Appendix a: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Appendices
APPENDIX A: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms
AARCC Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADB Asian Development Bank
AFDB African Development Bank
AFDF African Development Fund
AFIS American Forces Information Service (Defense)
AGRICOLA Agricultural Online Access
AmeriCorps* NCCC National Civilian Community Corps
AmeriCorps* VISTA Volunteers in Service to America
AMS Agricultural Marketing Service
Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation
AOA Administration on Aging
APH American Printing House for the Blind (Education)
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARC Appalachian Regional Commission
ARS Agricultural Research Service
ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIC Business Information Center (SBA)
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BVA Board of Veterans' Appeals
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
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFA Commission of Fine Arts
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COPS Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (Justice)
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CRS Congressional Research Service
CSB Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CSS See NSA/CSS
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAU Defense Acquisition University
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCMA Defense Contract Management Agency
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
DPMO Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
DRL Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (State)
DSCA Defense Security Cooperation Agency
DSS Defense Security Service
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EDA Economic Development Administration
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EO Executive order
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Ex-Im Bank Export-Import Bank of the United States
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
Fannie Mae Federal National Mortgage Association
Farmer Mac Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
FAS Foreign Agricultural Service
FBI Federal Bureau...
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