The General Services Administration has raised the mileage reimbursement rate for federal travelers
for calendar year 2005 to 40.5 cents per mile, up by three cents per mile from the 2004 rate. The GSA
as usual followed the lead of the IRS, which earlier announced that a 40.5 cents per mile rate will
apply for tax deduction purposes in 2005. GSA has not yet released certain other mileage rates, such
as reimbursement for travel by motorcycle or private airplane.