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 FEBRUARY 2010, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, KENYA, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LIBERIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALI, MALTA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NORWAY, OMAN, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, RWANDA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SEYCHELLES, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SURINAME, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE 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/ LOCALITY MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA , 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, , 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA , 999 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM , 015, 018, 055, , COUNTRY: (BN) BENIN

2 COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (UV) BURKINA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA , 025, 029, 044, 061 COUNTRY: (CT) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COUNTRY: (CD) CHAD COUNTRY: (CF) CONGO COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA CHANGE CODE(S): D

3 COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC , 999 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK , 003, 004, 025 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 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X 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

4 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE , 015, None N/C , 007 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA , 999 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY , 999 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND , 999 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY , 073, , , 007, 022, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, , 066

5 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN N/C 003, N/C 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, N/C 007, 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, N/C , , 052, N/C 016, N/C , 106 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA , 003, 011, 999 COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (ML) MALI COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D, X

6 COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS , 025, , 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 065, 070, , COUNTRY: (NU) NICARAGUA 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NG) NIGER COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY , , 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (MU) OMAN COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND , 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL CHANGE CODE(S): D COUNTRY: (RQ) PUERTO RICO CHANGE CODE(S): D 116 N/C 001, 005, 015, 025, 030, 040, 050, 053, 055, 060, 065, 070, 085, , 075, 080

7 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL COUNTRY: (RB) SERBIA , 999 COUNTRY: (SE) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA , 100, 999 COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN , , 014, 016, 018, , 008, 009, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN , 003, 999

8 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND , 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA 108 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 138 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (ZA) ZAMBIA 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: (AS) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ 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: (EN) ESTONIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (ET) ETHIOPIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GG) GEORGIA

10 COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY OTHER COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER

11 LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 LG LATVIA LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 LG LATVIA COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 LH LITHUANIA N/C N/C LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 LH LITHUANIA N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

12 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NU) NICARAGUA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 NU NICARAGUA LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 NU NICARAGUA COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ 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: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND

13 RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND CHANGE CODE(S): D O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITHOUT RENTAL ADVANCES) 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 N/C N/C N/C N/C LOCALITY LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITHOUT RENTAL ADVANCES) 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER COUNTRY: (VE) VENEZUELA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ O3E/ O2E/O1E/ LOCALITY W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ LOCALITY CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS OTHER

14 LOCALITY E2/E1 LOCALITY CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS OTHER

15 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: LOCALITY FROM TO AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (OHA) CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GREECE GUATEMALA HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY JAPAN KENYA KOSOVO KUWAIT LATVIA LITHUANIA

16 LOCALITY FROM TO LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALI MALTA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NICARAGUA NIGER NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN TOGO TUNISIA URUGUAY VENEZUELA ZAMBIA EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)

17 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE COUNTRY: (BG) BANGLADESH Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Bangladesh based on data COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Cameroon based on data COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Cote d Ivoire based on data COUNTRY: (GA) GAMBIA Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Gambia based on data COUNTRY: (GH) GHANA Effective 16 February 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ghana based on data COUNTRY: (HA) HAITI Effective 16 February 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Haiti based on data COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Kenya based on data COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Kuwait based on data COUNTRY: (LI) LIBERIA Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Liberia based on data COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Morocco based on data COUNTRY: (RW) RWANDA Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Rwanda based on data COUNTRY: (SL) SIERRA LEONE Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Sierra Leone based on data COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA Effective 16 February 2010, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Slovakia based on data COUNTRY: (SU) SUDAN Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance, MIHA miscellaneous, and COLA index are unchanged for Sudan based on data

18 COUNTRY: (NS) SURINAME Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Suriname based on data COUNTRY: (ZI) ZIMBABWE Effective 16 February 2010, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Zimbabwe based on data POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR (703) , COMM, FAX , OR joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil

19 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.