New Per Diem Rates Issued

The General Services Administration has revised per diem rates for federal travelers, to be effective October 1, including creation of a new $50 meals and incidental expenses rate for travel to San Diego, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, San Jose, Los Angeles, Cambridge, Mass., Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Washington, D.C., Chicago, St. Louis, Manhattan, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Seattle. While the meals and incidental expenses portion increased in 86 percent of the roughly 450 cities studied, the lodgings rates remained the same in most cities.