# Maximum Per Diem Rate for New York
**AGENCY:**
Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration (GSA).
**ACTION:**
Notice of Per Diem Bulletin 05-4, revised continental United States (CONUS) per diem rate.
**SUMMARY:**
The General Services Administration (GSA) has reviewed the lodging rate of a certain location in the State of New York and determined that it is inadequate. The per diem rate prescribed in Bulletin 05-4 may be found at *http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem.*
**DATES:**
This notice is effective December 29, 2004 and applies to travel performed on or after January 10, 2005.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
For clarification of content, contact Lois Mandell, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Travel Management Policy, at (202) 501-2824. Please cite FTR Per Diem Bulletin 05-4.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**A. Background**
After an analysis of the per diem rate established for FY 2005 (see the *Federal Register* notices at 69 FR 53071, August 31, 2004, and 69 FR 60152, October 7, 2004), the per diem rate is being changed in the following location:
**State of New York**
• Nassau County
**B. Procedures**
Per diem rates are published on the Internet at *www.gsa.gov/perdiem* as an FTR Per Diem Bulletin and published in the *Federal Register* on a periodic basis. This process ensures timely increases or decreases in per diem rates established by GSA for Federal employees on official travel within CONUS. Notices published periodically in the *Federal Register* , such as this one, now constitute the only notification of revisions in CONUS per diem rates to agencies.
Dated: December 22, 2004.
Becky Rhodes,
Deputy Associate Administrator. Office of Transportation and Personal Property.