Office of Allowances [Department of State] Law and Legal Definition
The Office of Allowances is a part of the Bureau of Administration of the U.S. Department of State. The Office of Allowances develops and coordinates policies, regulations, standards, and procedures to administer the government-wide allowances and benefits program abroad under the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR).
The functions of the Office of Allowances include;
a. compiling statistics of living costs abroad, quarters allowances, hardship differentials, and danger pay allowances;
b. computing the established allowances to compensate U.S. Government civilian employees for costs and hardships related to assignments abroad; and
c. establishing maximum per diem rates for foreign areas.
Legal Definition list
- Office of Allowances [Department of State]
- Office of Adult Probation
- Office of Administrative Law Judges [Federal Communications Commission]
- Office of a Contracting Party
- Office for Victims of Crime [OVC]
- Office of Analysis, Research and Technology
- Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management [Department of Labor]
- Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management [Department of Justice]
- Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs [BTA] [Department of State]
- Office of Buildings and Acquisitions [L/BA] [Department of State]
- Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons [CBW]
