SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: FROM TO LOCALITIES 114 N/C 012, 999 FROM TO LOCALITIES , 999

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1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 MARCH 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, BURKINA, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JERUSALEM, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KOREA, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MAURITIUS, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGER, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PERU, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN AND URUGUAY 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: (AR) ARGENTINA 114 N/C 012, 999 COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA , 999 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, , COUNTRY: (BN) BENIN COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

2 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (UV) BURKINA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON COUNTRY: (CT) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (CD) CHAD COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE , 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CF) CONGO COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA , 999 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC , 999

3 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK , 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT None N/C 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 COUNTRY: (EK) EQUATORIAL GUINEA COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE , , 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201 COUNTRY: (GB) GABON COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY , 027, 039, 055, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 228, 301, 307, 311, 313, 317, 323, 329, 355, 359, 503, 603, 655, 663, 700, 741, , 531, , 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 539, 573, 703, 721, , 169, 223, , 205, , 230, , 139 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, None N/C , 007

4 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA 124 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY , 999 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL 146 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, , , 007, 022, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, , 066 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM 146 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (KZ) KAZAKHSTAN COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA 108 N/C 001, 003, 011, 999

5 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA , 010, 025, 035, 050, , 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, , , COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 120 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA 134 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA COUNTRY: (MP) MAURITIUS COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO

6 COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 065, 070, , COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND , 006, 999 COUNTRY: (NG) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY , 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU , 999 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL

7 COUNTRY: (RB) SERBIA , 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA , COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN , , 014, 018, , 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN 184 N/C 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND , 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND , COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA

8 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY 114 N/C N/C N/C N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TX) TURKMENISTAN COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 138 N/C 003, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D

9 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 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES OTHER COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

10 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ CHILE: CI IQUIQUE SANTIAGO VINA DEL MAR OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE SANTIAGO VINA DEL MAR OTHER 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: (CS) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE OTHER

11 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GG) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY

12 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY OTHER COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN CHANGE CODE(S): D Effective 16 March 2011, MIHA for JA027 Okinawa decreases from 62,716 to 45,214 Yen. MIHA for all other locality codes decreases from 68,322 to 56,232 Yen.

13 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: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ LG LATVIA CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 LG LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO

14 COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS CHANGE CODE(S): D,X NETHERLANDS: NL EINDHOVEN (INCL BREDA) 007 SAME AS LIMBURG PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (INCL BRUNSSUM/SCHINNEN) 015 N/C N/C N/C N/C ROTTERDAM 017 N/C N/C N/C N/C VOLKEL 027 SAME AS LIMBURG CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 NETHERLANDS: NL EINDHOVEN (INCL BREDA) 007 SAME AS LIMBURG PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (INCL BRUNSSUM/SCHINNEN) N/C N/C N/C N/C ROTTERDAM 017 N/C N/C N/C N/C VOLKEL 027 SAME AS LIMBURG COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 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

15 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PERU: PE LIMA OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 PERU: PE LIMA OTHER COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (RB) SERBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SL) SIERRA LEONE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SU) SUDAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

16 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ 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

17 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER

18 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 AUSTRIA BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE COLOMBIA CONGO COSTA RICA COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GREECE GUATEMALA HONG KONG HUNGARY IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JERUSALEM

19 FROM TO KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOREA KOSOVO LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MAURITIUS MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NORWAY PARAGUAY PERU PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SUDAN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY URUGUAY EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)

20 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 16 March 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Singapore based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (703) , FAX , OR joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil

21 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.

SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: FROM TO LOCALITIES 116 N/C 012, 999

SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: FROM TO LOCALITIES 116 N/C 012, 999 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 JANUARY 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA,