[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR591.303]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 591--ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Allowance Based on Duty at Remote Worksites
 
Sec. 591.303  Responsibilities of agencies and the Office of Personnel Management.

    (a) Each agency is responsible for:
    (1) Establishing and subsequently adjusting, in accordance with the 
provisions of this subpart, an allowance for each remote duty post at 
which the agency has employees and which meets the criteria in paragraph 
(a)(1) of Sec. 591.304, as restricted by paragraph (b) of Sec. 591.304;
    (2) Advising the Office of Personnel Management of each 
establishment or adjustment of an allowance under paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section, and of the basis for such establishment or adjustment;
    (3) Submitting a recommendation to the Office of Personnel 
Management to establish or adjust an allowance for each remote duty post 
at which the agency has employees and which meets the criteria in 
paragraph (a)(2) or (a)(3) or paragraph (c) of Sec. 591.304; and
    (4) Advising the Office of Personnel Management in a timely manner 
of any changes in a duty post or commuting conditions or other factors 
that may affect an allowance that has been authorized by the Office of 
Personnel Management under paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) The Office of Personnel Management is responsible for:
    (1) Establishing and subsequently adjusting, in accordance with the 
provisions of this subpart, an allowance for each remote duty post which 
does not meet the criteria in paragraph (a)(1) of Sec. 591.304, but does 
meet the criteria in paragraph (a)(2) or (a)(3) or paragraph (c) of 
Sec. 591.304;
    (2) Reviewing each establishment or adjustment of an allowance by an 
agency under paragraph (a)(1) of this section to determine if such 
establishment or adjustment is in accordance with the provisions of this 
subpart; and
    (3) Directing the termination or adjustment of any allowance 
determined by the Office to be not in accordance with the provisions of 
this subpart, which termination or adjustment shall be implemented by 
the agency without delay.

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    (c) Each allowance which has been authorized by the Office of 
Personnel Management or the Civil Service Commission on or before 
February 1, 1979, and which is authorized for a remote duty post which 
meets the criteria in paragraph (a)(1) of Sec. 591.304, shall be subject 
to further adjustment by the agency under paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section as if such allowance had been initially authorized by the agency 
under that paragraph.