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13 FAM 102.4

Per Diem Related to Training

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Office of Origin: FSI)

13 FAM 102.4-1 When Assigned to a Training Institution

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/Agriculture/USAID)
(Foreign Service Employees)

If an employee is assigned to training, per diem will not be authorized for the training period. Travel for the employee and dependents, as well as shipment of effects, from the place of current assignment to the training location and then on to the next post after completion of training will be authorized.

13 FAM 102.4-2 When Detailed to a Training Institution

(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019)
(Uniform State/Agriculture/USAID)
(Civil Service and Foreign Service Employees)

a. Travel expenses for family members of employees detailed to training will not be authorized, nor will there be authorization for shipment or storage of effects. Employees detailed for long-term training will be authorized per diem in accordance with 14 FAM 573 and 14 FAM 575. If for any reason a detail is canceled before its scheduled completion, per diem will be paid only for the actual number of days the detail was in effect. In addition, travel and transportation for family members and effects to the next post of assignment will be authorized from the last post of assignment and not the training locality.

b. The last post of assignment remains the employees permanent duty station. If that duty station is Washington, DC and the next post of assignment requires training at FSI or anywhere in the Washington metropolitan area, no per diem would be payable for the training period. Per diem is not authorized at an employees permanent duty station (see 14 FAM 575.1).

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