GovSpeak:
A Guide to Government Acronyms & Abbreviations


I originally created this list in April 2000 for the IUPUI University Library. I am no longer affiliated with that institution, but have received permission
to re-create and provide continued maintenance for this web page. Although based on that original IUPUI site, there is no further connection.

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AAA Archives of American Art
AAD Access to Archival Databases
AAPC Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
AAS Office of Airport Safety and Standards
ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission
ACC Air Combat Command
ACD Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence
ACDA United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACE Automated Commerical Environment
ACES Active Community Environments Initiative
ACF Administration for Children and Families
ACFR Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
AcqNet AcqNet
ACQWeb Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
ACSFA Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
ACSL Alternate Crops and Systems Lab (changed to CSGCL)
ACYF Administration for Children, Youth, and Families
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act (Text of ADA legislation)
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADC Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency (changed to ACD)
ADD Administration on Developmental Disabilities
ADDS Aviation Digital Data Service
ADF African Development Foundation
AFC American Folklife Center
AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System
AFDB African Development Bank
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFIS American Forces Information Service
AFML Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section
AFRC Air Force Reserve Command
AFRH Armed Forces Retirement Home
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory
AFROTC Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFRRI Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AFRTS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFS Air Facility System
AFSC Armed Forces Staff College   (replaced by JFSC)
AFSIC Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
AFSPC Air Force Space Command
AGRICOLA Agricultural OnLine Access
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (changed to AHRQ)
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
AO Administrative Office of U.S. Courts
AOA Administration on Aging
AOC Architect of the Capitol
AOML Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
APH American Printing House for the Blind
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APIS Advanced Passenger Information System
APLAA Office of Asian Pacific, Latin American, and African Analysis
APP Office of Airport Planning and Programming
ARB Administrative Review Board
ARBA Army Review Boards Agency
ARC Archival Research Catalog | Arctic Research Commission
ARIS Air Resources Information System
ARL Air Resources Laboratory | Army Research Laboratory
ARNet Acquisition Reform Network (changed to AcqNet)
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARS Agricultural Research Service
ASPR Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
AT/FP Antiterrorism Force/Protection Directorate
ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives
ATO Air Traffic Organization
ATP Advanced Technology Program
ATS Automated Targeting System
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AWC Aviation Weather Center
AWIC Animal Welfare Information Center
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BARC Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
BBG Broadcasting Board of Governors
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
BECON Biomedical Engineering Consortium
BEP Bureau of Engraving and Printing
BERA Business & Economics Research Advisor
BEST Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory
BHPr Bureau of Health Professions
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
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 (changed to MDA)
BNA Bureau of National Affairs
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory
BNQP Baldrige National Quality Program
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
BRS Biotechnology Regulatory Service
BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BVA Board of Veterans Appeals
BXA Bureau of Export Administration (changed to BIS)
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CA Bureau of Consular Affairs
CAB Climate Analysis Branch
caBIG Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid
CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAGE Commercial and Government Entity
CAOC Chief Acquisition Officers Council
CAP Civil Air Patrol
CAPPS II Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
CB Children's Bureau
CBD Commerce Business Daily (changed to FBO)
CBER Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CBIAC Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (changed to CBRNIAC)
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CBP Customs and Border Protection
CBRNIAC Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center
CCB Child Care Bureau
CCC Commodity Credit Corporation
CCDO Community Capacity Development Office
CCEHIP Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention
CCHIS Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service
CCID Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
CCR Commission on Civil Rights
CDBG Community Development Block Grants
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CDDIS Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
CDFI Community Development Financial Institutions
CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CDOM Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets
CDP Center for Domestic Preparedness
CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health
CDS Cataloging Distribution Service
CEA Council of Economic Advisers
CEBB Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (migrated to CBP)
CEDR Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
CEN Bureau of the Census
CENTCOM United States Central Command
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
CFA U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
CFACT Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
CFBCI Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFIUS Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States
CFM Division of Contracting & Facilities Management (FWS)
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
CHCO Council Chief Human Capital Officers Council
CHID Combined Health Information Database (discontinued as of 9/06)
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIAO Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (see NIAC)
CIC Consumer Information Center
CIC/AG Counterintelligence Center Analysis Group
CID U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
CIO Chief Information Officers Council
CIPRIS Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students (see SEVIS)
CIS Cancer Information Service | Citizenship and Immigration Services
CIT Center for Information Technology
CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CMH Center of Military History
CMHS Center for Mental Health Services
CMM Center for Medicare Management
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMSO Center for Medicaid and State Operations
CMV Center for Minority Veterans
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
CNPP Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
CNS Corporation for National Service
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
CoCHP Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
COGH Coordinating Office for Global Health
CONPLAN U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (.pdf)
Conrail Consolidated Rail Corporation
CONSER Cooperative Online Serials
COP Coastal Ocean Program
COPS Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
COTPER Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness & Emergency Response
COTS Cotton, Oilseeds, Tobacco and Seeds Division
CP3 Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships
CPD Office of Community Planning and Development
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPMS Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service
CPO Corrections Program Office (now part of BJA)
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSO Cataloging Policy and Support Office
CRB Copyright Royalty Board
CRC Civil Rights Center
CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
CROSS Customs Rulings Online Search System
CRP Conservation Reserve Program
CRS Congressional Research Service | Community Relations Service
CSAC Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
CSAP Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSB Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
CSC NOAA Coastal Services Center
CSCE Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
CSD Chemical Sciences Division
CSE Office of Child Support Enforcement
CSFP Commodity Supplemental Food Program
CSGCL Crop Systems and Global Change Lab
CSI Center for the Study of Intelligence
CSR Center for Scientific Review
CSRC Computer Security Resource Center
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CSS Crime and Safety Surveys
CSTL Chemical Science & Technology Laboratory
CTAS Center-TRACON Automation System
CTC Counterterrorist Center (defunct?)
CTEP Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
CTGP Competitive Training Grants Program
CVM Center for Veterinary Medicine
CWC Chemical Weapons Convention
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DA Department of the Army
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAU Defense Acquisition University
DBP Discretionary Bridge Program
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCIS Defense Criminal Investigative Service
DCRT Division of Computer Research and Technology (replaced by CIT)
DDC Defense Distribution Center
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DEC Departmental Enforcement Center
DeCA Defense Commissary Agency
DEQ Division of Environmental Quality
DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DESC Defense Energy Support Center
DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service
DHAC Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DI Directorate of Intelligence
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DINFOS Defense Information School
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLAPS Defense Logistics Agency Publishing System
DLHWC Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program
DLIS Defense Logistics Information Service
DLP Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division
DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency
DMA Defense Mapping Agency (replaced by NIMA, then NGA)
DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center
DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
DNI Director of National Intelligence
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
DODPI Department of Defense Polygraph Institute
DoDSSP Single Stock Point for Specifications and Standards
DOE Department of Energy
DOI Department of the Interior
DOIU Department of the Interior University
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
DRL Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
DRMS Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
DS Bureau of Diplomatic Security
DSCA Defense Security Cooperation Agency
DSO Duck Stamp Office
DSS Defense Security Service
DTIC Defense Technical Information Center
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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EAC United States Election Assistance Commission
EAR Export Administration Regulations
EBSA Employee Benefits Security Administration
ECA Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
ECAB Employees' Compensation Appeals Board
ECHO Enforcement and Compliance History Online (temporary URL)
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
EEEL Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOMBD Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
EERE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EHP Environmental Health Perspectives
EIA Energy Information Administration
EIS Epidemic Intelligence Service
ELIPS Electronic Library of Interior Policies
EM Office of Environmental Management
EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory
ENC Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
ENRD Environment and Natural Resources Division
EO Executive Order
EOAF Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (changed to TEOAF)
EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review
EOUSA Executive Office for United States Attorneys
EP&R Emergency Preparedness and Response
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPLS Excluded Parties List System
EPO Epidemiology Program Office
EQIP Environmental Quality Incentives Program
eRA Electronic Research Administration
ERDC Engineer Research and Development Center
EREN Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (changed to EERE)
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
EROD Education Resource Organizations Directory
ERS Economic Research Service
ESA Employment Standards Administration | Economics and Statistics Administration
ESDIM Environmental Services Data and Information Management
ESnet Energy Sciences Network
ETA Employment and Training Administration
EUROPOL European Police Office
EVS Environmental Science Division
EWCP Export Working Capital Program
Ex-Im Bank Export-Import Bank of the United States
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FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAADS Federal Assistance Award Data System
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 (changed to WNC)
FBO Federal Business Opportunities
FCA Farm Credit Administration
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCG Federal Consulting Group
FCIC Federal Consumer Information Center | Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
FCSC Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
FD Food Distribution Programs
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDLP Federal Depository Library Program
FDPIR Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
FE Office of Fossil Energy
FEB Federal Executive Board
FEC Federal Election Commission
FEDIX Federal Information Exchange Inc. (defunct)
FEDRIP Federal Research in Progress Database
FEDSTATS Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fermilab Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
FETC Federal Energy Technology Center (changed to NETL)
FFAS Farm & Foreign Agricultural Service
FFB Federal Financing Bank
FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
FHA Federal Housing Administration
FHC Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
FHEO Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
FHFB Federal Housing Finance Board
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FIA Federal Insurance Administration | Forest Inventory and Analysis
FIC John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences
FICMNEW Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
FICO Financing Corporation
FIDO Federal Interagency Databases Online
FINCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
FISA Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court
FJC Federal Judicial Center
FLC Federal Laboratory Consortium
FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
FLH Office of Federal Lands Highway
FLICC Federal Library and Information Center Committee
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
FMNP Farmers Market Nutrition Program
FMS Financial Management Service
FMSHRC Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
FNCS Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
FNIC Food and Nutrition Information Center
FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association
FNS Food and Nutrition Service
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOMC Federal Open Market Committee
FOUO For Official Use Only (.pdf)
FPCO Family Policy Compliance Office
FPDC Federal Procurement Data Center
FPDS Federal Procurement Data System
FPKISC Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee
FPS Federal Protective Service
FR Federal Register
FRA Federal Railroad Administration
FRB Federal Reserve Board
FRD Federal Research Division
Freddie Mac Federal Home Loan Corporation
FreedomCAR Freedom Cooperative Automotive Research and Vehicle Technologies Program
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
FSI Foreign Service Institute
FSIC Food Safety Information Center
FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSP Food Stamp Program
FSS Federal Supply Service
FTA Federal Transit Administration
FTC Federal Trade Commission
FTS Federal Technology Service
FTZ Foreign-Trade Zones Board
FUDS Formerly Used Defense Sites
FWS Fish and Wildlife Service
FYSB Family and Youth Services Bureau
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GAO Government Accountability Office
GARD Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GC Office of Government Contracting
GCMD Global Change Master Directory
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GILS Government Information Locator Service
Ginnie Mae Government National Mortgage Association
GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GLOBE Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GNEP Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
GNIS Geographic Names Information System
GNMA Government National Mortgage Association
GOS Geospatial One Stop
GPO Government Printing Office
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GPS Global Positioning System
GSA General Services Administration
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
G/TIP Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
GWA Governmentwide Accounting & Reporting Modernization
GwoB Government Without Boundaries (defunct; see Wayback Machine)
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HAB HIV/AIDS Bureau
HAC Health Administration Center
HBRRP Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration (changed to CMS)
HCIC Hurricane Contracting Information Center
HCP Habitat Conservation Program
HELP Commission Commission on Helping to Enhance the Livelihood of People around the Globe
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
HIFCA High Intensity Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Area
HIP Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HSAC Homeland Security Advisory Council
HSAS Homeland Security Advisory System
HSB Head Start Bureau
HSC Homeland Security Council
HSOC Homeland Security Operations Center
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
HVRP Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
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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 (changed to grants.gov)
IAF Inter-American Foundation
IAIP Infrastructure Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Program (unable to verify 1/08)
IBB International Broadcasting Bureau
IBRC Innovative Bridge Research and Construction Program
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAF Industrial College of the Armed Forces
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission
ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICH Interagency Council on Homelessness
IDA International Development Association
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IES Institute of Education Sciences
IFC International Finance Corporation
IHA Indian Housing Authority (changed to PIH)
IHS Indian Health Service
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation
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
IMMPaCt International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention and Control Program
INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
INF Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces
INL Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
INR Bureau of Intelligence and Research
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service (changed to USCIS)
INSS Institute for National Strategic Studies
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
IO Bureau of International Organization Affairs
IOC/AG Information Operations Center’s Analysis Group
IOLM International Organization for Legal Metrology
IOM International Organization for Migration
IOSS Interagency OPSEC Support Staff
IRAC Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee
IRM Information Resources Management College
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRS-CI Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
IRTM Division of Information Resources and Technology Management
ISN Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
ISOO Information Security Oversight Office
ITA International Trade Administration
ITC United States International Trade Commission
ITS International Treasury Services (login required)
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JAG Judge Advocate General
JCCIC Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
JCP Joint Committee on Printing
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCT Joint Committee on Taxation
JEC Joint Economic Committee
JFSC Joint Forces Staff College
JMD Justice Management Division
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JRU Justice Resource Update
JSC Johnson Space Center
JTTF Joint Terrorism Task Force
JUSFC Japan-United States Friendship Commission
JWOD Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program
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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
LCSH Library of Congress Subject Headings
LE Law Enforcement (FWS)
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LIV Legislative Indexing Vocabulary
LM Office of Legacy Management
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
MAPS Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety
MARAD Maritime Administration
MARVEL Machine Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library
MATRIX Multi-State Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange (.pdf)
MBCC Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
MBDA Minority Business Development Agency
MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation
MCHB Maternal and Child Health Bureau
MCTL Militarily Critical Technologies List
MDA Missile Defense Agency
MDB Multilateral Development Banks
MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MMC Marine Mammal Commission
MMS Minerals Management Service
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MOLIS Minority On-Line Information Service (defunct)
MPSA Military Postal Service Agency
MRC Mississippi River Commission
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSC Military Sealift Command
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets
MSEL Materials Science and Engineering Library
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board
MTDP Minority Telecommunications Development Program
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NACIC National Counterintelligence Center (merged into ONCIX)
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NAIS National Animal Identification System
NAL National Agricultural Library
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NARFE National Association of Retired Federal Employees
NAS The National Academies
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)
NBC National Business Center
NBI National Bridge Inventory
NBII National Biological Information Infrastructure
NBIS National Bridge Inspection Standards
NBL New Brunswick Laboratory
NCA National Cemetery Administration
NCACA National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs
NCBDDD National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCC National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications
NCCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCCC National Civilian Community Corps
NCCDPHP National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NCCIC National Child Care Information Center
NCCOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NCCS National Center for Computational Sciences
NCD National Council on Disability
NCDC National Climatic Data Center
NCEE National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
NCEH National Center for Environmental Health
NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCES National Center for Education Statistics
NCGMP National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
NCHHSTP National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
NCHM National Center for Health Marketing
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCHSTP National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (changed to NCHHSTP)
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCID National Center for Infectious Diseases
NCIPC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
NCIRD National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NCIX Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NCLIS National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
NCMHD National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
NCNR NIST Center for Neutron Research
NCP National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
NCPC National Capital Planning Commission
NCPDCID National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
NCPHI National Center for Public Health Informatics
NCPTSD National Center for PTSD
NCR National Capital Region
NCRR National Center for Research Resources
NCS National Clandestine Service | National Communications System
NCTC National Conservation Training Center | National Counterterrorism Center
NCTR National Center for Toxicological Research
NCUA National Credit Union Administration
NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
NCZVED National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
NDC National Drug Code Dictionary
NDDIC National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
NDIC National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse | National Drug Intelligence Center
NDIIPP National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
NDMS National Disaster Medical System
NDPC National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
NDU National Defense University
NEA National Endowment for the Arts | Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
NEC National Economic Council
NED National Enterprise Directory
NEGP National Education Goals Panel (defunct; UNT has archived some material)
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
NEI National Eye Institute
NEIC National Earthquake Information Center | National Enforcement Investigations Center
NEJAC National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
NEPIS National Environmental Publications Information System (merged into NSCEP)
NERSC National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory
NFA National Fire Academy
NFC National Finance Center
NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting System
NFLIS National Forensic Laboratory Information System
NGA National Gallery of Art | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse
NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
NHC National Hurricane Center
NHCBP National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program
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
NHSC National Health Service Corps
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIA National Institute on Aging
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAC National Infrastructure Advisory Council
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NIBIB National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
NIC National Ice Center | National Institute of Corrections
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System
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
NIMS National Incident Management System
NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR National Institute of Nursing Research
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIP National Immunization Program
NIPA National Income and Product Accounts
NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center (merged with IAIP)
NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NISTIR National Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report
NITRD Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
NJTTF National Joint Terrorism Task Force
NKUDIC National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
NLE National Library of Education (archive)
NLM National Library of Medicine
NLS National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NMAI National Museum of the American Indian
NMAM NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
NMAO NOA Marine and Aviation Operations
NMB National Mediation Board
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NNI National Nanotechnology Initiative
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
NPDB National Practitioner Data Bank
NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government (archived at UNT)
NPS National Park Service
NPTO National Petroleum Technology Office (unable to verify 1/08; likely absorbed into SCNGO)
NR National Register of Historic Places
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission | National Response Center
NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRDP National Rural Development Partnership
NREL National Renewable Energy Labortory
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)
NRRSS National River Restoration Science Synthesis
NSA/CSS National Security Agency/Central Security Service
NSC National Security Council
NSCEP National Service Center for Environmental Publications
NSD National Security Division
NSF National Science Foundation
NSGO National Sea Grants Office
NSIP Nutrition Services Incentive Program
NSLP National School Lunch Program
NSOPR National Sex Offender Public Registry
NSSE National Special Security Event
NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory
NSTC National Science and Technology Center
NSTL National Space Technology Laboratories
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTID National Technical Institute for the Deaf
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTP National Toxicology Program
NTRC National Transportation Research Center
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
NURP NOAA's Undersea Research Program
NVD National Vulnerability Database
NVSS National Vital Statistics System
NWBC National Women's Business Council
NWC National War College
NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group
NWHIC National Women's Health Information Center
NWI National Wetlands Inventory
NWS National Weather Service
NWTRB Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
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OA Office of Administration
OAAG Office of the Associate Attorney General
OAC Office of Antiboycott Compliance
OACU Office of Animal Care and Use
OAG Office of the Attorney General
OAHP Office of Affordable Housing Preservation
OAIT Office of American Indian Trust
OALJ Office of Administrative Law Judges
OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
OAR Office of AIDS Research | Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OARM Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management
OAS Office of Applied Studies | Organization of American States
OASDI Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance
OAT Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
OBEMLA Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (changed to OELA)
OBI Office of Business Innovations
OBL Office of Business Liaison
OBO Bureau of Overseas Building Operations
OBPA Office of Budget and Program Analysis
OCC Comptroller of the Currency
OCD Office of Community Development
OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
OCE Office of the Chief Economist
OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer
OCR Office for Civil Rights (Dept. of Education)
OCRM Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
OCRWM Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
OCS Office of Coast Survey | Office of Community Services
OCSC Office of Citizen Services and Communications
OCSE Office of Child Support Enforcement
OCSQ Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
ODAG Office of the Deputy Attorney General
ODEP Office of Disability Employment Policy
ODGMO Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight
ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence
ODP Office for Domestic Preparedness | Office of Disease Prevention
ODPHP Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
OE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
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 (changed to egov)
OELA Office of English Language Acquisition
OERI Office of Educational Research and Improvement (archive; see 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
OFAM Office of Financial and Administrative Management
OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
OFCM Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
OFDT Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
OFHEO Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
OFM Office of Financial Management
OFR Office of the Federal Register
OGAC Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
OGC White House Office of Global Communications
OGE Office of Government Ethics
OGHA Office of Global Health Affairs
OGP Office of Governmentwide Policy
OGWDW Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
OHAP Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
OHASIS Office of Health and Safety Information System
OHCHR Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
OHHLHC Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
OHRP Office for Human Research Protections
OIE World Organization for Animal Health
OIEP Office of Indian Education Programs
OIIA Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs
OIG Office of the Inspector General (USDA)
OIP Office of Information and Privacy
OIPL Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison
OIPR Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
OIT Office of International Trade
OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
OJP Office of Justice Programs
OLA Office of Legislative Affairs
OLAW Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
OLC Office of Legal Counsel
OLMS Office of Labor Management Standards
OLP Office of Legal Policy
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 (replaced by OAHP)
OMHR Office of Minority Health and Research
OMM Offshore Minerals Management Program
ONAP Office of Native American Programs
ONCIX Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy
ONPE Office of Non-Public Education
ONR Office of Naval Research
ONS Office of Nursing Services
OPA Office of Population Affairs
OPAD Office of Policy and Development
OPC Office of the Police Corps (defunct?)
OPDR Office of Policy Development and Research
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
OPR Office of Professional Responsibility
OPS Office of Pipeline Safety
OPSEC Operations Security
ORA Office of Research and Applications (changed to STAR)
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 (changed to OMHR)
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORR Office of Refugee Resettlement | Office of Response and Restoration
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
OSDFS Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OSF Office of Space Flight (changed to Office of Space Operations)
OSFAP Office of Student Financial Assistance Programs (changed to FSA)
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
OSO Office of Space Operations
OSS Office of Strategic Services
OST Office of the 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
OTIA Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications
OTJ Office of Tribal Justice
OTP Office of Technology Policy
OTS Office of Thrift Supervision
OTT Office of Transportation Technologies (changed to FreedomCAR)
OVAE Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVBD Office of Veterans Business Development
OVC Office for Victims of Crime
OVP Office of the Vice President
OVW Office on 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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PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PAM Office of Acquisition and Property Management
PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PBS Public Buildings Service
PC Peace Corps
PCAST President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCBE President's Council on Bioethics
PCC Panama Canal Commission
PCIE President's Council on Integrity and Effiency
PCII Protected Critical Infrastructure Information
PCLO Privacy and Civil Liberties Office
PCPID President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
PECAD Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division
PECE Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts
PedNSS Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System
PEPFAR President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PFIAB President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PFPA Pentagon Force Protection Agency
PHA Public Housing Agency (see PIH)
PHIL Public Health Image Library
PHIN Public Health Information Network
PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Adminsitration
PHPPO Public Health Practice Program Office (defunct; archived at Wayback Machine)
PHPS Public Health Prevention Service
PHS Public Health Service (see OPHS)
PHTN Public Health Training Network
PIA Privacy Impact Assessments
PIADC Plum Island Animal Disease Center
PIH Office of Public and Indian Housing
PLLI National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (archive)
PM Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNSS Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
POTUS President of the United States
POW/MP Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel
PPD Pentagon Police Department
PPQ Plant Protection and Quarantine
PRAO Professional Responsibility Advisory Office
PRC Postal Regulatory Commission
PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
PSC Program Support Center
PSN Project Safe Neighborhoods
PTFP Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
PTO Patent and Trademark Office
PUASP Postal Union of the Americas and Spain and Portugal
PUMS Public Use Microdata Samples
PWBA Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (changed to EBSA)
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RA Reserve Affairs
RBS Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RD Rural Development
REAC Real Estate Assessment Center
RECD Rural Economic & Community Development (replaced by RD)
REE Research, Education and Economics
REIC Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives
REIS Regional Eco