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, BOTSWANA, BULGARIA, BURKINA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CUBA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JERUSALEM, JORDAN, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALI, MALTA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NIGER, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SENEGAL, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY 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: (AR) ARGENTINA 116 N/C 012, 999 COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA 170 168 011 160 N/C 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, 999 164 162 001 176 N/C 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100 170 N/C 025 COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA 148 150 005, 999 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM 146 N/C 002, 015, 018, 055, 999 134 136 019, 030 144 N/C 040
COUNTRY: (BN) BENIN 118 120 999 COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 114 116 999 COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA 132 130 999 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA 130 132 999 COUNTRY: (UV) BURKINA 132 134 999 COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 148 150 033, 036, 053, 073, 999 146 150 003, 025, 029, 044, 061 146 150 045 168 172 013, 037, 076, 077 152 156 009, 081, 091 152 156 069, 089 COUNTRY: (CT) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 152 154 999 COUNTRY: (CD) CHAD 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE 134 128 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 110 114 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CF) CONGO 140 142 999
COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA 130 128 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE 140 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CU) CUBA 132 130 001 COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS 132 134 001 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC 138 140 001, 999 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK 158 160 001, 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT 102 None 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 COUNTRY: (EK) EQUATORIAL GUINEA 146 148 999 COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS 178 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND 158 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE 150 N/C 555, 999 156 N/C 004, 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201 COUNTRY: (GB) GABON 158 N/C 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D CHANGE CODE(S): D,X
COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY 118 N/C 019, 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, 999 120 N/C 103, 531, 549 138 140 067, 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 539, 573, 703, 721, 939 144 N/C 133, 169, 223, 501 144 146 201, 205, 816 120 122 229, 230, 231 122 124 121, 139 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR 132 126 001 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE 134 136 003, 015, 017 122 124 011 None N/C 999 120 122 001, 007 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA 120 122 001, 999 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG 144 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY 122 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND 142 144 999 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND 152 154 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL 148 150 001
COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY 124 N/C 028, 073, 100 126 N/C 035, 059 134 N/C 031 132 134 055 152 154 029 150 N/C 063 132 N/C 025 128 130 001 134 N/C 005, 007, 022, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, 070 128 N/C 071 134 136 067 156 N/C 038, 066 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM 148 150 999 COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO 106 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA 140 142 999 COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA 140 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG 148 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 114 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI 132 134 999 COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA 134 136 999 COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO 108 110 999
COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO 128 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA 124 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS 132 134 015 152 154 009, 025, 050 142 N/C 001, 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 065, 070, 999 136 N/C 027, 035 150 152 033 COUNTRY: (NG) NIGER 124 126 999 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 164 166 003, 021 174 176 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY 124 126 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU 134 N/C 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND 118 122 001, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL 128 130 002 120 N/C 015 126 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 140 142 999 COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL 132 N/C 999
COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA 134 136 999 COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA 134 136 999 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA 142 144 002 150 152 005, 100 138 140 999 COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN 128 N/C 005, 019 134 136 012, 014, 018, 999 138 N/C 007, 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND 142 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND 230 N/C 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 160 164 999 COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO 126 128 999 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA 110 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY 116 N/C 005 118 N/C 003 112 N/C 007 110 112 001 106 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TX) TURKMENISTAN 142 140 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM 124 120 153, 352 134 130 251, 388, 490 136 132 058, 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, 883 140 136 319 156 148 380 136 132 518, 521 134 128 497, 559 138 134 884, 885 126 122 313 128 124 001 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 136 N/C 003, 999
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: $0.249806 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 18415 18415 16321 15483 13951 13951 OTHER 999 11209 11209 11209 8007 8007 8007 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 16321 15483 15483 15483 13951 12137 12137 OTHER 999 11209 8007 8007 8007 8007 6968 6968 COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.005834 COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.69056 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002059 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.05042
COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002009 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE 005 1206443 1206443 1206443 1206443 1045869 1045869 SANTIAGO 001 1742125 1742125 1742125 1560588 1210802 1210802 VINA DEL MAR 004 995280 995280 870867 868216 786527 786527 OTHER 999 853380 853380 853380 853380 766736 766736 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE 005 1206443 1206443 1206443 1206443 1045869 909909 909909 SANTIAGO 001 1742125 1560588 1560588 1560588 1210802 1053400 1053400 VINA DEL MAR 004 870867 868216 868216 868216 786527 684274 684274 OTHER 999 853380 853380 853380 853380 766736 667059 667059 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000525 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 8191125 8000634 7810142 7048179 7048179 7048179 CARTAGENA 003 6594728 6095648 5744983 5738031 4244511 4244511 OTHER 999 4451720 4451720 4451720 4451720 4004172 4004172 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7810142 7048179 7048179 7048179 7048179 7048179 7048179 CARTAGENA 003 5744983 5738031 5738031 5738031 4244511 3692721 3692721 OTHER 999 4451720 4451720 4451720 4451720 4004172 3483633 3483633 COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.00196 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE 001 1530911 1530911 1428655 1428655 1428655 1428655 OTHER 999 550851 550851 550851 456234 410304 410304 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE 001 1428655 1428655 1428655 1428655 1428655 1242931 1242931 OTHER 999 550851 456234 456234 456234 410304 356720 356720
COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002059 COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.052389 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.181038 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.170736 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 20825 20825 20825 20825 8174 8174 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 4089 4089 4089 4089 4089 4089 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 20825 20825 20825 20825 8174 8174 8174 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 4089 4089 4089 4089 4089 3557 3557 COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GG) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.561524
COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.125891 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 23831 22242 22242 22062 19906 19906 OTHER 999 10129 10129 8932 8932 8932 8932 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 22242 22062 22062 22062 19906 17407 17407 OTHER 999 8932 8932 8932 8932 8932 7777 7777 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.129032 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.004718 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.008559 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.284625 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.284625 COUNTRY: (JO) JORDAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.41223 COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO
COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.921599 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 LG LATVIA 999 1402 1402 1402 1253 1158 1158 LG LATVIA 999 1402 1253 1253 1253 1158 1044 1044 COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.39116 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.117919 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.168572 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000222 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 9915299 8563215 8111589 6999099 6999099 6999099 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 8111589 6999099 6999099 6999099 6999099 6089218 6089218 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.354409 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 PERU: PE LIMA 005 8464 8464 8464 7379 6448 6448 OTHER 999 710 710 710 564 564 564 PERU: PE LIMA 005 8464 7379 7379 7379 6448 5588 5588 OTHER 999 710 564 564 564 564 564 564 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.334314 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002059 COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.151076 COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.059322 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.034796 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.686342
COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.631114 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 875 875 875 791 791 791 ANKARA 003 2613 2613 2376 2242 2060 2060 ISTANBUL 005 3168 3063 3063 3063 2845 2845 IZMIR 007 2376 2289 2227 2113 2023 2023 OTHER 999 808 742 742 712 686 686 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 875 791 791 791 791 686 686 ANKARA 003 2376 2242 2242 2242 2060 1853 1853 ISTANBUL 005 3063 3063 3063 3063 2845 2481 2481 IZMIR 007 2227 2113 2113 2113 2023 2023 2023 OTHER 999 742 712 712 712 686 595 595 COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.561524 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.050424 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 67951 65446 63460 50970 49582 49582 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 63460 50970 50970 50970 49582 45614 45614 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COUNTRY: (VE) VENEZUELA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.211864 W5/ W3/W4/ W2/ W1/ CODE O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS 001 22879 22879 21167 19860 17159 17159 OTHER 999 5443 5443 5243 4199 3331 3331 VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS 001 21167 19860 19860 19860 17159 17159 17159 OTHER 999 5243 4199 4199 4199 3331 2894 2894
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 4.0025 4.0031 AUSTRALIA 0.9917 0.9942 AUSTRIA 0.7493 0.7404 BELGIUM 0.7493 0.7404 BENIN 491.51 485.67 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 1.4655 1.4481 BOTSWANA 6.6288 6.6607 BULGARIA (OHA) 0.7493 0.7404 BULGARIA (COLA) 1.4655 1.4481 BURKINA 491.51 485.67 CAMEROON 491.51 485.67 CANADA 0.9826 0.952 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 491.51 485.67 CHAD 491.51 485.67 CHILE 469.4 497.75 COLOMBIA 1972.04 1904.07 CONGO 491.51 485.67 COSTA RICA 502.61 510.33 COTE D'IVOIRE 491.51 485.67 CROATIA (OHA) 0.7493 0.7404 CYPRUS 0.7493 0.7404 CZECH REPUBLIC 19.759 19.088 DENMARK 5.5901 5.5237 EGYPT 5.7302 5.857 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 491.51 485.67 ESTONIA 0.7493 0.7404 FAEROE ISLANDS 5.5901 5.5237 FINLAND 0.7493 0.7404 FRANCE 0.7493 0.7404 GABON 491.51 485.67 GEORGIA (OHA) 0.7493 0.7404 GERMANY 0.7493 0.7404 GIBRALTAR 0.6052 0.6404 GREECE 0.7493 0.7404 GUATEMALA 8.0808 7.9434 HONG KONG 7.6994 7.75 HUNGARY 212.71 211.95 ICELAND 117.855 116.83 IRELAND 0.7493 0.7404
FROM TO ISRAEL 3.5648 3.5134 ITALY 0.7493 0.7404 JERUSALEM 3.5648 3.5134 JORDAN 0.7036 0.7081 KOSOVO 0.7493 0.7404 LATVIA 0.5266 0.5204 LITHUANIA 2.5872 2.5565 LUXEMBOURG 0.7493 0.7404 MACEDONIA (OHA) 0.7493 0.7404 MACEDONIA (COLA) 46.4604 46.2953 MALI 491.51 485.67 MALTA 0.7493 0.7404 MONTENEGRO 0.7493 0.7404 MOROCCO 8.5552 8.4804 NAMIBIA 6.7198 6.6192 NETHERLANDS 0.7493 0.7404 NIGER 491.51 485.67 NORWAY 6.0362 5.9322 PARAGUAY 4526.78 4494.83 PERU 2.8298 2.8216 POLAND 3.1069 2.9912 PORTUGAL 0.7493 0.7404 ROMANIA (OHA) 0.7493 0.7404 ROMANIA (COLA) 3.3147 3.2728 SENEGAL 491.51 485.67 SLOVAKIA 0.7493 0.7404 SLOVENIA 0.7493 0.7404 SOUTH AFRICA 6.7198 6.6192 SPAIN 0.7493 0.7404 SWAZILAND 6.7198 6.6192 SWITZERLAND 0.9492 0.944 TAIWAN 29.508 28.739 TOGO 491.51 485.67 TUNISIA 1.4643 1.457 TURKEY 1.5904 1.5845 UNITED KINGDOM 0.6052 0.6404 URUGUAY 19.663 19.832 VENEZUELA 2.6 4.72 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: None. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (703) 696-7108, FAX 703-696-7890, OR E-MAIL: joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil
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 (http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/pdc-archive/msgs/); 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.