General Services Administration August 25, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 https://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.