ACC Air CombatCommand空战司令部
ACDA United States Arms Control and DisarmamentAgency美国军备控制和裁军署
ACF Administration for Children and Families儿童与家庭关系管理局
ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation文物保护咨询委员会
ACQWeb Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition andTechnology
ACSL Alternate Crops and Systems Lab
ACYF Administration for Children, Youth, andFamilies儿童，青年与家庭关系管理局
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Text of ADAlegislation)
ADB Asian Development Bank美国残疾人法1990
ADC Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
ADD Administration on Developmental Disabilities残疾人发展管理部门
ADF African Development Foundation非洲发展基金会
AFDB African Development Bank非洲发展银行
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 TrainingCorps
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 toAHRQ)
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 NationalLaboratory
AOA Administration on Aging
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARB Administrative Review Board
ARBA Army Review BoardsAgency
ARC Appalachian Regional Commission
ARL Army ResearchLaboratory
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

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 AnalysisSection
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)

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 AnalysisCenter
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 PlanetaryStudies
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 AppliedNutrition
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CHAMPVA Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department ofVeterans Affairs
CHID Combined Health Information Database
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIAO Critical Infrastructure AssuranceOffice
CIC Consumer Information Center
CID U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
CIPRIS Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating InternationalStudents (Changed to SEVIS)
CIS Cancer Information Service
CIT Center for InformationTechnology
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ofWild 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 PolicingServices
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPMS Defense Civilian Personnel ManagementService
CPO Corrections Program Office (Merged with BJA)
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CRC Civil Rights Center
CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on ScientificProjects
CRP Conservation Reserve Program
CRS Congressional Research Service; Community RelationsService
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 ExtensionService
CTEP Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
CUAP College and University AffiliationsProgram
CWC Chemical Weapons Convention

DA Department of the Army
DARPADefense Advanced ResearchProjects Agency
DAU Defense Acquisition University
DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCRT Division of Computer Research and Technology (replaced byCIT)
DDC Defense DistributionCenter
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DeCA Defense CommissaryAgency
DESA Department of Economic and SocialAffairs
DESC Defense Energy SupportCenter
DFAS Defense Finance and AccountingService
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 InformationService
DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency
DMA Defense Mapping Agency (replaced by NIMA)
DMDC Defense Manpower DataCenter
DMS Defense Mapping School (changed to NGS)
DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities SafetyBoard
DNSC Defense National StockpileCenter
DOC Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DODEA Department of Defense Education Activity
DoDISS DoD Index of Specifications andStandards
DoDSSP Single Stock Point for Specifications andStandards
DOE Department of Energy
DOI Department of the Interior
DOJ Department of Justice
DOL Department of Labor
DORRA DLA Office of Operations Research and ResourceAnalysis
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 MarketingService
DSCADefense SecurityCooperation Agency
DSSDefense SecurityService
DTIC Defense Technical Information Center
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency

EAR Export Administration Regulations
EBSA Employee Benefits Security Administration
ECA Bureau of Educational and CulturalAffairs
ECAB Employees #39; Compensation AppealsBoard
ECI National Institute on Early Childhood Development andEducation
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 NOAAResearch)
EROD Education Resource Organizations Directory
ERS Economic Research Service
ESA Employment Standards Administration; Economics and StatisticsAdministration
ESDIM Environmental Services Data and Information Management
ETA Employment and Training Administration
Ex-Im Bank Export-Import Bank of the United States

FAA Federal Aviation Administration
Fannie Mae Federal National Mortgage Association
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAPRS Federal Assistance Programs Retrieval System (replaced byCFDA)
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation
Farmer Mac Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
FAS Foreign Agricultural Service
FASAB Federal Accounting Standards AdvisoryBoard
FBCI Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service (see WNC)
FCA Farm Credit Administration
FCCFederal CommunicationsCommission
FCIC Federal Consumer Information Center; Federal Crop InsuranceCorporation
FDAFood and DrugAdministration
FDICFederal Deposit InsuranceCorporation
FEB Federal Executive Board
FEC Federal Election Commission
FEDIX Federal Information Exchange Inc. (ceased operation7/3/02)
FEDRIP Federal Research in Progress Database
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FERCFederal Energy RegulatoryCommission
Fermilab Fermi National AcceleratorLaboratory
FETCFederal Energy TechnologyCenter (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

GAOGovernment AccountabilityOffice
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GCMD Global Change Master Directory
GILS Government Information Locator Service
Ginnie MaeGovernment NationalMortgage Association
GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers, and StockyardsAdministration
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GNISGeographic NamesInformation System
GNMA Government National Mortgage Association
GPOGovernment PrintingOffice
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GPS Global Positioning System
GSA General Services Administration
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
GWA Governmentwide Accounting ProjectGroup
GwoB Government Without Boundaries
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
HPCCHigh Performance Computingand Communications
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HSB Head Start Bureau
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
IA Import Administration
IACB Indian Arts and Crafts Board
IADRWGInteragency AlternativeDispute Resolution WorkingGroup
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEGCInter-Agency ElectronicGrants 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
IHSIndian HealthService
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
INEELIdaho National Engineeringand EnvironmentalLaboratory
INF Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces
INL Bureau for International Narcotics and Law EnforcementAffairs
INSImmigration andNaturalization Service (replaced by USCIS)
INSS Institute for National StrategicStudies
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
IO Bureau of International OrganizationAffairs
IOM International Organization for Migration
IRMC Information Resources Management College
IRS Internal Revenue Service
ITA International Trade Administration
ITCUnited States InternationalTrade Commission
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
KAPLKnolls Atomic PowerLaboratory
KSC Kennedy Space Center

LANLLos Alamos NationalLaboratory
LBLErnest Orlando LawrenceBerkeley NationalLaboratory
LC Library of Congress
LLNLLawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory
LOC Library of Congress
LOCIS Library of Congress Information System
LSC Legal Services Corporation

MACMarket Access andCompliance
MARAD Maritime Administration
MARVEL Machine Assisted Realization of the Virtual ElectronicLibrary
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 operation7/3/02)
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSEL Materials Science and Engineering Library
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board

NACIC National Counterintelligence Center
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NAL National Agricultural Library
NARANational Archives andRecords Administration
NARFENational Association ofRetired Federal Employees
NASANational Aeronautics andSpace 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
NBLNew BrunswickLaboratory
NCANational CemeteryAdministration
NCBI National Center for BiotechnologyInformation
NCC National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications
NCCAM National Center for Complementary and AlternativeMedicine
NCCDPHPNational Center forChronic Disease Prevention and HealthPromotion
NCCIC National Child Care Information Center
NCDNational Council onDisability
NCDCNational Climatic DataCenter
NCEH National Center for Environmental Health
NCESNational Center forEducation Statistics
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCHSTP National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
NCINational CancerInstitute
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 InformationScience
NCPC National Capital Planning Commission
NCRRNational Center forResearch Resources
NCS National Communications System
NCTRNational Center forToxicological Research
NCUANational Credit UnionAdministration
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
NERSCNational Energy ResearchScientific ComputingCenter
NESDISNational EnvironmentalSatellite, Data, and InformationService
NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory
NFA National Fire Academy
NGA National Gallery of Art; National Geospatial-IntelligenceAgency
NGDCNational Geophysical DataCenter
NGS National Geospatial Intelligence School (reorganized into DGSand SGST)
NHGRINational Human GenomeResearch Institute
NHI National Highway Institute
NHIC National Health Information Center
NHLBINational Heart, Lung andBlood Institute
NHPRC National Historical Publications and Records Commission
NHTSANational Highway TrafficSafety Administration
NIA National Institute on Aging
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAIDNational Institute ofAllergy and InfectiousDiseases
NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and SkinDiseases
NIC National Institute of Corrections
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and Other CommunicationDisorders
NIDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
NIDDKNational Institute ofDiabetes and Digestive and KidneyDisease
NIDRR National Institute on Disability and RehabilitationResearch
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIFC National Interagency Fire Center
NIFL National Institute for Literacy
NIGC National Indian Gaming Commission
NIGMSNational Institute ofGeneral Medical Sciences
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIJ National Institute of Justice
NIMANational Imagery andMapping Agency (replaced by NGA)
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NINDSNational Institute ofNeurological Disorders andStroke
NINR National Institute of Nursing Research
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIPA National Income and Product Accounts
NIPCNational InfrastructureProtection Center
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NISTIR National Institute of Standards and Technology InteragencyReport
NLENational Library ofEducation
NLMNational Library ofMedicine
NLRBNational Labor RelationsBoard
NMB National Mediation Board
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODCNational Oceanographic DataCenter
NOS National Ocean Service
NPCR National Program of Cancer Registries
NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental SatelliteSystem
NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government (archived atUniv. of North Texas)
NPS National Park Service
NPTONational PetroleumTechnology Office
NR National Register of Historic Places
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRDPNational Rural DevelopmentPartnership
NREN National Research and Education Network
NREVSS National Respiratory and Enteric Virus SurveillanceSystem
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 InformationAdministration
NTIS National Technical InformationService
NTP National ToxicologyProgram
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board
NVSS National Vital Statistics System
NWC National War College
NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group
NWSNational WeatherService
NWTRBNuclear Waste TechnicalReview Board
OA Office of Administration
OAC Office of Antiboycott Compliance
OACU Office of Animal Care and Use
OAITOffice of American IndianTrust
OALJOffice of AdministrativeLaw Judges
OAR Office of AIDS Research; Office of Oceanic and AtmosphericResearch
OAS Organization of American States
OASDI Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and DisabilityInsurance
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 WasteManagement
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 byIES)
OESBureau of Oceans andInternational Environmental and ScientificAffairs
OESEOffice of Elementary andSecondary 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 InteragencyAffairs
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
OMMOffshore Minerals ManagementProgram
ONDCP Office of National Drug ControlPolicy
ONROffice of NavalResearch
OPA Office of Population Affairs
OPEOffice of PostsecondaryEducation
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
ORACBAOffice of Risk Assessmentand 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 #39;s Health
OSACOverseas Security AdvisoryCouncil
OSBPOffice of Small BusinessPrograms
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 ofTransportation
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
OVAEOffice of Vocational andAdult Education
OVC Office for Victims of Crime
OWBO Office of Women #39;s Business Ownership
OWCPOffice ofWorkers #39; Compensation Programs
OWH Office on Women #39;s Health
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 #39;s Council on Bioethics
PCC Panama Canal Commission
PCIE President #39;s Council on Integrity andEffiency
PFIAB President #39;s Foreign Intelligence AdvisoryBoard
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
PLLINational Institute onPostsecondary Education, Libraries, and LifelongLearning
PNNL Pacific Northwest NationalLaboratory
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 byEBSA)

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

SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration
SAVE Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement
SBA Small Business Administration
SDFS Safe and Drug-Free Schools
SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System
SECSecurities and ExchangeCommission; Space Environment Center
SEDAC Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
SERC Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
SGLI Servicemembers #39; Group Life Insurance
SI Smithsonian Institute
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SIES Office of Strategic Industries EconomicSecurity
SITES Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
SJI State Justice Institute
SLACStanford Linear AcceleratorCenter
SLSDC Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
SNL Sandia NationalLaboratories
SRS Savannah River Site
SS Secret Service
SSASocial SecurityAdministration
SSI Supplemental Security Income Program
SSS Selective Service System
START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
Stat. United States Statutes at Large
STBSurface TransportationBoard
STI Scientific and Technical Information
SuDoc Superintendent of Documents

TA Technology Administration
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance
TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TASC Transportation Administrative ServiceCenter
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

U.N. United Nations
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization
UNICEF United Nations Children #39;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 ReligiousFreedom
USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
USCS United States Customs Service
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USES United States Employment Service
USFAU.S. FireAdministration
USGS United States Geological Survey
USIAUnited States InformationAgency (changed to IIP)
USIPUnited States Institute ofPeace
USITCUnited StatesInternational TradeCommission
USMC United States Marine Corps
USMS United States Marshals Service
USN United States Navy
USNCB United States National Central Bureau of INTERPOL
USPSUnited States PostalService(state and streetabbreviations)
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office
USSC United States Sentencing Commission
USSS United States Secret Service
USTR United States Trade Representative

VA Department of Veterans Affairs
VAWO Violence Against Women Office
VBAVeterans BenefitsAdministration
VETS Veterans #39; Employment and TrainingService
VGLI Veterans #39; Group Life Insurance
VHAVeterans HealthAdministration
VISTA Volunteers in Service to America
VOAVoice ofAmerica

WAPA Western Area Power Administration
WB Women #39;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, Special supplemental food programfor
WISQARS Web-based Injury Statistics Query and ReportingSystem
WNET Women #39;s Network for EntrepreneurialTraining
WSMRWhite Sands MissileRange
WTO World Trade Organization