Originally Posted by Lehava
For what its worth the federal Meals and Incidentials per diem ranges from $34 to $69 depending on region of the country.
Yep, pretty much right on. In fact there is a decent site on GSA that breaks down the max lodging plus M&IE for each state--very useful for fellow "federal" employees:
GSA DOMESTIC RATES
For US Government overseas travelers on Uncle Sam's dime, you'll have to go to State's site:
STATE DEPT OVERSEAS RATES
One of the things on state's site that I noted is that there is no lodging reimbursement for Baghdad or Kabul!