Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living Allowance Rates; Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management is publishing a proposed regulation to change the cost-of-living allowance rates for certain white-collar Federal and U.S. Postal Service employees in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, based on living-cost surveys conducted in 2005 and interim adjustments calculated based on Consumer Price Index differences between the affected areas and the Washington, DC area.