# 2025-01756: GSA Updates Overseas Job Form: Yawn-Worthy Feedback Sought

2025-01756, Information Collection; Overseas Employment Service Agreement (GSA Form 5040), is a Federal Register notice from General Services Administration published 2025-01-27, effective Submit comments on or before March 28, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-01756
- Title: Information Collection; Overseas Employment Service Agreement (GSA Form 5040)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: General Services Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 8215
- Published: 2025-01-27
- Effective: Submit comments on or before March 28, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-21

## In one line

GSA Updates Overseas Job Form: Yawn-Worthy Feedback Sought

## Summary

The General Services Administration (GSA) is updating the Overseas Employment Service Agreement form (GSA Form 5040) that federal employees use when working abroad. This update asks for public feedback by March 28, 2025, to make sure the form is clear and effective. If you’re a federal employee or manager involved in overseas assignments, this change affects you, but there’s no new cost involved.

## Abstract

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision to an existing information collection requirement.

## Effects PRIA read

- GSA updates Form 5040 for overseas staff: benefit, low. If you are a federal employee or manager involved in overseas assignments, GSA is revising the Overseas Employment Service Agreement (GSA Form 5040) and is requesting public comments by March 28, 2025. The agency states these revisions do not create any new cost for job candidates or current federa…
- Clarify Duty Station Location Code: benefit, low. The proposed revision modifies lines 6 and 11 of GSA Form 5040 to clarify how to determine the Duty Station Location Code, which is a numeric value assigned by the Office of Personnel Management.
- Add Form 5047 residence determination: benefit, low. Item 13 of the proposed GSA Form 5040 will reference a new GSA Form 5047, "Actual Place of Residence Determination," which must be completed at the same time as Form 5040.
- Clarify foreign allowances and leave rules: benefit, low. Item 15 of the revised Form 5040 proposes to clarify foreign allowances and leave benefits that GSA currently allows, referencing agency administrative order number 9592.
- Add financial liability disclosures: benefit, low. Item 16 will add additional financial liability disclosure statements taken from GSA Form 5042, "Home Leave and Renewal Agreement Travel," to better implement language required by the Federal Travel Regulations.
- New dependents table to help relocation: benefit, low. Item 17 of the revised form proposes adding a new table listing the names of family dependents to help the agency better arrange each family's foreign travel and relocation.
- Estimated respondent time burden: cost, medium. GSA estimates 25 respondents per year, 1 response per respondent, 8 hours per response, for a total of 25 annual responses and 200 total annual burden hours. Public comments are requested by March 28, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-01756 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/27/2025-01756/information-collection-overseas-employment-service-agreement-gsa-form-5040)
- [2025-01756 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-27/pdf/2025-01756.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-01756 (as of 2026-09-21).