CONUS COLA ASCII Delimited File Format.

The CCZIPSyy.TXT, CCWODEPyy.TXT, and CCWDEPyy.TXT ASCII files are delimited by ";" Semicolons.

YYYYCC.ZIP includes three ASCII files:

CCZIPSyy.TXT

The structure is as follows:

Description

TYPE

ZIPCODE

CHAR(5)

INDEX

CHAR(1)

MHA DESCRIPTION

CHAR(50)

 

CCWODEPyy.TXT and CCWDEPyy.TXT

The structure is as follows:

DESCRIPTION

TYPE

RANK

CHAR(42)

< 2 Years of service

999

2 Years of Service

999

3 Years of Service

999

4 Years of Service

999

6 Years of Service

999

8 Years of Service

999

10 Years of Service

999

12 Years of Service

999

14 Years of Service

999

16 Years of Service

999

18 Years of Service

999

20 Years of Service

999

22 Years of Service

999

24 Years of Service

999

26 Years of Service

999

 

CALCULATE THE MONTHLY ALLOWANCE:

MULTIPLY THE BASE RATE FOR PAY GRADE AND YEARS OF SERVICE (LOCATED IN TABLES CONUS-COLA-WD OR CONUS-COLA-WOD) BY THE DUTY STATION INDEX IN THE LIST OF ZIP CODES (LOCATED IN TABLE CONUS COLA LOCATIONS).

EXAMPLE:

ZIP CODE: 00401 NY349: WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY
RANK: E1 DETERMINES WHICH RANK TO USE
YEARS OF SERVICE: < 2 DETERMINES WHICH COLUMN TO USE IN THE RANK ROW
BASE AMOUNT: 19 BASED ON RANK and YEARS OF SERVICE FROM THE CCWDEP.TXT OR CCWODEP.TXT TABLE
INDEX: 9 FROM 2nd COLUMN IN CONUS-CO.TXT BASE ON ZIP CODE

CONUS COLA AMOUNT: 19 X 9 = $171.00