Appendix a: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendices
APPENDIX A: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms
AARCC Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission
ACDA United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACF Administration for Children and Families
ACYF Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADD Administration on Developmental Disabilities
AFAA Air Force Audit Agency
AFBCMR Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records
AFCARA Air Force Civilian Appellate Review Agency
AFDB African Development Bank
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFDF African Development Fund
AFSC Armed Forces Staff College
AGRICOLA Agricultural Online Access
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AmeriCorps NCCC AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps
AMS Agricultural Marketing Service
Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation
ANA Administration for Native Americans
AOA Administration on Aging
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARC Appalachian Regional Commission
ARS Agricultural Research Service
ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIC Business Information Center (SBA)
BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance
BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BVA Board of Veterans' Appeals
C\3\I Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C\4\ Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C\4\I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
CALS Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CCC Commodity Credit Corporation
CDBG Community Development Block Grant
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEA Council of Economic Advisers
CEOS Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (Justice)
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFA Commission of Fine Arts
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
COPS Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (Justice)
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CRS Congressional Research Service
CSAP Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSE Office of Child Support Enforcement
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CSS Central Security Service
DA Department of the Army
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCMC Defense Contract Management Command
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency
DOC Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
DSS Defense Security Service
DSWA Defense Special Weapons Agency
DTSA Defense Technology Security Administration
EDA Economic Development Administration
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EO Executive...
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