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2014 Report on Form 10-K United States Postal Service 84
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULES 13A-14(A) AND 15D-14(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002
I, Joseph Corbett, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the United States Postal Service (Postal Service);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Postal Service as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4. The Postal Service’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f)) for the Postal Service and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Postal Service, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Postal Service’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the Postal Service’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the Postal Service’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Postal Service’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Postal Service’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. The Postal Service’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the Postal Service’s auditors and the audit committee of the Postal Service’s Board of Governors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Postal Service’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Postal Service’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: December 5, 2014
/s/ Joseph Corbett
Joseph Corbett
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President