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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 |
| ADF |
African
Development Foundation |
| 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 |
| BVA |
Board
of Veterans Appeals |
| 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 |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report |
| 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 |
| SRS |
Savannah
River Site |
| 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 (state
and street abbreviations) |
| 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 |
| 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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| ZIP (Code) |
Zone
Improvement Plan |