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Federal laws protect Federal employees from retaliation for disclosing allegations of wrongdoing — specifically allegations of a violation of law, rule or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. A person who makes these types of disclosures is commonly called a whistleblower.
Federal officials are prohibited from taking, threatening, proposing or failing to take a personnel action against a whistleblower because they made a whistleblower disclosure. Personnel actions can include a poor performance review, reassignment, demotion, suspension, and termination.
General Services Administration (GSA) employees have several options to disclose wrongdoing, including:
Current and former GSA employees and applicants for employment with the GSA who believe they have been retaliated against for reporting wrongdoing, have several avenues for filing a whistleblower retaliation complaint.
Complainants must choose one venue to file a complaint at a time. The entities with authority to investigate or hear appeals concerning allegations of whistleblower retaliation will not process the claim if a claim over the same issue is pending elsewhere.
Current and former GSA employees and applicants for employment with the GSA who have initially filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel have further appeal rights. Complainants may file what is called an Individual Right of Action Appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board if the Office of Special Counsel:
Information about filing whistleblower appeals can be found on the Merit Systems Protection Board website.
Current and former GSA employees can contact the GSA Office of Inspector General Whistleblower Protection Coordinator with questions about prohibitions on retaliation for protected disclosures or whistleblower rights and remedies against retaliation at whistleblower@gsaig.gov or 202-273-7330.
Please note that the OIG whistleblower protection coordinator is prohibited from acting as an employee’s or former employee’s legal representative, agent, or advocate.
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Rates for foreign countries are set by the Department of State.
Rates are available between 10/1/2023 and 09/30/2026.
The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
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