[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22539]


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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:  Correction to Per Diem Bulletin 05-1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 
continental United States (CONUS) per diem rates.

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SUMMARY:  An analysis of lodging data reveals that the FY 2005 maximum 
per diem rates for locations within the continental United States 
(CONUS) should be updated to provide for the reimbursement of Federal 
employees' expenses covered by per diem. Per Diem Bulletin 05-1 
increases/decreases the maximum lodging amounts in existing per diem 
localities, increases the standard CONUS lodging amount from $55 to $60 
(which results in the deletion of several existing per diem 
localities), and adds new per diem localities due to requests by 
Federal agencies. The per diems prescribed in Bulletin 05-1 were posted 
at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem on August 31, 2004. Several corrections 
have been made to the per diems as they appeared in that bulletin on 
that date.

DATES: This notice is effective October 1, 2004, and applies for travel 
performed on or after October 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For clarification of content, contact 
Adlore Chaudier, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Travel Management 
Policy, at (202) 501-3859. Please cite notice of correction to Per Diem 
Bulletin 05-1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    A notice appeared in the Federal Register (69 FR 53071) on August 
31, 2004, announcing Per Diem Bulletin 05-1. Several per diem rates and 
location designations prescribed in that document have been corrected 
and include these destinations: Atlanta, GA; Boston/Cambridge, MA; 
Bridgeport/Danbury, CT; Cambridge/St. Michaels, MD; Columbia, MD; 
Denver and Jefferson County, CO; Fort Worth/Arlington, TX; Frederick 
County, MD; Grapevine, TX; Gulf Shores, AL; Gwinnett County, GA; 
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, MI (Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties); Key West, 
FL; Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, NY; 
Middlesex County, MA; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; Nashville, TN; Orlando, 
FL; Philadelphia, PA; Reno/Sparks, NV; St. Louis, MO; Traverse City, 
MI; Washington, D.C. The corrected rates are posted at http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem.

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 increases or decreases 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: October 1, 2004.
Becky Rhodes,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Transportation and Personal 
Property.
[FR Doc. 04-22539 Filed 10-6-04; 8:45 am]
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