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GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT ACRONYMS

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AAPC Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee

AAR After Action Report

ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission

ABVS Automated Best Value System

ACAT Acquisition Category

ACC Air Combat Command

ACDA United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACF Administration for Children and Families

ACLA Administration for Community Living

ACMP Acquisition Career Management Program

ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

ACO Administrative Contracting Officer

ACPDB Automated Civilian Personnel Data Bank

ACQ Acquisition; Web Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

and Technology

ACS Assistant Chief of Staff

ACSL Alternate Crops and Systems Lab

ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed

ACYF Administration for Children, Youth, and Families

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADC Program against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency

ADD Administration on Developmental Disabilities

ADF African Development Foundation

ADP Automated Data Processing

AEP Affirmative Employment Program

AF African Affairs

AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFIS American Forces Information Service

AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology

AFRC Air Force Reserve Command

AFROTC Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps

AFRTS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

AFS Air Facility Sub-System

AFSC Armed Forces Staff College

AFSPC Air Force Space Command

AG Attorney General

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AGAR USDA Agriculture Acquisition Regulation

AGRICOLA Agricultural Online Access

AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

AHPCRC Army High Performance Computing Research Center

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AHS American Housing Survey

AI Action Item; American Indian

AID Acquisition Identification Technologies; Agency for International

Development

AIMS Advertising and Integrated Management Solutions

AIRS Aerometric Information Retrieval System

AIS Automated Information System

ALIN Agreement Line Item Number

ALMC Army Logistics Management College

AMEC Army Management Engineering College

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service

AN Alaskan Native

ANA Administration for Native Americans

ANG Air National Guard

ANS American National Standard

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOA Administration on Aging

AOB Annual Operating Budget

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

ARB Administrative Review Board

ARBA Army Review Boards Agency

ARC Appalachian Regional Commission

ARNet Acquisition Reform Network

ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARS Agricultural Research Service

ASIAS Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing

ASN (RDA) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

ASPM Armed Services Pricing Manual

ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

ATR Antitrust Division

ATRRS Army Training Requirements and Resources System

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ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

AVBS Automated Best Value System

AVC Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance

AY Assembly

B/L Bill of Lading

B & P Bid and Proposal

BAA Broad Agency Announcement

BAC Budgeted Cost at Completion

BAFO Best and Final Offer

BARC Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

BAT Best Available Technology

BD Business Development

BDO Blanket Delivery Order

BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEP Bureau of Engraving and Printing

BEST Bio-monitoring of Environmental Status and Trends

BG Bag

BHPr Bureau of Health Professions

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs

BIC Business Information Center

BIMAS Bio-Informatics Molecular Analysis Section

BIS Bureau of Industry and Security

BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance

BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics

BLM Bureau of Land Management

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

BMM Business Matchmaking

BNA Bureau of National Affairs

BOA Basic Ordering Agreement

BOEM Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

BOP Federal Bureau of Prisons

BOR Bureau of Reclamation

BOS Business Opportunity Specialist

BP Bureau of Budget and Planning

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement; Bonneville Power Administration

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BPD Bureau of Public Debt

BPHC Bureau of Primary Health Care

BPS Biological Policy Staff

BRB Benefits Review Board

BRD Biological Resource Division

BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

BSC Business Service Centers

BSEE Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics

BVA Board of Veterans Appeals

BX Bureau of Export Administration Box

BXA

CA Cooperative Agreement; Bureau of Consular Affairs

CAD Computer Assisted Design

CAG Career Advisory Group

CAGE Commercial and Government Entity

CAHW HQ Workforce Effectiveness and Development Group

CAO Congressional Affairs Office

CAS Cost Accounting Standards; Contract Administrative Service; Customer

Account Specialist

CATR Conventional Arms Threat Reduction

CBA Commercial & Business Affairs

CBD Commerce Business Daily

CBER Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

CBI Confidential Business Information

CBIAC Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center

CBO Congressional Budget Office

CBT Computer Based Training

CBU Commodity Business Unit

CCB Child Care Bureau

CCC Commodity Credit Corporation

CCDR Contract Cost Data Report

CCR Central Contractor Registration; Commission on Civil Rights

CDBG Community Development Block Grants

CDC Centers for Disease Control

CDD Contract Delivery Date

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CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

CDFI Community Development Financial Institutions

CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

CEA Cost Effective Analysis; Council of Economic Advisers

CEDR Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource

CEN Bureau of the Census

CEOS Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

CEPPO Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office

CEPS Center for Earth and Planetary Studies

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CERCLIS Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability

Information System

CETEC Topographic Engineering Center

CFBNP Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships

CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

CFOC Chief Financial Officers Council

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CFSAN National Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

CFSR Contract Funds Status Report

CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission

CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs

CHID Combined Health Information Database

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CIAO Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

CIC Consumer Information Center

CICA Competition in Contracting Act

CID Commercial Item Description

CID Army Criminal Investigation Command

CIFA Counterintelligence Field Activity

CIO Chief Information Officer

CIP International Communications and Information Policy

CIPRIS Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students

CIS Cancer Information Service

CIT Center for Information Technology

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna

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and Flora

CIV Civil Division

CLIN Contract Line Item Number

CM Configuration Management

CMG Commodity Management Group

CMHS Center for Mental Health Services

CMM Capability Maturity Model

CMMI Capability Maturity Model - Integrated

CMO Contract Management Office

CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CMT Contract Management Team

CMV Center for Minority Veterans

CN Can

CNO Chief of Naval Operations

CNPP Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

CNS Corporation for National Service

CO Contracting Officer

COB Close of Business

COCO Contractor Owned/Contractor Operated

COMPAD Competition Advocate

CONRAIL Consolidated Rail Corporation

CONSER Cooperative Online Serials

CONUS Continental United States

COP Coastal Ocean Program

COPS Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; Commodity Oriented

Procurement System

COR Contracting Officer Representative

COTR Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative

COTS Commercial Off-the-Shelf

CPAF Cost Plus Award Fee

CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee

CPI Consumer Price Index; Counter-Proliferation Initiatives

CPIF Cost Plus Incentive Fee

CPMS Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service

CPN Contract Payment Notice

CPO Corrections Program Office; Civilian Personnel Officer

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CPR Cost Performance Report; Chief of Protocol

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission

CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CRC Civil Rights Center

CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects

CRM Criminal Division

CRP Conservation Reserve Program

CRS Congressional Research Service; Community Relations Service; Central

Referral System

CRT Civil Rights Division

CSAP Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

CSB Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

CSE Child Support Enforcement

CSI Center for the Study of Intelligence

CSO Conflict and Stabilization Operations

CSR Center for Scientific Review

CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

CT Counterterrorism

CTEP Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program

CUAP College and University Affiliations Program

CWC Chemical Weapons Convention

CY Calendar Year; Cylinder

DA Department of the Army

DACA Days after Contract Award

DAG Deputy Attorney General

DANTES Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support

DARO Days After Receipt of Order

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAU Defense Acquisition University

DAWIA Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act

DBMS Defense Business Management System

DBU Data Bank Update

DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCAI Defense Contract Audit Institute

DCMA Defense Contract Management Agency

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DCMAO Defense Contract Management Area Operation

DCMC Defense Contract Management Command

DCMD Defense Contract Management District

DCRT Division of Computer Research and Technology

DCTED DLA Center for Training, Education, and Development

DDC Defense Distribution Center

DEA Drug Enforcement Administration

DeCA Defense Commissary Agency

DEL Delivery

DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs

DESC Defense Energy Support Center

DFARS Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DI Document Identifier

DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DIC Document Identifier Code

DID Data Item Description

DINFOS Defense Information School

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency

DITSO Defense Information Technology Services Organization

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

DLAIER DLA Industrial Equipment Reserve

DLAM Defense Logistics Agency Manual

DLAPS Defense Logistics Agency Publishing System

DLAR Defense Logistics Agency Regulation

DLIS Defense Logistics Information Systems

DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency

DLSC Defense Logistics Support Command

DLH Direct Labor Hour

DMA Defense Mapping Agency

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center

DMS Defense Mapping School

DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

DNSC Defense National Stockpile Center

DOC Department of Commerce

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DOD Department of Defense

DODEA Department of Defense Education Activity

DoDISS DoD Index of Specifications and Standards

DoDSSP Single Stock Point for Specifications and Standards

DOE Department of Energy

DOI Department of the Interior

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL Department of Labor

DOS Department of State

DOT Department of Transportation

DPS Domestic Policy Council

DRL Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

DRMS Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service

DS Diplomatic Security

DSC Defense Supply Center

DSCA Defense Security Cooperation Agency

DSCC Defense Supply Center Columbus

DSCR Defense Supply Center Richmond

DSS Defense Security Service

DTIC Defense Technical Information Center

DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DUNS Data Universal Numbering System

DVD Direct Vendor Delivery

DZ Dozen

EA Each

EAP Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

EAR Export Administration Regulations

EB Electronic Business; Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs

EBSA Employee Benefits Security Administration

EC Electronic Commerce

ECA Educational and Cultural Affairs

ECAB Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

ECI Early Childhood Development and Education

ECIE Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency

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ECOSOC Economic and Social Council

ECP Engineering Change Proposal; Emergency Conservation Program

ED Department of Education

EDA Economic Development Administration

EDD Estimated Delivery Date

EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDOP Expedited Delivery Order Process

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EFT Electronic Funds Transfer

EHP Environmental Health Perspectives

EIA Energy Information Administration

EIS Epidemic Intelligence Service

EM Environmental Management

ENC Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

ENR Energy Resources

ENRD Environment and Natural Resources Division

EO Executive Order

EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review

EOM End of Month

EPPD Economic Policy Analysis & Public Diplomacy

EOUSA Executive Office for United States Attorneys

EOUST Executive Office for United States Trustees

EOWS Executive Office of Weed and Seed

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EREN Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

ERL Environmental Research Laboratories

EROD Education Resource Organizations Directory

ES Executive Secretariat

ESA Engineering Support Activity; Employment Standards Administration

ESC Energy, Sanctions and Commodities

ERS Economic Research Service

ESA Employment Standards Administration; Economics and Statistics

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Administration

ESDIM Environmental Services Data and Information Management

ESOC Emergency Supply Operations Center

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival; Employment and Training Administration

ETC Estimate to Complete

EUR European and Eurasian Affairs

EX-IM Export-Import Bank of the United States

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

Fannie Mae Federal National Mortgage Association

FABS Financial and Business Solutions

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FAPRS Federal Assistance Programs Retrieval System

FAQ Frequently Asked Question

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

Farmer Mac Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

FAS Federal Acquisition Service; Foreign Agricultural Service

FASA Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act

FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

FAT First Article Testing

FBCI Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service

FBNP Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

FCA Farm Credit Administration

FCC Federal Communications Commission

FCIC Federal Consumer Information Center; Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

FCSC Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FEB Federal Executive Board

FEC Federal Election Commission

FEDIX Federal Information Exchange Inc.

FEDRIP Federal Research in Progress Database

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FETC Federal Energy Technology Center

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FFB Federal Financing Bank

FFP Firm Fixed Price

FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center

FHA Federal Housing Administration

FHFB Federal Housing Finance Board

FHWA Federal Highway Administration

FIA Federal Insurance Administration

FINCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards

FISC Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act

FJC Federal Judicial Center

FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FMCS Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act

FMS Foreign Military Sales; Federal Maritime Commission; Financial

Management Service

FMSHRC Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

FMV Fair Market Value

FNCS Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association

FNS Food and Nutrition Service

FOB Freight on Board

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FOMC Federal Open Market Committee

FPDC Federal Procurement Data Center

FPI Fixed Price Incentive; Federal Prison Industries

FPL Federal Procurement List

FR Federal Register

FRA Federal Railroad Administration

FRB Federal Reserve Board

FRS Federal Reserve System; Federal Relay Service

FRTIB Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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FS Forest Service

FSA Farm Service Agency; Office of Federal Student Aid

FSC Federal Supply Classification

FSCAP Flight Safety Critical Application Part

FSCM Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers

FSG Federal Supply Group

FSI Foreign Service Institute

FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service

FSS Federal Supply Schedules; Federal Supply Service

FTA Federal Transit Administration

FTC Federal Trade Commission

FTS Federal Technology Service

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service

FY Fiscal Year

FYI For Your Information

FYSB Family and Youth Services Bureau

G&A General and Administrative

GAA General Agency Agreement

GAC Office of US Global Aids Coordinator

GAO Government Accounting Office

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GBL Government Bill of Lading

GCJ Office of Global Criminal Justice

GCMD Global Change Master Directory

GFE Government Furnished Equipment

GFM Government Furnished Materials

GFP Government Furnished Property

GILS Government Information Locator Service

Ginnie Mae Government National Mortgage Association

GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration

GIS Geographic Information Systems

GL Gallon

GNIS Geographic Names Information System

GNMA Government National Mortgage Association

GOCO Government Owned, Contractor Operated

GPO Government Printing Office

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GPRA Government Performance and Results Act

GPS Global Positioning System

GS Geological Survey

GSA General Services Administration

GSARS General Services Acquisition Regulation Supplement

GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

GWA Government Wide Accounting Project Group

GWAC Government Wide Acquisition Contract

GWI Office of Global Women’s Issues

GYI Office of Global Youth Issues

GwoB Government without Boundaries

HAC Health Administration Center

HCFA Health Care Financing Administration

HBCUs Historically Black College and Universities

HCA Head of Contracting Activity

HHS Department of Health and Human Services

HIRS Health Information Resources Service

HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications

HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

HSB Head Start Bureau

HSBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities

HQ Headquarters

HR Human Resources

HR&A Human Resources and Administration

HUB Historically Underutilized Business

HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development

IA Information Assurance; Import Administration

IACB Indian Arts and Crafts Board

IADRWG Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEGC Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee

IAF Inter-American Foundation

IAO International Affairs Office

IAW In Accordance With

IBB International Broadcasting Bureau

ICAF Industrial College of the Armed Forces

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ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

ICC Interstate Commerce Commission

IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

IES Institute of Education Sciences

IFB Invitation for Bid

IFD International Finance and Development

IG Inspector General

IGA Intergovernmental Affairs

IHS Indian Health Service

IIP International Information Programs

ILAB International Labor Affairs

ILO International Labor Organization

IMF International Monetary Fund

IMET International Military Education & Training

IMLS Institute of Museum and Library Services

INF Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces

INL International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

INR Intelligence and Research

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service

IO International Organization Affairs

IRM Information Resource Management

IRS Internal Revenue Service

ISAB Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ISN Bureau of International Security and Non-proliferation

ITA International Trade Association

IQC Indefinite Quantity Contract

ISO International Standards Organization (or International Organization for

Standardization)

ISSA Inter/Intra Service Support Agreement

IV&V Independent Validation and Verification

IT Information Technology

JMD Justice Management Division

JPDO Joint Planning and Development Office

KM Knowledge Management

KT Kit

LAN Local Area Network

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LOA Letter of Offer and Acceptance

LOB Line of Business

LOE Level of Effort

LOP Letter of Procurement

LT Lot

M&IE Meals and Incidental Expense

MARAD Maritime Administration

MAS Multiple Award Schedule

MBC Missile, Biological and Chemical Nonproliferation

MBDA Minority Business Development Agency

MBDC Minority Business Development Center

MBE Minority Business Entrepreneur

MC Marine Corps

MED Medical Services

MILSPEC Military Specification

MIL-STD Military Standard

MNSA Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOBIS Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MSHA Mine Health & Safety Administration

NA Nuclear Affairs

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NARA National Archives and Records Administration

NAS National Airspace System

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASFARS National Aeronautics Space Administration FAR Supplement

NCA National Cemetery Administration

NDI Non-Developmental Item

NEA Near Eastern Affairs

NESS Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security

NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders

NIDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

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NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Services

NIFC National Interagency Fire Center

NIFL National Institute for Literacy

NIGC National Indian Gaming Commission

NIGMS National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIIN National Item Identification Number

NIJ National Institute of Justice

NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NIMH National Institute of Mental Health

NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NINR National Institute of Nursing Research

NINOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIPA National Income and Product Accounts

NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NISTIR National Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report

NLE National Library of Education

NLM National Library of Medicine

NLRB National Labor Relations Board

NLT No Later Than

NMB National Mediation Board

NMCS Non-Mission Capable Status

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

NNCP Non-nuclear and Counter- Proliferation

NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NODC National Oceanographic Data Center

NOS National Ocean Service

NP Nonproliferation Programs

NPCR National Program of Cancer Registries

NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPS National Park Service

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NPTO National Petroleum Technology Office

NR National Register of Historic Places

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRCS National Resources Conservation Service

NRDP National Rural Development Partnership

NREN National Research and Education Network

NREVSS National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance Systems

NRO National Reconnaissance Office

NRPC National Railroad Passenger Corporation

NSA National Security Agency

NSC National Security Council

NSD National Security Division

NSF National Science Foundation

NSN National Stock Number

NSTC National Science and Technology Center

NSTL National Space Technology Laboratories

NTE Not to Exceed

NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NTIS National Technical Information Service

NTP National Toxicology Program

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board

NVSS National Vital Statistics System

NWC National War College

NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group

NWS National Weather Service

NWTRB Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

O/A On or About

OA Office of Administration

OAC Office of Anti-boycott Compliance

OACU Office of Animal Care and Use

OAIT Office of American Indian Trust

OALJ Office of Administrative Law Judges

OAR Office of AIDS Research; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

OAS Organization of American States

OASAM Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management

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OASDI Old –Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance

OASP Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy

OAT Office for the Advancement of Tele-health

OBL Office of Business Liaison

OBO Overseas Buildings Operations

OCC Comptroller of the Currency

OCD Office of Community Development

OCDETF Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces

OCE Office of the Chief Economist

OCIA Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs

OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer

OCLA Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs

OCO Office of Communications and Outreach

OCONUS Outside the Continental United States

OCR Optical Character Recognition; Office for Civil Rights (Dept. of Education)

OCRWM Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

OCS Office of Community Services

OCSE Office of Child Support Enforcement

ODEP Office of Disability Employment Policy

ODP Office of Disease Prevention

ODS Office of the Deputy Secretary

OEA Office of Economic Adjustment

OECA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OEGT Office of Electronic Government and Technology

OELA Office of English Language Acquisition

OES Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

OESE Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

OET Office of Educational Technology

OFA Office of Family Assistance

OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control

OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

OFDT Office of Federal Detention Trustee

OFHEO Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

OFM Office Financial Management; Office of Foreign Missions

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OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy

OFR Office of the Federal Register

OGC Office of the General Counsel

OGE Office of Government Ethics

OGP Office of Government wide Policy

OGWDW Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water

OH Office of Innovation and Improvement

OHASIS Office of Health and Safety Information System

OHRP Office of Human Research Protections

OI&T Office of Information and Technology

OIA Office of Insular Affairs

OIIA Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs

OIG Office of the Inspector General

OIP Office of Information Policy

OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

OJP Office of Justice Programs

OLA Office of Legislative Affairs

OLC Office of Legal Counsel

OLCA Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs

OLMS Office of Labor Management Standards

OLP Office of Legal Policy

OM Office of Management

OMAO Office of Marine and Aviation’s Operations

OMAR Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMM Offshore Minerals Management Program

ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy

ONR Office of Naval Research

OPA Office of Population Affairs; Office of Pardon Attorney

OPE Office of Postsecondary Education; Office of Public Engagement

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEDPD Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development

OPHS Office of Public Health and Science

OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OPPTS Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances

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OPR Office of Professional Responsibility

ORA Office of Research and Applications

ORACBA Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis

ORD Office of Rare Diseases

ORHP Office of Rural Health Policy

ORI Office of Research Integrity

ORMH Office of Research on Minority Health

ORR Office of Refugee Resettlement

ORWH Office of Research on Women’s Health

OSAC Overseas Security Advisory Council

OSBP Office of Small Business Programs

OSC Office of Special Counsel

OSCE Office of Child Support Enforcement

OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OSF Office of Space Flight

OSG Office of the Solicitor General

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHRC Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

OSM Office of Surface Mining; Office of Spectrum Management

OSP Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness

OST Office of Science and Technology; Office of the Secretary of

Transportation; Office of Special Trustee for American Indians

OSTI Office of Scientific and Technical Information

OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy

OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

OTA Office of Technology Assessment

OTJ Office of Tribal Justice

OTS Office of Thrift Supervision

OTT Office of Transportation Technologies

OVAE Office of Vocational and Adult Education

OVC Office for Victims of Crime

OVW Office of Violence Against Women

OWBO Office of Women’s Business Ownership

OWCP Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs

OWH Office on Women’s Health

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P/N Part Number

PA Public Affairs

PAHO Pan American Health Organization

PAM Office of Acquisition and Property Management

PAO Office of Public Affairs

PAR Payroll, Accounting and Reporting System

PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

PBS Public Building Service

PC Peace Corps

PCBC President’s Council on Bioethics

PCC Panama Canal Commission

PCO Procuring Contracting Officer

PCR Procurement Center Representative

PEO Program Executive Officer

PES Professional Engineering Services

PFIAB President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

PHA Public Housing Agency

PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

PHN Center for Population, Health and Nutrition

PHPPO Public Health Practice Program Office

PHPS Public Health Prevention Service

PHS Public Health Service

PHTN Public Health Training Network

PID Procurement Item Description

PIN Personal Identification Number

PIV Personal Identity Verification

PK Package

PL Public Law

PLFA Primary Level Field Activity

PLLI National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong

Learning

PLT Production Lead Time

PMB Office of Policy, Management and Budget

PME Personnel Management Evaluation

PMP Program Management Plan

PMRS Performance Management and Recognition System

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PMS Performance Management System

PO Purchase Order

POI Program of Instruction

POA&M Plan of Action and Milestones

POC Point of Contact

POM Program Objective Memorandum

POW/MP Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel

PM Political Military Affairs

PPBS Planning Programming and Budgeting System

PPQ Plant Protection and Quarantine

PPR Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

PR Pair; Peer Review(s); Purchase Request

PRAO Professional Responsibility Advisory Office

PRC Postal Rate Commission

PRDA Program Research and Development Announcement

PRI Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation

PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees, Migration and

PSC Program Support Center

PTO Patent and Trademark Office

PUMS Public Use Micro-data Samples

PWBA Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

QA Quality Assurance

QAB Quality Assurance Program

QAP Quality Assurance Provision

QBL Qualified Bidders List

QC Quality Control

QMS Quality Management System

QPL Qualified Products List

QT Quart

QVP Quality Vendor Program

R&D Research and Development

RA Reserve Affairs; Regional Affairs

RBS Rural Business- Cooperative Service

RD Rural Development

RD&D Research, Development and Demonstration

RDD Required Delivery Date

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RDDTE Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation

RECD Rural Economic & Community Development

RECP Radiation Exposure Compensation Program

REE Research, Education and Economics

REIS Regional Economic Information System

RFB Request for Bid

RFI Request for Information

RFID Radio Frequency Identification

RFP Request for Proposal

RFQ Request for Quotation

RHS Rural Housing Service

RICHS Rural Information Center Health Service

RIF Reduction in Force

RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration

RMA Risk Management Agency

RMS Risk Management Service

RO Roll

ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps

RRB Railroad Retirement Board

RSA Rehabilitation Services Administration

RSPA Research and Special Programs Administration

RUS Rural Utilities Service

SADBUS Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Specialist

SAM System for Award Management

SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SAT System Acceptance Test

SAVE Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement

SBA Small Business Administration

SCI Supply Chain Integration

SBA Small Business Administration

SBAC Small Business Advisory Committee

SBDC Small Business Development Center

SBIC Small Business Investment Company

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SBSA Small Business Set Aside

SCA South and Central Asian Affairs

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SCO Strategic Communications and Outreach

SDB Small Disadvantaged Business

SDFS Safe and Drug-Free Schools

SDV Service Disabled Veteran

SDVOB Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business

SDVOSB Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

SEDAC Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results

SERC Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

SES Senior Executive Service

SF Standard Form

SGLI Service members’ Group Life Insurance

SI Smithsonian Institute

SIC Standard Industrial Classification Code

SIES Office of Strategic Industries & Economic Security

SIN Special Item Number

SITES Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

SJI State Justice Institute

SKN Stock Keeping Number

SKU Stock Keeping Unit

SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

SLSDC Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

SME Subject Matter Expert

SNL Sandia National Laboratories

SOL Office of the Solicitor

SOO Statement of Objectives

SOP Standard Operating Procedure

SOW Statement of Work

SPA Special Priorities Assistance

SRM Supplier Relationship Management

SRS Savannah River Site

SS Secret Service

SSA Social Security Administration

SSI Supplemental Security Income Program

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SSN Social Security Number

SSS Selective Service System

ST Special Tooling

START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

STAS Science & Technology Adviser

Stat United States Statutes at Large

STB Surface Transportation Board

STE Special Test Equipment

STI Scientific and Technical Information

STTR Small Business Technology Transfer Program

SuDoc Superintendent of Documents

T&M Time and Materials

TA Technology Administration

TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance

TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TASC Transportation Administrative Service Center

TBA To be Announced

TCO Termination Contracting Officer

TD Technology Development

TDA Trade and Development Agency

TDMD Technical Data Management Division

TDPL Technical Data Parts List

TEOAF Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture

TFF Treasury Forfeiture Fund

TFI Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

TIC Trade Information Center

TIGTA Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

TIN Taxpayer Identification Number

TINA Truth in Negotiations Act

TIP Trafficking in Persons

TIPS Technical Information Packages

TOA Training Opportunity Announcement

TPP Trade Policy and Programs

TQ Total Quality

TQM Total Quality Management

TRA Transportation Affairs

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TRI Toxics Release Inventory

TSA Transportation Security Administration

TSI Transportation Safety Institute

TSO Technical Services Office

TTB Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

TTN Technology Transfer Network

TU Tube

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

U/I Unit of Issue

U N United Nations

USC United States Code

UAS Unmanned Aircraft Systems

UCC Universal Commercial Code

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UNICOR Federal Prision Industries, Inc.

UPC Universal Product Code

UPU Universal Postal Union

USA United States Army

USACE U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

USAF United States Air Force

USAFA United States Air Force Academy

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation

USC United States Code

USCCR United States Commission on Civil Rights

USCG United States Coast Guard

USCIRF United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

USCIS United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCS United States Customs Service

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USES United States Employment Service

USFA United States Fire Administration

USG United States Government

USGS United States Geological Survey

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USIA United States Information Agency

USIP United States Institute of Peace

USITC United States International Trade Commission

USMC United States Marine Corps

USMS United States Marshalls Service

USN United States Navy

USNCB United States National Central Bureau of INTERPOL

USPC United States Parole Commission

USPS United States Postal Service

USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office

USSC United States Sentencing Commission

USSS United States Secret Service

USTR United States Trade Representative

USUN United States Mission to the United Nations

V&V Verification and Validation

VA Department of Veterans Affairs

VAR Value Added Reseller

VBA Veterans Benefits Administration

VC Venture Capital(ist)

VE Value Engineering

VETS Veterans’ Employment and Training Service

VGLI Veterans’ Group Life Insurance

VHA Veterans’ Health Administration

VISTA Volunteers in Service to America

VOA Voice of America

VOB Veteran Owned Business

VRA Veterans Readjustment Act

VSC Vendor Support Center

WAPA Western Area Power Administration

WAWF Wide Area Work Flow

WB Women’s Bureau

WBC Women’s Business Centers

WBE Women’s Business Enterprise

WBS Work Breakdown Structure

WES Waterways Experiment Station

WH Wage and Hour Division

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WHA Western Hemisphere Affairs

WHD Wage and Hour Division

WHMO White House Military Office

WHO World Health Organization

WIC Women, Infants and Children, Special supplemental food program

WMDT Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism

WMR War Material Reserve

WNET Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training

WOSB Women Owned Small Business

WTO World Trade Organization

XO Executive Officer

YOB Year of Birth

YR Year

YTD Year to Date

ZIP Zone Improvement Plan

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