conus per diem rates
the conus per diem allowance for an area has three components a lodging allowance a meals allowance and an incidental expense allowance m ie most of the conus approximately 2600 counties are covered by the standard conus per diem rate of $ 140 $ 89 lodging $ 51 meals and incidental expensesthis is an overall $ 11 increase from the fy 2015 rates of $ 83 and $ 46 respectivelyin fy 2016 there continue to be about 400 non standard areas nsas that have per diem rates higher than the standard conus ratefor all locations within conus not shown on the list the lodging per diem rate is $ 89 and the m ie rate is $ 51uthor alice gilman the general services administration gsa has announced the per diem rates that apply to the lower 48 continental united states conus for the federal government s fiscal year fy 2016 which begins october 1 2015