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1 HIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 01 FEBRUARY 2015, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: AMERICAN SAMOA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BENIN, BERMUDA, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EL SALVADOR, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KENYA, KOREA, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LATVIA, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MAURITANIA, MEXICO, MOLDOVA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PARAGUAY, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, RWANDA, SAINT HELENA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TIMOR-LESTE, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN AND VENEZUELA 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: (AU) AUSTRALIA , 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, , 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100, COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA , 999 COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN 124 N/C 001 Page 1 of 27

2 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, , COUNTRY: (BJ) BENIN COUNTRY: (BO) BOLIVIA 108 N/C 001, 555, 999 COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA COUNTRY: (BW) BOTSWANA 108 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL COUNTRY: (BN) BRUNEI 110 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BG) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON Page 2 of 27

3 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA , 036, 053, 073, , 025, 029, 044, , 037, 076, , 081, COUNTRY: (CF) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (TD) CHAD COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE , 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA , N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA None , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CG) CONGO COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC Page 3 of 27

4 COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK 142 N/C 001, 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (GQ) EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUNTRY: (EE) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS 158 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI , 999 COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE , 555, , 009, 011, 014, 025, , COUNTRY: (GA) GABON Page 4 of 27

5 COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY CHANGE CODE(S): D, X , 027, 039, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 228, 301, 307, 311, 313, 323, 329, 355, 359, 503, 603, 663, 700, , 169, 223, 501, 531, 549, , 205, , , N/C N/C N/C , 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 573, 703, 939 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR , 002 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, None N/C , 007 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG 144 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL 136 N/C N/C 002 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 5 of 27

6 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, 090, 092, , , , , 007, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, , 066 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN , , 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, N/C , 033, 065, 073, 077, N/C , , 052, , , COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LS) LESOTHO None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA Page 6 of 27

7 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA 118 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MR) MAURITANIA COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO , 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, None , 999 COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO 102 None 999 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO , 999 COUNTRY: (NA) NAMIBIA None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 046, 065, 070, , Page 7 of 27

8 COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA COUNTRY: (NE) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 140 N/C 003, , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY 122 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU , 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND , 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (SH) SAINT HELENA 116 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA 104 None 060, 999 COUNTRY: (SG) SINGAPORE 152 N/C 001 Page 8 of 27

9 COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA 122 N/C N/C 005, COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN , , 014, 018, , 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWAZILAND COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND , 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY 114 N/C N/C N/C 007, Page 9 of 27

10 COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA COUNTRY: (GB) UK 118 N/C 153, N/C 251, 388, N/C 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, N/C N/C 518, N/C N/C 497, N/C 884, N/C N/C N/C 179 Page 10 of 27

11 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: (AR) ARGENTINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (AT) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BY) BELARUS CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ BY BELARUS 999 N/C N/C N/C BY BELARUS 999 N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM Page 11 of 27

12 COUNTRY: (BO) BOLIVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ BOLIVIA: BO LA PAZ SANTA CRUZ 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER BOLIVIA: BO LA PAZ SANTA CRUZ 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BN) BRUNEI RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BG) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 12 of 27

13 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ CHILE: CL SANTIAGO GREATER VALPARAISO AREA OTHER CHILE: CL SANTIAGO GREATER VALPARAISO AREA OTHER COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 13 of 27

14 COUNTRY: (EE) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GE) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY COUNTRY: (GH) GHANA GH GHANA CHANGE CODE(S): D GH GHANA COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IE) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY Page 14 of 27

15 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA CHANGE CODE(S): D KOREA: KR KIMHAE 015 SAME AS PUSAN KUNSAN AB N/C N/C N/C PUSAN DAEGU/WAEGWAN (INCL CAMP CARROLL, CAMP HENRY, AND CAMP WALKER) KOREA: KR KIMHAE 015 SAME AS PUSAN KUNSAN AB 070 N/C N/C PUSAN N/C N/C DAEGU/WAEGWAN (INCL CAMP CARROLL, CAMP HENRY, AND CAMP WALKER) N/C N/C COUNTRY: (XK) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 15 of 27

16 COUNTRY: (KG) KYRGYZSTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LV) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ LV LATVIA LV LATVIA COUNTRY: (LT) LITHUANIA LT LITHUANIA CHANGE CODE(S): D, X LT LITHUANIA Rental Allowances are revised to Euros. Utility Allowance is revised to 202 Euro and MIHA\Miscellaneous is revised to 889 Euro. COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA Page 16 of 27

17 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA HERMOSILLO 561 SAME AS OTHER MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY MONTERREY NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA HERMOSILLO 561 SAME AS OTHER MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY MONTERREY NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (MD) MOLDOVA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS Page 17 of 27

18 COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ NI NICARAGUA NI NICARAGUA COUNTRY: (NG) NIGERIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PERU: PE LIMA OTHER PERU: PE LIMA OTHER COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ Page 18 of 27

19 COUNTRY: (PT) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (RW) RWANDA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SG) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (ES) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND CHANGE CODE(S): D THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITHOUT RENTAL ADVANCES) 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C Page 19 of 27

20 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITHOUT RENTAL ADVANCES) 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) ANKARA ISTANBUL IZMIR OTHER COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER Page 20 of 27

21 COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (VE) VENEZUELA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS OTHER VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS OTHER Page 21 of 27

22 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 ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BAHRAIN BELARUS BELGIUM BENIN BOLIVIA BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GIBRALTAR Page 22 of 27

23 FROM TO GREECE HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN KENYA KOSOVO KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LESOTHO LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MAURITANIA MEXICO MOLDOVA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY PARAGUAY PERU POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA RWANDA SAINT HELENA SENEGAL SERBIA SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN Page 23 of 27

24 FROM TO SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TAIWAN TANZANIA TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED KINGDOM UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 24 of 27

25 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AS) AMERICAN SAMOA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for American Samoa based on data review. COUNTRY: (BB) BARBADOS Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Barbados based on data review. COUNTRY: (BD) BANGLADESH Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Bangladesh based on data review. COUNTRY: (BM) BERMUDA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Bermuda based on data review. COUNTRY: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cote D'Ivoire based on data review. COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Denmark based on data review. COUNTRY: (ET) ETHIOPIA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ethiopia based on data review. COUNTRY: (GM) GAMBIA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Gambia based on data review. COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Guatemala based on data review. COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Honduras based on data review. COUNTRY: (HT) HAITI Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Haiti based on data review. COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for India based on data review. COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Kenya based on data review. COUNTRY: (LK) SRI LANKA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Sri Lanka based on data review. COUNTRY: (LR) LIBERIA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Liberia based on data review. COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Nicaragua based on data review. Page 25 of 27

26 COUNTRY: (OM) OMAN Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Oman based on data review. COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Serbia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SD) SUDAN Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Sudan based on data review. COUNTRY: (SV) EL SALVADOR Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for El Salvador based on data review. COUNTRY: (TL) TIMOR-LESTE Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Timor-Leste based on data review. COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ukraine based on data review. COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY Effective 01 February 2015, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Uruguay based on data review. Page 26 of 27

27 POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR joseph.oconnor.civ@mail.mil ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM TWO OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) AND THE DTMO WEBSITE ( THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA EITHER MODE 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. Page 27 of 27