The following information on COLA was provided by the Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO).

Each year, to coincide with the beginning of the new fiscal year, we update the Spendable Income pay table used by the pay centers to compute COLA pay. As a result of this year's update, service members will soon see a reduction in their Overseas Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) payments due to a decrease in the annual spendable income index. FY 2012 spendable income adjustments go into effect on October 1, 2011, with the change reflected in paychecks issued on October 16, 2011...

Procedures for implementing grade changes occurring as a result of the new position (billet) grading classification system (aka Billet Collection System or BCS)...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) is requesting innovative disease prevention and health promotion programs for presentation at the 2012 National Health Promotion Summit: Prevention. Promotion. Progress. April 10-11, 2012, in Washington, DC...

Is the stress and ‘weight’ of the day’s events taking a toll on your back, shoulder, or neck? Perhaps, although maybe you are carrying the real culprit on your back or shoulder. Every day, professionals and students alike load their briefcase, backpack, or purse and proceed to conquer the tasks of their day. At the end of the day you may have completed a project, been assigned more work (or homework), and now you have an annoying tingling down your arm or an ache in the low back! More than 79 million students carry backpacks to school, and the 23,000 backpack-related injuries reported in 2007 is both alarming and preventable ...

The Commissioned Officer Training Academy, in association with the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment, wishes to extend congratulations to graduates of the Officer Basic Course (OBC) - 45.

OBC training is a 2-week course of study for new calls to active duty to the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps). Officers learn about the history of the Corps and establish a foundation of knowledge in preparation for their Corps careers...

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