GSA Sets Per Diem Rates for 10 New Nonstandard Areas

The General Services Administration has released per diem rates for 10 new nonstandard areas for Fiscal Year 2013. All other per diem rates have been frozen at 2012 levels; the 2013 rates are in effect from Oct. 1, 2012, to Sept. 30, 2013. For 2013, the 10 new NSA areas will have the following rates:

Bakersfield/Ridgecrest, Calif.: $86

Stockton, Calif.: $83

Hancock and Pearl River Counties, Miss.: $82

Sidney/Glendive, Mont.:
    Oct. 1–March 31: $96
    April 1–May 30: $90
    June 1–Sept. 30: $96

Dickinson/Beulah, N.D.:
    Oct. 1–Nov. 30: $104
    Dec. 1–March 31: $118
    April 1–Sept. 30: $104

Minot, N.D.:
    Oct. 1–March 31: $112
    April 1–June 30: $100
    July 1–Sept. 30: $112

Williston, N.D.:
    Oct. 1–March 31: $96
    April 1–May 30: $90
    June 1–Sept. 30: $96

Carlsbad, N.M.: $89

Watertown, N.Y.: $99

Pasco, Wash.: $93