SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES:

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1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 JUNE 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: AUSTRALIA, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, CANADA, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, KENYA, KOREA, KYRGYZSTAN, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SEYCHELLES, SWITZERLAND, TANZANIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, URUGUAY AND UZBEKISTAN THE REVIEWS ARE GROUPED BY TYPE OF ALLOWANCE (SECTION A: COST-OF- LIVING; SECTION B: OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE; SECTION C: EXCHANGE RATES, SECTION D: NO CHANGES BASED ON REVIEW); THEREFORE, A COUNTRY/ MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA N/C 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, N/C N/C 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, N/C 025 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE N/L Effective 16 June 2011, COLA is established for FR016 Lille, France. COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY , 169, 223, 501 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA 114 N/C 001, 003, 011, 999 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA 114 N/C 007, 010, 025, 035, 050, N/C 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, , N/C 140,

2 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND , COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY , 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND , 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA COUNTRY: (SE) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND , 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY COUNTRY: (TX) TURKMENISTAN COUNTRY: (TC) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , 024, N/C 014

3 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY , 999

4 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: NOTE: FOR MOST COUNTRIES, OHA TABLES ARE PUBLISHED IN LOCAL CURRENCY. ALL CURRENCY CHANGES ARE REPORTED IN SECTION C. COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BG) BANGLADESH RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BO) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA CANADA: 1/ CA HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH /SHEARWATER 029 N/C N/C N/C OTTAWA N/C N/C N/C N/C VICTORIA (INCL ESQUIMALT) N/C N/C WINNIPEG CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 CANADA: 1/ CA HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH /SHEARWATER 029 N/C VICTORIA (INCL ESQUIMALT) N/C N/C N/C WINNIPEG

5 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE FRANCE: FR LILLE PARIS (CITY AND ENVIRONS) 1/ N/C N/C N/C CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 FRANCE: FR LILLE PARIS (CITY AND ENVIRONS) 1/ N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Effective 16 June 2011, OHA is established for FR016 Lille with a Utility Allowance of 560, MIHA of 758, and climate code 2. COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY Effective 16 June 2011, the Utility Allowance is revised to 656 for all personnel in Germany. COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY Effective 16 June 2011, the Utility Allowance is revised to 817 for all personnel in Italy.

6 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN JAPAN: 3/ JA ATSUGI NAF (INCL TOTSUKA) (KA) 041 N/C N/C N/C N/C CAMP ZAMA (KA) 045 SAME AS ATSUGI KAMISEYA (KA) 049 SAME AS ATSUGI CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 JAPAN: 3/ JA ATSUGI NAF (INCL TOTSUKA) (KA) N/C N/C N/C CAMP ZAMA (KA) 045 SAME AS ATSUGI IWAKUNI (YA) 019 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C KAMISEYA (KA) 049 SAME AS ATSUGI KURE (HI) 021 SAME AS IWAKUNI COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (KG) KYRGYZSTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

7 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY,X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ NORWAY: NO BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 NORWAY: NO BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (PP) PAPUA NEW GUINEA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION OTHER COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

8 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER COUNTRY: (TC) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

9 SECTION C EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION: CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON VALUE FLUCTUATIONS OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS IN RELATION TO THE U.S. DOLLAR. EXCHANGE RATES USED BY THE COMMITTEE FOLLOW: FROM TO AUSTRALIA BANGLADESH BELARUS COLOMBIA KENYA KOREA KYRGYZSTAN NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY POLAND ROMANIA (COLA) SEYCHELLES SWITZERLAND TANZANIA TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)

10 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: None. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (703) , FAX , OR [email protected]

11 ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THREE OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (DMDC); THE PER DIEM COMMITTEE'S FTP SERVER ( AND THE WEB. THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA ANY OF THE THREE MODES MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD ACCESS THE DATA THROUGH THEIR NORMAL FINANCE CENTER ORGANIZATION OR PARENT AGENCY. 2. WHERE PRACTICAL, ONLY LOCALITIES WHICH WERE REVIEWED ARE LISTED. LOCALITIES NOT LISTED REMAIN UNCHANGED. NO LISTING IS DELETED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED. 3. COST-OF-LIVING AND OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) CHANGE CODE SYMBOLS ARE: 'D' (CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA), N (NO CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA) AND 'X' (CHANGES BASED ON A FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENT) 4. DATA CHANGES TO COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF RETAIL PRICE SCHEDULES RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR FROM COMMANDS. 5. DATA CHANGES TO OHA RENTAL ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF DFAS FINANCE CENTER DATA AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FROM COMMANDS; CHANGES TO UTILITY/RECURRING MAINTENANCE, AND TO MOVE-IN HOUSING (MIHA)/MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF HOUSING SURVEYS SUBMITTED BY PERSONNEL.