March 2014.
A potential conflict of interest occurs if a landlord is also one of the following:
1. A Postal Service employee.
2. The spouse of a Postal Service employee.
3. A family member of a Postal Service employee (describe relationship).
4. An individual residing in the same household as a Postal Service employee.
5. A controlling shareholder or owner of a business organization leasing space or intending to lease space to the USPS and I am one of the individuals listed in 1-4 above.
If a potential conflict exists, the USPS Legal/Ethic Department will review the lease to determine if a conflict exists and take appropriate action to resolve the conflict. If the landlord is not any of the categories, he/she just checks “none of the above,” signs and returns the form. The form is filed with the lease. The USPS cannot sign a lease until this form is signed, returned and processed.