{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-591.241","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 591.241","heading":"What are the key activities of the COLA Advisory Committees?","body":"(a) The COLA Advisory Committees may—\n(1) Advise and assist OPM in planning living-cost surveys;\n(2) Provide or arrange for observers for data collection during living-cost surveys;\n(3) Advise and assist OPM in the review of survey data;\n(4) Advise OPM on its administration of the COLA program, including survey methodology; and\n(5) Assist OPM in disseminating information to affected employees about the living-cost surveys and the COLA program.\n(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.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 591—ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS","Subpart B—Cost-of-Living Allowance and Post Differential—Nonforeign Areas"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"0b7c4f72119065d196923a623bbe4d09739e979a3026c851cf1e4ac91f4b15e0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-591.240","next":"us/5-cfr-591.242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}