PART III. OVERSEAS PAY- ADJUSTMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO PAY FOR SERVICE ABROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00530R000501140001-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 12, 1988
• Content Type: MISC

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BART III. OVERSEAS PAY - ADJUSTMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO PAY FOR
SERVICE ABROAD
Response Due: August 12, 1988
. This Part of the inquiry seeks information about the policies
and practices of the agency relating to additional pay and
allowances for employees assigned to work abroad.
to
Question 12.
NAPA
needs information on Questions 12, 13,
and
14 from CIA,
NSA,
DIA, the MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES,
and
FBI, unless
noted
otherwise on specific questions below.)
(NOTE: NAPA has sufficient information on Questions 13 and 14
from STATE; however, we would appreciate having STATE respond
Question 12. Objectives of Additional Pay and Allowances for
Overseas Assignments: Several possible purposes may
be served by giving employees extra pay and special
allowances for service abroad. Please check off any
purpose on this list that apply in the agency, and
provide additional comments on any you feel need more
explanation..
To give employees incentives to take assignments in
other countries.
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To reimburse employees for extraordinary expenses they
would face in an overseas assignment but not in an
assignment within the-United States.
To compensate employees for social or physical
hardships incidental to overseas assignments, e.g.,
disruption of family life, community services and
living conditions not up to U.S. standards, separation
from accustomed patterns of life in the United States,
necessity of learning to function in an unfamiliar
cultural environment, physical hardships relating to
climate, the environment, unavailability of health
care, isolation, the particular job to be done, or
other factors.
To enable employees to maintain a respectable life
style as representatives of the United States.
To enable employees to maintain a life style on a par
with other Americans in the same locations.
To enable employees under cover to maintain a life
style commensurate with the functions and social
standing of the lines of work they are presenting as
their own.
To keep employees from suffering economic losses
because of their absence from the U.S., or because of,
fluctuations in the value of the dollar.
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/ To offset the special hazards of representing the
United States in areas where terrorism abounds and is
aimed at U.S. officials in particular.
/ / Other objectives:
Question 13. Check List of Possible Allowances for Service
Overseas: The following check list presents numerous
kinds of allowances, one-time payments, or tax
exemptions tnat may be given to employees serving
abroad, but not to employees serving in the U.S. Most
of these items are derived from a list of such
allowances available to members of the Foreign
Service; but some of them come from lists of special
allowances that are available to employees of
intelligence agencies but not to the Foreign Service.
Please check off all items that may apply, in some
form, to employees of the agency serving overseas,
even if agency employees do not receive exactly the
same payments as members of the Foreign Service:
AUGMENTATION OF BASIC PAY ON A CONTINUING BASIS -
(Note. KiPA has sufficient information on this point
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from CIA and STATE. NAPA needs information on this
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// Payment of an increased rate of basic pay for service
overseas. (Describe how the extra pay is calculated,
e.g., a flat percentage of basic pay added to basic
pay, or a separate salary table for overseas work. If
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or similar assignments.
MONETARY ALLOWANCES RELATING TO MOVING OVERSEAS -
-7`-- Advance of pay: advance of salary to ease the
transition from domestic to foreign assignment, to be
re, aid over time by payroll eduet on /= L'
Consumable s ~ipment:
H ' paymetfyt t~ buy and semi
consumable foods and expendable supplies to a post
where such commodities will be unavailable.
Residential transactions: reimbursement for
lease-breaking or for residential transactions for
moving from the U.S. overseas.
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Moving and storage of household goods: payment to
move household goods either to post of duty or to a
storage facililty.
Transfer allowance - foreign: payment for certain
expenses incidental to closing down residence in U.S.
and moving overseas, e.g., predeparture subsistence
for lodging, meals, laundry; converting household
appliances; automobile registration,fees and drivers
l~ijcense fees.: C-&rZ"
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Hu ,i a Cc Transfer travel and per diem: payment of travel and
per diem expenses for employee and dependents in
moving to overseas post.
Temporary lodging allowance: payment to employees
upon arrival at overseas post to defray costs of hotel
rooms while locating residence quarters or awaiting
arrival of furniture.
Supplementary post allowance: payment to offset
extraordinary meal expenses when employee and family
are compelled to occupy temporary nonhousekeeping
quarters upon arrival at overseas post because
temporary quarters with ho sekeepin facilitie are
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l el Transportation of automobile: payment to transport
private automobile overseas and back to the U.S., or
to transport a replacement vehicle if automobile is
stolen or destroyed, or if the employee is overseas
more than four years.
Tax reimbursement:. reimbursement for Federal, State,
or local income taxes charged on travel and
transportation expenses and relocation allowances.
Lost or damaged property: payment of claims for loss
of or damage to personal property.
NONMONETARY BENEFITS RELATING TO MOVING OVERSEAS -
/ / Federal manufacturer's excise tax exemption: employee
is exempt from paying Federal manufacturer's excise
tax on automobiles or other goods taken overseas with
intent ultimately to sell or dispose of them and not
to bring them back to the U.S.
/ / Customs privileges: foreign government waives its
customs duties for agency employees, on a reciprocal
basis with U.S. Government.
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/ Family orientation training: orientation of family
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MONETARY A "'WANCES RELATING TO LIVING ABROAD -
/' Post allowance: payment of "cost of living"
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other than the overseas post of duty (in lieu of other
family allowances).
Separate maintenance allowance: payment of allowance c"U
added to salary for maintaining family at a location
members going abroad with employee.
Medical examinations: free medical examinations for
employee and dependents incidental to change of
assignment.
Immunizations: free immunizations and booster shots
for employees and dependents.
allowances added to salary for serving at posts where
the costs of goods and services significantly exceed
costs in W4shington, D.C.
Post 'differential: payment of differential added to
salary for "hardship" posts, for assignment or detail
to posts with unusually difficult or unhealthful
conditions or severe physical hardships. (If agency
pays a hardsnip post differenti9.l, may employee elect
to get extra service credit t and retirement instead
of money? YesJ/,~ No
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Basic living quarters allowance: payment of allowance
to enable employee to secure suitable housing and
related services if U.S. Government does not provide
quarters at the post of duty, including payment for
rent, garage space, furniture rental, property
insurance, agent's fees, initial repairs.
Supplemental living quarters allowance: payment of
additional allowance when the basic allowance is
insufficient.
Foreign income tax reimbursement: payment of
reimbursement for income taxes paid to foreign
government (in lieu of exemption from income taxes of
foreign country).
Layette shipment: payment for shipment from U.S. to
overseas post of clothing, furniture, and equipment
for a newborn child.
Representational allowances: payment of allowances
for expenses related to representing the U.S., for
entertainment, gifts, gratuities.
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NONMONETA 'BENEFITS RELATED TO LIVING ABROAD -
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Government housing: housing provided by U.S.
Government at post overseas, including heat, fuel,
lighting, furniture, equipment, repairs, maintenance,
garage space, guards, gardeners, and telephone
installation (in lieu of monetary housing allowances).
Commissary: permission to make purchases at military
commissaries or post exchanges.
Military clubs: permission to use military clubs,
messes, and recreational facilities overseas.
Duty free goods: foreign government allows agency
employees to purchase goods duty free, on a reciprocal
basis.
hospitalizaf_i.on at Government exj ense. `~++~ + ,.
Health care: health care for employee and dependents
Local holidays: time off on local holidays of foreign
country, as well as U.S. national holidays.
Income tax exemptions: exemption from local income
taxes of foreign government '(in lieu of reimbursement
for local income taxes).
Loan of household goods: U.S. Government lends
employee basic household furnishings and equipment for
use at post of duty in lieu of payin costs to ship
household L goods overseas and back..* e z =~, Rc+t.~~ Lo c i
SPECIAL MONTARY PAYMD'NTS FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO FAMILY LIFE -
Education allowance: payment for educational expenses
of children, including tuition, room and board, and
travel expenses between post of duty and location of
school.
Educational travel allowances: payment for travel
expenses of student
attending college in
the
U.S.,
covering round trip
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between post of duty
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and
U.S.
Emergenc visitation travel. payment of expenses for
employee, spouse, or family member to travel to the
U.S. from overseas post to visit family member
suffering serious illness or ~1.niury or R el
jo die.
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Health care travel: parnent of travel expenses 'tor
employee or dependents to get health care or dental
care not available at post of duty, including travel
expenses of patient and expenses of family member or
attendant required to accompany the patient.
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SPECIAL MONETARY ALLOWANCES RELATING TO REST, RECUPERATION, OR
RECREATION WHILE OVERSEAS -
Home leave: payment of travel expenses and per diem
and limited freight expenses for employee and family
between overseas tours of duty (time off charged to
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annual leave).
Rest and recup
Emergency evacuation: payment of allowances in event
of emergency evacuation of employee and/or family from
post of duty, including travel expenses, subsistence,
and other allowances.
Separated parents: payment of travel expenses of
children sent to visit separated or divorced parents.
eration: payment of travel expenses of
employee and family to travel for rest and
recuperation during period of service at posts that
present unfavorable conditions of climate, isolation,
housing, sanitation, lack of essential services,
prevalence of communicable diseases, or unusual
personal hazards.
SPECIAL MONETARY AND NONMONETARY ALLOWANCES RELATED TO SERVICE IN
DANGEROUS POSTS -
Danger pay: extra pay for danger at a post where
civil insurrection, civil war, or warlike conditions
Family visitation travel: payment of travel grant for
an employee in an imminent danger area to visit family
located away from the danger area.
prevail.
/ / Stress, hardship, abuse allowances: special leave
and/or travel allowances for employees who have been
subjected to unusual physical or psychological stress,
or hardship, or abuse.
/ / Death gratuity: payment of death gratuity to
dependents of an employee killed overseas as a result
of hostile or terrorist activities or high-risk
intelligence activities.
/ / Income tax exemption: U.S. Government foregoes income
taxes of an employee who dies because of terrorist
activities overseas.
MONETARY ALLOWANCES RELATED TO RETURN FROM ABROAD -
(Note: payments for moving and storage of Household goods,
.for transfer travel and per diem for employee and family and
for transportation of personal automobile, are assumed to be
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the same for moving back to the U.S. as for making the move
overseas. These items were listed above under the heading
"MONETARY ALLOWANCES RELATING TO MAKING THE MOVE OVERSEAS".)
Transfer allowance-home: payment of allowance to
assist with relocation expenses back to the U.S.,
covering subsistence (hotel lodging, meals, laundry,
for up to 60 days after arrival in the U.S.), and
miscellaneous expenses (converting household
appliances, obtaining automobile registration and
drivers license.)
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House-hunting: reimbursement for expenses of
house-hunting trip in connection with move from abroad
back to the U.S.
/0'/ Temporary lodging allowance: payment of an allowance
for expenses prior to departure from overseas post if
employee and family are required to take temporary
residence at a hotel, with supplemental allowance, if
needed, t9 cover meal expenses in such a situation.
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Dece'sed employeej:v payment to family for preparation
of body, for casket, and for transportation of
deceased employee, and for travel of dependents and
shipment of household goods back to the U.S.
MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ALLOWANCES OR BENEFITS RELATING TO OVERSEAS
SERVICE -
Other payments, allowances, nonmonetary benefits, or
tax exemptio s relating to oversea service
Question 14. Eligibility, amounts, and costs of overseas
allowances: Please review the items checked off in
Question 13 above. For each item checked, please
- Eligibility.: who is eligible for the allowance or
nonmonetary benefit and under what circumstances?
- Amounts: what is the formula or rule for
determining the amount to be paid?
Rationale: what is the reason for the particular
allowance, benefits, or tax exemption?
(Note: if the agency's allowance or benefit in any of these
items is the same in substance as the Foreign Service, but the
agency has different eligibility criteria or payment formulas,
just explain the difference.)
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