ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL

UNCLAS STATE 228220 SIPDIS ROME PASS VATICAN, PASS TO ALL USAID MISSIONS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ALOW AMGT APER SUBJECT: ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL RECLASSIFICATIONS TL:SR-593 (PART A) REF: SECTION 920 STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS (GC,FA) ¶1. EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 2000, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALLOWANCES AND/OR POST DIFFERENTIAL RATES ARE REVISED AS SHOWN. THESE CHANGES WILL BE PART A OF TL:SR-593. ¶2. PLEASE INFORM LOCAL OFFICES OF ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT THE POSTS LISTED IN THIS CABLE. ¶3. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORM DESIGNATIONS OF POSTS WILL BE USED IN THIS TELEGRAM; COMPLETE POST ENTRIES WILL BE SHOWN IN THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES OF PRINTED SECTION 920. ¶4. IMPORTANT: READ THIS ENTIRE MESSAGE AS POSTS MAY BE LISTED MORE THAN ONCE. CHANGES ARE LISTED BY ALLOWANCE OR DIFFERENTIAL RATHER THAN BY POST. ¶5. TAIWAN HAS BEEN INCLUDED, WHEN APPLICABLE, UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 05 STATE 228220 010044Z ¶6. THE LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE (LQA) CHANGES FOR SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, BANGKOK, THAILAND, AND ADANA-INCIRLIK AND ANKARA, TURKEY ARE BASED ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF LIVING QUARTERS EXPENSES. ALL POST ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE BASED ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION REPORTED TO THE OFFICE OF ALLOWANCES AS OF THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE PAY PERIOD (NOVEMBER 21, 2000). ¶7. DANGER PAY IS ELIMINATED FOR KAMPALA BASED ON UGANDA'S SUBMISSION OF A DANGER PAY FACTORS FORM (FS- 578). ¶8. THE POST (HARDSHIP) DIFFERENTIAL CHANGE FOR SURABAYA AND OTHER, INDONESIA IS BASED ON A POST (HARDSHIP) DIFFERENTIAL REPORT SUBMITTED BY SURABAYA. THE POST DIFFERENTIAL FOR KAMPALA, UGANDA INCREASES BECAUSE THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE POINTS HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO KAMPALA'S DIFFERENTIAL SCORE AS A RESULT OF THE ELIMINATION OF DANGER PAY. ¶9. ALL EDUCATION AT POST RATE CHANGES ARE BASED ON NEW INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY POSTS. ¶10. LISTING CHANGE: ON NOVEMBER 17, 2000, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, RECOGNIZING IT AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE. THE FORMER PRACTICE OF USING SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO FOR THE NAME OF THIS ENTITY IS TO BE DISCONTINUED. THE U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES HAS APPROVED THE LONG-FORM NAME AS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA. WITH THE PUBLISHED SECTION 920 TL:SR 593, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 06 STATE 228220 010044Z SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO IS NO LONGER LISTED, IT IS REPLACED BY YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF. ¶11. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT INTERNET AND INTRANET SITES. THE INTERNET SITE ADDRESS IS: WWW.STATE.GOV/WWW/PERDIEMS/ALLOWANCES(UNDERSC ORE) INDEX.HTML. THE INTRANET SITE (INTERNAL STATE DEPARTMENT SITE) ADDRESS IS: HTTP://AOPRALS.A.STATE.GOV/. DANGER PAY FROM TO UGANDA KAMPALA 15 0 POST DIFFERENTIAL FROM TO INDONESIA SURABAYA 15 25 OTHER 15 25 UGANDA KAMPALA 20 25 LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE FROM TO 2 3 4 2 3 4 BRAZIL SAO PAULO WF 13000 10000 8000 30700 29300 26400 WOF 10000 8000 6500 30000 26400 23400 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 07 STATE 228220 010044Z THAILAND BANGKOK WF 14900 14700 12700 32400 30000 25200 WOF 14700 12700 11600 28800 26400 22800 TURKEY ADANA-INCIRLIK WF 12500 12100 9400 14600 13900 12500 WOF 12100 9500 8300 14200 12500 11100 ANKARA WF 24500 24000 18000 27100 26500 18000 WOF 24000 22800 16000 26500 22800 16000 POST ALLOWANCE FROM TO BRUNEI BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 10 5 OTHER 5 0 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BANGUI 15 10 OTHER 15 10 KENYA NAIROBI 5 10 OTHER 5 10 NORWAY OSLO 25 20 STAVANGER 15 10 OTHER 15 10 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 08 STATE 228220 010044Z SWEDEN STOCKHOLM 15 10 OTHER 10 5 UNITED KINGDOM ROCHESTER 30 25 EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FROM TO AWAY AWAY AT FROM AT FROM GRADE POST POST GRADE POST POST BAHRAIN BAHRAIN K-6 12700 12700 K-6 13150 13150 7-8 13300 13300 7-8 13800 13800 9-12 13900 13900 9-12 14400 14400 BRUNEI BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN K-12 7750 30750 K-12 8750 30750 NIGERIA LAGOS K-6 9300 9300 K-6 9150 9150 7-8 11550 11550 7-8 11550 11550 9 11550 30100 9 11550 30100 10-12 150 30100 10-12 150 30100 MINIMIZE CONSIDERED TALBOTT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 09 STATE 228220 010044Z UNCLASSIFIED