Cuts to Federal Employees’ Per Diem Allowance for Long-Term Official Travel Survey
In November 2014, the Department of Defense (DOD) implemented changes to the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) that cut the per diem allowance for employees traveling 31 to 180 days to 75% of the current per diem rate, and further reduced the per diem allowance to only 55% of allowable expenses for travel longer than 180 days. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) represents thousands of DOD civilian employees that provide essential mission support on long-term Temporary Duty (TDY) assignments. As a result of these changes, DOD employees must now identify reduced rate lodging and live off a per diem allowance for meals and incidental expenses that is well below nationally established per diem rates while traveling for work extended periods of time.
AFGE will use the information that you provide below to lobby Congress in support of legislation that would prohibit DOD from reducing the per diem allowance for long-term official travel.