Common Government Acronyms

8(a) – Business Development Program for Socially Disadvantage

ACC – Air Combat Command

ACDA – United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACF – Administration for Children and Families

ACFR – Administrative Committee of the Federal Register

ACHP – Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

ACQWeb – Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

ACS – Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management

ACSFA – Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance

ACYF – Administration for Children, Youth, and Families

BATF – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

BEA – Bureau of Economic Affairs

BLS – Bureau of Labor Statistics

BNL – Brookhaven National Laboratory

BOP – Federal Bureau of Prisons

BOR – Bureau of Reclamation

BPA – Bonneville Power Administration

BPC – Best Practices Committee

BPD – Bureau of the Public Debt

BPHC – Bureau of Primary Health Care

BRAC – Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission

BRB – Benefits Review Board

BRD – Biological Resource Division

BTOP – Broadband Technology Opportunities Program

CAGE – Commercial and Government Entity Code

CAOC – Chief Acquisition Officers Council

CAP – Civil Air Patrol

CASMIRC – Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center

CATC – Clean Air Technology Center

CBCA – Civilian Board of Contract Appeals

CPS – Center for Policy Studies

CSRS – Civil Service Retirement System

DBA – Doing Business As

DERT – Division of Extramural Research & Training

DESA – Department of Economic and Social Affairs

DESC – Defense Energy Support Center

DFAS – Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DFEC – Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation

DHAC – Division of Health Assessment and Consultation

DHS – Department of Homeland Security

DLA – Defense Logistics Agency

DOD – Department of Defense

DOE – Department of Energy

DOI – Department of Interior

DOJ – Department of Justice

DOL – Department of Labor

DSBS – Dynamic Small Business Search

DUNS – Data Universal Number System

EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOICP – Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

EEOMBD – Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

EPLS – Excluded Parties List System

FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation

FDA – Food and Drug Administration

FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FEC – Federal Election Commission

FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency

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

FOIA – Freedom of Information Act

G/TIP – Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

GPC – Grants Policy Committee

GPO – Government Printing Office

GPRA – Government Performance and Results Act

GSA – General Services Administration

GSFC – Goddard Space Flight Center

GSTC – Geospatial Service and Technology Center

HIP – Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program

HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

HISPC – Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration

HMDA – Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

HMI – Healthy Marriage Initiative

HPCC – High Performance Computing and Communications

LBN – Legal Business Name

LM – Office of Legacy Management

LOC – Library of Congress

LOCIS – Library of Congress Information System

LSC – Legal Services Corporation

M&M – Medicare and Medicaid

MDA – Missile Defense Agency

MDB – Multilateral Development Banks

MedPAC – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

MEP – Manufacturing Extension Partnership

NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement

NAICS – North American Industry Classification System

NRCS – Natural Resource Conservation Service

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

PO – Post Office

PSC – Product Service Codes

SAM- System for Award Management = Payment Portal for the Federal Government

SAWCD – Soil & Water Conservation District

SBA – Small Business Administration = Classifies qualifying companies as a Small Business and/or as a company that qualifies for other government set-a-side programs

SDVOSB – Service-Disabled Veteran Owned

SG – Surgeon General

SSA – Social Security Act or Social Security Administration

TA – Business Transformation Agency

TIN – Tax Identification Number (9 digits)

TSA – Transportation Security Administration

TSC – Terrorist Screening Center

TSI – Transportation Safety Institute

UEI – Unique Entity Identifier

USA – United States Army

USACE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USAF – United States Air Force

USAFA – United States Air Force Academy

USDA – United States Department of Agriculture

USMC – United States Marine Corp

USN – United States Navy

VOSB – Veteran Owned Small Business

WOSB – Woman Owned Small Business