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Overseas Allowances and Benefits: System Problems Remain

ID-82-5 Published: Dec 22, 1981. Publicly Released: Dec 22, 1981.
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The overseas allowances and benefits system has grown dramatically since World War II, reflecting an increased U.S. presence overseas. Civilian employees are authorized benefits and allowances either to reimburse them for extraordinary living costs abroad and/or to recruit and retain them for service overseas. In 1974 and 1975, GAO reported that different statutory and regulatary authorities have created a fragmented system resulting in inequities, inefficiencies, and low employee morale. GAO evaluated actions taken on the prior recommendations to make the overseas allowances and benefits system more uniform and equitable.

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Americans employed abroadCivilian employeesFringe benefitsHousing allowancesPersonnel managementSubsistence allowancesTravel costsVeterans benefitsAllowancesHolidays