General Services Administration
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR)
Per Diem Bulletin 05-4
Maximum Per Diem Rate for New York
Summary: The General Services Administration (GSA) has reviewed the lodging rate of a certain location in the State of New York and determined that the current lodging rate is inadequate.
Action: An analysis of lodging rate survey data reveals that the maximum per diem rate for the State of New York, city of Great Neck, including Nassau County, should be adjusted to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees' lodging expenses covered by the per diem. This bulletin amends the FY 2005 per diem rates (see the Federal Register notice at 69 FR 52035, August 31, 2004, and Per Diem Bulletin 05-1, corrected at 69 FR 60152, October 7, 2004) by increasing the per diem rate in the prescribed area.
Effective: This bulletin is effective December 29, 2004, and applies to travel performed on or after January 10, 2005.
Point of Contact: For clarification of content, contact Lois Mandell, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Travel Management Policy, at (202) 501-2864. Please cite FTR. Per Diem Bulletin 05-4. Background Information
(A) After an analysis of the per diem rates established for FY 2005, GSA has determined that the current lodging and meals and incidental expenses (M&IE) allowance for a certain locality does not adequately reflect the cost of lodging in the area.
(B) Per diem rates are published on the Internet at www.gsa.gov/perdiem as an FTR Per

Diem Bulletin and published in the Federal Register on a periodic basis. This bulletin gives notice of a revision in the per diem rates prescribed by the Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP) for the continental United States (CONUS). Per Diem Bulletins published periodically in the Federal Register now constitute the only notification of revisions in CONUS per diem rates to agencies. This is the change constituted by this Bulletin:
Maximum per diem rates for official travel in the continental United States (CONUS) by Federal Government employees as prescribed in FTR Per Diem Bulletin 05-1:
	County and/or			Maximum	
	other defined	Lodging	M&IE	Per Diem	
Locality	location	Amount	Rate	Rate	
		(A)	+ (B)	_ (C)	
NEW YORK					
 
Great Neck	Nassau County	$159	$47	$206	
 
G. Martin Wagner
Associate Administrator