|
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| AAPC |
Accounting
and Auditing Policy Committee |
| ABMC |
American Battle Monuments Commission |
| ACC |
Air Combat Command |
| ACDA |
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| ACF |
Administration for Children and Families |
| ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| ACQWeb |
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Technology |
| ACSL |
Alternate Crops and Systems Lab |
| ACYF |
Administration for
Children, Youth, and Families |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 (Text of ADA legislation)
|
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ADC |
Program Against Digital Counterfeiting
of Currency |
| ADD |
Administration on Developmental
Disabilities |
AFDB |
African Development Bank |
| AFDC |
Aid to Families with
Dependent Children |
| AFIS |
American Forces Information
Service |
| AFRC |
Air Force Reserve Command |
| AFRL |
Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AFROTC |
Air Force Reserve
Officer Training Corps |
| AFRTS |
Armed Forces Radio and Television
Service |
| AFS |
Air Facility Sub-System |
| AFSC |
Armed Forces Staff College (replaced by
JFSC) |
| AFSPC |
Air Force Space Command |
| AGRICOLA |
Agricultural OnLine Access |
| AHCPR |
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (changed to
AHRQ) |
| AHPCRC |
Army High Performance Computing Research
Center |
| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AHS |
American Housing Survey |
| AID |
Agency for International Development |
| AIRS |
Aerometric Information Retrieval System (changed to
AFS) |
| AMES |
Ames Laboratory |
| AMS |
Agricultural Marketing Service |
| Amtrak |
National Railroad Passenger Corporation |
| ANA |
Administration for Native
Americans |
| ANG |
Air National Guard |
| ANL |
Argonne National Laboratory |
| AOA |
Administration on Aging |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service |
| ARB |
Administrative Review
Board |
| ARBA |
Army Review Boards Agency
|
| ARC |
Appalachian Regional Commission |
| ARL |
Army Research
Laboratory |
| ARNet |
Acquisition Reform Network |
| ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
| ATF |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry |
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| BARC |
Beltsville Agricultural
Research Center |
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| BEP |
Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| BEST |
Biomonitoring of Environmental Status
and Trends |
| BFRL |
Building and Fire Research Laboratory |
| BHPr |
Bureau of Health Professions |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian
Affairs |
| BIC |
Business Information Center |
| BIMAS |
BioInformatics 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 |
| BNA |
Bureau of National Affairs |
| BOP |
Federal Bureau of Prisons |
| BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration |
| BPD |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
| BPHC |
Bureau of Primary Health Care |
| BRB |
Benefits Review Board |
| BRD |
Biological Resource Division |
| BRFSS |
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System |
| BSC |
Business Service Centers |
| BTS |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
BXA |
Bureau of Export Administration (changed to
BIS) |
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| CAGE |
Commercial and Government
Entity |
| CBD |
Commerce Business Daily (Changed to
FBO) |
| CBER |
Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research |
| CBIAC |
Chemical and Biological Defense
Information Analysis Center |
| CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
| CCC |
Commodity Credit Corporation |
| CCB |
Child Care Bureau |
| CCR |
Commission on Civil Rights |
| CDBG |
Community Development Block Grants |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CDER |
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research |
| CDFI |
Community Development Financial Institutions |
| CDRH |
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health |
| CEA |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CID |
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation
Command |
| CIPRIS |
Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students
(Changed to SEVIS) |
| CIS |
Cancer Information Service |
| CIT |
Center for Information Technology
|
| CITES |
Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CMHS |
Center for Mental Health
Services |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CMV |
Center for Minority Veterans |
| CNO |
Chief of Naval Operations |
| CNPP |
Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion |
| CNS |
Corporation for National Service |
| Conrail |
Consolidated Rail Corporation |
| CONSER |
Cooperative
Online Serials |
| COP |
Coastal Ocean Program |
| COPS |
Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CPMS |
Defense Civilian Personnel Management
Service |
| CPO |
Corrections Program Office (Merged with
BJA) |
| CPSC |
Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| CRC |
Civil
Rights Center |
| CRISP |
Computer Retrieval of Information
on Scientific Projects |
| CRP |
Conservation
Reserve Program |
| CRS |
Congressional
Research Service; Community
Relations Service |
| CSAP |
Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention |
| CSAT |
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment |
| CSB |
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board |
| CSE |
Office of Child Support
Enforcement |
| CSI |
Center for the Study of Intelligence |
| CSR |
Center for Scientific Review |
| CSREES |
Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service |
| CTEP |
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program |
| CUAP |
College and University
Affiliations Program |
| CWC |
Chemical Weapons Convention |
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| DA |
Department of the Army |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
|
| DAU |
Defense Acquisition
University |
| DCAA |
Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DCRT |
Division of Computer Research and Technology (replaced by
CIT) |
| DDC |
Defense Distribution Center
|
| DEA |
Drug Enforcement Administration |
| DeCA |
Defense Commissary Agency
|
| DESA |
Department of Economic and
Social Affairs |
| DESC |
Defense Energy Support Center
|
| DFAS |
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
|
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DIA |
Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DINFOS |
Defense Information School |
| DISA |
Defense Information Systems
Agency |
| DLA |
Defense Logistics Agency |
| DLAPS |
Defense Logistics Agency Publishing
System |
| DLIS |
Defense Logistics Information Service
|
| DLSA |
Defense Legal Services Agency |
| DMA |
Defense Mapping Agency (replaced by
NIMA) |
| DMDC |
Defense Manpower Data Center
|
| DMS |
Defense Mapping School (changed to
NGS) |
| DNFSB |
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
|
| DNSC |
Defense National Stockpile
Center |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| 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 |
| DORRA |
DLA Office of Operations Research
and Resource Analysis |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DPC |
Domestic Policy Council |
| DPL |
Denied Persons List |
| DPMO |
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel Office |
| DRMS |
Defense Reutilization and Marketing
Service |
| DSCA |
Defense Security Cooperation Agency |
| DSS |
Defense Security Service |
| DTIC |
Defense Technical Information Center |
| DTRA |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
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| EAR |
Export Administration Regulations |
| EBSA |
Employee Benefits Security Administration |
| ECA |
Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs |
| ECAB |
Employees' Compensation
Appeals Board |
| ECI |
National Institute on
Early Childhood Development and Education |
| ECIE |
Executive Council on Integrity
and Effiency |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social
Council |
| ECP |
Emergency Conservation
Program |
| ED |
Department of Education |
| EDA |
Economic Development Administration |
| EDGAR |
Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis, and Retrieval |
| EEOC |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EHP |
Environmental Health Perspectives |
| EIA |
Energy Information Administration |
| EIS |
Epidemic Intelligence Service |
| EM |
Office of Environmental
Management |
| EML |
Environmental Measurement Laboratory |
| ENC |
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| EOIR |
Executive Office for Immigration
Review |
| EOUSA |
Executive Office
for United States Attorneys |
| 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 (absorbed by
OAR or
NOAA Research) |
| EROD |
Education Resource Organizations
Directory |
| ERS |
Economic Research Service |
| ESA |
Employment Standards Administration;
Economics and Statistics Administration |
| ESDIM |
Environmental Services
Data and Information Management |
| ETA |
Employment and Training Administration |
| Ex-Im Bank |
Export-Import Bank of the United States |
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| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| Fannie Mae |
Federal National Mortgage Association |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAPRS |
Federal Assistance Programs Retrieval System (replaced
by CFDA) |
| FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| Farmer Mac |
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation |
| FAS |
Foreign Agricultural Service |
| FASAB |
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board |
| FBCI |
Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FBIS |
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (see
WNC) |
| FCA |
Farm Credit Administration |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission
|
| FCIC |
Federal Consumer Information Center;
Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FDIC |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
|
| FEB |
Federal Executive Board |
| FEC |
Federal Election Commission |
| FEDIX |
Federal Information Exchange Inc. (ceased operation 7/3/02) |
| FEDRIP |
Federal Research in Progress
Database |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
|
| Fermilab |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
|
| FETC |
Federal Energy Technology Center (changed to
NETL) |
| FFB |
Federal Financing Bank |
| 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 Standard |
| FJC |
Federal Judicial Center |
| FLC |
Federal Laboratory Consortium |
| FLETC |
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center |
| FLRA |
Federal Labor Relations Authority |
| FMC |
Federal Maritime Commission |
| FMCS |
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
| FMCSA |
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
| FMLA |
Family and Medical Leave Act |
| FMS |
Financial Management Service |
| FMSHRC |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission |
| FNCS |
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services |
| FNMA |
Federal National Mortgage Association |
| FNS |
Food and Nutrition Service |
| FOIA |
Freedom
of Information Act |
| FOMC |
Federal Open Market Committee |
| FPDC |
Federal Procurement Data Center |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration |
| FRB |
Federal Reserve Board |
| FRS |
Federal Reserve System;
Federal Relay Service |
| FRTIB |
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment
Board |
| FS |
Forest Service |
| FSA |
Farm Service Agency;
Office of
Federal Student Aid |
| FSIS |
Food Safety and Inspection
Service |
| FSS |
Federal Supply Service |
| FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
| FTS |
Federal Technology Service |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FYSB |
Family and Youth Services
Bureau |
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| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GATT |
General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade |
| GCMD |
Global Change Master Directory |
| GILS |
Government
Information Locator Service |
| Ginnie Mae |
Government National Mortgage Association
|
| GIPSA |
Grain Inspection, Packers, and
Stockyards Administration |
| GIS |
Geographic Information
Systems |
| GNIS |
Geographic Names Information
System |
| GNMA |
Government National Mortgage Association |
| GPO |
Government Printing Office
|
| GPRA |
Government Performance
and Results Act |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GWA |
Governmentwide Accounting Project
Group |
| GwoB |
Government Without Boundaries |
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| HAB |
HIV/AIDS Bureau |
| HAC |
Health Administration Center |
| HCFA |
Health Care Financing Administration (changed to
CMS) |
| 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 |
| HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
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| IA |
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 |
| IBB |
International Broadcasting Bureau |
| ICAF |
Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICC |
Interstate Commerce Commission |
| IES |
Institute
of Education Sciences |
| IHS |
Indian Health Service |
| IIP |
International Information Programs |
| ILAB |
Bureau of International
Labor Affairs |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMLS |
Institute of Museum and Library Services |
| INEEL |
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory |
| INF |
Intermediate
Range Nuclear Forces |
| INL |
Bureau for International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs |
| INS |
Immigration and Naturalization Service (replaced by
USCIS) |
| INSS |
Institute for National
Strategic Studies |
| INTERPOL |
International Criminal Police Organization |
| IO |
Bureau of International Organization
Affairs |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IRMC |
Information Resources Management
College |
| IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
| ITA |
International Trade Administration |
| ITC |
United States International Trade Commission
|
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| JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
| JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JEC |
Joint Economic Committee |
| JFSC |
Joint Forces Staff College |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| JSC |
Johnson Space Center |
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| KAPL |
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
|
| KSC |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory
|
| LBL |
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory |
| LC |
Library of Congress |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
|
| LOC |
Library of Congress |
| LOCIS |
Library of
Congress Information System |
| LSC |
Legal Services Corporation |
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| MAC |
Market Access and Compliance |
| MARAD |
Maritime Administration |
| MARVEL |
Machine Assisted Realization of the
Virtual Electronic Library |
| MBDA |
Minority Business Development Agency |
| MCHB |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
| MCTL |
Militarily Critical Technologies
List |
| MedPAC |
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
| MeSH |
Medical Subject
Headings |
| MIGA |
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| MMS |
Minerals Management Service |
| MMWR |
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| MOLIS |
Minority On-Line Information Service (ceased operation 7/3/02) |
| MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| MSEL |
Materials Science and Engineering
Library |
| MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| MSPB |
Merit Systems Protection Board |
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| NACIC |
National Counterintelligence Center |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAICS |
North American Industry
Classification System |
| NAL |
National Agricultural Library |
| NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration
|
| NARFE |
National Association of Retired Federal
Employees |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration |
| NASM |
National Air and Space Museum |
| NASS |
National Agricultural Statistics
Service |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NBAC |
National Bioethics Advisory Commission (replaced by
PCBE; archived at
GU) |
| NBII |
National Biological Information
Infrastructure |
| NBL |
New Brunswick Laboratory |
| NCA |
National Cemetery Administration
|
| NCBI |
National Center for Biotechnology
Information |
| NCC |
National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications |
| NCCAM |
National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine |
| NCCDPHP |
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion |
| NCCIC |
National Child Care Information
Center |
| NCD |
National Council on Disability
|
| NCDC |
National Climatic Data
Center |
| NCEH |
National Center for Environmental
Health |
| NCES |
National Center for Education Statistics
|
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
| NCHSTP |
National Center for
HIV, STD, and TB Prevention |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute
|
| NCID |
National Center for Infectious
Diseases |
| NCIPC |
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control |
| NCIS |
Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
| NCJRS |
National Criminal Justice Reference
Service |
| NCLIS |
National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science |
| NCPC |
National Capital Planning Commission |
| NCRR |
National Center for Research Resources
|
| NCS |
National Communications System |
| NCTR |
National Center for Toxicological
Research |
| NCUA |
National Credit Union Administration
|
| NCVHS |
National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics |
| NDIC |
National Drug Intelligence
Center |
| NDU |
National Defense University |
| NEA |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| NEC |
National Economic Council |
| NEGP |
National Education Goals Panel
(defunct) |
| NEH |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NEI |
National Eye Institute |
| NEIC |
National Earthquake Information
Center |
| NERSC |
National Energy Research Scientific
Computing Center |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite,
Data, and Information Service |
| NETL |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
| NFA |
National
Fire Academy |
| NGA |
National Gallery of Art;
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
| NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center
|
| NGS |
National Geospatial Intelligence School (reorganized into
DGS and
SGST) |
| NHGRI |
National Human Genome Research Institute
|
| NHI |
National Highway Institute |
| NHIC |
National Health Information
Center |
| NHLBI |
National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute |
| NHPRC |
National Historical Publications and Records Commission |
| NHTSA |
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration |
| NIA |
National Institute on Aging |
| NIAAA |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism |
| NIAID |
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIAMS |
National Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases |
| NIC |
National Institute of Corrections |
| NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development |
| NIDA |
National Institute on
Drug Abuse |
| NIDCD |
National Institute on Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders |
| NIDCR |
National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research |
| NIDDK |
National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Disease |
| NIDRR |
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
| NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences |
| 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 |
| NIJ |
National Institute
of Justice |
| NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (replaced by
NGA) |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
| NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke |
| NINR |
National Institute of Nursing Research |
| NIOSH |
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 NJPAIP
|
National
Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report
NJPAIP Quotes
|
| NLE |
National Library of Education
|
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine
|
| NLRB |
National Labor Relations Board
|
| NMB |
National Mediation Board |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NNSA |
National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NODC |
National Oceanographic Data Center
|
| NOS |
National Ocean Service |
| NPCR |
National Program
of Cancer Registries |
| NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System |
| NPR |
National Partnership for Reinventing Government (archived at
Univ. of North
Texas) |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NPTO |
National Petroleum Technology Office
|
| NR |
National Register of Historic
Places |
| NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NRDP |
National Rural Development
Partnership |
| NREN |
National Research and Education
Network |
| NREVSS |
National Respiratory
and Enteric Virus Surveillance System |
| NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
| NRO |
National Reconnaissance Office |
| NRPC |
National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (AMTRAK) |
| NSA |
National Security Agency |
| NSC |
National Security
Council |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSTC |
National Science and Technology Center |
| NSTL |
National Space Technology Laboratories |
| 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 |
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| OA |
Office of Administration |
| OAC |
Office
of Antiboycott 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 |
| OASDI |
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
and Disability Insurance |
| OAT |
Office for the Advancement of
Telehealth |
| OBL |
Office of Business Liaison |
| OCC |
Comptroller of the Currency |
| OCD |
Office of Community
Development |
| OCE |
Office of the Chief Economist |
| OCR |
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 |
| 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 |
| OERI |
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (replaced by
IES) |
| OES |
Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs |
| OESE |
Office
of Elementary and Secondary Education |
| OFA |
Office of Family Assistance |
| OFAC |
Office of
Foreign Assets Control |
| OFCCP |
Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs |
| OFHEO |
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise
Oversight |
| OFM |
Office of Financial Management |
| OFR |
Office
of the Federal Register |
| OGE |
Office of Government Ethics |
| OGP |
Office of Governmentwide Policy |
| OGWDW |
Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water |
| OHASIS |
Office of Health and
Safety Information System |
| OHRP |
Office for Human Research Protections |
| OIIA |
Office
of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs |
| OIG |
Office of the Inspector General
(USDA) |
| OJJDP |
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention |
| OJP |
Office of Justice Programs |
| OLAW |
Office of Laboratory
Animal Welfare |
| OLMS |
Office of Labor Management
Standards |
| OMAO |
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations |
| OMAR |
Office of Medical Applications
of Research |
| OMB |
Office of Management
and Budget |
| OMH |
Office of Minority Health |
| OMHAR |
Office of Multifamily
Housing Assistance Restructuring |
| OMM |
Offshore Minerals Management
Program |
| ONDCP |
Office of National Drug
Control Policy |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OPA |
Office of Population
Affairs |
| OPE |
Office
of Postsecondary Education |
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 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 |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSHRC |
Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission |
| OSM |
Office of Surface Mining;
Office of Spectrum
Management |
| OST |
Office of Science and Technology;
Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
| 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 |
| OWBO |
Office of
Women's Business Ownership |
| OWCP |
Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs |
| OWH |
Office on Women's Health |
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| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| PAM |
Office of Acquisition and
Property Management |
| PBGC |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
| PBS |
Public Buildings Service |
| PC |
Peace Corps |
| PCBE |
President's Council on
Bioethics |
| PCC |
Panama Canal Commission |
| PCIE |
President's Council on Integrity
and Effiency |
| PFIAB |
President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board |
| PHA |
Public
Housing Agency |
| 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 |
| PIH |
Office of Public
and Indian Housing |
| PLLI |
National Institute on
Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning |
| PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
|
| POW/MP |
Prisoner of War/Missing
Personnel |
| PPQ |
Plant Protection and Quarantine |
| PRC |
Postal Rate Commission |
| PRM |
Bureau of Population, Refugees,
and Migration |
| PSC |
Program Support Center |
| PTO |
Patent and Trademark Office |
| PUMS |
Public Use Microdata
Samples |
| PWBA |
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (replaced by
EBSA) |
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| RA |
Reserve Affairs |
| RBS |
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service |
| RD |
Rural Development |
| RECD |
Rural Economic & Community Development (replaced by
RD) |
| REE |
Research, Education and Economics |
| REIS |
Regional Economic
Information System |
| RHS |
Rural Housing Service |
| RICHS |
Rural Information Center
Health Service |
| RMA |
Risk Management Agency |
| ROTC |
Reserve Officer Training
Corps |
| RRB |
Railroad Retirement Board |
| RSA |
Rehabilitation Services Administration |
| RSPA |
Research and Special Programs Administration |
| RUS |
Rural Utilities Service |
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| SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration |
| SAVE |
Systematic
Alien Verification for Entitlement |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
| SDFS |
Safe and Drug-Free Schools |
| SDWIS |
Safe Drinking
Water Information System |
| SEC |
Securities and Exchange Commission;
Space Environment Center |
| SEDAC |
Socioeconomic
Data and Applications Center |
| SEER |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results |
| SERC |
Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center |
| SGLI |
Servicemembers'
Group Life Insurance |
| SI |
Smithsonian Institute |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial
Classification |
| SIES |
Office of Strategic Industries & Economic Security |
| SITES |
Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service |
| SJI |
State Justice Institute |
| SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center |
| SLSDC |
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation |
| SNL |
Sandia National Laboratories
|
| SS |
Secret Service |
| SSA |
Social Security Administration
|
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income
Program |
| SSS |
Selective Service System |
| START |
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks |
| Stat. |
United States
Statutes at Large |
| STB |
Surface Transportation Board |
| STI |
Scientific and Technical
Information |
| SuDoc |
Superintendent of Documents |
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| TA |
Technology Administration |
| TAA |
Trade Adjustment
Assistance |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families |
| TASC |
Transportation Administrative
Service Center |
| TDA |
Trade and Development Agency |
| TEOAF |
Treasury
Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture |
| TFF |
Treasury Forfeiture Fund |
| TFI |
Office of Terrorism
and Financial Intelligence |
| TIC |
Trade Information Center |
| TRI |
Toxics Release Inventory |
| TSA |
Transportation Security Administration |
| TSI |
Transportation Safety Institute |
| TSO |
TRICARE Support Office |
| TSP |
Thrift Savings Plan |
| TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| U.N. |
United Nations |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNICOR |
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. |
| 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 |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| U.S.C. |
United States Code |
| USCCR |
United States Commission on Civil Rights |
| USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
| USCIRF |
United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom |
| USCIS |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services |
| USCS |
United States Customs Service |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USES |
United States Employment Service |
| USFA |
U.S. Fire Administration |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USIA |
United States Information Agency (changed to
IIP) |
| USIP |
United States Institute of Peace |
| USITC |
United States International Trade Commission
|
| USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
| USMS |
United States Marshals Service |
| USN |
United States Navy |
| USNCB |
United States National Central
Bureau of INTERPOL |
| 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 |
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| VA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| VAWO |
Violence Against Women Office |
| VBA |
Veterans Benefits Administration
|
| 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 |
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| WAPA |
Western Area Power Administration |
| WB |
Women's Bureau |
| WES |
Waterways Experiment Station |
| WH |
Wage and Hour Division |
| WHMO |
White House Military Office |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIC |
Women, Infants and Children,
Special supplemental food program for |
| WISQARS |
Web-based Injury
Statistics Query and Reporting System |
| WNET |
Women's Network
for Entrepreneurial Training |
| WSMR |
White Sands Missile Range
|
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
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