|APPENDIX�A�-�DEFINITIONS
    PART�II:��ACRONYMS
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| | PMRProportional Meal Rate | 
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| | POAPrivately Owned Automobile | 
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| | POCPrivately Owned Conveyance | 
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| | PoCPoint of Contact | 
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| | PODPoint of Debarkation | 
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| | POEPoint of Embarkation | 
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| | POVPrivately Owned Vehicle | 
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| | POWPrisoner of War | 
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| | PPGBLPersonal Property Government Bill of Lading | 
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| | SROTCSenior Reserve Officers' Training Corps | 
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| | SR&RSpecial Rest and Recuperative Absence | 
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| | SSBSpecial Separation Benefit | 
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| | SSNSocial Security Number | 
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| | STSSpecialized Treatment Services | 
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| | TADTemporary Additional Duty | 
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| | TDRLTemporary Disability Retired List | 
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| | TDYTemporary Duty | 
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| | TGBLThrough Government Bill of Lading | 
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| | TLATemporary Lodging Allowance | 
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| | TLETemporary Lodging Expense | 
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| | TMCTravel Management Centers | 
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| | TMSTravel Management System | 
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| | UNUnited Nations | 
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| | U.S.United States | 
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| | U.S.C.United States Code | 
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| | USNOAAUnited States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | 
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| | USPHSUnited States Public Health Service | 
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| | VADepartment of Veterans Affairs | 
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| | VSIVoluntary Separation Incentive | 
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| | APPENDIX B - OCONUS MAXIMUM PER DIEM RATES | 
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| | APPENDIX C - RESERVED | 
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| | APPENDIX D - CONUS MAXIMUM PER DIEM RATES | 
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| | APPENDIX E - RESERVED | 
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| | APPENDIX F - CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCE | 
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| | PART I:� LOCATIONS HAVING CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCES | 
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| | A member, assigned to a PDS in an area listed below, is entitled to ship up to 1,250 pounds of suitable consumable goods per year.* | 
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| | An employee, assigned to a PDS in an area listed below, is entitled to ship up to 1,250 pounds of suitable consumable goods per year.*� This allowance is in addition to the 4,500 pound weight allowance authorized in JTR, par. C8002-A2.� In no event shall the weight of HHG stored at Government expense plus the weight of HHG shipped at Government expense, including consumable goods shipments, exceed 18,000 pounds. | 
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| | *Requests for increased weight allowances for consumable goods shipments must be justified in writing and sent through the appropriate organizational channels to the PDTATAC for approval.� In no event shall the maximum weight allowance for consumable goods shipment exceed 2,000 pounds per year | 
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| | LOCATIONS | 
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| | Afghanistan, KabulGabon, LibrevillePoland, Warsaw 
Albania, TiranaGeorgia, Tbilisi Romania, Bucharest 
Algeria, AlgiersGhana, AccraRussia, Moscow 
Angola, Luanda Guinea, ConakryRussia, St. Petersburg | 
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| | Armenia, Yerevan Guyana, GeorgetownRwanda, Kigali (Eff:22 Jul 98) | 
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| | Azerbaijan, Baku India, CalcuttaSerbia-Montenegro, Belgrade 
Bangladesh, DhakaIndonesiaSierra Leone, Freetown 
Belarus, Minsk Kazakstan, Alma-Ata Somalia, Mogadishu 
Bolivia, La PazKenyaSri Lanka, Colombo 
Bosnia-Herzegovina Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek Sudan, Khartoum 
BotswanaLaos Suriname, Paramaribo 
Bulgaria, SofiaLatvia, Riga Syria, Damascus 
Burkina, OuagadougouLiberia, MonroviaTajikistan, Dushnanbe� 
Burma, RangoonLithuania, Vilnius Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam
Burundi, Bujumbura Macedonia, Skopje Togo, Lome� 
Cambodia, Phnom PenhMadagascar, AntananarivoTurkmenistan, Ashkhabad 
Cameroon, YaoundeMalawi, LilongweUganda, Kampala 
Central African Republic, BanguiMali, BamakoUkraine, Kiev� 
Chad, N'DjamenaMauritania, NouakchottUzbekistan, Tashkent� 
China, BeijingMoldova (eff:4 Mar 98)Vietnam 
China, ShanghaiMongolia, UlaanbaatarYemen, Sanna� (eff:8 July 99) Yugoslavia� (See Serbia-Montenegro) | 
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| | Mozambique, MaputoZaire, Kinshasa� 
Congo, BrazzavilleNepal, KatmanduZambia, Lusaka
Cote d'Ivoire, AbidjanNicaragua, Managua Zimbabwe 
Cuba, HavanaNiger, Niamey
Cyprus, NicosiaNigeria, Lagos
DjiboutiNorway, Bodo
Ecuador, QuitoOman, Muscat
Estonia, TallinnPakistan, Islamabad
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Pakistan, QuettaPhilippines, Manila | 
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| | PART II: CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING A CONSUMABLE GOODS ALLOWANCE. | 
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| | The senior officer, in the area concerned, may submit a justified request for the area to be designated as an OCONUS location to which consumable goods may be shipped.� The justified request is sent through the appropriate organizational channels to the PDTATAC for approval.� The request must address the following questions: | 
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| | 1.How many members and DOD employees serve in the area? | 
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| | 2.Are State Department employees authorized a consumable goods shipment to the area? | 
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| | 3.What types of consumable goods are unavailable locally?� Please include foodstuffs, household and personal items. | 
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| | 4.Is the quality of consumable goods available locally equivalent to the American counterpart?� If not, explain. | 
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| | 5.What factors contribute to the lack of a reliable local source of adequate, necessary consumable goods?� Are those factors likely to improve in the foreseeable future? | 
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| | 6.Do locally available fresh foods require preparation far different from the American counterpart of those foods?� If so, explain. | 
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| | 7.Why do members/employees prefer/need to eat canned/dried/processed vegetables and produce versus locally available items? | 
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| | 8.Do food shortages require members/employees to wait in line for items for long periods? | 
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| | 9.Does State Department have a commissary or food locker/co-op at the station?� If so: | 
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| | a.� What is the space and storage capacity of the facility? | 
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| | b.� What variety of items are available? | 
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| | c.� How often is it restocked? | 
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| | d.� Can members/employees place bulk orders for consumable goods through the facility? | 
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