[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21489]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Maximum Per Diem Rates for the Continental United States (CONUS)
AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP), General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 11-01, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
Continental United States (CONUS) per diem rates.
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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration's (GSA) annual per diem
review has resulted in lodging and meal allowance changes for locations
within CONUS to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees'
expenses covered by per diem. This Per Diem Bulletin updates the
maximum per diem amounts in existing per diem localities and updates
the standard CONUS rate. The CONUS per diem rates prescribed in
Bulletin 11-01 may be found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem. GSA bases
the lodging per diem rates on the average daily rate that the lodging
industry reports to an independent organization. The use of such data
in the per diem rate setting process enhances the government's ability
to obtain policy-compliant lodging where it is needed. In conjunction
with the annual lodging study, GSA identified five new non-standard
areas (NSAs): West Des Moines, Iowa (Dallas County); Queen Anne County,
Maryland; Moab, Utah (Grand County); Richland, Washington (Benton
County); and Berkeley County, West Virginia.
If a per diem rate is insufficient to meet necessary expenses in
any given location, Federal executive agencies can request that GSA
review that location. Please review numbers five and six of GSA's per
diem Frequently Asked Questions at (http://www.gsa.gov/perdiemfaqs) for
more information on the special review process.
In addition, the Federal Travel Regulation allows for actual
expense reimbursement as directed in Sec. 301-11.300 through 301-
11.306. GSA may begin asking agencies for data related to their use of
actual expense approvals; if so, more information will be forthcoming.
DATES: This notice is effective October 1, 2010, and applies for travel
performed on or after October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact
Ms. Jill Denning, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Office of Travel,
Transportation, and Asset Management, at (202) 208-7642, or by e-mail
at [email protected]. Please cite Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 11-01.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
After analyzing recent lodging data, GSA determined that lodging
rates for certain localities do not adequately reflect the current
lodging markets. GSA used the same lodging rate setting methodology for
establishing the FY 2011 per diem rates as when establishing the FY
2010 rates.
GSA issues and publishes the CONUS per diem rates, formerly
published in Appendix A to 41 CFR Chapter 301, solely on the Internet
at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem. This process, implemented in 2003,
ensures more timely changes in per diem rates established by GSA for
Federal employees on official travel within CONUS. Notices published
periodically in the Federal Register, such as this one, now constitute
the only notification of revisions in CONUS per diem rates to agencies.
Dated: August 23, 2010.
Craig Flynn,
Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-21489 Filed 8-27-10; 8:45 am]
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