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Learn about the Judicial Officer Department


Rules of Practice


Administrative Decisions


Board of Contract Appeals Decisions


"Practicing Before the Federal Boards of Contract Appeals," publication of the American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law


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Sample Documents:


--Petition for use in a USPS Debt Collection Act case.

--Petition for use in a USPS Administrative Offset case

--Notice of Appeal in a Board of Contract Appeals case

Note: Each sample document will open as a Word document. You can then fill it out, save it to your computer, and upload it to the efiling system (or mail it) when asked to do so. Alternatively, you can draft your own document, using the sample as a guide to the minimum information you should include.


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Welcome to the US Postal Service Judicial Officer Department's Electronic Filing System


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Use the links in the upper-right corner of this page to create a new account ("Request Account") or to sign into your existing account ("Sign In"). Once you sign in you can file a new case, ask to be added to an existing case,* or work with cases in which you are already involved. Click here to access and download detailed instructions for using the system.






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*Requests to be added to an already existing case are not processed automatically but are reviewed individually in the Judicial Officer Department Recorder's Office. It is therefore not possible to request involvement in a case and file a document at the same time. If you are facing a short deadline for filing a document you may file documents by mail until your request to be added to the case is approved.


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Legal Notice: By logging in to the Judicial Officer Department's Electronic Filing website with your user name and password, you are consenting to the electronic filing of any case or document you submit. Further, you are agreeing that your typed signature on any document you submit has the same effect as if it were your handwritten signature.

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Privacy Act Statement: The information and documents you supply in connection with any case, whether through this website or by mail or facsimile, will be used for case management, evaluation, and administrative purposes by the Judicial Officer Department and, unless otherwise ruled by the presiding judge/hearing official, will be available to any other party to the case. Providing this information is voluntary, but if not provided, we may not be able to process the pending matter or case before the Judicial Officer Department. Collection of information for this service is authorized by 39 U.S.C. § 204, and 39 C.F.R. Parts 951 - 966. In addition, Initial and Final Judicial Officer Department Administrative Decisions are made available to the public (after redaction of Social Security Numbers or equivalent non-publicly-available personally identifiable information) on the U.S. Postal Service public website, usps.com. Opinions of the Board in Board of Contract Appeals cases are made available to the public on the U.S. Postal Service public website and through commercial case reporting services. Except as indicated above, we do not disclose your information to third parties without your consent, except to facilitate the request, to act on your behalf or request, or as legally required. This includes the following limited circumstances: to a congressional office on your behalf; to government agencies; to financial entities regarding financial transaction issues; to a USPS auditor; to entities, including law enforcement, as authorized by law or in, or incident to, legal proceedings; and to contractors and other entities aiding us to fulfill the service (service providers). For more information on our privacy policies visit www.usps.com/privacypolicy.