2003 CFR Title 5, Volume 1

Title 5--Administrative Personnel CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 591--ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS
	591.101	Purpose.
	591.102	Definitions.
	591.103	Governmentwide maximum uniform allowance rate.
	591.104	Higher initial maximum uniform allowance rate.
	591.201	Definitions.
	591.202	Why does the Government pay COLAs?
	591.203	Why does the Government pay post differentials?
	591.204	Who can receive COLAs and post differentials?
	591.205	Which areas are nonforeign areas?
	591.206	How does OPM establish COLA areas?
	591.207	Which areas are COLA areas?
	591.208	How does OPM establish COLA rates?
	591.209	What is a price index?
	591.210	What are weights?
	591.211	What are the categories of consumer expenditures?
	591.212	How does OPM select survey items?
	591.213	What prices does OPM collect?
	591.214	How does OPM collect prices?
	591.215	Where does OPM collect prices in the COLA and DC areas?
	591.216	How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas?
	591.217	In which outlets does OPM collect prices?
	591.218	How does OPM compute price indexes?
	591.219	How does OPM compute shelter price indexes?
	591.220	How does OPM calculate energy utility cost indexes?
	591.221	How does OPM compute the consumer expenditure weights it uses to combine price indexes?
	591.222	How does OPM use the expenditure weights to combine price indexes?
	591.223	When does OPM conduct COLA surveys?
	591.224	How does OPM adjust price indexes between surveys?
	591.225	Which CPIs does OPM use?
	591.226	How does OPM apply the CPIs?
	591.227	What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
	591.228	How does OPM convert the price index plus adjustment factor to a COLA rate?
	591.229	How does OPM inform agencies and employees of COLA rate changes?
	591.230	When does OPM establish post differential areas?
	591.231	Which areas are post differential areas?
	591.232	How does OPM establish and review post differentials?
	591.233	Who can receive a post differential?
	591.234	Under what circumstances may people recruited locally receive a post differential?
	591.235	When do COLA and post differential payments begin?
	591.236	When do COLA and post differential payments end?
	591.237	Under what circumstances may employees on leave or travel receive a COLA and/or post differential?
	591.238	How do agencies pay COLAs and post differentials?
	591.239	How do agencies treat COLAs and post differentials for the purpose of overtime pay and other entitlements?
	591.240	How are agency and employee representatives involved in the administration of the COLA and post differential programs?
	591.241	What are the key activities of the COLA Advisory Committees?
	591.242	What is the tenure of a COLA Advisory Committee?
	591.243	How many members are on each COLA Advisory Committee?
	591.244	How does OPM select COLA Advisory Committee members?
	591.301	Purpose.
	591.302	Coverage.
	591.303	Responsibilities of agencies and the Office of Personnel Management.
	591.304	Criteria for determining remoteness.
	591.305	Allowance rates.
	591.306	Employee eligibility for an allowance.
	591.307	Payment of allowance rate.
	591.308	Relationship to additional pay payable under other statutes.
	591.309	Effective date for payment of allowances.
	591.310	Effect of regulations in this subpart on allowances established under previous statutes.
	591.401	Purpose and applicability.
	591.402	Definitions.
	591.403	Amount of payment.
	591.404	Method of payment.
	591.405	Responsibilities of agencies.
	591.406	Records and reports.