[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42898-42899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20504]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Maximum Per Diem Rates for the Continental United States (CONUS)

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 10-01, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 
continental United States (CONUS) per diem rates.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration's (GSA's) annual per diem 
review has resulted in lodging and meal allowance changes for locations 
within the continental United States (CONUS) to provide for the 
reimbursement of Federal employees' expenses covered by per diem. Per 
Diem Bulletin 10-01 updates the maximum per diem amounts in existing 
per diem localities. The CONUS per diem rates prescribed in Bulletin 
10-01 may be found at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem. GSA based the lodging 
per diem rates on the average daily rate that the lodging industry 
reports. 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 three new non-standard areas (NSAs): Jefferson City (Cole 
County) and St. Robert (Pulaski County), Missouri; and Middlebury 
(Addison County), Vermont. The meals and incidental expense rates for 
all NSAs and for standard CONUS will also be updated.
    For a complete listing of pertinent information that must be 
submitted through a Federal executive agency for GSA to restudy a 
location, or if a CONUS or standard CONUS per diem rate is insufficient 
to meet necessary expenses, please review numbers four and five of our 
per diem Frequently Asked Questions at (http://www.gsa.gov/perdiemfaqs).

DATES: This notice is effective October 1, 2009, and applies for travel 
performed on or after October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clarification of content, contact 
Ms. Jill

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Denning, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Office of Travel, 
Transportation, and Asset Management, at (202) 208-7642, or by e-mail 
at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiemquestions. Please cite Notice of Per Diem 
Bulletin 10-01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    After an analysis of current data, GSA has determined that current 
lodging rates for certain localities do not adequately reflect the 
lodging economics in those areas. GSA used the same lodging rate 
setting methodology for establishing the FY 2010 per diem rates as when 
establishing the FY 2009 rates.

B. Change in Standard Procedure

    GSA issues/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 20, 2009.
Becky Rhodes,
Deputy Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-20504 Filed 8-21-09; 4:15 pm]
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