How does PDTATAC obtain the data used to determine which locations qualify for CONUS COLA?
Data must be assembled from several sources: (1) Local market price data is purchased from a private contractor; (2) information pertaining to the availability of commissaries and exchanges is provided by their parent organizations; (3) average savings information generated by commissaries and exchanges is also provided by the parent organizations; and (4) CONUS-wide surveys, roughly every three years, determined the utilization rate and the savings generated by availability of commissaries and exchanges.
