Transportation on hold until further notice.As a consequence of recent natural disasters in Pakistan and Guatemala the Defense Security Cooperation Agency The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), as part of the United States Department of Defense, provides financial and technical assistance, transfer of defense matériel, training and services to allies, and promotes military-to-military contacts. (DSCA DSCA Defense Security Cooperation Agency DSCA Defense Support of Civil Authorities DSCA Differential Strain Curve Analysis DSCA Deep Sound Channel Axis DSCA Debt Service Coverage Account DSCA Document Signer Certification Authority ) Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief and Mine Action (HDM HDM - SPECIAL ) office is placing the Funded Transportation program on hold until further notice. The Funded Transportation program depends on Department of Defense's (DoD's) Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid (OHDACA OHDACA Overseas Humanitarian Disaster Assistance and Civic Aid appropriation OHDACA Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Casualty Assistance ) funding, all of which is currently allocated to sustain DoD ongoing humanitarian operations in Pakistan and Guatemala. This is not the first time the funded Transportation program was put on hold this calendar year. A similar measure was taken to support DoD relief efforts after the Tsunami destroyed the coastal areas in Asia and Africa. The hold will affect all approved shipments waiting on queue Pronounced "Q." A temporary holding place for data. See queuing, message queue and print queue. (programming) queue - A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence objects. Objects are added to the tail of the queue ("enqueued") and taken off the head ("dequeued"). and DSCA will not process new transportation requests until funding becomes available for the program. The hold does not affect the Deteon transportation program, which provides transportation of humanitarian cargo using military assets on a space-available basis. DSCA will update the status of the program on the transportation request web site. |
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