Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: October 10, 2024) |
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel |
Chapter I - Office of Personnel Management |
SubChapter B - Civil Service Regulations |
Part 591 - Allowances and Differentials |
Subpart B - Cost-of-Living Allowance and Post Differential - Nonforeign Areas |
§ 591.201 - Definitions. |
Program Administration |
§ 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? |
Cost-of-Living Allowances and Post Differentials |
§ 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? |
Post Differentials |
§ 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? |
Cost-of-Living Allowances |
§ 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? |
Appendix A of Subpart B - Places and Rates at Which Allowances Shall Be Paid |
Appendix B of Subpart B - Places and Rates At Which Differentials Shall Be Paid |
Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 591 - Places and Rates at Which Allowances Are Paid |
Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 591 - Places and Rates At Which Differentials Are Paid |
Appendix A to Subpart B to Part 591 - Places and Rates at Which Allowances Are Paid |
Appendix B to Subpart B to Part 591 - Places and Rates At Which Differentials Are Paid |