What are the key activities of the COLA Advisory Committees?

5 C.F.R. § 591.241
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01
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(a) The COLA Advisory Committees may— (1) Advise and assist OPM in planning living-cost surveys; (2) Provide or arrange for observers for data collection during living-cost surveys; (3) Advise and assist OPM in the review of survey data; (4) Advise OPM on its administration of the COLA program, including survey methodology; and (5) Assist OPM in disseminating information to affected employees about the living-cost surveys and the COLA program. (b) The committees also may advise OPM on special situations or conditions, such as hurricanes and earthquakes, as they relate to OPM's authority under § 591.223(b) to conduct interim surveys or implement some other change in response to conditions caused by a natural disaster or similar emergency.

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