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5 CFR §591.241

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  1. (a)The COLA Advisory Committees may—
    1. (1)Advise and assist OPM in planning living-cost surveys;
    2. (2)Provide or arrange for observers for data collection during living-cost surveys;
    3. (3)Advise and assist OPM in the review of survey data;
    4. (4)Advise OPM on its administration of the COLA program, including survey methodology; and
    5. (5)Assist OPM in disseminating information to affected employees about the living-cost surveys and the COLA program.
  2. (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.