Gsa Per Diem Rates 2024 New Orleans. Gsa establishes the rates that federal agencies use to reimburse their employees for lodging and meals and incidental expenses incurred while on official travel. The meals and incidental expense (m&ie) breakdowns in the tables below are provided should federal travelers need to deduct meals furnished by the government or.

The m&ie total is the full daily amount for a single calendar day when that day is neither the first nor last day of. Federal per diem rates consist of a maximum lodging allowance component and a meals and incidental expenses (m&ie) component.