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Acronyms &Terms A Capability Assurance Job Aid FEMA -524 / July 2009

FEMA Acronyms Abbreviations and Terms

Produced by the National Preparedness Directorate, National Integration Center, Incident Management Systems Integration Division

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The FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations & Terms (FAAT) List is not designed to be an authoritative source, merely a handy reference and a living document subject to periodic updating. Inclusion recognizes terminology existence, not legitimacy. Entries known to be obsolete (see “Obsolete or Replaced” section near end of this document) are included because they may still appear in extant publications and correspondence. Your comments and recommendations are welcome. Please electronically forward your or direct your questions to: [email protected]

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Or download the document from the Web: www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/faat.shtm 2SR Second Stage Review ABEL Agent Based Economic Laboratory 4Wd Four Wheel Drive ABF Automatic Broadcast Feed A 1) Activity of Isotope ABHS Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizer 2) Ampere ABI Automated Broker Interface 3) Atomic Mass ABIH American Board of Industrial Hygiene A&E Architectural and Engineering ABIS see IDENT A&FM Aviation and Fire Management ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile A&M Customs and Border Protection Air & Marine ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission (CBP/A&M) ABNCP Airborne Command Post Analog/Digital A/ ABO Agents of Biological Origin Alert and Notification (see AN) A/N ABRO Aircraft Base Radio Operator America's Second Harvest A2H ABS Arson and Bomb Squad 1) Affirmative Action AA AC 1) Alternating Current 2) Allocation Advice 2) Area Command 3) Applicant Assistance 3) Area Committee 4) Approval Authority 5) Atomic Absorption ACAA Air Carrier Association for Americans 6) Attribute Authority ACAC Area Command Aviation Coordinator AAA 1) Agriculture Adjustment Administration ACADA Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm 2) American Ambulance Association ACAMS Automatic Continuous Air Monitoring System 3) Area Agency on Aging ACAP 1) Agency-wide Corrective Action Program AAACE Airport Access Authorization to Commercial 2) Alien Criminal Apprehension Program Establishments ACBIRC Advanced Chemical/Biological Integrated AAAE American Association of Airport Executives Response Course AAC 1) Activity Address ACC 1) Agency Command Center 2) Applicant Assistance Center 2) Air Combat Command AACES Automated, Adaptive Chemical Examination 3) American Chemistry Council System 4) Aviation Command Center AACPP Airport Access Control Program ACCS Accounting Classification Code Structure AACS Automated Access Control System ACCT 1) Accounting Technician AAD Assistant Associate Director 2) Account AADPIA Assistant Associate Director for Public & ACDA U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Intergovernmental Affairs ACDO Advanced Concept Demonstration Office AADR Age-Adjusted Rate ACDP Aircraft Dispatcher AAEI American Association of Exporters and ACDR Area Commander Importers ACE 1) Academy of -Terrorist Education AAER Average Annual Rate 2) Accumulated Cyclone Energy AAFAS Automated Airborne Flight Alert System 3) American Council on Education 4) Army Corps of Engineers AAFB Andrews Air Force Base 5) Automated Commercial Environment (secure AAML Agency Aviation Liaison portal) AAMS Automated Acquisition Management System 6) Automated Construction Estimate (ProTrac / ProDoc) ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians AAMVA American Association of Motor ACF 1) Administration for Children and Administrators 2) Alternate Care Facility AAPA American Association of Port Authorities 3) Alternate Control Facility AAPD American Association of People with Disabilities ACFM Advanced Certified Floodplain Manager AAR 1) After Action Report ACGIH American Council of Government Industrial 2) After Action Review Hygienists 3) Association of American Railroads ACH Automated Clearing House AASHTO American Association of State Highway and AChE Acetylcholinesterase Transportation Officials ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Association of American Universities AAU ACI 1) Advanced Contracting Initiative AAVLD American Association of Veterinary Laboratory 2) Airports Council International Diagnosticians 3) Approved Course of Instruction ABA 1) American Bar Association ACI/NA Airports Council International-- 2) American Association ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Association of Bay Area Governments ABAG ACIR Advisory Commission on Inter-governmental ABC 1) American Baptist Churches Relations 2) [Outstanding] American By Choice Aviation Credential Interoperability Solution 3) Border Control Plan ACIS ACL Access Control List ABCI Arizona Border Control Initiative ACMR Assistant Manager ABCO Automated Billing & Collection Off-sets ACMS Academy Class Management System ABD Air Bridge Denial

1 ACO 1) Administrative Contracting Officer ADO Airport District Office 2) Agency Claims Officer ADO Team Assistant Disbursing Officer Team 3) Agency Collection Officer ADOS Automated Document Ordering System 4) Animal Control Officer ADP Automated Data Processing ACP 1) Accelerated Conversion ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment 2) Access Control Points 3) Allied Publication ADR 1) Address 4) Alternate Command Post 2) Alternative Dispute Resolution 5) Area Command Post 3) American Reserve 6) Area Contingency Plan ADRA 1) Adventist Development and Relief Agency 2) Air Domain Risk Assessment ACPSEM Advisory Council on Professional Standards for Emergency Managers 3) Alternative Dispute Resolution Act Automated Disaster Reporting System ACR 1) Acreage Conservation Reserve ADRS 2) Advance Confirmation Report ADTS Automated Data Service 3) Agency Confirmation Report ADVISE Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, ACS 1) Adventist Community Services and Semantic Enhancement 2) Alternate Command Staff ADVON Advanced Echelon 3) Automated Commercial System AE 1) Aero-medical Evacuation ACSD Advanced Container Security Device (See CSD.) 2) Architects and Engineering ACSDR Adventist Community Services Disaster Response AEA 1) American Economic Association ACSI American Customer Satisfaction Index 2) American Electronics Association ACSM American Congress of Surveying and Mapping AEAS Automated Exercise and Assessment System ACT 1) American Council for AEC 1) Advanced Electronic Classroom 2) Area Command Team 2) Agency Emergency Coordinator 3) Army Environmental Center (Aberdeen ACT FAST Agent Characteristics Toxicity - First Aid and Special Treatment Proving Ground, Maryland) 4) Atomic Energy Commission ACTD Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration AECB Atomic Energy and Control Board ACTE Association of Corporate Travel Executives AECC 1) Aero-Medical Evacuation Control Center ACTY Activity 2) Aero-Medical Evacuation Coordination Center ACV 1) Actual Cash Value 3) American Evangelical Christian Church 2) Alarm Check Valve AECE Aero-medical Evacuation Control Element ACVP Airline Certificate Vetting Program AECM Aero-medical Evacuation Crew Members ACWG Air Cargo Working Group AECR Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations AD 1) Administratively Determined (also AD#) AED Automated External Defibrillator 2) Assistant Director 3) Associate Director AEGL Acute Exposure Guidelines Level 4) Automatic Determination AEI American Institute ADA Americans with Disabilities Act AEIC Alaska Information Center ADAMS Automated Disaster Assistance Management AEL 1) Adverse Effect Level System 2) Airborne Exposure Limit 3) Authorized Equipment List ADASHI Automated Decision Aid System for Hazardous Incidents AELT Aero-medical Evacuation Liaison Team ADASP Aviation Direct Access Screening Program AEMA Emergency Management Agency ADD Automated Deployment AEOD Analysis and Evaluation of Operation Data ADDIE Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, AEP Airport Emergency Plan and Evaluation AERT Alaska Emergency Response Team ADDS Automated Disaster Deployment System AES 1) Advanced Encryption ADEM 1) Arizona Division of Emergency Management 2) Aero-medical Evacuation System 2) Arkansas Department of Emergency 3) Automated Export System Management AEW Airborne Early Warning ADES Alaska Division of Emergency Services AF 1) Acre Feet ADFR Arson Detection for the First Responder 2) Air Force ADGGS Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical AFA Association of Flight Attendants Surveys AFB Air Force Base ADIS Arrival and Departure Information System AFCEA Armed Forces Communications and Electronics ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone Association ADJ Adjustable AFD Airport Facility Directory ADL Automated Distance Learning AFEM Alliance for Fire and Emergency Management ADM 1) Acquisition Decision Memorandum AFEWES Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation 2) Admiral Simulator ADMIN 1) Administration AFFIRM Association for Federal Information Resources 2) Administrative Management ADMSYS Admissions System AFG Assistance to Grant

2 AFGE American Federation of Government Employees AIA 1) American Institute of Architects AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central 2) American Association AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Astronautics Industrialized Organizations AIATP Anti- Intelligence Awareness Training AFM Adjudicator's Field Manual Program AFMIC Armed Forces Medial Intelligence Center AIBS American Institute of Biological Sciences AFMLS Asset Forfeiture & Money Laundering Section AIC 1) Animal Identification Coordinator AFMO Assistant Fire Management Officer 2) Automated Inventory Control (formerly AIS) AFMS Automated Forms System AID Agency for International Development AFNSEP Air Force National Security Emergency AIF Assistance Information Form Preparedness AIG Address Indicating Group AFO Area Field Office AIHEC American Indian Higher Education Consortium AFOC Air Force Operations Center AILA American Immigration Lawyers Association AFOSC Air Force Operations Support Center AIMS 1) Arson Information Management System AFRAS Association For Rescue At Sea 2) Automated Inventory Management System AFRAT Air Force Radiation Assessment Team AIP 1) Agreement In Principle 2) Airport Improvement Program AFRB Air Force Reserve Base 3) Assisted Imaging Processing AFRCC Air Force Rescue Coordination Center AIPC All Indian Pueblo Council AFRES Air Force Reserve AIREP Aircraft Report AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AIS 1) Automated Information System AFRRI Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute 2) Automatic Identification System AFSA American Financial Services Association AIT Aeromedical Team AFSC Armed Forces Staff College AJ Administrative Judge AFSOF Air Force Special Operations Forces AKA Also Known As AFSP Alien Flight Student Program AKDT Alaska Daylight Time (GMT - 8) AFSS Automated Flight Service Station AKST Alaska Standard Time (GMT - 9) AFTAC Air Force Technical Applications Center AL Applicant Liaison AG 1) Adjutant General ALARA As Low as Reasonably Achievable 2) Agriculture ALB Administration and Logistics Branch (US-VISIT) 3) Attorney General ALC 1) Agency Location Code AGAR Alternate Governor’s Authorized Representative 2) Agency Logistics Center AGAUS Adjutants General Association of the U.S. 3) Annual Letter of Certification AGC 1) Advanced Gas Centrifuge ALCC 1) Airlift Control Center 2) Association of General Contractors 2) Airlift Coordination 3) Associate General Counsel ALCE Airlift Control Element AGCA Associated General Contractors of America ALCOM Alaskan Command AGCR Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor ALE 1) Additional Living Expenses AGE Aerospace Ground Equipment 2) Automatic Link Establishment AGILE Advanced Geospatial Imagery Library ALERT Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time Enterprise ALOHA Aerial Locations Of Hazardous Atmospheres AGL Above Ground Level ALPA Airline Pilots Association AGR Active Guard/Reserve ALS Advanced Life Support AGS Aviation Group Supervisor ALSM Airborne Swath Mapping (aka: "LIDAR") AGV Aggregate Value ALT Alternate AGY Agency ALTRETCO Alternate Regional Emergency Transportation AGZ Actual Ground Zero Coordinator AH Alternate Headquarters ALUM Aluminum AHAM Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers AM 1) Amplitude Modulation AHCC Alternate Host Communications Center 2) Ante Meridiem AHG Ad Hoc Group AMA American Medical Association AHIMT All Incident Management Team AMB Air & Marine Branch (ICE/AMB) AHJ Agency Having Jurisdiction AMBUS Ambulance Bus AHMA American Hotel and Motel Association AMC 1) Air Mobility Command AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2) Army Materiel Command AHT Animal Health Technician AMCCOM Armament Munitions and Chemical Command AHU Air Handling Unit AMD Acquisition Management Division AHUA America Highway User Alliance AMEAGS Automated Major Emergency Action Guidelist AI& Assistance to Individuals and Households System AI2 Acquisition Improvement Initiative AMF Alternative Morgue Facility AMGS Air & Marine Group Supervisor

3 AMHS Automated Message Handling System AOSSP Aircraft Operator Standard Security Program AMID Air and Marine Interdiction Division AOV Agency Owned Vehicle AMINESKAL American Indian Eskimo Aleutian AP 1) Aerial Port AMIO Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations 2) Alternate Power AML ARC Macro Language 3) Arrival Point AMO Air and Marine Operations (ICE) 4) Assembly Point 5) Associated AMOC Air and Marine Operations Center AP&CP Arson Prevention and Control Plan AMP Amperage APA 1) American Planning Association AMPS Automated Message Processing System 2) Administrative Procedure Act AMR Agricultural Mitigation and Restoration APB Acquisition Program Baseline AMS 1) Aerial Measuring System Agency Program Coordinator 2) American Meteorological Society APC 3) Atmospheric Monitoring System APCO Association of Public Safety Communications 4) Automated Manifest System [Worldwide] AMSLAN American Sign Language APE Area of Potential Effect AMSP Area Maritime Security Plan APEC Pacific Economic Cooperation AMT Amount APERMANS Automated Personnel Management System AMTOR Amateur Telegraphy Over Radio APG Aberdeen Proving Ground AMWA Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies APHA American Public Health Association AN 1) Above Normal APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2) Alert and Notification (see A/N) APHL Association of Public Health Laboratories ANACI Access National Agency Check and Inquiry API Application Programming Interface ANAD APIS 1) Administrative and Program Information ANCA Anniston Chemical Activity System 2) Advance Passenger Information System ANCDF Anniston Chemical Disposal Facility APL Annex Planning Leaders ANFAZD Academic Network for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease APLCN Application ANFO Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil APLCT Applicant ANG 1) Air National Guard APLNC Appliance 2) Army National Guard APMB Acquisition and Program Management Branch ANGB Air National Guard Base (US-VISIT) ANI 1) American Nuclear Insurers APO Accountable Property Officer 2) Area Not Included APOD Aerial Port of Debarkation ANL Argonne National Laboratories APOE Aerial Port of Embarkation ANOC Association of National Olympic Committees APP 1) Apparatus ANPR Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 2) Applicant 3) Application ANPRM Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [see 4) Application Portability Profile NPRM and SNPRM] APPN Appropriation ANPSC Alternate National Processing Service Center APPT Appointment ANRC American National Red Cross APR 1) Agency Procurement Review ANS 1) Alert and Notification System 2) Air-Purifying 2) Answer 3) Aquatic Nuisance Species APRSAC Academe and Policy Research Advisory Committee ANSI American National Standards Institute APSO Asylum Pre-Screening Officer ANSI-HSSP American National Standards Institute- Homeland Securities Standards Panel APSP Automated Passenger Screening Profile ANZUS , and APSRS Aerial Photography Summary Record System AO 1) Action Officer APSS Automated Personnel Security System 2) Administrative Officer APT Administrative Payment Team 3) Area of Operations APTA American Public Transportation Associations 4) Assistance Officer APTS 1) Airport, Port, and Terminal Security AOA 1) Administration on Aging 2) Association of Public Television Stations 2) Aviation Operations Area APWA American Public Works Association AOAC Association for Official Analytical Communities AQI Agricultural Quarantine Inspections AOBD Air Operations Branch Director 1) Acknowledge Receipt AOBS Aerial Observer 2) Aerial Reconnaissance AOC 1) Aircraft Operating Center (NOAA) 3) Army Regulation 2) Area of Concern ARA 1) Aircraft Rental Agreement 3) Army Operations Center 2) Analog Radio AOIC Acting Official in Charge ARAA Advanced Radiological Assessment AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ARAC Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability AOR Area of Responsibility ARB Air Reserve Base

4 ARC 1) American Red Cross (also RC) [ESF-6] ASCADS Automated Sorting, Conversion and Distribution 2) Analytic Resources Catalog System ARCA Area Requiring Corrective Action ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ARCHIE Automated Resource for Chemical ASCII American Standard Code for Information Incident Evaluation Interchange ARD Advanced Radiation Detection ASCS Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation AREAL Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Services Laboratory ASD 1) Acoustic Surveillance Device AREP Agency Representative 2) Administrative Security Division ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services 3) Allowable Stress Design ARF 1) Action Request Form 4) Assistant Secretary of Defense 2) Aviation Route Forecast ASD (HD) Assistant Secretary of Defense, Homeland ARFCAM Autonomous Rapid Facility Chemical Agent Defense Monitor ASD (SO/LIC) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special ARFF Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict) ARFI Areas Recommended For Improvement ASDAR Aircraft to Satellite Data Automated Systems Disaster Recovery Capabilities ARG Accident Response Group ASDRC ARI Acute Respiratory Infection ASDSO Association of State Dam Safety Officials ARIES Airborne Rapid Imagery for Emergency Support ASDWA Association of State Drinking Water Administrators ARIO Advanced Radiation Incident Operations ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ARIP Accidental Release Information Program ASFPM Association of State Floodplain Managers ARJIS Automated Regional Justice Information System ASGS Air Support Group Supervisor ARL 1) Activities Result List 2) Airborne Reconnaissance Low ASH Assistant Secretary for Health ARL-M Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Multifunction ASHA Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs Accident Site Health Group ARM Aerial Radiological Monitor ASHG ARMS Automated Resource Management System ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and (FEMA) Air-Conditioning Engineers ARNG Army National Guard ASI America's Shield Initiative ARNGOPS Army National Guard Operations ASIA 1) Anti-Smuggling Investigators Association 2) Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis A-ROC Alternate Regional Operations Center ASIANPACI Asian Pacific Islander ARP 1) Administration and Resource Planning 2) Alarm Resolution Protocols ASIP Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ASIS American Society for Industrial Security ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ASIWPCA Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators ARRA American Recovery & Reinvestment Act ASL 1) Above Sea Level ARRAS Automatic Residential Remote Alarm System 2) American Sign Language ARRL American Radio Relay League ASLB Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ARS 1) Agricultural Research Service ASM Air Support Manager 2) Automatic Route Selection ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ARSOF Army Special Operations Forces ASMRO Armed Services Medical Regulating Office ARSR Air Route Surveillance ASMT Assessment ART Review Team ASN Abstract Notation ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center ASOS Automated Surface Observing System ARTS Audit Report Tracking System ASP 1) Active Page ARWO Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Office 2) Advanced Spectroscopic Portal AS 1) Applicant Services 3) Associate Safety Professional 2) Automatic Sprinkler 4) Aviation Security Program AS 06 Ardent Sentry 06 (exercise) ASPA Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs ASA Average Speed of Answer ASPE American Society of Professional Estimators ASA/IL&E Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installation, ASPECT 1) Airborne Spectral Environmental Collection Logistics and Environment) Technology ASAC Aviation Security Advisory Committee 2) Airborne Spectral Photographic ASAP 1) Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Environmental Collection Technology 2) All-Hazards Situation Assessment Prototype ASPHEP Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency 3) As Soon As Possible Preparedness 4) Automated Standard Application for ASPRS American Society of Photogrammetry and Payments Remote Sensing ASC 1) Advanced Systems Center ASR 1) Aquifer Storage Recovery 2) Allowable Stack Concentration 2) Atmosphere Supplying Respirator 3) Application Support Center 3) Automatic Sprinkler Riser 4) Area of Special Consideration ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers

5 ASSET Advanced Simulation and Engineering ATV All-terrain vehicle Technology AUH Attached Unit Housing ASST Assistant AUSA Assistant U. S. Attorney ASSY Assembly AUTHN Authorization AST 1) Aboveground Storage Tank AUTHY Authority 2) Accessible Systems and AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network 3) Aviation Survival Technician AUVSI Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems ASTA American Society of Travel Agents International ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health AV 1) Air Vehicle Officials 2) Audio-Visual ASTI Airport Security Technology Integration AVC Alaska Volcano Center ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ASTS Aeromedical Staging Squadron AVI Audio-Visual Interleave ASU All-Source Situational Understanding AVIC Area Veterinarian in Charge ASUFAC Airport and Seaport User Fee Advisory AVIP Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program Committee, INS AVLIS Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation AT 1) Advanced Technology AVMA American Veterinary Medical Association 2) Anti-Terrorism AVO Alaska Volcano Observatory AT&L Acquisition, Technology and Logistics AVOps Aviation Operations AT/FP Anti-Terrorism & Force Protection AVSEC Aviation Security ATA 1) Actual Time of Arrival 2) Airline Transportation Association AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System 3) American Trucking Association AWBA Average Weekly Benefit Amount ATB Applied Technology Board AWD Available Without Declaration ATBM AirTanker Base Manager AWIPS Advanced Weather Interactive Processing ATC 1) Air Traffic Control System 2) Applied Technology Council AWIS Automated Weather Information System A-TCET 1) Anti-Terrorism Combat Enforcement Team AWO American Waterway Operators 2) Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement AWOL Absent Without Leave Team AWOP Absence Without Pay ATCO Airtanker Coordinator AWRA American Water Resources Association ATCT Air Traffic Control Tower AWS Alternate Work Schedule ATD 1) Actual Time of Departure AWWA American Water Works Association 2) Advanced Technology Demonstration AYE Alternate Year Exercise 3) Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion B&SA Bureau and Statistical Agent (NFIP) ATDI Advance Trade Data Initiative B/ Benefit/Cost ATDP Annual Training and Development Plan BAA 1) Broad Agency Announcement ATDT Atlantic Daylight Time (GMT - 3) 2) Broad Area Announcement ATF Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives BACM Business Alliance for Customs Modernization [Bureau of] BAER 1) Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation ATGS Air Tactical Group Supervisor (Team) ATH Air-Transportable Hospital 2) Burned Area Emergency Response ATIS Alliance for Telecommunications Industry BALV Best Available Lodging Value Solutions BAND Bio-agent Autonomous Networked Detectors ATM 1) Automated Teller BARDA Biomedical Advanced Research & Development 2) Asynchronous Transfer Mode Authority ATMU Advanced Technology Meteorological Unit BAREPP Bay Area Regional ATMWU Air Transportable Mobile Weather Unit Project ATN Aeronautical Telecommunications Networks BASIS Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information ATO Air Tasking System ATP 1) Air Transit Program BATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 2) Authority to Participate BATT Battery ATR Advanced Thermal Reactor BAWS Biological Aerosol Warning System ATRAP Air Transportable RADIAC Package BBP Blood Borne Pathogen ATS Automated Targeting System BBRS Board of Building Regulations and Standards ATSA Aviation and Transportation Security Act BBS ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease BC 1) Base Camp Registry (USPHS) 2) Branch Chief ATST Atlantic Standard Time (GMT - 4) BCA Benefit-Cost Analysis ATT Anti-Terrorism Technologies BCBP Bureau of Customs and Border Protection ATTF Antiterrorism Task Force BCC Border Crossing Card ATTN Attention BCF Billion Cubic Feet

6 BCMC Board for the Coordination of Model BLM Bureau of Land Management BCMG Base/Camp Manager BLS 1) Basic Life Support BCMR Board of Correction of Military Records 2) Bureau of Labor Statistics BCP Business Continuity Planning BM Bench Mark BCR 1) Benefit-Cost Ratio BMBL Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical 2) Border Cargo Release Laboratories BDA Battle Damage Assessment BMC Bomb Management Center BDC Bomb (FBI) BMD Borders and Maritime Security Division (S&T/ BDE Brigade BMD) BDO Battle Dress Overgarment BMP Best Management Practice BDRP Biological Defense Research Program BMS Building Management System BDS Biohazard Detection System BN Battalion BDU Battle Dress Utility BNA Baseline Needs Assessment BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis BNICE Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, BEEF Big Explosive Experimental Facility Explosive

BEIR Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation BNML Battalion Military Liaison

BENS Business Executives for National Security BOC Basic Operating Cost

BENT SPEAR Nuclear Incident (codeword) BOCA Building Officials and Code Administrators

BEP Budget Plan BOL Bureau of Labs

BERD Blocked Erosion Rate Database BOLO Be On the Lookout alert

BERT Building Emergency Response Team BOM Bill of Materials

BEST 1) Bus Explosive Screening Technology BOO Base of Operations 2) Building Engagement, Strengths and Talent BOP (Federal) Bureau of Prisons BFA Benefit Fraud Assessment BOR Bureau of Reclamation BFC Bills for Collection BORCAP Border Patrol Criminal Alien Program BFD Base Depth BORP Building Occupancy Resumption Program BFE Base Flood Elevation BORSTAR Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue Team BFM Budget and Financial Management Branch BORTAC Border Patrol Tactical Unit (US-VISIT) BOV Board of Visitors BGAD BOXER Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced Region BGAN Global Area Network BPA 1) Blanket Purchasing Agreement BGCA Blue Grass Chemical Activity 2) Border Patrol Agent BGP BPAT Building Performance Assessment Team BHEF Business-Higher Education Forum BPD Blast-Protective Design BHS Bureau of Health Services BPM Basic Property Management BI Background Investigation BPML Business Process Markup Language BIA 1) Board of Immigration Appeals/Affairs (DOJ) BPN Business Partner Network 2) BPO Blanket Purchase Order BICEP Basic Investigation of and Electronic BPP Business Policy and Planning Branch (US-VISIT) Crimes Program BPR Business Process Reengineering BICEPP Business and Industry Council for Emergency BPRP Preparedness and Response Preparedness and Planning Program BIDS Biological Integrated Detection System Per Second BIIDB Badge Imaging Information Database BPSS Business Process Specification Schema BIL Band Interleaved by Line (Format) BPWG Best Practices Working Group BIO Biological BRAC Base Realignment and Closure Act BISC Border Interdiction Support Center BRASS Border Release Advance Screening & Selectivity 1) Building Inventory Tool BRI Building Related Illness 2) Built-In Test BRIDGES Building Respect in Diverse Groups to Enhance 3) Business Intelligence Tool Security BITE Biometric Identification Technology Ethics BRM 1) Bio-Regulator/Modulator BIWG Bilateral Interdiction Working Group 2) Business Reference Model BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance (DOJ) BROKEN ARROW Nuclear Accident (codeword) BKC Knowledge Center [Part of BRT Business Round Table NBACC, National Biodefense Analysis and BSA 1) Base Support Area Countermeasures Center] 2) Business Software Alliance BKR Breaker BSC 1) Biometrics Support Center BL Bill of Lading 2) Building Security Committee BLESTP Basic Law Enforcement Supervisor Training BSCO Biosafety Coordinating Official Program BSD Border Security Deployment BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

7 BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (aka: “Mad CAARS Cargo Advanced Automated Radiography Cow Disease”) System BSI 1) Base/Basic Support Installation CABIN Chemical and Biological Information Network 2) Border Safety Initiative CAC 1) Citizens’ Advisory Commissions BSIR Biannual Strategy Implementation Reports 2) Civil Applications Committee BSO Biosafety Officer 3) Climate Analysis Center BSOP Battle Staff Operating Procedures 4) Common Access Card BSPP Broadcast Station Protection Program 5) Community Assistance Contact 6) Crisis Action Center BSSC Building Seismic Safety Council CACB Camp Crew Boss BST 1) Border Support Team 2) Burn Specialty Team CACTIS Computer-Assisted CSEPP Training Information System BT 1) Bioterrorism 2) Buying Team CAD 1) Computer Aided/Assisted Dispatch 2) Computer-Aided/Assisted Design BTA 1) Bioterrorism Act 3) Computer-Assisted Drafting 2) Border Trade Alliance CADD Computer-Assisted Drafting and Design BTCP 1) Biological Terrorism Contingency Plan 2) Biological Threat Characterization Program CADET Computer-Assisted Design for Exercise Training BTO Business Transformation Office CADW Civil Air Defense Warning BTS 1) Budget Tracking System CAE Command Assessment Element (for CBIRF) 2) Bureau of Transportation Statistics CAEM Committee for Animal Emergency Management BTU British Thermal Unit CAEO Competitive Analysis and Evaluation Office BTW By The Way CAER Community Awareness and Emergency Response BU Building (Line) CAF 1) Compressed Air Foam BUMED Bureau of 2) Critical Asset Factor BUYL Buying Team Leader CAG Core Agency Group BUYM Buying Team Member CAI 1) Chemical Accident/Incident 2) Computer-Aided Instruction BV Butterfly Valve CAIC Chemical Accident/Incident Control BW 1) 2) Biological Weapon CAICO Chemical Accident/Incident Control Officer BWC Biological Weapons Convention CAIRA Chemical Accident/Incident Response and Assistance BWIC Biological Warning and Incident Characterization CALM Cognitive and Affective Learning Model BWR Boiling Water Reactor CAM 1) Chemical Agent Monitor 2) Computer-Aided Manufacturing BY Budget Year CAMDS Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System BZ Breathing Zone CAMEO Computer-Aided Management of Emergency BZPP 1) Buffer Zone Protection Plan Operations 2) Buffer Zone Protection Program CAMEXPAN Central America, Mexico, Panama C Number Crew number CAMPS Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System C&C Components and Cladding CAMRA Center for Advancing Microbiological Risk C&D Clean and Disinfect Assessment Controller/Analyst C/A CAMS Continuous Air Monitoring System Communications/Electronics C/E CAMU Companion Animal Management Unit Command and Control CANAR Consortia of Administrators for 1) Command, Control, and Communications American Rehabilitators 2) Customs Cybersmuggling Center Canadian-Deuterium Uranium (Reactor) 3) (ICE) Cyber Crimes Center CANDU CAO 1) Caribbean Area Office C3I Command, Control, Communications, 2) Chief Administrative Officer Information CAP 1) Capability Assessment Program C3ISR Command, Control, Communications, 2) Capability Assurance Program Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance 3) Civil Air Patrol Command, Control, Communications and 4) Collection, Analysis and Planning 5) Combat Air Patrol C4ISR C4+Intelligence, Surveillance and 6) Common Alerting Protocol Reconnaissance 7) Community Action Program CA 1) Capability Assurance 8) Community Assistance Program 2) Chemical Agent 9) Contract Administration Plans 3) Civil Affairs 10) Corrective Action Program 4) Congressional Affairs 11) Criminal Alien Program 5) Cooperating Agency 12) Crisis Action Process 6) Agreement CAPA Coalition of Airline Pilots Association CAA Clean Air Act CAPC Civil Aviation Planning Committee CAAP Critical Asset Assurance Program CAPCO Controlled Access Program Coordination Office

8 CAP-FASSE Corrective Action Program - Federal Agency CBARS Coastal Barrier Resources System Support Services Element CBCF Cross Border Crime Forum CAPPS II Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening CBCT Chemical/Biological Countermeasures Training System (II equals 2nd generation) CBD 1) Chemical and Biological Defense CAPR Categorical Assistance Progress Reports 2) Chemical and Biological Division (S&T/CBD) CAPRA Critical Asset and Portfolio Risk Analysis CBEFF Common Biometric Exchange Formats CAP-SSSE Corrective Action Program - State Support Framework Services Element CBEK Compendium of Basic Exercise Knowledge CapWIN Capital Wireless Integrated Network CBEP Career Builder Express Program CAR 1) Capability Assessment for Readiness CBET Computer Based Education and Training 2) Congressional Affairs Representative CBI 1) Chandler Burning Index CARAT Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2) Computer-Based Instruction CARCAH Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination -All CBIA Coastal Barrier Improvement Act Hurricanes CBIAC Chemical and Biological Information Analysis CARD Collaborative Agencies for Responding to Center CBIG Caribbean Border Interagency Group CARDA Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for CBIRF Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force Damage Assessment (USMC) CARL Computerized Activities Results List CBL 1) Commercial Bill of Lading CARRI Community and Regional Resilience Initiative 2) Computer-Based Learning CART 1) Computer Analysis and Response Team CBN 1) Chemical, Biological, or Nuclear 2) County Animal Response Team 2) Cooperative Base Network CARVER Criticality, , Recuperability, CBO 1) Community-Based Organization Vulnerability, Effect and Recognizability 2) Congressional Budget Office CAS 1) Chemical Abstract Service CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection [Bureau 2) Crisis Action System of] (also called BCBP) 3) Comprehensive Assessment System CBPMO U.S. Customs and Border Protection CASC Cache Supply Clerk Modernization Office CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CBPO CBP Officer CASPER C-130 Airborne with Palletized CBQRF Chemical-Biological Quick Response Force Electronic Reconnaissance CBR Chemical, Biological and/or Radiological CASS Cockpit Access Security System CBR&D Chemical and Biological Research and CAST Commercial Aviation Safety Team Development Sector CASU Centralized Administrative Services Unit CBRA Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982 (see CAT 1) Catalog COBRA) 2) Catastrophic CBRD Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense 3) Category CBRDEC Chemical & Biological, Research, Development 4) Collier Area Transit (Florida) & Engineering Center 5) Crisis Action Team CBRDT Chemical/Biological Rapid Deployment Team CATEGORY A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Debris Removal CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear CATEGORY B CBRNE Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Emergency Protective Measures Explosive CATEGORY C Roads and Bridges CBRNE-CM Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE or High-Yield Explosive - Consequence CATEGORY D Water Control Facilities Management PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CBRRT Chemical & Biological Rapid Response Team CATEGORY E PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Buildings and Contents CBRS 1) Coastal Barrier Resources System 2) Concept Based Requirement System CATEGORY F Utilities PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CBRT Chemical and Biological Response Team CATEGORY G Parks, Recreational, and Other CBRTA Chemical, Biological and Radiological PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Technology Alliance CATEX 1) Catastrophic Exercise CBSA Border Security Agency 2 ) C a t a g o i a l E x c l u s i o n CBT 1) Chemical Biological Toxin CATF Catastrophic Task Force 2) Computer-Based Training CATL Chronology and Time Line CBW Chemical and Biological Warfare CATS Consequences Assessment Tool Set cc cubic centimeter CAV Community Assistance Visit CC 1) Citizen Corps CAX 1) Capability Assurance Exercise 2) Congregate Care 2) Computer-Assisted Exercise 3) Coordination Center CB Or C/B 1) Chemical Biological (or Chemical/Biological) 4) Courtesy Copy 2) Citizens’ Band 5) Crisis Counseling 3) Cluster Bomb CCA 1) Circuit Card Assembly CBA Cost-Benefit Analysis 2) Continuity Communications Architecture

9 CCAM Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility CDEX Civil Defense Exercise CCAMS Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement CDL 1) Commercial Driver’s License Monitoring System 2) Community Disaster Loan CCAP Child Citizenship Act Project CDM Content Design Manager CCAT Center for Commercialization of Advanced CDMA Code Division Multiple Access Technology CDO Central Dense Overcast CCB Configuration Control Board CDP 1) Candidate Development Program CCC 1) Citizen Corps Council 2) Center for Domestic Preparedness 2) Congregate Care Center 3) Chemical Demilitarization Program 3) Crisis Coordination Center CDR 1) Christian Disaster Response CCD 1) Consular Consolidated Database 2) Commander 2) Corporate Communications Division 3) Critical Design Review (S&T&CCD) 4) Crude Death Rate CCDB Consolidated Counterdrug Data Base CDRDB Conventional Disaster Resource Database CCDPH Cook County Department of Public Health CDRG Catastrophic Disaster Response Group CCF Coded Cities Forecast CDRG-PAC Catastrophic Disaster Response Group ­ CCFP (National Institute of Justice) Center for Civil Primary Agency Committee Force Protection CD-ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory CCG Crisis Coordination Group CDRS Call Detail Reporting System CCI Command, Control, and Interoperability CDS Charge Data System CCIO Command and Control Incidents Operations CDSO Collateral Duty Safety Officer CCIR Commander's Critical Information Report CDSP Cache Demobilization CCITP Cyber Counterterrorism Investigations Training CDT Central Daylight Time (GMT - 5) Program CDU Contagious Disease Unit CCITT Consultative Committee for International CDV Civil Defense Victoreen and Telegraphy CDX Control and Direction Exercise CCL Contamination Control Line CE 1) Categorical Exclusion CCLS Command Center Liaison Section 2) Civil Engineer CCMIS Crisis Consequence Management Information CEA 1) Council of Economic Advisors System 2) County Executives of America CCMRF CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force CEB Contractor Evaluation Board CCN Canonical Correlation Analysis CEC Chief Exercise Controller CCND Consultative Committee on Natural Disasters CED Committee for Economic Development CCO 1) Claims Coordinating Office CEDAP Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance 2) Consultation Coordination Officer Program CCP 1) Casualty Collection Point CEDE Committed Effective Dose Equivalent 2) Citizen Corps Program CEE Consolidated Enforcement Environment 3) Crisis Counseling Program CEEP Critical Employee Emergency Planning CCR Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr.gov) CEF 1) Cost Estimating Format CCRF Commissioned Corps Readiness Force 2) Critical Emergency File CCS 1) Congregate Care System CEG Council for Excellence in Government 2) Contamination Control Station CEI Critical Elements of Information CCSL Command and Control Simulation Lab CEM 1) Certified Emergency Manager CCSO Cook County Sheriff's Office 2) Comprehensive Emergency Management CCSP Certified Cargo Screening Program CEMD County Emergency Management Director CCST Chemical Casualty Site Team CEMIS Crisis and Emergency Management Information CCT 1) Communications Coordination Team System 2) Critical Care Transport CEMP Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan CCTV Closed Circuit Television CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System CCU Correspondence CENL Chemical Event Notification Level CCV Characteristics and Common Vulnerabilities CENR Committee on Environment and Natural CD 1) Civil Defense Resources 2) Code CEO 1) Chief Executive Officer 3) 2) Community Education and Outreach CDBG Community Development Block Grant CEOC County Emergency Operations Center CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CEOS Committee on Earth-Orbiting Satellites CDCP Center for Disease Control and Prevention CEP 1) Circular Error Probable CDD 1) Capability Development and Demonstration 2) Civil Emergency Planning (NATO) 2) Cross-Disaster Database 3) Civil Emergency Preparedness CDE Committed Dose Equivalent CEPAP Cost Estimating for the Public Assistance CDER Computer Data Entry Recorder Program, Expert Panel on CDERA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency CEPI Catastrophic Emergency Preparedness Initiative

10 CEPPO Chemical Emergency Preparedness and CHAWS Chemical Hazard Warning System Prevention Office CHCO Chief Human Capital Officer (MGMT/CHCO) CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CHDS Center for Homeland Defense and Security CERC 1) Coastal Engineering Research Center ChE Cholinesterase 2) Crisis and Emergency Risk CHECK 21 Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, CHEMTREC Chemical Transportation Emergency Center Compensation, and Liability Act (aka: CHERCAP Comprehensive HAZMAT Emergency Response “Superfund”) Capability Assessment Program CERDEC Communications-Electronics Research CHER-CAP Community Hazards Emergency Response ­ Development and Engineering Center Capability Assurance Process California Environmental Resources Evaluation CHIP 1) Capability and Hazard Identification System Program CERT 1) Community Emergency Response Team 2) Critical Homeland Infrastructure Protection 2) Computer Emergency Readiness Team CHM Chemistry of Hazardous Materials 3) Computer Emergency Recovery Team 4) Computer Evidence Recovery/Response CHPPM Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Training Medicine (U.S. Army) 5) Council of Energy Resource Tribes CHRCL Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law CERT/CC Computer Emergency Response Team/ Coordination Center CHRIS Chemical Hazard Response Information System CEST Cyber Emergency Support Team CHS Correctional Health Services CET Contraband Enforcement Team CI Critical Infrastructure CEU 1) Compliance Enforcement Unit CIA 1) Catastrophic Incident Annex 2) Continuing Education Unit 2) Central Intelligence Agency CEXS Cooperative Extension Service CIAD Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Division CFA 1) Capability Focus Area 2) Cognizant Federal Agency CIAETP Criminal Investigation in Automated Equipment 3) Computerized Fleet Analysis Training Program CFAI Commission on Fire Accreditation International CIAO 1) Chief Infrastructure Assurance Officer Cognizant Federal Agency Official 2) Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office CFAO 3) Critical Infrastructure Assurance Officer CFATS Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards CICAD Center for Intelligence Collection Analysis and CFBCI Center for Faith Based and Community Dissemination Initiatives (FEMA/CFBCI) CICG Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group CFC 1) Chlorofluorocarbon 2) Combined Federal Campaign CID 1) Command, Control and Interoperability Division (S&T/CID) CFC-NCA Combined Federal Campaign of the National 2) Criminal Investigation Division or Capital Area Department, Community Identification CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance CIDCON Civil Defense Condition CFGDP Crash Feed Grain Donation Program CIDER Computer Interactive Display, Entry, and CFI Credentialing Framework Initiative Retrieval CFIUS Committee on Foreign Investment in the CIEE Common Information Exchange Environment United States CIF 1) Central Information File CFIVSAC Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety 2) Cost, Insurance, and Freight Advisory Committee CIG Central Intelligence Group cfm cubic feet per minute CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist CFO 1) Chief Financial Officer CII Critical Infrastructure Information 2) Chief of Field Operations CIIA Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 CFR Code of Federal Regulations cubic feet per second CIID Counterintelligence and Investigations Division (DHS) CFS Certified Fraud Specialists, Association of CIII Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies CFSA Consolidated Integrator CFSI Congressional Fire Services Institute CIIMS Critical Infrastructure Inspection Management CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission System CG Commanding General CIIP IWG Critical Information Infrastructure Protection CGD Coast Guard District Interagency Working Group CGFAA Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act CIK Crypto-Ignition Key CGI Common Gateway Interface CIKR Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources CGISS Center for Geophysical Investigation of the CIMA Channel Industry Mutual Aid Shallow Subsurface CIMRT Critical Incident Management Response Team CGM Metafile CIMS 1) Correspondence and Issues Management CGS Council of Graduate Schools System CH Channel 2) Critical Incident Management Support CHARM Complex Hazardous Release Model 3) Critical Infrastructure Modeling System 11 CIMST Critical Incident Management Support Team CLASS Consular Lookout and Support System CINC Commander-in-Chief CLDC Connected Limited Device Configuration CINCAMC Commander-in-Chief, Air Mobility Command CLIA Civil Liberties Impact Assessment CINCLANT Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet CLIVAR Climate Variability CINCNORAD Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace CLMS Claims Specialist Defense Command CLO 1) Chief Logistics Officer CINCPAC Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command 2) Congressional Liaison Officer CINCSOC Commander-in-Chief, Special Operations CLOMA Conditional Letter of Map Amendment Command CLOMR Conditional Letter of Map Revision CINCTRANS Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command CLR Common Language Runtime CIND Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector CLS Central Locator System CINDI 1) Center for Integration of cm centimeter Information CM 1) Cadre Manager 2) Compact Integrated Narcotics Detector 2) Chief of Mission Instrument 3) Configuration Management CINS Catastrophic Incident of National Significance 4) Consequence Management CINT Chief Intelligence Officer 5) Counter-Measure CIO Chief Information Officer CMA 1) Certified Medical Assistant CIP Critical Infrastructure Protection 2) Chemical Manufacturers Association CIP IWG Critical Infrastructure Protection Interagency 3) Chemical Materials Agency Working Group 4) Community Map Action (Form) CIPAC Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory CMAA Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (affiliated Council with CBP) CIPB Critical Infrastructure Protection Board C-MANPADS Counter-Man-Portable-Air-Defense Systems CIP-DSS CIP-Decision Support System CMAS 1) Circular Map Accuracy Standard CIPIC Critical Infrastructure Protection Information 2) Commercial Mobile Alert System Center CMAT Consequence Management Advisory Team CIPP Certified Information Privacy Professionals CMC 1) Center for Marine Conservation CIPWG Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group 2) Center 3) Crisis Management Coordinator CIR Critical Infrastructure Resiliency 4) Customs Management Centers Catastrophic Incident Response Annex CIRA CMCAC Crisis Management Center Augmentation Cadre Catastrophic Incident Response Execution CIRES CME 1) Chief Medical Examiner Schedule 2) Continuing Medical Education Critical Incident Response Group CIRG CMF Case Management File CIRMS Council of Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards CMG Consequence Management Group CMHS Center for Mental Health Services CIRP Catastrophic Incident Response Plan CMIA Cash Management Improvement Act CIS 1) Catastrophic Incident Supplement 2) Central Index System CMIR Currency and Monetary Instruments Report 3) Citizenship and Immigration Services, CMIS Corporate Management Information System Bureau of (see also BCIS and USCIS) CML Commercial 4) Civil Infrastructure Security CMM Capability Maturity Model 5) Community Information System CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration CISD Critical Incident Stress Debriefing CMO 1) Chief Medical Officer CISM Critical Incident Stress Management 2) Civil Military Operations CISMT Critical Incident Stress Management Team CMOC Civil Military Operations Center CISO Chief Officer CMRT Consequence Management Response Team CISOMB Citizenship and Immigration Services CMS 1) Call Management System Ombudsman 2) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CISSC Central Information Systems Storage Center 3) Crisis Management System CITAC Computer Intrusion Threat Assessment Center CMT Crisis Management Team CITMO Commercial Information Technology for CMTB Countermeasures Test Bed Multinational Operations CMU 1) Concrete Masonry Unit CITO Central Imagery Tasking Office 2) Crisis Management Unit CITP Criminal Investigator Training Program CMV Commercial Motor Vehicle CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CMX Crisis Management Exercise CJIS Criminal Justice Information Services/System CN Communications Network CJTF Commander, Joint Task Force CNA Certified Nursing Assistant CK Caulk CNAC Customs National Aviation Center CLAIMS Computer Linked Application Information CNBC Congress of National Black Churches Management System CNC 1) Central Network Control CLASP Consular Lost and Stolen Passport System 2) Computer Numerical Control

12 CNCS for National and Community COM 1) Communications Service 2) Component Object Model CNDSP Defense Service Provider COMC Communications Coordinator CNE 1) Continuing Nursing Education COMCDTF Commander, Civil Disturbance Task Force 2) Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement COMINT Communications Intelligence (formerly CNO) COML Communications Unit Leader CNGB Chief of the National Guard Bureau COMM Communications CNMI Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana COMMDIR Communications Directory Islands CoMNET Consequence Management News, Equipment CNN Cable News Network and Training CNO 1 ) C h i e f o f N a v a l O p e r a t i o n s COMP Compensation/Claims Unit Leader 2) Counter-Narcotics Officer COMPUSEC Computer Security

CNPPD Chemical & Nuclear Preparedness and COMREL Community Relations Protection Division COMSEC Communications Security CNR Center for National Response, The COMSVC Component Services (OHA/COMSVC) CNS Central Nervous System CONG Congressional CNSC Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission CONGR Congress CNSIP Classified National Security Information Program CONO Contracting Officer CNSNS Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards CONOPS 1) Control Operations 2) Concept of Operations CNT 1) Counternarcoterrorism 2) Crisis Negotiation Team CONPLAN 1) Concept of Operations Plan 2) Contingency Plan CNU Crisis Negotiations Unit (FBI) 3) U.S. Government Interagency Domestic CNWDI Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (see CO 1) Commanding Officer NRP) 2) Communications Officer CONUS 1) Contiguous United States 3) Contracting Officer 2) Continental United States 4) Custodial Officer CONUSA Continental CO2 Carbon Dioxide COO Chief Operating Officer COA Course of Action Continuity of Operations COAC Customs Operations Advisory Committee COP 1) Chief of Party COAD Community Organizations Active In Disaster 2) Chief of Police COAP Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction 3) Committee of Principals COB Close of Business 4) Common Operating/Operational Picture COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language 5) Continuation of Pay COBRA 1) Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, Radiological COPS Community Oriented Policing Service 2) Coastal Barriers Resources Act COR 1) Central Office of Record COBRE Carry-On Bag Remote Examination 2) Contracting Officers Representative COC 1) Combat Operations Center CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture 2) Country of Citizenship CORE 1) Cadre of Response Employees COCO Computer Coordinator 2) Cadre of On-call Response Employees COCOM 1) Combatant Command 3) Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies 2) Coordinating Committee CORS Continuously Operating Reference Station COD Cash on Delivery COS 1) Cash on Shipment CODEL Congressional Delegation 2) Chief of Staff CODIS Combined DNA Index System COSIN Control Staff Instruction COE Center of Excellence COSMIC Computer Software Management and COEM Chicago Office of Emergency Management Information Center (NASA) COF Construction of Facilities projects COSO Chief of Staff Office/Operations COG 1) Continuity of Government COSP (see PLCY) Chief of Staff Office/Policy (former DHS 2) Council of Governments Subcomponent) COGO Coordinate Geometry COST Cost Unit Leader COI 1) Community of Interest COTHEN Customs Over the Horizon Enforcement 2) Critical Operational Issue Network COL 1) Colonel COTP 2) Cost of Living COTR Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative COLA 1) Combined Operating License Application COTS Commercial Off the Shelf 2) Cost of Living Allowance COUSCS Commercial Operations of the US Customs COLISEUM Community On-Line Intelligence System for End Service, Advisory Committee on Users and Managers COW Cellular on Wheels COLT Cellular on Light Truck CP 1) Command Post 2) Control Point 3) Coordination and Planning

13 CPA Coalition Provisional Authority CRM 1) Common Risk Model CPAS Cellular Priority Access System 2) Crisis (or Communications) Resource CPAV Community Program Assistance Visit Manager CPC 1) Climate Prediction Center CRO 1) Congressional Relations Officer 2) Commission on Professional Credentialing 2) Community Reuse Organization 3) Country of Particular Concern CROP Common Relevant Operational Picture CPD 1) Community Planning and Development CROSS Counterterrorism Reporting on Suspicious 2) Community Preparedness Division Surveillance CPE Contingency Planning Exchange CRP 1) Conservation Reserve Program CPG 1) Civil Preparedness Guide 2) Critical Review Phase 2) Comprehensive Preparedness Guide CRR Case Resolution Records CPHC Central Pacific Hurricane Center CRRDB Comprehensive Reference Resource Database CPI Consumer Price Index CRREL Cold Region Research and Engineering CPIC Capital Planning and Investment Control Laboratory (US Army) cpm 1) characters per minute CRS 1) Catholic Relief Services 2) counts per minute 2) Community Rating System CPMCC Coalition Partner Mobile Command Center 3) Community Relations Service 4) Congressional Research Service CPO 1) Central Processing Office 2) Chief Procurement Officer CRT Cathode Ray Tube CPOT Consolidated Priority Organization Target CRTF 1) Commander, Response Task Force 2) Crisis Response Task Force CPPA Certified Professional Property Administrator CRUD Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete CPPM Certified Professional Property Manager CRWB Crew Boss CPPS Certified Professional Property Specialist CRWG 1) (Hurricane Katrina) Comprehensive Review CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Working Group CPRM Checkpoint Resource Management 2) Crisis Response Working Group CPS Certified Public Secretary CRWRC Christian Reformed World Relief Committee CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission CRYSYS Cryospheric System CPSD Contingency Planning and Support Division CRZ Contamination Reduction Zone CPSP Comprehensive Passenger Screening Profile CS 1) Chief of Staff CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental 2) Chief Scientist [NOAA] Design CS&C Cyber Security and Communications, Office of CPU (NPPD/CS&C) CPX Command Post Exercise CS1M Contracting Specialist, 1M CQA Commandant's Quality Award CS25 Contracting Specialist, 25K CR 1) Civil Rights CSA 1) Chief of Staff, Army 2) Claims Representative 2) Cognizant Security Authority 3) Community Relations 3) Community Services Administration 4) Congressional Relations CSAC Chemical Security Analysis Center 5) County Road CSAF Chief of Staff, Air Force CRADA Cooperative Research and Development CSB US Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Agreement Board CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet CSBG Community Services Block Grant CRAMP Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program CSD Container Security Device CRC 1) Contamination Reduction Corridor CSDGM Content Standard for Digital Geospatial 2) Crisis Response Cell Metadata 3) Curriculum Review Conference CSDP Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program CRCL Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties CSE Communications Security Establishment CRCPD Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors CSEM Center for the Study of Emergency Management CRDC Cybersecurity Research & Development Center CSEPP Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness CRDF U.S. Civilian Research & Development Program Foundation CSG 1) Coordinating Sub-Group CRDS Consolidated Remote Delivery Site 2) Council of State Governments CREATE Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of 3) Counterterrorism Security Group Terrorism Events CSH Combat Support Hospital CREM Classified Removable Electronic Media CSHEMA Campus Safety, Health & Environmental CREP Crew Representative Management Associations CREST Contingency Real Estate Support Team CSHIB Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation CREW Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup Board CRI Cities Readiness Initiative CSHO Compliance Safety and Health Officer- OSHA CRL Certificate Revocation Lists CSI 1) Container Security Initiative 2) Customer Satisfaction Index

14 CSID 1) Call Subscriber ID CTU Chemistry/Toxicology Unit 2) Centralized and Information Desk CTUIR Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian CSIL Commercial Satellite Imagery Library Reservation CSIRC Computer Security Incident Response Center cu cubic CSIRT Computer Security Incident Response Team CUI Controlled Unclassified Information CSIS 1) Canadian Security Intelligence Service CUL Cost Unit Leader 2) Center for Strategic International Studies CULS Cultural Specialist 3) Credited Structures Inventory System CUREE Consortium of Universities for Research in CSM Chemical Surety Material Earthquake Engineering CSMIP California Strong-Motion Instrumentation CUSEC Central United States Earthquake Consortium Program CUSP Central United States Partnership CSO 1) Chief Security Officer CV 1) Combined Verification 2) Component Security Officer 2) Curriculum Vitae CSP Certified Safety Professional CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CSPI 1) Critical Structure Protection Initiative CVI Commercial Vehicle Inspection 2) Critical Systems Protective Initiative CVO Cascades Volcano Observatory CSPO Cargo Systems Program Office CVP Citizenship Verification Procedures CSREES Cooperative State Research Education and CVS 1) Clearance Verification System Extension Service 2) Combined Verification Section CSRS Civil Service Retirement System CVVFA Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s CST 1) Central Standard Time (GMT-6) Association 2) Civil Support Team (National Guard--for CW 1) /Weapons WMD) 2) Continuous Wave CSTARC Cyber Security Tracking, Analysis, & Response Center CWA 1) Chemical Warfare Agent 2) Clean Water Act CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists CWC Chemical Weapons Convention CSU 1) Clearing-Staging Unit CWG 1) Concept Working Group 2) Crime Scene Unit 2) Continuity of Operations Working Group 3) Customer Satisfaction Unit CWIN 1) Critical Infrastructure Warning Information CT Counterterrorism Network CT/NP-ESG Counterterrorism and National Preparedness 2) Cyberspace Warning Intelligence Network Exercise Sub-Group CWN Call When Needed CTA Combined Travel Authorization CWP Center for Watershed Protection Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee CTAC CWS 1) Check C-TAP Counter-Terrorism Airport Primacy 2) Church World Service CTB see CMTB 3) Compressed Work Schedule CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty CWSN Cisco Works for Switched Networks CTC 1) Conference and Training Center CWU Church Women United 2) Counterterrorism Center cy cubic yard CTCC Counterproliferation Technology Coordinating CY Calendar Year Committee CZM Coastal Zone Management

CTD 1) Concept and Technology Development CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act 2) Counterterrorist Division Departments and Agencies 3) Cumulative Trauma Disorder D/A CTF Combined Task Force D2PC An Army computer dispersion modeling capability CTGP Competitive Training Grant Program D2Puff An Army computer dispersion modeling CTI Computer Telephony Integration capability that can factor in terrain and wind CTIA Cellular Telecommunications & Internet changes Association DA 1) Damage Assessment CTISS Common Terrorism Information Sharing 2) Declaration of Applicant Standards 3) Department of the Army CTJTF Counter-Terrorism Joint Task Force 4) Disaster Assistance CTOC Containerized Tactical Operations Center 5) District Attorney CTOEM Connecticut Office of Emergency Management DA PAM Department of the Army Pamphlet CTOTF Counter-Terrorism Operations Training Facility DAA Designated Accrediting Authority CTP Cooperating Technical Partners (Initiative) DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center C-TPAT Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism DAAMS Depot Area Air Monitoring System CTR Crew Time Report DAC 1) Defense Ammunition Center CTS 1) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 2) Direct Air Carrier 2) Cooperating Technical State 3) Disaster Application/Assistance Center CTSP Computer Technical Specialist DACS Deportable Alien Control System CTTP Consolidated Trusted Traveler Program DAD Deputy Assistant Director

15 DAE Disaster Assistance Employee [aka: "SAE"] DCE/MED TF Disaster Coordinating Element / Medical Task DAEO Designated Agency Ethics Official Force DAGC Deputy Associate General Counsel DCEMA District of Columbia Emergency Management DAIP Disaster Assistance Improvement Program Agency DALIS Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System DCFO Deputy Chief Financial Officer DALO Disaster Area Liaison Officer DCFSA Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account DAM Digital Asset Management DCG Disaster Control Group DAMAGES Disaster Accountability Management System DCHD DuPage County Health Department DAN Document Accountability Number DCI Director of Central Intelligence DAO Defense Attache Office DCID Director of Central Intelligence Directive DAP Disaster Assistance Program DCIS Defense Criminal Investigative Service Designated Agency Representative DCLN Declaration DARAC Direct Assistance Replacement Assistance DCLO Deputy Congressional Liaison Officer Consideration DCM Deputy Chief of Mission DARCOM Development And Readiness Command DCMI Core Metadata Initiative DARIS Disaster Automated Reporting and Information DCN 1) Disaster Contractors Network System 2) Document Control Number DARO Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office DCO 1) Defense Coordinating Officer DARPA Defense Advance Research Projects Agency 2) Disaster Coordinating Office DART 1) Daily Advisories/Risk and Threat DCP Development Concept Plan 2) Damage Assessment Reconnaissance Team DCPA Defense Civil Preparedness Agency 3) DHS Accessibility Requirements Tool DCPDS Defense Civilian Personnel Data System 4) Disaster Assessment and Recovery Team DCPS Digital Cartographic Production System 5) Disaster Assessment and Response Team DCS 1) Data Collection System 6) Disaster Assistance and Response Team 2) Defense Communications System DASA(ECW) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for the 3) Defense Courier Service Elimination of Chemical Weapons 4) Deputy Chief of Staff DASC Disaster Assistance Support Center 5) Digital Control System DASH Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health DCT 1) Data Collection Tool DASHO Designated Agency Safety and Health Official 2) Donations Coordination Team DASP Disaster Assistance Support Program DCV Detector Check Valve DAST Disaster Assessment Survey Team DCWDB Direction, Control and Warning Database DAT Tape DCX Direction and Control Exercise DAWG Disaster Attache Working Group DD 1) Damaged Dwelling DAWIA Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act 2) Defensive Driving 3) Direct Dial dB decibel 4) Dynamic Data Database DB DDD Direct Distance Dialing dB(A/B/C) Indicating The Method Used to Weight Sound Dynamic Data Exchange Frequencies When Measuring Sound Pressure DDE Levels DDL Data Definition Language DBA 1) Database Administrator DDO Deputy Director of Operations 2) Design Basis Accident DDOS Distributed Denial of Service DBMS Database Management System DDP Data-Derived Product DC 1) Dangerous Contact DDRM Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager 2) Direct Current DEA 1) Data Exchange Agreement 3) Dislocated Civilians 2) Drug Enforcement Administration 4) District of Columbia DEAC Deemed Export Advisory Council 5) Dry Chemical DEAS Digital DCA 1) Defense Communications Agency DEASTP Digital Evidence Acquisition Specialist Training 2) Disaster Communication Agreement Program DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency DEC 1) DCI Environmental Center DCAC Demilitarization Chemical Agent Concentrator 2) Director’s Executive Council DCAS Document Control and Accountability System 3) Disasters Emergency Committee DCBP Double Check Backflow Preventer 4) Disaster Emergency Communications DCC 1) Document Control Center DECD Department of Economic and Community 2) Donation Coordination Center Development DCCC Defense Collection Coordination Center DECK Deck Coordinator DCD DECON Decontamination DCE 1) Defense Coordinating Element DED Department of Education 2) Disaster Coordinating Element DEE Department Environmental Executive (DHS) 3) Disaster Communications Equipment DEEDS Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (CDC)

16 DEERS Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DEFCON Defense Condition DHO Disaster Housing Officer (replaced by IA deg degree Program/HA Manager) DEI Dose Equivalent Iodine DHP Disaster Housing Program (replaced by IHP/HA) DELO Deputy Environmental Liaison Officer DHS 1) U.S. Department of Homeland Security DEM 1) Department of Environmental Management [ESF-13] 2) Digital Elevation Model 2) Disaster Health Service 3) Division of Emergency Management DHUD Department of Housing and Urban DEMA Department of Energy and Military Affairs Development (also HUD) DEMS Domestic Emergency Management System DIA Defense Intelligence Agency DEN Domestic Events Network DIAC Defense Intelligence & Analysis Center DEO Detention Enforcement Officer DIAO Deputy Individual Assistance Officer DEP 1) Department of Environmental Protection DIB Defense Industrial Base 2) Domestic Emergency Preparedness DIC Deputy Incident Commander DEPER Deployed Personnel Report DID Direct Inward Dial DEPS Domestic Emergency Planning System DIDA Detection, Identification, and Assessment DEPSEC Deputy Secretary DIDS Decision Information Distribution System DEPSECDEF Deputy Secretary of Defense DIFAX Digital Facsimile DEQ Department of Environmental Quality DIHS Division of Immigration Health Services DERC Damage Estimates, Ranges and Casualties DII Defense Information Infrastructure DERF Defense Emergency Response Fund DIL Derived Intervention Level DERIS Domestic Emergency Response Information DIMC Digital Identity Management Center Services DIMHRS Defense Integrated Military Human Resources DES 1) Data Encryption Standard System 2) Disaster Emergency Services DIMO Defense Institute of Medical Operations 3) Division of Emergency Services DIMOS Drug Intelligence Method of Operation System DESCOM Depot System Command DIR 1) Director DEST Domestic Emergency Support Team 2) Domestic Imagery Requirement DETER Defense Technology Experimental Research DIRC Disaster Information Resource Center DEW Distant Early Warning DIRNSA Director, National Security Agency DFA Direct Federal Assistance DIS 1) Defense Investigative Service DFAA Delegation of Financial Assistance Authority 2) Distributed Interactive Simulation DFAIT Department of Foreign Affairs and International DISA Defense Information Systems Agency Trade DISC Disaster Information System Clearinghouse DFAS Defense Financial Accounting Service DISCO 1) Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office DFCO Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer 2) Defense Industrial Security Clearance Officer DFIRM Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map DISN Defense Information System Network DFIRM-DLG Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map - Digital DISUM 1) Daily Intelligence Summary Line Graph 2) Disaster Summary DFO Designated Federal Official DIVS Division/Group Supervisor DFOM Disaster Field Operations Management DLA Defense Logistics Agency DFOMC Disaster Field Operations Management Course DLG Digital Line Graph DFRN Disaster Federal Register Notice DLG-3 Digital Line Graph Level 3 DFSG Disaster Financial Services Group DLL Dynamic-Link Library DFSR Disaster Financial Status Report DLS Disaster Legal Services DFTO 1) Disaster Field Training Office DLSGP Driver's License Security Grant Program 2) Disaster Field Training Organization DLT Department Leadership Team DG/CS Dangerous Goods/Cargo Security DM 1) Dimension DGCO Deputy Grant Coordinating Officer 2) Disaster Management DGN Design (File) DMA 1) Defense Mapping Agency DGPS Differential Global Positioning System 2) Designated Market Area DGSA DOD Goal Security Architecture 3) Disaster Mitigation Act 4) Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (also called DGZ Desired Ground Zero DMA 2000 or DMA2K) DH Disaster Housing DMAC Disaster Management Advisory Committee DHA Disaster Housing Assistance DMAT Disaster Medical Assistance Team DHAP Disaster Housing Assistance Program DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center DHC Disaster Housing Checkwriter DMH 1) Department of Mental Health DHCD Department of Housing and Community 2) Disaster Mental Health Development DMHT Disaster Mental Health Team DHelp Disaster Help Web Site DMI Disaster Management Interoperability DHF Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever

17 DMIATF Data Management Improvement Act Task Force, DOZB Dozer Boss INS DP 1) Disaster Preparedness DMIS Disaster Management Information System 2) Double Pedestal DMI-Services (or DP# (Drop points are numbered and marked Disaster Management Interoperability Services DMIS) locations on a fire where people meet, DMOB Demobilization Unit Leader equipment is exchanged, and resources may be stationed.) DMORT Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team Defense Medical Regulating Information System DPA 1) Deepwater Ports Act DMRIS 2) Defense Production Act DMRS Data Management and Retrieval System 3) Delegation of Procurement Authority DMS 1) Dispatch Messaging System DPAO 1) Deputy Public Affairs Officer 2) Document Management System 2) Deputy Public Assistance Officer DMSS Defense Medical Surveillance System DPAS Defense Priorities and Allocations System DMV Department of Motor DPC Domestic Policy Council DNA 1) Defense Nuclear Agency DPETAP Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical 2) deoxyribonucleic acid Assistance Program (NDPC) DNAT Defense Nuclear Advisory Team DPFO Deputy Principal Federal Official DND Department of National Defense DPG Defense Planning Guidance DNDO Domestic Nuclear Detection Office DPIG Disaster Preparedness Improvement Grant DNF Did Not Finish DPM Disintegrations Per Minute Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board DNFSB DPMT Disaster Pediatric Medical Team DNI Director of National Intelligence DPMU Disaster/Deployable Portable Morgue Unit DNR Department of Natural Resources DPOD Disaster Personnel Operations Division DNS 1) Department of Nuclear Safety DPP 1) Disaster Processing Procedures 2) Domain Server 2) Domestic Preparedness Program DNSSEC Security Extensions DPPC Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners DO 1) Designated Official (OEP) DPRE Displaced Persons, Refugees and Evacuees 2) Digital Orthophoto 3) Director of Operations DPRO Display 4) Disaster Operations (FEMA/DO) DPS 1) Department of Public Safety 2) Dry Pendent Sprinkler DOA 1) Dead On Arrival 2) Department of Agriculture DPV Dry Pipe Valve DOB 1) Date of Birth DPW Department of Public Works 2) Duplication of Benefits DR 1) Disaster Declaration Number (alphabetic DOC 1) U.S. Department of Commerce designation or precursor for) 2) Department of Conservation 2) Disaster Recovery 3) Department of Corrections 3) Disaster Response 4) Department Operations Center 4) Door(s) 5) Discrete Organic Chemicals DRASH Deployable Rapid-Assembly Shelter DOCL Documentation Unit Leader DRAT District Response Advisory Team DOD U.S. Department of Defense DRC Disaster Recovery Center DODD Department of Defense Directive DRD Direct-Reading Dosimeter DODESB Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board DREC Deputy Regional Emergency Coordinator DODMS DoD Discovery Metadata Standard DRES Disaster Response Evaluation System DODRDB Department of Defense Resource Database DRF 1) Disaster Relief Fund DOE U.S. Department of Energy [ESF-12] 2) Disaster Response Force DOEd U.S. Department of Education (see ED) DRG 1) Digital Raster Graphic Deployable Operations Group 2) Disaster Response Group DOG 3) District Response Group DOH Department of Health 4) Domestic Readiness Group DOI U.S. Department of the Interior DRII Disaster Recovery Institute International DOIM Director of Information Management DRL Derived Response Levels U.S. Department of Justice [ESF-13] DOJ DRM 1) Data Reference Model DOL U.S. Department of Labor 2) Disaster Recovery Manager DOLP Disaster Operations Leadership Program DRO Detention and Removal Office (ICE/DRO) DOM Disaster Operations Manual DRP Division of Radiation Protection DOMO Domestic Operations (USCIS/DOMO) DRS Disaster Reconnaissance System DOMS Director of Military Support DRSF Disaster Response Support Facilities DON Donation DRSS Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards DONAT Donation DRT Disaster Response Team (NIMA) DOQ Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle DRTF Disaster Relief Task Force DOS 1) U.S. Department of State 2) Disk DOT U.S. Department of Transportation [ESF-1] 18 DRU 1) Direct Reporting Unit DUST OFF Medical Evacuation via Helicopter () 2) Disaster Resistant Universities DV Distinguished Visitor 3) Disaster Response Unit DVA Department of Veterans Affairs DRWD Disaster Reserve Workforce Division DVD Digital Versatile Disk DS 1) Damage Survey DVM of Veterinary Medicine 2) Deputy Secretary DW Data Window DSA Digital Standard Algorithm DWG Drawing (file) DSB Defense Science Board DWI 1) Disaster Welfare Information (or Inquiry) DSBCC Detection Systems for Biological & Chemical 2) Driving While Intoxicated Countermeasures DWML Digital Weather Markup Language DSC Digital Selective Calling DWR Department of Water Resources DSCA Defense Support of Civil Authorities DWT Dead Weight DSCO Deputy State Coordinating Officer DXF Drawing Exchange Format DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System DZOP Dozer Operator DSEA Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 E 911 Enhanced 9-1-1 DSEC Deputy Secretary E number Equipment number DSEL Dynamic Synchronization Event Log E.O. of the President DSES Directory Services and E-mail System EA 1) Eastern Area DSFO Deputy Senior FEMA Official 2) Emergency Action DSL 3) Energy Assurance DSN Defense Switched Network 4) Enterprise Architecture DSO 1) Director of Site Operations 5) Environmental Assessment 2) Disaster Safety Officer 6) External Affairs DSP Disaster Support Package EAB 1) Enterprise Architecture Board DSR Damage Survey Report 2) Exclusion Area Boundary DSS 1) Decision Support System EACC Eastern Area Coordination Center 2) Digital Standard EACG Eastern Area Coordinating Group 3) Diplomatic Security Service EACOE Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence DSSG Defense Science Study Group EACRS Emergency Automated Computerized Retrieval DSWA Defense Special Weapons Agency System DT Development Team EACT Emergency Action and Coordination Team DT&E Development Test and Evaluation EAD 1) Employment Authorization Document DT/CPS Domestic Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning 2) Executive Associate Director Section (FBIHQ) EADRCC Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination DTAPPS Disposable Toxicological Agent Personal Center Protection System EAG Exercise Analysis Group DTD 1) Data Transfer Device EAGLE Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading 2) Document Type Definition Edge Solutions DTE Disaster Temporary Employee EAI Enterprise Application Integration DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data EAL 1) Emergency Action Level DTG Date-Time Group 2) Entry Authority List DTIC Defense Technical Information Center EAM Emergency Action Message DTM Digital Terrain Model EAO 1) Emergency Action Officer DTMS Disaster Transportation Management System 2) Energy Assurance Office (see also EA) 1) Emergency Action Plan DTO Drug Trafficking Organization EAP 2) Emergency Action Procedures DTOC Deployable Tactical Operations Center 3) Emergency Assistance Personnel DTOS Deployable Tactical Operations System 4) Employee Assistance Program DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency 5) Event Action Plan DTRG Defense (or DoD) Technical Response Group e-APIS electronic-Advanced Passenger Information DTRIM Domestic Threat Reduction and Incident System Management EAPMO Enterprise Architecture Program Management DTS Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Office DTSA Defense Technical Security Agency EAR 1) Emergency Alert Radio DU Dobson Unit 2) Exercise Analysis Report DUA Disaster Unemployment Assistance EARN Employer Assistance Referral Network DUH Detached Unit Housing EARS Emergency Animal Rescue Service DUL Documentation Unit Leader EART Evening Advisory Risk Threat DULL SWORD Nuclear Safety Deficiency EAS Emergency Alert System (replaced EBS in 1997) DUNS Data Universal Numbering System EAWA Employ American Workers Act DUS Deputy Under Secretary EBR Endogenous Biological Regulators DUSM Deputy United States Marshal EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer

19 EBW 1) Electronic Bridge EDT 1) Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4) 2) Exploding Bridge Wire 2) Explosive Device Team EC 1) Electronic Commerce EDXL Emergency Data Exchange Language 2) Elevation Certificate EDXL-DE EDXL Distribution Element 3) Emergency Coordinator EDXL-RM Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource 4) Environment of Care (medical) Messaging 5) Extraordinary Circumstances EEE 1) Eastern Equine Encephalitis ECA 1) Earth-orbit Crossing Asteroid 2) Essential Evaluation Elements 2) Edgewood Chemical Activity EEG Exercise Evaluation Guide ECAPS Enterprise Coordination & Approval Processing EEGL Emergency Exposure Guidance Level System EEI 1) Essential Elements of Information ECBC Edgewood Chemical Biological Center 2) External Environment Interface ECC Emergency Communications Center EEM Exercise Evaluation Methodology ECCS Emergency Core Cooling System EENET Emergency Education Network (at NETC) ECCV Emergency Command and Control Vehicle EEO 1) Equal Employment Office ECD 1) Effective Cumulative Dose 2) Equal Employment Opportunity 2) Emergency Contacts Directory EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 3) Estimated Completion Date EER Eligible Existing Resources ECFG Emergency Coordination Functional Group EERI Earthquake Engineering Research Institute ECG 1) Emergency Coordination Group 2) Exercise Control Group EESL Extreme Events Simulation Laboratory Emergency Evacuation Team ECI Export-Controlled Information EET Employment Eligibility Verification System ECL Emergency Classification Level EEVS Employee Express ECN Executive Control Node EEX Exclusive Economic Zone ECP 1) Emergency Conservation Program EEZ 2) Entry Control Point EFAP Emergency Feed Assistance Program ECPC Emergency Communications Preparedness EFO Emergency Field Office Center EFOP Executive Fire Officer Program ECS 1) Electronic Certification System EFP Emergency Feed Program 2) Emergency Communications Staff EFPOP Executive Fire Prevention Officer Program 3) Emergency Coordinating Staff EFS Emergency Food & Shelter ECSAP Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program EFSNB Emergency Food and Shelter National Board ECT 1) Emergency Coordinating Team EFSP Emergency Food and Shelter Program 2) Exercise Control Team EFT Electronic Funds Transfer ECTF Electronic Crimes Task Force E-GIS DHS-wide enterprise GIS system ECU Environmental Control Unit EGM Enhancing Grants Management ECWAG Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant E-Gov E-Gov is the use by the government of ED 1) U.S. Department of Education (see DOEd) web-based Internet applications and other 2) Effective Dose information technologies, combined with 3) Emergency Department processes that implement these technologies. ED&DG Exercise Design and Development Group This term is also used to refer to the E-Gov EDA Economic Development Administration agenda item in the President’s Management EDAC Economic Defense Advisory Committee Agenda (PMA), Presidential Priority E-Gov EDAP Excess Delivery Acquisition Program initiatives, and the E-Gov focus areas referenced in the FY 2004 President’s Budget. EDC 1) Energy Disruption Committee 2) EROS Data Center EHM Earthquake Hazard Mitigation EDD Explosive Detection Device EHP 1) Environmental/Historic Preservation 2) Environmental Planning & Historic EDE Effective Dose Equivalent Preservation EDEN Education Disaster Extension Network EHR Electronic Health Records EDI Electronic Data Interchange EHS Extremely Hazardous Substance EDIFACT EDI for Administration, Commerce, and EHU Emergency Housing Unit Transport EI Exercise Information EDIS Emergency Disaster Information System EIC 1) Earned Income Credit EDITH Exit Drills In The Home 2) Emergency Interoperability Consortium EDL Environmental Disposal Liability EICC Emergency Information and Coordination EDMO Enterprise Data Management Office (formerly Center MCOE) EID Enforcement Integrated Database EDPP Electronic Design and Pre-Press EIDA Executive Information and Display Area EDR 1) Economic Development Representative EIDL Economic Injury Disaster Loan 2) External Data Request EIIP Emergency Information Infrastructure EDRC Expanded Dispatch Recorder Partnership EDS Explosive Detection System EIM Emergency Information Management

20 EIMA Emergency Information and Media Affairs EMR 1) Electromagnetic Radiation EIN Employer Identification Number 2) Emergency Minimal Repair EIO Emergency Information Officer 3) Environmental Management Review EIPA Emergency Information and Public Affairs EMR-ISAC Emergency Management & Response- EIPT Exercise Integrated Process Team Information Sharing & Analysis Center EIRS Emergency Information Retrieval System EMRS Emergency Management Response System EIS 1) Emergency Information System EMRT Emergency Medical Response Team 2) Environmental Impact Statement EMS 1) Emergency Management Specialist 3) Epidemiological Intelligence Service 2) Emergency Medical Service EIT Electronic Information Technology 3) Emergency Medical System 4) Environmental Management System EITS Enhanced International Travel Security System 5) Evacuation Management System EJ Environmental Justice EMSHG Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare EKU Eastern Kentucky University Group ELC Engineering Logistics Center EMSSA Emergency Medical Services System Act ELF Earth Liberation Front EMT 1) Emergency Management Team ELINT Electronic Intelligence 2) Emergency Management Training ELO 1) Enabling Learning Objectives 3) Emergency Medical Technician 2) Environmental Liaison Officer EMTALA Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor ELR Employee Labor Relations Act ELT 1) Emergency Location Transmitter EMTASC Emergency Management Training, Analysis & 2) Evacuation Liaison Team Simulation Center EM 1) Emergency Management EMT-B Emergency Medical Technician - Basic 2) Emergency Manager EMT-I Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate 3) Environmental Management EMT-P Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic 4) Exercise Manual EMWIN Emergency Managers Weather Information EMA Emergency Management Agency Network EMAC Emergency Management Assistance Compact END Exotic Newcastle Disease E-mail Electronic Mail ENDEX End of Exercise EMAP Emergency Management Accreditation Program ENGB Engine Boss Standard ENOP Engine Operator EMAS Emergency Management Assessment System ENR Environmental and Natural Resources EMD 1) Electronic Monitoring Device ENS Emergency Notification Service/System 2) Emergency Management Director 3) Emergency Management Division ENSO El Nino / Southern Oscillation 4) Emergency Medical Dispatcher EO 1) Electro-Optical EMERCOM Emergency Command 2) Emergency Office 3) Environmental Officer EMERGCON Emergency Condition 4) Executive Order eMerge2 electronically Managing enterprise resources for 5) Exterior Orientation (Parameter) government effectiveness and efficiency EO/IR Electro Optical/Infrared Emergency Management Exercise Reporting EMERS EOC 1) Emergency Operating Center/Emergency System Operations Center EMI 1) Electromagnetic Interference 2) European Olympic Committee 2) Emergency Management Institute EOD 1) Entered on Duty 3) Emergency Management Institute, Board of 2) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Visitors for the EOE Equal Opportunity Employer EMIO Expanded Maritime Interdiction Operation EOEA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs EMIS Emergency Management Information System EOF 1) Emergency Operations/Operating Facility EML Environmental Measurements Laboratory 2) End of File EMMIE Emergency Management Mission Integrated EOG Exercise Observation Group Environment (disasters) EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review EMNPP Emergency Management and National Preparedness Program EOM End of Month EMOC 1) Emergency Management Operations Center EOO Emergency Operations Organization 2) Emergency Management Operations Course EOP 1) Emergency Operations/Operating Plan EMP 1) Electromagnetic Pulse 2) Executive Office of the President 2) Emergency Management Plan 3) Extent of Play EMPA Emergency Management Planning and EOPT Emergency Operations Planning Template Assistance EOS 1) Earth-Observing System EMPG Emergency Management Performance Grant 2) Emergency Operations Software 3) Equation of State EMPO Emergency Medical Preparedness Office EOT Emergency Operations Team EMPS Emergency Management Program Specialist EOV Emergency Operations Vehicle EMPTY QUIVER Theft, seizure, or loss of a nuclear weapon or component EOW Envelope of Water

21 EP 1) Electric Power ERDC Engineer Research and Development Center 2) Emergency Programs [U.S. Army] EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ERDEC Edgewood Research, Development and EPAD Emergency Provider Access Directory Engineering Center EPAL Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language ERF Emergency Response Facility EPAP Equipment Purchase Assistance Program ERFOG Emergency Responder Field Operating Guide EPC Emergency Preparedness Canada ERG Emergency Relocation Group EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act ERL Environmental Research Laboratories EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to- ERLink Emergency Response Link Know Act ERM 1) Elevation Reference Mark EPD Electronic Personnel Dosimeter 2) Enforcement Removal Module EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment ERMS 1) Emergency Resource Management System Tool 2) Enterprise Records Management System EPG 1) Emergency Planning Guide ERN Emergency Response Network 2) Exercise Preparation Guide ERO 1) Emergency Response Official EPI Emergency Public Information 2) Equal Rights Office EPIC 1) Emergency Preparedness Information 3) Equal Rights Officer Coordinator EROS Earth Resources Observing Satellite 2) Electronic Privacy Information Center (“No ERP 1) Elevation Reference Point fly” list; epic.org) 2) Emergency Response Plan EPICS Emergency Preparedness Incident Command 3) Enterprise Resource Planning Stimulation 4) Process EPL Evaluated Products List ERPA Emergency Response Planning Area EPLO Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer ERPG Emergency Response Guidelines EPMS Environmental Portable Monitoring System ERPS 1) Effluents Radiation Protection Section EPO Environmental Protection Officer 2) Emergency Response Planning Scenario EPOC 1) Emergency Point of Contact ERRO Emergency Response/Recovery Office (USACE) 2) Emergency Preparedness Operations Center ERRS Emergency and Rapid Response Services EPP 1) Emergency Preparedness Program ERS 1) Emergency Relocation Site 2) Employee Personal Page 2) Executive Reporting System 3) Executive Potential Program ERSAC Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee EPPC Emergency Prevention and Preparedness ERT 1) Emergency Response Team Council 2) Environmental Response Team EPPM 1) Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and 3) Evidence Recovery Team Mobilization 4) Evidence Response Team 2) Environmental Planning Program Manager ERT:BC Emergency Response to Terrorism: Basic EPR or EP&R Emergency Preparedness and Response Concepts EPS Encapsulated PostScript ERT:SS Emergency Response to Terrorism: Self-Study EPSCoR Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive ERT-A Emergency Response Team - Advance Element Research ERT-N-NCR National Emergency Response Team for the EPW Exercise Planning Workshop National Capital Region EPZ Emergency Planning Zone ERT-S Emergency Response Team Support Capability EQPCE Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise ERV Emergency Response Vehicle EQPI Equipment Inspector ERW Enhanced Radiation Weapon EQPM Equipment Manager ES 1) Emergency Support EQTR Equipment Time Recorder 2) End System EQUIP Earthquake Impacts Projection (Model) 3) Engineering Section (Information Resources Division, FBIHQ) E-Quip Electronic Questionnaire for Investigation 4) Environmental Specialist Processing ESA Endangered Species Act ER 1) Emergency Relief 2) Emergency Room ESAP Energy Security and Assurance Program 3) Equal Rights ESAR-VHP Emergency System for the Advanced 4) Expedited Removal Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals ERA Equal Rights Amendment ESC Executive Steering Committee ERAMS Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring ESD Emergency Services Director System ESDP Engineering Study Data Package ERB Economic Resources Board ESDPF Engineering Study Data Package Facility ERC Emergency Response Coordinator ESDRB Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch ERCG Emergency Response Coordination Group ESEC Executive Secretariat ERCP Emergency Response Concept Plan ESF Emergency Support Function [see below] ERDA Energy Research and Development ESF 01 Transportation Administration ESF 02 Communications

22 ESF 03 Public Works and Engineering ETT Eligible Travel Trailer ESF 04 Firefighting EU 1) ESF 05 Emergency Management 2) Explosives Unit (BDC, FBI) ESF 06 Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and EVM Earned Value Management Human Services EVT Emergency Vehicle Technician ESF 07 Logistics Management and Resource Support EVVE Electronic Verification of Vital Events ESF 08 Public Health and Medical Services EW Emergency Worker ESF 09 EWAC Emergency Worker and Assistance Center ESF 10 Oil and Hazardous Materials Response EWC Emergency Worker Center ESF 11 Agriculture and Natural Resources EWF Electronic Warfare ESF 12 Energy EWI Entry Without Inspection ESF 13 Public Safety and Security EWMDS Emergency Worker Monitoring and ESF 14 Long-Term Community Recovery Decontamination Station ESF 15 External Affairs EWO Emergency War Order ESFLG Emergency Support Function Leaders Group EWP Emergency Watershed Protection ESGR Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve EWRI Environmental and Water Resources Institute ESI Electronically Stored Information EX/IM Bank Export/Import Bank of the U.S. ESIC Earth Science Information Center EXB Export-Import Bank ESIF Emergency Services Interconnect Forum EXD Explosives Division (S&T/EXD) ESL English as a Second Language EXPLAN Exercise Plan ESM 1) Electronic Support Measures EXTIN Extinguisher 2) Enterprise Security Manager F&STD Fire and Safety Test Detachment ESN Electronic Serial Number F/ERO Federal Emergency and Mutual Aid Response ESO Energy Senior Official Official ESP 1) Early Site Permit F/WRKGPS For Work Groups 2) Electric Service Priority FAA 1) Federal Aviation Administration 3) Extranet Secure Portal 2) Foreign Assistance Act ESPC Energy Savings Performance Contract FAADS Federal Assistance Award Data System ESS 1) Electronic Switching System FAAP Foreign Airport Assessment Program 2) Emergency Services Sector FAAR Facilitated After Action Report 3) Environmental Sensor Station FAAS FEMA Automated Acquisition System ESS-SSA Emergency Services Sector-Sector Specific FAAT 1) FEMA Acronyms, Abbreviations, & Terms Agency 2) Fully Analytical Aerial Triangulation ESSV Emergency Support Service Vehicle FAB FEMA Advisory Board EST 1) Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5) FAC 1) Assistance Center 2) Emergency Support Team 2) Financial Attack Center ESTA Electronic System for Travel Authorization 3) Foreign Air Carrier ESTD Established FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act ESTED Estimated Safe Time before Evacuation FACL Facilities Unit Leader Decisions FACMAN Facilities Management System ESTI Emergency Services Training Institute FACNET Federal Acquisition Network ET 1) End of Transect (Line) FACP Fire Alarm 2) Electronic Technician FAD Foreign Animal Disease ETA 1) Estimated Time of Arrival FADED GIANT Nuclear reactor radiological incident/ accident 2) Employment and Training Administration FAE Fuel Air Explosives ETAG Employee Training Advisory Group FAEST Forward Area Emergency Support Trailers etc et cetera FAI Fire/Arson Investigation ETC Emergency Transportation Center FAIH Federal Assistance to Individuals and ETD 1) Estimated Time of Departure Households 2) Explosives Trace Detector FAIR 1) Fair Access to Insurance Requirements ETE 1) Estimated Time Enroute 2) Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act [of 2) Evacuation Time Estimate 1998] ETIC Estimated Time in Commission FAITS FEMA Automated Inventory Tracking System ETIS Emergency Traffic Information System FALA Faller A ETJ Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (Limits) FALB Faller B ETL Extraction, Transformation and Loading FALC Faller C ETO Exercise and Training Officer FAM Federal Air Marshal ETOC Emergency Tactical Operations Center FAMA Fire Apparatus Manufacturers’ Association ETP Employment and Transition Plan FAMAS Facility Accreditation Management and ETRMS Emergency Transportation Resource Administration System Management System FAMIS FEMA Audit Management Information System ETS Evacuation Time Study

23 FAMS Federal Air Marshal Service (see OLE/FAMS) FDC Fire Department Connection FANMAP FEMA Automated Network Management FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface Program FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FAO 1) Federal Approving Officer FDID Fire Department Identification Number 2) Federal Approving Official FDL Forensic Documents Laboratory 3) Food & Agricultural Organization (UN) FDMS Federal Docketing Management System FAOC FEMA Alternate Operations Center FDNS Fraud Detection and National Security Unit FAPRS Federal Access Program Retrieval System FDO Flight Deck Officer FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FDP Federal Demonstration Project FAR 1) Federal Acquisition Regulations FDSOA Fire Department Safety Officers Association 2) Federal Aviation Regulations FDSS Federal Drug Seizure System FARS Financial Accounting and Reporting System FDUL Food Unit Leader FAS 1) Federal Acquisition Service 2) Foreign Agricultural Service FE 1) Fire Extinguisher 3) Freely Associated States 2) Functional Exercise 4) Freight Assessment System FEA Federal Enterprise Architecture FASSE Federal Agency Support Service Element FEB 1) Federal Executive Board FAST 1) Field Assessment Team 2) Federal Executive Branch 2) Future Attribute Screening Technology FEC 1) Facility Emergency Coordinator 3) Free and Secure Trade [Initiative] 2) Federal Election Commission FAX Facsimile 3) Federal Electronics Challenge FBAN Fire Behavior Analyst FECA Federal Employees Compensation Act FBCI Faith-Based and Community Initiatives FECC Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator FBCO Faith-Based and Community Organizations FED – TRT Federal Tactical Response Team FBFM Flood Boundary and Floodway Map FEDCIRC Federal Computer Incident Response Center FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation [ESF-13] FEDD Flood Elevation Determination Docket FBIIC Financial and Banking Information FEDMER Federal Medical Evidence of Record Infrastructure Committee FED-STD Federal Standard FBN Federal Base Network FEEA Federal Employee Education & Assistance FBO Fixed Base Operator FEFFLA Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act FBR Fast Breeder Reactor FEGLI Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance FC 1) Fire Control FEHB Federal Employees Health Benefits 2) Fire Corps (Citizen Corps Program Partner FEI Federal Executive Institute administered by USFA) FEIMS Fire and Explosion Investigation Management FCA Farm Credit Administration System FCBA Federal Communications Bar Association FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement FCC 1) Federal Communications Commission FEKC FEMA Employee Knowledge Center 2) Federal Coordinating Center FELB Felling Boss FCD Financial Crimes Division FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency [ESF-5] FCDA Federal Civil Defense Agency FEMAAR Federal Emergency Management Agency FCE Functional Capability Element Acquisition Regulation FCI Facility Condition Index FEMIS Federal Emergency Management Information FCIC Federal Crop Insurance Corporation System FCIP 1) Federal Career Intern Program FEMO Fire Effects Monitor 2) Federal Crime Insurance Program FEPA Fair Employment Practices Agency FCIS Federal Crime Insurance System FERC 1) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FCM Federal Communications Manager 2) FEMA Emergency Response Capability FCMG Fire Cache Manager FERS Federal Employees Retirement System FCMSSR Federal Committee for Meteorological Services FES Field Evaluation System and Supporting Research FESC Federal Emergency Support Coordinator FCO Federal Coordinating Officer FESHE Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education F-codes Charge codes for FEMA incidents FEST Foreign Emergency Support Team FCP 1) Field/Forward Command Post FF 2) Federal Center Plaza FFALC Federal Fire and Aviation Leadership Council FCRR Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response FFAMIA Federal Financial Assistance Management FCS 1) Food and Consumer Service Improvement Act 2) Farm Credit Service FFARS FEMA Facsimile and Record System FCSA Fee-Charge System Administrator FFATA Federal Funding Accountability and FCT Forward Coordinating Team Transparency Act FD 1) Fire Department FFC FEMA Finance Center (OCFO) 2) Foundation Data FFCD Full, Final, and Complete Disclosure FDA Food & Drug Administration FFDO Federal Flight Deck Officer

24 FFE Federal Field Exercise FIRESAT Fire-Detection Satellite System (previously FFFI&PP Firefighter Fatality Investigation & Prevention known as the Integrated Hazard Information Program (NIOSH) System) FFI Financial Fraud Institute FIRESCOPE Firefighting Resources of California Organized FFMIA Federal Financial Management Improvement Act for Potential FFMS FEMA Frequency Management System FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map FFO First Federal Official FIRM-DLG Flood Insurance Rate Map-Digital Line Graph FFRDC Federally Funded Research & Development FIRMPD FEMA Information Resources Management Center Procedural Directive FFS Federal Financial System FIRMR Federal Information Resources Management FFSTG Federal Fire Service Task Group Regulation FFT1 Firefighter Type 1 FIS Flood Insurance Study FFT2 Firefighter Type 2 FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FGCC Federal Geodetic Coordinating Committee FISH Forensic Information System for Handwriting FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FGI Foreign Government Information FIST Field Intelligence Support Team FH Fire Hydrant FIT 1) Failed Income Test FHA 1) Federal Housing Administration 2) Financial Information Tool 2) Fire Hazards Analysis 3) Flood Hazard Area FLAG FEMA Logistics Advisory Group FHAR Flood Hazard Analyses Report FLAR Forward Looking Airborne Radar FHBM Flood Hazard Boundary Map FLASH Law Enforcement Agencies Securing the Homeland FHCS Federal Human Capital Survey FLDPLN Floodplains FHFB Federal Housing Finance Board FLEA Fireline Explosive Advisor FHH Fire Hose House FLEB Fireline Blaster FHM Flood Hazard Mapping FLEC Fireline Explosives Crewmember FHML Federal Hazardous Material Law FLETA Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation FHR 1) Fire Hose Rack 2) Fire Hose Reel FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center FHWA Federal Highway Administration FLEX Federal or FEMA Leadership Exercise FIA Federal Insurance Administration FlHB Fire Line Hand Book FIAB Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board FLIR Forward Looking Infrared Radar FIAMIS Federal Insurance Administration Management FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority Information System FLS Flood Statement FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act FM 1) Financial Management FICC Federal Interagency Coordination Council 2) Force Module 3) Frequency Modulation FICEMS Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services FMA 1) Field Mitigation Assistance 2) Flood Mitigation Assistance FICO 1) Flood Insurance Claims Office 3) Floodplain Management Association 2) Flood Insurance Claims Officer FMAGP 1) Fire Management Assistance Grant FIDA FEMA Information Data and Analysis 2) Fire Management Assistance Grant Program FIDLER Field Instrument for the Detection of Low FMAP 1) Fire Management Assistance Program Energy Radiation 2) Flood Mitigation Assistance Program FIFMS FEMA Integrated Financial Management System FMC 1) Federal Management Circular FIG Field Intelligence Groups 2) Federal Maritime Commission FIMO Federal Incident Management Official 3) Federal Mobilization Center FIN Fingerprint Identification Number 4) Fully Mission Capable FINCEN 1) Financial Center FMCIMS Flood Map Center Inventory Management 2) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network System FINS Federal Information Notices FMCS Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service FIO 1) Federal Information Officer FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 2) Fire Information Officer FMD Foot and Mouth Disease FIOC Federal Interagency Operations Center FMDC Flood Map Distribution Center FIP Federal Information Processing FME Federally Managed Exercise FIPNC Flood Insurance Producers National Committee FMH Federal Meteorological Handbook FIPS 1) Federal Information Processing Standards FmHA Farmers Home Administration (Code) FMHCSS Federal Manufactured Home Construction and 2) FOIA Information Processing System Safety Standards FIR 1) Federal Inspection Report FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act 2) Final Inspection Report FMO Fire Management Officer 3) Flood Insurance Report FMP Field Management Program FIRB Firing Boss

25 FMR Fair Market Rental FRA 1) Federal Railroad Administration FMS 1) Federal Medical Shelters 2) Federal Records Act 2) Financial Management System FRAC First Responder Authorization Credential FMSIS Flood Map Status Information Service FRATS FEMA Recovery Action Tracking System FMT Field Monitoring Team FRB Federal Reserve Board FMV Fair Market Value FRC 1) Fast Response Cutters FMWC Federal Multilingual Website Committee 2) Federal Records Center FN Foreign National 3) Federal Regional Center FNAMS FEMA National Automated Message System 4) Federal Resource Coordinator 5) Federal Response Center FNAPS FEMA National Paging System FRCA Findings Requiring Corrective Action FNARS FEMA National Radio System FRCM FEMA Regional Communications Manager FNF Fixed Nuclear Facility FRD Formerly Restricted Data FNS Food and Nutrition Services FRERP Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan FO Field Office FRESH Fire, Rescue, Emergency, Safety, & Health FOB Federal Office Building FRID Flood Risk Directory FOBS Field Observer FRMAC Federal Radiological Monitoring/Measurement FOC 1) FEMA Operations Center and Assessment Center 2) Forward Operations Center 3) Free of Charge FRMAP Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment 4) Full Operating Capability Plan FOD Foreign Object Damage FRMT Field Radiological Monitoring Team FOF Field Operating Facility FRN 1) Federal Register Notice 2) Federal Reserve Note FOG 1) Field Operating Guide 3) FEMA Radio Network 2) Field Operation Guide FRO Flood Response Office FOH Federal Occupational Health FRP Facility Response Plan FOI Functional Office Index FRPCC Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating FOIA Freedom of Information Act Committee FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact FRPG Federal Response Planning Guidance FOP 1) Fraternal Order of Police FRPI First Responder Partnership Initiative 2) Fugitive Operations Program FRRATS 1) Federal Response and Recovery Automated FORSCOM Forces Command Tracking System FOS 1) Family of Services 2) FEMA Response & Recovery Applicant 2) Federal Operations Support Tracking System FOSA Federal Operational/Operations Staging Area FRS 1) Federal Reserve System FOSC Federal On-Scene Coordinator/Commander 2) Federal Response Subcommittee FOSS Field Operating Site Setup FRSA Federal Railroad Safety Act FOUO For Official Use Only FRSD First Responders and Small Departments FOV Field of View FRSGP Freight Rail Security Grant Program FP 1) Force Protection FRSSB Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards 2) Fire Protection Branch FP&S Fire Prevention & Safety FRTIB Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board FPC 1) Federal Power Commission FRZ Flight Restricted Zone 2) Federal Preparedness Circular FS 1) Feasibility Study 3) Federal Preparedness Coordinator 2) [United States] Forest Service [ESF-4] 4) Final Planning Conference FSA 1) Farm Service Agency FPCs Federal Preparedness Coordinators 2) FEMA/State Agreement FPDL Fire Protection Demonstration Lab 3) Fire Suppression Assistance FPE Fire Protection Engineering 4) Flexible Spending Account FPEIS Federal Programmatic Environmental Impact 5) Forward Staging Areas Statement FSAR Final Safety Analysis Report FPF Federal Policy Fee FSB Forward Support Base FPG Federal Preparedness Guide FSC 1) Federal Support Center FPI 1) Floodplain Information Report 2) FEMA Storage Center 2) Foreign Person of Interest FSC1 Finance/Admin Section Chief FPMR Federal Property Management Regulation FSC2 Finance/Admin Section Chief FPO 1) Federal Preservation Officer FSD 1) Federal Security Director 2) Flood Potential Outlook 2) Fire System Deficiency FPPS Federal Personnel Payroll System 3) Forensic Services Division FPS Federal Protective Service FSDO Flight Service District Office FQI Federal Quality Institute FSE Full-Scale Exercise FR 1) Federal Register FSG Financial Services Group 2) Field Reference FSH Forest Service Handbook

26 FSIE Fire Service Intelligence Enterprise GA General Adjuster FSIS 1) Food Safety and Inspection Service GA/FBO General Aviation/Fixed-Base Operations 2) Foreign Service Institute GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles FSIU Field Support Intelligence Unit GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards FSL Federal, State, Local GAAWG General Aviation Airports Working Group FSLC Federal Senior Leadership Council GACC Geographic Area Coordination Center FSLIC Federal Savings and Loan Insurance GACG Geographic Area Coordinating Group Corporation GAL 1) gallon FSM Federated States of Micronesia 2) Global Access List FSN 1) Federal Stock Number GAN Grant Adjustment Notice 2) FEMA Switched Network GANTSEC Greater Antilles Section FSO Free GAO 1) General Accounting Office FSR Financial Status Report 2) Government Accountability Office FSS 1) Family Support Services GAR Governor’s Authorized Representative 2) Federal Supply Service GARS Global Area Reference System FSSA Flight School Security Awareness GB FSSC Fleet Surveillance Support Command GBL Government/General Bill of Lading FSTC Foreign Science Technology Center (United GBPS Per Second States Army) GC General Counsel (see also OGC) FSTS Federal Secure System GCC Government Coordinating Council FSVS FEMA Secure Video System GCCS Global Command and Communications System FSX Full Scale Exercise GCE Government Cost Estimate FT 1) foot/feet GCF Ground Concentration Factor 2) Full Time GCO Grant Coordinating Officer ft/min feet per minute GCOA Gross Consequence of Attack ft3/min cubic feet per minute GCOS Global Climate Observing System FTA Federal Transit Administration GCR Gulf Coast Region FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas GCS Ground Control Station FTC 1) Federal Trade Commission 2) Federal Training Coordinator GD&A Grant Development and Administration 3) Field Team Coordinator GDIN Global Disaster Information Network FTD Federal Travel Directory GDM Geospatial Data Model FTE 1) Full-Time Employee GDNP Gross Domestic National Product 2) Full-time Equivalent GDS Geographic Display System FTO Foreign Terrorist Organization GDSS Global Decision Support System FTP GDT Ground Data Terminal FTS 1) Federal Technology Service GE General Emergency 2) Forms Tracking System Ge (Li) Lithium Drifted Germanium FTSS Federal Training Support Staff GEA Geospatial Enterprise Architecture FTTTF Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force GEIA Government Electronic and Information FTX Field Training Exercise Technology Association FTZ Foreign Trade Zone GEMA Georgia Emergency Management Agency FUM1 Fire Use Manager 1 Global Emergency Management Information FUM2 Fire Use Manager 2 Network Initiative FUNC Functional GEMS Global Emergency Management System FW Fire Weather GEOCC Government Emergency Operations FWAN FEMA Wide Area Network Coordination Center FWBM Fixed Wing Base Manager GeoTIFF Georeferenced Tagged Image FWCA Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act GER Global Emergency Response FWD Forward GES Global Enrollment System FWP Federal Women’s Program GETA Government Emerging Technology Alliance FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications System/Service FWPT Fixed Wing Parking Tender GFE Government-Furnished Equipment FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service GFI Government-Furnished Information FX Functional Exercise GFIP Group Flood Insurance Policy FY Fiscal Year GFIRST Government Forum of Incident Response and FYHSP Future Years Homeland Security Program Security Teams FYI For Your Information GFM 1) Generic Financial Module (NEMIS) FZ Flood Zone 2) Government-Furnished Material FZDC Flood Zone Determination Company GGI Global Geospatial Intelligence G&T Office of Grants and Training GGI&S Global Geospatial Information and Services

27 GHAD Geologic Hazard Abatement District GSA General Services Administration GI 1) Geographic Information GSAAR General Services Administration Acquisition 2) Ground Infantry Regulation GIF 1) Graphical Image Format GSACR GSA Communications Representative 2) Graphics Interchange Format GSB GIS Solutions Branch GIG Global Information Grid GSE Government-Sponsored Enterprise GIL Grant-In-Lieu GST Ground Support Team GILS Government Information Locator Service GSUL Ground Support Unit Leader GIS 1) Geographic Information System GTA 1) Government Travel Account 2) Geospatial Information System 2) Government Travel Authorization GISS GIS Specialist GTC Government Travel Card GISWG Global Infrastructure and Standards Working GTM Government Technical Monitor Group GTR 1) Government Technical Representative GIWG Global Intelligence Working Group 2) Government Transportation Request GIWW Gulf Intracoastal Waterway GTS Global Telecommunications System GLD General Law Division GUI 1) Geographical User Interface GLPAC Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee 2) GLWRM Great Lakes Wave Runup Model GUIRR Government-University-Industry Research GM Guidance Memorandum Roundtable G-M Geiger-Mueller (radiation detector) GVO Green Vinyl Overboot GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System GWA Government Wide Accounting GMF Government Master File GWAC Government-wide Acquisition Contract GML Geographic Markup Language GZ Ground Zero GMO 1) Geospatial Management Office H&H 1) Hydraulics and Hydrology 2) Genetically Modified Organism 2) Hydrologic and Hydraulic (Analyses) GMR Graduated Mobilization Response HA Housing Assistance GMS 1) Grant Management Specialists HAB Hostile Action Based 2) Grants Management System HADT Hawaiian Daylight Time (GMT - 9) GMT Greenwich Mean Time (aka: "ZULU Time") HAG Highest Adjacent Ground [grade] GNDA Global Nuclear Detection Architecture HALE High Altitude Long Endurance (see also MALE) GNIS Geographic Information System HAMMER 1) Hazardous Agent Mitigation and Medical GOALS Government On-Line Accounting Link System Emergency Response GOES 1) Geostationary Operational Environmental 2) Hazardous Materials Management and Satellite Emergency Response 2) Global Online Enrollment System HAN Health Alert Network GOGO Government-Owned, Government-Operated HAP Hazard Abatement Plan GOM Gulf of Mexico HARN High Accuracy Reference Network GOMEX Gulf of Mexico HARTline Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority GOSC Global Operations Security Center (Florida) GOTS Government Off-The-Shelf HASP Health and Safety Plan GOV Government Owned Vehicle HAST 1) Hawaiian Standard Time (GMT - 10) GP Grant Programs, Office of (FEMA/GP) 2) Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team GPCI Geographical Physician Cost Index HAWAS Hawaiian Warning System GPD Grant Programs Directorate HAZCAT Hazard Categorizing GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act HAZCOM Hazard Communication GPL 1) General Population Level HAZMAT Hazardous Material 2) General Population Limit HAZMIN Hazard Minimization GPLD Government Property Lost or Damaged HAZMIT Hazard Mitigation GPM gallons per minute HAZUS Hazards United States GPMRC Global Patient Movement Requirements Center HAZUS-MH Hazards - United States (Multi-Hazard) GPO Government Printing Office HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency GPRA Government Performance and Results Act Response Health Benefit GPS Global Positioning System HB GRASS Geographic Resources Analysis and Support HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities System HBX High-Blast Explosive GRP Grant Reporting Portal HC Human Capital GRS Geodetic Reference System HCA High Consequence Area GS 1) General Schedule HCF Height Correction Factor 2) Geological Survey HCFA Health Care Financing Administration 3) Geo-Stationary HCFSA Health Care Flexible Spending Account 4) Ground Support HCIB Human Capital Investment Branch

28 HCO Human Capital Office (see OCHCO) HITRAC Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk HCOP Human Capital Operational Plan Analysis Center HCTS Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security HITRON Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron HD Hurricane Day HITS High Impact Technology Solutions Hdbks Handbooks HL 1) Help Line HDD Heating Degree Days 2) Hotline HDER Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse HLCO Helicopter Coordinator HDP Hurricane Destruction Potential HLD Homeland Defense HDTC Homeland Defense Technology Center HLDBU Homeland Defense Budget Unit HE High Explosive HLS 1) Homeland Security HEAR Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio 2) Hurricane Local Statement HEB1 Helibase Manager (4+) HLS-CAM Homeland Security Comprehensive Assessment Model HEB2 Helibase Manager (1-3) HLSEA Homeland Security Enterprise Architecture HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center HLT Hurricane Liaison Team HECM Helicopter Crewmember HLW High-Level Waste HEICS Hospital Emergency Incident Command System HM 1) Hazard Mitigation HELB Helicopter Boss 2) Hazardous Materials

HELM Helicopter Manager HMA Hazardous Materials Accident

HELP Health Emergencies in Large Populations HMAC Hazardous Materials Advisory Council

HEMP High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse HMC Hazard Mitigation Coordinator

HEOC Hospital Emergency Operations Center HME 1) Hazardous Materials Endorsement (medical) 2) Health, Medical, and Environmental

HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air (as in filters) HMEP Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness

HERN Hospital Emergency Radio Network HMER Hazardous Material Emergency Response

HERO Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to HMG Hazard Mitigation Grant Ordnance HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grants Program HERS Helicopter Rappel Spotter HMIX Hazardous Materials Information Exchange HERT Hospital Emergency Response Team HMMWV Highly Mobile Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle HES Hurricane Evacuation Study HMRT Hazardous Materials Response Team HESM Helispot Manager HMRU Hazardous Materials Response Unit (FBI) HET Headquarters Emergency Transportation HMST Hazard Mitigation Survey Team HETA Homeland Environment and Threat Analysis Division HMTA Hazardous Materials Transportation Act HEU Highly Enriched Uranium HMTAP 1) Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Plan 2) Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance HEW U.S. Department of Health, Education and Program Welfare HMTUSA Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform HF 1) High Frequency Safety Act 2) Hydrogen Fluoride HNAT Human Needs Assessment Team HF/SSB High Frequency / Single Side Band HNT Hostage Negotiation Team HFD Human Factors Division (S&T/HFD) HOB Height of Burst HFSC Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition HOH Head Of Household HgI2 mercuric iodide HOO [NRC] Headquarters Operations Officer HHA High Hazard Area HOPWA Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS HHC Headquarters and Headquarters Company HOTMAC High Order Turbulence Model for Atmospheric HHD Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment Circulation

HHMD Hand-Held Metal Detector HP 1) Health Physicist HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2) Historic Preservation [ESF-8] 3) Horsepower HHS SERT Health and Human Services Secretary’s 4) Hurricane Program Emergency Response Teams HPAC Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability HHSEOC Health and Human Services Emergency HPC 1) High Probability of Completion Operations Center 2) Hydrometeorological Prediction Center HHW Household Hazardous Wastes HPCC High-performance Computing and HIC Hydrologist-in-Charge Communications HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area HPPM Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine HIP Housing Improvement Program [U.S. Army Center for] HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability HPRDS Human Portable Radiation Detection System Act HPRP Home Protection Roofing Program HIPDB Healthcare Integrity & Protection Data Bank HPSI High Pressure Safety Injection HIPS Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions HPT Health Physics Technician HIRA Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment HPXe high-pressure

29 HQ Headquarters HSOC Homeland Security Operations Center [see new HQAMC Headquarters Air Mobility Command name under NOC] HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army HSOMB Homeland Security Operations Morning Brief HQUSACE Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers HSPCD Historic Shoreline Positional Change Database hr hour HSPD Homeland Security Presidential Directive HR 1) Home Repair HSPI Homeland Security Policy Institute 2) House of Representatives HSPO (DHS) Human Subjects Protection Official 3) Human Resources HSPTAP Homeland Security Preparedness Technical HRAP Helicopter Rappeller Assistance Program HRCQ Highway Route Controlled Quantity HSS 1) Health Service Support HRD Human Resources Division 2) Hyperspectral Sensor System HRDI High Resolution Doppler Imager HSSP Homeland Security Standards Panel HRLD Human Rights Law Division HSSTAC Homeland Security Science and Technology HRMS Human Resources Management System Advisory Committee HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission HSTA Homeland Security Threat Assessment HRS Hours HSTF Homeland Security Task Force HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration HSTS Homeland Security Training System HRSAN Health Resources Services Administration HSTTIG Homeland Security Terrorist Threat Intelligence (Federal) Group HRSP Human Resource Specialist HSUS The Humane Society of the United States HRT 1) HTCI High-Tech Crime Investigation 2) Hydraulic Rescue Tool HTGR High- Gas-Cooled Reactor HRV Human Rights Violator/Violation HTMG Helitorch Manager HS 1) Homeland Security HTML HyperText Markup Language 2) Human Services HTMM Helitorch Mixmaster HSA Homeland Security Advisor HTPT Helitorch Parking Tender HSAC 1) Homeland Security Advisory Committees HTRT Hiring & Transition Response Team (PLCY/HSAC) HTS High Temperature Superconductor 2) Homeland Security Advisory Council HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol HSAP Homeland Security Assistance Program HTUA High Threat Urban Area HSARPA Homeland Security Advanced Research Project HUB Historically Underutilized Business Agency HUBZone Historically Under-Utilized Business Zone HSAS Homeland Security Advisory System HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban HSAT Homeland Security Action Team Development HSC 1) Health Service Command HUG HAZUS User Group 2) Homeland Security Center HUMINT Human Intelligence 3) Homeland Security Council (formerly OHS) HURCON Hurricane Condition HSCG Homeland Security Coordination Group HUREVAC Hurricane Evacuation HSD Human Services Department HV/HR High value/High risk HSDF Homeland Security Dialogue Forum HVA Hazard Vulnerability Analysis HSDN 1) High Seas Drift Nets Heat, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning 2) Homeland Secure Data Network HVAC HSEEP Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation HVT High Value Target Program HWL High Water Line HSEES Hazardous Substances Emergency Event HWM High Water Mark Surveillance (Program) HWP Highway Watch Program HSELP Homeland Security Executive Leadership HWR Heavy Water Reactor Program Hz (cycle per second) HSGP Homeland Security Grant Program I 1) Individual/Family HSI Homeland Security Institute 2) Iodine Exposure Intensity HSIA Homeland Security Industry Alliance I&A Office of Intelligence and Analysis HSIN Homeland Security Information Network I&P or I/P Information and Planning (formerly JRIES) I&W Indication and Warning HSIPP Homeland Security Integrated Planning Process I/O Input/Output HSIR Homeland Security Intelligence Report IA 1) In and around HSL Health and Safety Laboratory 2) Individual Assistance HSLA Homeland Security Leadership Alliance 3) Information Analysis HSLD Historic Shoreline Location Database 4) Information Assurance Homeland Security Labor Board 5) attack HSLRB 6) Inter-agency HSNTP Homeland Security National Training Program 7) Internal Affairs HSO Human Services Officer 8) International Affairs (see OIA) IAA Interagency Agreement 30 IAAE International Association of Airport Executives IAT Incident Assessment Team IAAI International Association of Arson Investigators IATA International Air Transport Association IAASP International Association of Airport and IATBOG Interagency Airtankers Base Operations Guide Seaport Police IAVA Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert IAB Interagency Board IAW In accordance with IABPFF International Association of Black Professional IAWF International Association of Wildland Fire Fire Fighters IBA Incident Business Advisor IAC 1) Incident Action Council, formerly IIMG IBA1 Incident Business Advisor Type 1

(NRP-CIS) IBA2 Incident Business Advisor Type 2 2) Incident Advisory Council 3) Information Analysis Center (DOD) IBA3 Incident Business Advisor Type 3 4) International Aviation Club IBAD Interim Detector IACET International Association for Continuing IBC 1) International Broadcast Center Education and Training 2) International Building Code IACG Interagency Airspace Coordination Guide IBD Improvised Biological Device IACNDR Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster IBDS Integrated Biological Detection System Reduction IBET Integrated Border Enforcement Team IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police IBHS Institute for Business and Home Safety IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee IBIS 1) Interagency Border Inspection Services IAD Information & Application Delivery 2) Interagency Border Inspection System IADP Initial Attack Dispatcher IBPAP International Business Practices Advisory Panel IAE Integrated Acquisition Environment IBS Integrated Baseline System (eGovernment Initiative) IBSGP Intercity Bus Security Grant Program IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IBT International Brotherhood of Teamsters IAEGC Interagency Electronic Grants Committee IBWA International Bottled Water Association (Federal) IC 1) Incident Command/Commander IAEGWG Interagency Electronic Grants Working Group 2) Information Collection IAEM International Association of Emergency 3) Intelligence Community Managers IC&V Intelligent Collaboration and Visualization IAFC International Association of Fire Chiefs ICAF Industrial College of the Armed Forces IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters ICAHST Interagency Center for Applied Homeland IAFIS Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification Security Technology System ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization IAFPA International Aviation Fire Protection ICAP Incident Communications Action Plan Association ICAV Infrastructure Critical Asset Viewer IAG Interagency Advisory Group ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IAHFF International Association of Hispanic ICC 1) Incident Command Center Firefighters 2) Increased Cost of Compliance IAI International Association for Identifications 3) Information Control Cell IAIP Information Analysis and Infrastructure 4) Intelligence Control Center Protection [DHS former Directorate] 5) Interagency Coordination Council IALEIA International Association of Law Enforcement 6) International Code Council Intelligence Analysts ICCB Intergovernmental Consultation and IAM 1) Identity and Access Management Coordination Board 2) Incident Activity Manager ICCOH Interagency Coordinating Committee On IANA Intermodal Association of North America Hurricanes IAO Individual Assistance Officer ICCT Incident Community Coordination Team 1) Improvised Chemical Device IAP 1) Immigration Advisory Program (previously ICD known as the Immigration Security Initiative) 2) Infrastructure Coordination Division 2) Incident Action Plan 3) Institute of Chemical Defense IAPH International Association of Ports and Harbors ICDR Interagency Committee on Disability Research IAPP International Association of Privacy ICE 1) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Professionals 2) Interoperable Communications Equipment IAQ Indoor Air Quality ICEP Incident Communications Emergency Plan IARLJ International Association of Refugee Law Judges ICEPP Incident Communications Emergency Policy and Procedures IARR Interagency Resource Representative ICER Incident Communications Emergency Reference IAS International Assistance System ICF 1) Incident Command Facility IASE Information Assurance Support Environment 2) Insulating Concrete Forms (DoD IA Portal) ICGP Interoperable Communications Grant Program IASIR International Association of Security and Investigative Regulators ICHRO Incident Command for High-rise Operations ICIMPP Integrated Civilian Industrial Mobilization IASIU International Association of Special Planning Process Investigation Units

31 ICISF International Critical Incident Stress Foundation IDS 1) Information Display System ICITAP International Criminal Investigative Training 2) Institute for Discrete Sciences Assistance Program 3) Integrated Deepwater System ICLN Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks 4) International District Station ICMA International City/County Management 5) Intrusion Detection System Association ID-WSF Identity Web Services Framework ICML Intelligence Community Markup Language IE Initial Elevation (Line) ICMOP Integrated CONUS Medical Operations Plan IEA 1) Immigration Enforcement Agent ICMSSR Interdepartmental Committee for Meteorological 2) International Energy Agency Services and Supporting Research IEC 1) InterExchange Carrier ICODS Interagency Committee on Dam Safety 2) Integrated Exploitation Capability ICP 1) Incident Command Post IECGP Interoperable Emergency Communications 2) Information Collection Plan Grant Program 3) Integrated Cargo Processing IED 1) Incendiary Explosive Device ICPACC Incident Communications Public Affairs 2) Improvised Explosive Device Coordination Committee 3) In-line Explosive Detection ICPAE Interagency Committee on Public Affairs in IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Emergencies IEISS Interdependent Energy Infrastructure Simulation System ICPO (see ) ICPS Integrated Card Production System IEMA Illinois Emergency Management Agency Integrated Emergency Management Course ICR Information Collection Request IEMC ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IEMG International Emergency Management Group ICRI Incident Commander Radio Interface IEMIS Integrated Emergency Management Information System ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection IEMS Integrated Emergency Management System ICS 1) Incident Command System IEP Ingestion Exposure Pathway 2) Initial Contingency Staff IEPD Information Exchange Package Documentation ICSA ICS Advisor IES Industry Executive Subcommittee ICSC International Cargo Security Council IETF Internet Engineering Task Force ICSCI Incident Command for Structural Collapse IETM Interactive Electronic Technical Manual Incidents IEVS Income Eligibility Verification System ICSSC Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in IF Inland Fetch (Line) Construction IFALPA International Federation of Airline Pilots ICT Incident Command Team Association ICT1 Incident Commander Type 1 IFB Invitation for Bid ICT2 Incident Commander Type 2 IFC Intelligence Fusion Cell ICT3 Incident Commander Type 3 IFE In-Flight Emergency ICT4 Incident Commander Type 4 IFERWG 1) Industrial Fire & Emergency Response ICT5 Incident Commander Type 5 Working Group ICTAP Interoperable Communications Technical 2) International Fire & Emergency Response Assistance Program Working Group ICTOA International Counter-Terrorism Officers IFG Individual and Family Grant Association IFGP Individual and Family Grant Program ICU 1) Incident Crisis Unit IFLOWS Integrated Flood Observing and Warning 2) Information Coordination Unit System 3) Intensive Care Unit IFMA International Fire Marshals Association ICWW Intracoastal Waterway (formerly FMANA) ID 1) Identification credentials IFMIS Integrated Financial Management Information 2) Infectious Disease System IDE 1) Initial Damage Estimate IFR 1) Instrument Flight Rules 2) Intrusion Detection Equipment [see IDS] 2) Interim Final Rule IDEC International Drug Enforcement Conference IFSAC International Fire Service Accreditation IDEM Iowa Department of Emergency Management Congress IDENT Automated Biometric Identification System IFSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar IDEX Image Data Exploitation (System) IFSTA International Fire Service Training Association IDGA Institute for Defense and Government IFTP Internet Forensic Training Program Advancement IG 1) Inspector General (see also OIG) IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity 2) Instructor Guide IDLH Immediate Danger to Life and/or Health IGD Infrastructure and Geophysical Division (S&T/ IGD) IDP Imagery-Derived Product IGE Independent Government Estimate IDPP Infectious Disease Prevention Program IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IDR Institute for Disaster Research

32 IGP Intergovernmental Programs, Office of (NPPD/ IMET Incident Meteorologist IGP) IMG Information Management Group IGPT Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team IMINT Imagery Intelligence IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol IMO International Maritime Organization IGSA Inter-Governmental Service Agreement IMOC International Maritime Officers Course IH 1) Industrial Hygiene IMPAC International Merchant Purchase Authorization 2) Industrial Hygienist Card 3) Inhalation IMPT Incident Management Planning Team 4) Intense Hurricane IMRD Information Management and Requirements IHC 1) Interagency Hotshot Crew Division 2) International Hurricane Center IMS 1) Image Management System IHD Intense Hurricane Day 2) Incident Management System IHE Insensitive High Explosive 3) Information Management System IHMT Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team 4) Institute of Museum Services IHOG Interagency Helicopter Operation Guide 5) Intelligence Management System IHP Individual and Households Program 6) Ion Mobility Spectrometry IHS Indian Health Service IMSA Incident Medical Special Assistant IHSS Institute for Homeland Security Solutions IMSI Incident Management Systems Integration IIBMH Interagency Incident Business Management Division [of DHS/FEMA] Handbook IMSID Incident Management Systems Integration IIC 1) Interagency Intelligence Cell Division 2) Investigator In Charge IMSM Incident Medical Special Manager IICRC Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration IMSR Incident Management Situation Report Certification IMST Incident Medical Special Technician IICT Interagency Intelligence Committee on IMSuRT International Medical Surgical Response Team Terrorism IMT 1) Incident Management Team IIFC Information/Intelligence Fusion Center 2) Integrated Management Team III Interstate Identification Index IMU Inertial Measurement Unit IIMG Interagency Incident Management Group INA Immigration and Nationality Act IIMS Integrated Information Management System INC Income IIMT Interagency Incident Management Team INCITS International Committee for Information IIOM Install, Integrate, Operate, and Maintain Technology Standards IIPLR Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction INCM Incident Communications Manager IIPO Information Integration Program Office IND Improvised Nuclear Device IIRIRA Reform and Immigrant INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Responsibility Act Laboratory IIT Incident Investigation Team INEOA International Narcotic Enforcement Officers IITCT Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques for Association Courtroom Testimony INER Interagency National Executive Reserve IITP Internet Investigations Training Program INES International Nuclear Event Scale IJIS Integrated Justice Information System INF 1) Infrastructure ILE Installations, Logistics & Environment 2) Immediate Needs Funding ILEA International Law Enforcement Academy INFOCON Information Operations Condition ILM Information Lifecycle Management INFOSEC Information Security ILS Integrated Logistics Support INL International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs [Bureau for] IM Incident Management (Task) INMARST International Maritime Satellite Terminal IMA Individual Mobilization Augmentee INPASS INS Passenger Accelerated Service System IMAAC Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center INPHO Information Network for Public Health Officials IMAC Infrastructure Monitoring, Analysis, and INPO Institute for Nuclear Power Operations Coordination INRP Initial National Response Plan IMAGE ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government INS 1) Inertial Navigation System and Employers 2) Insurance IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol INSARAG International Search and Rescue Advisory IMAR Inspection Management Activity Report Group IMAT Incident Management Assistance Team Insp Inspection IMC 1) Instrument Meteorological Conditions INSPASS see INPASS 2) Interim Message Change INT Intelligence, Office of (ICE/INT) 3) International Mechanical Code INTERCOM Internal Communications 4) International Medical Corps INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization IMCS Incident Management Communications Systems INV Investigations, Office of IMD Incident Management Division IO Information Officer

33 IOC 1) Initial Operational Capability IRCM Infrared Countermeasure 2) International Olympic Committee IRF Initial Response Force IOF 1) Initial Operating Facility IRFA International Religious Freedom Act 2) Interim Operating Facility IRFC Initial Response Force Commander IOM International Organization for Migration IRFS Infrared Field Specialist IONS Incident of National Significance IRI Industrial Research Institute IOR Initial Operating Report IRIN Infrared IP 1) Implementing Procedure IRIS 1) Incident Resource Inventory System 2) Improvement Plan 2) Incorporated Research Institutions for 3) Infected Premises Seismology 4) Information and Planning IRM Information Resources Management 5) Infrastructure Protection, Office of (NPPD/ IP) [formerly with IAIP] IRMCO Interagency Resources Management Conference 6) IRMS Information Resources Management Service IPA Interagency Personnel Agreement IRP 1) Installation Restoration Plan Integrated Public Alert and Warnings System 2) Institutional Removal Program IPAWS 3) Interior Repatriation Program IPB Illustrated Parts Breakdown 4) Investment Review Process IPC 1) Initial Planning Conference IRPMR Information Resources Procurement and 2) Interagency Planning Committee Management Review 3) International Paralympic Committee IRR Initial Response Resource IPD Infrastructure Protection Division IRRIS Integrated Response and Recovery Information IPE 1) Integrated Performance Evaluation System 2) Integrated Process Evaluation IRS Internal Revenue Service IPFO Interim Principle Federal Official IRT 1) Independent Review Team IPG Integrated Planning Guidance 2) Initial Response Team IPIA Improper Payments Information Act 3) International Registered Traveler IPP 1) Imminent Peril to the Public IRTI Immigration Reform Transformation Initiatives 2) Infrastructure Protection Program IRTPA Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention IPR 1) In-Process Review Act of 2004 2) In-Progress Review IRVMC Inland River Vessel Management Center 3) Incident Prevention and Response [Task] (National Preparedness Guidance) IRZ Immediate Response Zone 4) Initial Projections Report IS 1) Independent Study 5) Intellectual Property Rights 2) Information Security Intelligent Personal Radiation Locator 3) Information System IPRL 4) Infrastructure Support IPRSGP Intercity Passenger Rail Security Grant 5) Inspection Services Program IS&C Information Sharing and Coordination [Branch] IPS 1) Information and Planning Section (Office of Intelligence & Analysis) 2) Information Processing System 3) Integrated Planning System ISA Incident Staging Area 4) International Port Security ISAAC Integrated Security and Access Control IPSCOM Imagery Policy and Security Committee ISAAG Information Systems Architectural Advisory Group IPT 1) Integrated Process Team 2) Integrated Product Team ISABP International South Atlantic Buoy Program 3) Integrated Project Team ISAC 1) Information Sharing and Analysis Center IPTI Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative 2) Infrastructure Sector Advisory Committee IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange ISACA Information Systems Audit and Control Association IPZ Ingestion Pathway Zone ISAMS Information Sharing Agreement Management IR 1) Infrared 2) Infrared Radiation System Information Sharing and Analysis Organization IRA Immediate Response Authority ISAO ISAR Inspection Services Activity Report IRAC Interagency Radiological Assistance Committee ISBE Infrastructure Security for the Built IRAPP Infrastructure Risk Assessment Partnership Program Environment ISC 1) Infrastructure Subcommittee IRB 1) Information Resources Board 2) Information Sharing & Collaboration Office 2) Institutional Review Board (MD 10300) (I&A/ISC) 3) Investment Review Board 3) Inspection Services Coordinator IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile 4) Interagency Security Committee IRC 1) Information Resources Center 5) Interstate Commerce 2) InfoSec (Information Security) Research ISCC Information Sharing Coordinating Council Council ISCO 3) International Residential Code Information Sharing and Collaboration Office ISCORS Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986) Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation IRCA Standards

34 ISCP Integrated Support Communications Plan ITD International Training Division ISCS International Satellite Communications Systems ITDS International Trade Data System ISD Infrastructure Services Division ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers ISDL Inert Skin Decontamination Lotion I-Team 1) Incident Team ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network 2) Intelligence Team ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ITED IFSAR Terrain Elevation Data ISE Information Sharing Environment ITEP Information Technology & Evaluation Program ISEMA Indiana State Emergency Management Agency ITF Intelligence Task Force ISFSI International Society of Fire Service Instructors ITI International to International ISG Incident Support Group ITIC International Information Center ISGB Information Sharing Governance Board ITIPS Information Technology Investment Portfolio ISI Immigration Security Initiative System ISIP Initial Strategy Implementation Plan ITL Information Technology Laboratory ISIS Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System ITM Inspection Transfer Manager ISM 1) Information Security Marketing ITMRA Information Technology Management Reform 2) Integrated Safety Management Act of 1996 ISMA International Security Management Association ITP 1) Infrastructure Transformation Program ISO 1) Incident Support Organization 2) Individual Training Plan 2) Insurance Services Office ITPMO Infrastructure Transformation Program Office 3) International Security Organization I-TRAP Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness 4) International Standards Organization Program ISOC 1) Information Security Oversight Committee ITS 1) Information Technology Services 2) Interagency SEAT Operations Guide 2) Intelligent Transportation System ISOO Information Security Oversight Office ITSD Information Technology Services Directorate ISP 1) Immediate Services Program ITSH Internal Transport, Storage, and Handling 2) Information Security Program ITTC Identity Theft Technology Council 3) Information Systems Plan ITU International Telegraphic Union 4) Intensive Supervision Program ITV In-Transit Visibility 5) Interagency Security Plan International Technical Working Group 6) Internet Service Provider ITWG IUPA International Union of Police Associations ISPAG Information Systems Policy Advisory Group IV Intravenous ISPP Information Systems Planning Program IV&V Interdependent Verification and Validation ISPS International Ship and Port Facility Security IVD Interactive Video Disk ISR Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance IVHHN International Volcanic Health Hazard Network ISRS Image Storage and Retrieval System IVR Interactive Voice Response ISSA 1) Information Systems Security Association 2) Interservice Support Agreement IWG 1) Implementation Working Group 2) Investment Working Group ISSM Information Systems Security Manager IWIN Interactive Weather Information Network ISSO Information Systems Security Officer IWN Integrated Wireless Network ISSP Information Systems Security Program IWOMEN International Association of Women in Fire & IST Incident Support Team Emergency Services IST-A Incident Support Team – Advance Element IWP Integrated Warning Program ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency IWS Information Warfare and Strategy Act JAARS Joint After-Action Reporting System ISTL Incident Support Team Leader JAC 1) Joint Advisory Committee ISTS Institute for Security Technology Studies 2) Joint Analysis Center ISVB Imagery Science Validation Board JACADS Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System ISWG Import Safety Working Group JACE Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events IT Information Technology JAD Joint Application Development ITA 1) Information Technology Architecture JAG 1) Joint Action Group 2) Integrated Transport Analysis 2) Judge Advocate General (DOD) ITAA Information Technology Association of America JANAP Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication ITAAC Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance JAS Joint Alternate Site Criteria JATS Joint Air Transportation System ITAC Information Technology Acquisition Center JAWAS Joint Automated Weather Observing System ITACG Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group JBPDS Joint Biological Point Detection Systems ITAR 1) Information Technology Acquisition Review JCAH Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals 2) International Traffic in Arms Regulations JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of ITC 1) Information Technology Committee Healthcare Organizations 2) Information Technology Coordinator JCC Joint Coordination Center 3) International Trade Commission

35 JCCC Joint Customs Coordination Council [U.S. and JOPES Joint Operations Planning and Execution European Union] System JCGC Joint Center for Global Connectivity JPAC Joint Planning Augmentation Cell (for CBIRF) JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JPAS Joint Personnel Adjudication System JDCC Joint Data Coordination Center JPATS Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation JDISS Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System System JDOMS Joint Director of Military Support JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JEAD Joint Exercise and Analysis Division (Joint JPEO/CBD Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Staff - J-7) and Biological Defense JECG Joint Exercise Control Group JPIC Joint Public Information Center JEEP Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan JPMRC Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center JEMP Joint Exercise Management Program JPMT Joint Patient Movement Team JEOC Joint Emergency Operations Center JPO Joint Program Office JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander JPSG Justice-Defense Program Steering Group JFC Joint Force Commander JRC Joint Requirements Council JFCOM Joint Forces Command JRERP Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan JFHQ-HLS Joint Forces Headquarters - Homeland Security JRIC Joint Regional Intelligence Center JFHQ-State Joint Force Headquarters-State JRIES 1) Joint Regional Information Exchange System JFLCC Joint Force Land Component Commander (see HSIN) JFO Joint Field Office 2) JITF-CT RISSNET Information Exchange System JFOCG Joint Field Office Coordination Group JRMP Joint Regional Medical Planner JFSP Joint Fire Science Program JRMPO Joint Regional Medical Planning Office JHA Job Hazard Analysis JRS Joint Reporting System JHAT Joint Hazardous Assessment Team JRT Joint Response Team JHEC Joint Hazard Evaluation Center JS Joint Staff JHOC Joint Harbor Operations Command Center JSCP Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan JI Johnston Island JSERA Joint Special Events Risk Assessment JIACG Joint Interagency Coordination Group JSIPP Joint Service Installation Pilot Program JIALO Joint Interagency Liaison Officer JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force JIATF Joint Interagency Task Force JSTARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System JIB Joint Information Bureau JTA Jacksonville Transportation Authority JIC 1) Joint ICE Center 2) Joint Information Center JTF Joint Task Force 3) Joint Intelligence Center JTF - O Joint Task Force - Olympics JICG Joint International Control Group JTF-CM Joint Task Force - Consequence Management JICPAC Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific JTF-CS Joint Task Force - Civil Support JIISE Joint Interagency Intelligence Support Element JTF-FF Joint Task Force - Firefighter JIMPP Joint Industrial Mobilization Planning Process JTF-Katrina Joint Task Force-Katrina JIOC Joint Investigative Operations Center JTF-NCR Joint Task Force - National Capital Region JIS Joint Information System JTF-State Joint Task Force-State JIT 1) Job Instruction Training JTIMS Joint Training Information Management System 2) Just In Time JTMS Joint Training Master Schedule JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command JTOT 1) Joint Tactical Operations Team JITF-CT Joint intelligence Task Force for Combating 2) Joint Technical Operations Team Terrorism JTPA Job Training Partnership Act JLCO Joint Legal Claims Office JTR Joint Travel Regulations JMC Joint Movement Center JTRB Joint Telecommunications Resources Board JMET Joint Mission Essential Task JTTF Joint Terrorism Task Force JMFU Joint METOC Forecast Unit JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center JMIE Joint Maritime Information Element JULL Joint Universal Lessons Learned (Report) JMIP Joint Military Intelligence Program JULLS Joint Universal Lessons Learned System JMMO Joint Medical Mobilization Office JVM Java JMRO Joint Medical Regulating Office JWARN Joint Warning and Reporting Network JMT Joint Management Team (combination of IST JWC Joint Warfare Center and MST - US&R and DMAT or NDMS) JWFC Joint Warfighting Center JNACC Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication JNAIRT Joint Nuclear Accident/Incident Response Team System JNC Joint News Center JWID Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration JOA Joint Operational Area JXDM [Global] Justice XML Data Model JOC Joint Operations Center k kilo (1,000)

36 Kb 1) Kilobyte LEA 1) 2) Kilobit 2) Light Enforcement Aircraft kBPS Kilobits Per Seconds LEADERS Lightweight Epidemiology Advanced Detection KBRM Knowledge-Based Risk Management and Emergency Response System KCCO Kansas City Commodity Office LEAINTP Law Enforcement Advanced Interviewing KD Knocked Down Training Program KDEM 1) Kansas Department of Emergency LEAP Law Enforcement Availability Pay Management LEC Local Exchange Carrier 2) Kentucky Department of Emergency LECC Law Enforcement Coordination Center Management LEDET Law Enforcement Detachment KDP Key Decision Point LEED Law Enforcement Executive Development kg kilogram Program kHz kiloHertz LeeTran Lee County Transit Authority (Florida) KI Potassium Iodide LEGAT Legal Attache km kilometer LEGATS Legal attachments KMI Key Management Infrastructure LEH Light Enforcement Helicopter KML Keyhole Markup Language LEISP Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program KMS Knowledge Management System LEL 1) Lower Explosive Limit kN kilo-Newton 2) Lowest Effect Level KSA Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities LELI Law Enforcement Leadership Institute KSO Key Security Official (MD 10300) LEM Local Emergency Management KST Known or Suspected Terrorist LEMA Local Emergency Management Authority KT Kiloton LEMDP Law Enforcement Management Development kV kilovolt Program KVERT Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruptions Response Team LEO Law Enforcement Officer kW Kilowatt LEOC Local Emergency Operations Center kWh kilowatt hour LEOSA Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act L Locality LEP 1) Leadership Excellence Program L&D Learning & Development 2) Limited English Proficiency 3) Loaned Executive Program LAC Local Assistance Center LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee LAG Lowest Adjacent Ground [grade] LEPPC Local Emergency Prevention and Preparedness LAN Local Area Network Council

LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network LERN Law Enforcement Radio Net Land Satellite LANDSAT LERT Logistics Emergency Response Team

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LESC Law Enforcement Support Center

LAO Lead Agency Official LESO Law Enforcement Security Officer

LAP Lesson Administration Page LETPP Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program

LASP Large Aircraft Security Program LETS Law Enforcement Telecommunications System lb pound LEU Low-Enriched Uranium

LBAD Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot LEVEL 1 EST Full EST activation level (NRCC) lbf pound force LEVEL 2 EST Intermediate EST activation level (NRCC)

LC Logistics Center LEVEL 3 EST Minimal EST activation level (NRCC)

LC-A Logistics Center-Atlanta LEWG Law Enforcement Working Group

L-CAR Local Capability Assessment for Readiness LF 1) Linear Foot LCAT Logistics Closeout Assistance Team 2) Low Frequency LCCE Life Cycle Cost Estimate LFA Lead Federal Agency LC-FW Logistics Center-Fort Worth LFD Letter of Final Determination LCM Life Cycle Management LFE Lowest Floor Elevation LC-MF Logistics Center-Moffett Field LFEOC Local Federal Emergency Operations Center LCMS Learning Content Management System LFFE Lowest Finished Flood Elevation LCO Limiting Condition for Operation LFO Lead Federal Official LCS Local Communications System LFP Livestock Feed Programs LCT Liaison Coordination Team LH Local Hire LD 1) Lethal Dose LHA/LHD Landing Helicopter - Assault/ Landing 2) Limited Data Helicopter - Deck LDAP Light Directory Access Protocol LHD Local Health Department LDR Lutheran Disaster Response LHMC Local Hazard Mitigation Coordinator LDS Lightning Detection System LHR Limited Home Repair LDW Last Day Worked LHW Last Hour Worked LE Law Enforcement LIBSYS Library System

37 LIC License LOU Limited Official Use LID Low-Impact Development LPA Legislative and Public Affairs LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging (system) LPDP Livestock Preservation Donation Program LIDEF Levee Inventory Data Entry Form LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas LIFE Legal Immigration Family Equity LPN Licensed Practical Nurse LIHEAP Low Income Household Energy Assistance LPOC Last Port of Call Program LPPC Local Preparedness and Prevention Council LIMFAC Limiting Factor LPR 1) Lawful Permanent Resident (status) LIMS 1) Laboratory Information Management System 2) Legal Permanent Resident (person) 2) Logistics Information Management System LPZ Low Population Zone LINX Law Enforcement Information Exchange [Navy] LR Limited Response LISS Linear Imaging and Self-Scanning LRA Louisiana Recovery Authority LL Lessons Learned LR-BSDS Long Range Biological Standoff Detection LLEA 1) Lead Law Enforcement Agency System 2) Local Law Enforcement Agency LRC 1) Learning Resource Center LLIS Lessons Learned Information Sharing System 2) Logistics Resource Center LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 3) Logistics Response Center LLP Limited Liability Partnership LRFD and Resistance Factor Design LLR Lessons Learned (Hot Wash) Report LRIP Low Rate Initial Production LLW Low-Level Waste LRMP Long Range Management Plan LLWS Low-Level Wind Shear LRN Laboratory Response Network LM Logistics Management (FEMA/LM) LRT Long Range Tracker LMA Land Management Agencies LRU Lowest Replaceable Unit LMD Logistics Management Directorate (of DHS/ LS 1) Logistics Support FEMA) 2) Lump Sum LMF Logistics Management Facility LSA Logistics Staging Area LMFBR Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor LSC 1) Legal Services Corporation LMI Logistics Management Institute 2) Life Safety Code LMPC Labor-Management Partnership Council 3) Life Support Center LMR Living Marine Resource LSC1 Logistics Section Chief Type 1 LMS Learning Management System LSC2 Logistics Section Chief Type 2 LNG Liquefied Natural Gas LSCAD Lightweight Stand-off Chemical Agent Detector LNO Liaison Officer LSCD Life Safety Code Deficiency LOA Letter of Agreement LSCT Line Scout LOAD Loadmaster LSE Local Subscriber Environment LOAEL Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level LSFE Life Safety and Fire Engineering LOC 1) Letter of Credit LSFE Life Safety and Fire Engineering Branch of 2) Levels of concern FEMA Office of Occupational Safety, Health & 3) Library of Congress Environment (OSHE) 4) Line of Communication LSFP Life Safety and Fire Protection LOCA Loss of Coolant Accident LSFP Life Safety and Fire Protection Program LOC-TFCS Letter of Credit - Treasury Financial LSG Large Scale Game Communications System LSP Lump Sum Payment LODR Letter of Determination Review LSS 1) Laboratory Scientific Services LOEP Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness 2) Life Support System LOFR Liaison Officer LSU Louisiana State University (NDPC) LOG Logistics LSV Logistical Staging Vehicle LOI 1) Letter of Intent LT Lieutenant (aka: Lt or Lieut) 2) Letter of Instruction LTA Lighter Than Air LOINC Logical Observation Names and LTATP Land Transportation Anti-terrorism Training Codes Program LOMA Letter of Map Amendment LTCR Lost Time Case Rate LOMC Letter of Map Change LTD Limited LOMC-VALID Letter of Map Change Revalidation LTG Lieutenant General LOMR Letter of Map Revision LTL Less-than Truck Load LOMR-F Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill LTR Long-Term Recovery LOP Legal Orientation Program LTRC 1) Long Term Recovery Committee LOS Line of Sight 2) Long Term Recovery Coordinator LOSA Logistical Operations Staging Area LTRO Long Term Recovery Office LOSAP Length-of-service Award Program LULC Land Use and Land Cover LOSSEST Loss Estimation LVA Low Volatility Agent

38 LVB Large Vehicle Bomb MARS 1) Military Affiliated Radio System LWDR Lost Work Day Rate 2) Mobile Analytical Response System LWF Lutheran World Federation 3) Multi-function Acquisition and Reporting LWOP Leave Without Pay System LWR Light Water Reactor MARSA Military Assumes Responsibility for Separation of Aircraft LYNX Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority MARSEC Maritime Security LZ Landing Zone MarshMALLOW Marsh Management Activities for Learning the Lifestyles of Wildlife m meter MART Morning Advisory Risk Threat (see also DART M&A Management and Administrative and EART) M&IE 1) Meals and Incidental Expenses MAS Mapping Activity Statement 2) Miscellaneous and Incidental Expenses MASF Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility M&S Modeling and Simulation MASFO Multi-Agency Strike Force Operation M/S Meters per Second MASH Mobile Army Surgical Hospital MA 1) Marshalling Area 2) Mission Assignment MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence MAA Mutual Aid Agreement MAST 1) Maritime Security and Strategic Toolkit 2) Midwestern Alliance of Sovereign Tribes MAAD Mobile Asset Activities Document 3) Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic MAAFS Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists 4) Mitigation Advisors’ Strategic Tracker MABAS Mutual Aid and Box Alarm System MAT Mobilization Assistance Team MAC 1) Mapping and Analysis Center MATES Mobilization and Training Equipment Site 2) Mission Assignment Coordinator MATF Multi-Agency Task Force 3) Mitigation Assistance Clinic Multi-state Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange 4) Monitoring and Analysis Coordinator MATRIX 5) Multi-Agency Command MATTS 1) Marine Asset Tag Tracking System 6) Multiagency Committees 2) Mobile Air Transportable 7) Multiagency Coordinating (Entity) Telecommunications System 8) Multiagency Coordination MAV Micro Air Vehicle 9) Multiple Award Contract MB 1) millibar MAC Entity Multiagency Coordinating Entity 2) MACA Military Assistance to Civil Authorities MBA Master of Business Administration MACC 1) Multiagency Command Center MBO Management by Objectives 2) Multi-Agency Coordination Center MBPS per Second 3) Multi-Agency Crime Center MBTA Migratory Bird Treaty Act MACDIS Military Assistance for Civil Disturbances MC 1) Marine Corps MACGp Multi-Agency Coordination Group 2) Member of Congress MACOM Major Command 3) Mobilization Center MACS Multi-Agency Coordination System MCA Multi-Channel Analyzer MAEC Mid-America Earthquake Center MCAD Military Crew Advisor MAELU Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters M-CAST Medical Capabilities Assessment & Status Tool MAF Master Appropriation File MCB Movement Coordination Branch MAFC MAFFS Clerk MCC 1) Major Cities [police] Chiefs MAFFS Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System 2) Master Control Cell MAGIC Mid-America Geographic Information Council 3) Mobility Control Center 4) Movement Coordination Center MaHIMS Medical and Health Incident Management 5) Mission Control Center System MCD Medical Crew Director MALE Medium Altitude Long Endurance (see also HALE) MCE Maximum Credible Event MANPADS Man Portable Air Defense System MCEER Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research MAOC Military Air Operations Coordinator MCF 1) Mass Care and Feeding MAPs Motorist Assist Points 2) Movement Coordination Function Monthly Accomplishments Report MCI Mass Casualty Incident MARAC Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee MCMC Mid-Continent Mapping Center MARAD Maritime Administration MCMT Mobilization Center Management Team MARC 1) Mid-America Regional Council MCO MERS Coordination Office 2) Maryland Rail Commuter MCOC Marine Corps Operations Center MAREP Marine Report MCOE Metadata Center of Excellence (see EDMO) MARFORLANT Marine Forces Atlantic MCR Military Communications Representative MARPLOT Mapping Applications for Response, Planning, and Local Operational Tasks MCS Movement Coordination System MARR Mission Assignment Reimbursement Request MCSAP Motor Carrier Safety and Assistance Program MCU Movement Coordination Unit

39 MCV Mobile Coordinating Vehicle MG-MIN/M3 Milligram Minutes per Cubic Meter MD 1) Management Directive MGMT Management 2) Medical Doctor MH 1) Manufactured Housing MDA Maritime Domain Awareness 2) Mental Health MDC Maintenance and Deactivation Contracts 3) Mobile Home MDD Metal Detection Device MHC Mobile Health Clinic MDF Medical, Dental and Funeral MHE Materiel Handling Equipment MDRC Mobile Disaster Recovery Center MHEC Military Helicopter Crewmem MDRO Mission Disaster Relief Officer MHEM Military Helicopter Manager MDRV Mobile Disaster Recovery Vehicle MHMS Military Helicopter Manager Supervisor MDS Mennonite Disaster Service MHS Message Handling System MDST Mountain Daylight Savings Time (see MDT) MHTGR Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor MDT Mountain Daylight Time (GMT - 6) MHW Mean High Water ME Medical Examiner MHWL Mean High Water Line MEA 1) Major Emergency Action MHz Megahertz 2) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft MI 1) Major Incident (medical) MEAG Major Emergency Action Guide 2) Middle Initial MEAP Mobile Environmental Analytical Platform Multi-level-secure Information Infrastructure MED Medium MIC 1) Media Information Center MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation 2) Meteorologist in Charge MEDL Medical Unit Leader MICS Monitoring Information on Contracted Studies MEDRED Medical Readiness (OHA/MEDRED) (System) MEEMCN Minimum Essential Emergency Medical MIDAS Micro-fluidic Integrated DNA Analysis System Communications Network MIEP Mass Immigration Emergency Plan MEF Mission Essential Function MIFC Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center MEG Medical Evaluation Guidance MIIS Identity Integration Server MEIR Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation MIL Military Advisor's Office MEL Mobile-Erector Launcher MILES Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System MEMA 1) Maine Emergency Management Agency MIL-STD Military Standard 2) Maryland Emergency Management Agency MIM Major Incident Management (medical) 3) Massachusetts Emergency Management MIME Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions Agency MIN 1) Minimum 4) Mississippi Emergency Management Agency 2) Mobile Identification Number 5) Missouri Emergency Management Agency MIND Maritime Interceptor for Nuclear Detection MEMU Mass Evacuation Management Unit MINICAM Miniature Chemical Agent Monitor MEOW 1) Maximum Envelope of Water MIPR Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request 2) Maximum Envelope of Winds MIPT Memorial Institute for the Prevention of MEP Management Engineering Plan Terrorism MEPI Partnership Initiative MIRP Military Improved Response Program MEPP Master Exercise Practitioner Program MIRV Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle MERRT Medical Emergency Radiological Response Team MIS Management Information System MERS Mobile Emergency Response Systems/Support MISLE Maritime Information for Safety and Law MERSA Mobile Emergency Response Support Assets Enforcement MET 1) Meteorological MIT Mitigation 2) Meteorologist MITT Mobile Implementation Training Team 3) Mission Essential Task M-JPEG Motion JPEG METAR 1) Meteorological Aviation Report MKT Mobile Kitchen Trailer 2) Management Evaluation Technical Assessment Review MLAT Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Median Lethal Dose METL Mission-Essential Task List MLD Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty METOC Meteorological and Oceanographic MLETP Medium Lift Helicopter METSAT Meteorological Satellite MLH Line of Sight MeV 1) millielectronvolt MLOS 2) Megaelectronvolt MLW Mean Low Water MEWT Mobile Electronic Warfare Technologies mm millimeter MFAS Marriage Fraud Amendment System MMA Major Metropolitan Area MFR Memorandum For the Record MMC Main Media Center MFRI Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute MMCE Medical Management of Chemical Exposure MFTR Manufacturer MMD Merchant Mariner Document MG 1) milligram MMI Modified Mercalli Intensity 2) Marsh Vegetation (Line) MMIS Municipal Management Information System MG/M3 Milligrams per Cubic Meter MMPA Marine Mammal Protection Act

40 MMPAC Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee MRP 1) Machine Readable Passport MMRS Metropolitan Medical Response System 2) Minimal Repair Program MMS Minerals Management Service MRR Measurement Residual Ratio MMST Metropolitan Medical Strike Team MRRS MERS Response Reporting System MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MRT Medical Response Team MNAP Mapping Needs Assessment Process MRV 1) Mobile Response Van MNS Mission Needs Statement 2) Mobile Response Vehicle MNUSS Map Needs Update Support System 3) Multi-Radio Van 4) Multi-Radio Vehicle MO 1) Medical Officer 2) Method of operation MS&G Models, Simulations, and Games MOA Memorandum of Agreement MS-1 Medical Service – 1 (Hospital) MOB 1) Mobilization (or Mobilize) MSA 1) Metropolitan Statistical Area 2) Main Operating Base 2) Modeling, Simulation, & Analysis 3) Mutual Support Agreement MOB Center Mobilization Center MSC 1) Marine Safety Center MOC MERS Operations Center 2) Map Service Center MODEM Modulator/Demodulator 3) Major Subordinate Command MODU Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit 4) Mobile Switching Center MOM 1) Maximum of Maximums MSCA Military Support to Civil Authorities (see DSCA) 2) Middle of Month MSCLEA Military Support to Civilian Law Enforcement MOOTW Military Operations Other Than War Agencies MOPP Mission-Oriented Protective Posture MSD 1) Military Support Detachment MORE Making Officer Redeployment Effective 2) Musculoskeletal Disorder MOSS Management Operations and Student Support MSDS 1) Material Safety Data Sheet MOU Memorandum of Understanding 2) Manpower Standards Development System MOX Mixed Oxide Fuels MSE MERS Support Element MP 1) Management Profiler MSEL Master Scenario Events List 2) Military Police MSF Mobile Screening Force MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft MSFCMA Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and MPAC Muslim Public Affairs Council Management Act MPC 1) Main Press Center MSFO Marine Safety Field Office 2) Maximum Permissible Concentration MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration 3) Mid-term Planning Committee MSI Minority-Serving Institution 4) Mid-term Planning Conference MSIA Metadata Standards for Information Assurance MPD Maximum Potential Destruction MSIC Missile and Space Intelligence Center MPE Maximum Permissible Exposure MSIIP Minority Serving Institutions Internship MPEG Motion Picture Expert Group Program MPH Miles per Hour MSIS 1) Minority Serving Institutions MPPP Mortgage Portfolio Protection Program 2) Marine Safety Information System MPS Mission Planning System MSL Mean Sea Level MPU 1) Unit MSLO Military Support Liaison Officer 2) Mobile Power Unit MSO 1) Marine Safety Office MQIT Medical Quality Improvement Team 2) Maritime Security Operations MQM Medical Quality Management 3) Military Support Officer mR milliroentgen/millirem MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board MR 1) Medical Records MSR Main Supply Route 2) Medical Response MSRAM Maritime Security Risk Assessment Model mR/h milliRoentgen per hour MSST Maritime Safety and Security Team MRA 1) Monthly Rental Assistance MST 1) Management Support Team 2) Mortgage and Rental Assistance 2) Master MRAT Medical Radiobiology Advisory Team 3) METRO Strike Team MRC 1) Management Review Council 4) Mountain Standard Time (GMT - 7) 2) Medical Reserve Corps MSU 1) Management Support Unit 3) Monthly Recurring Costs 2) Marine Safety Unit MRE Meal, Ready-to-Eat 3) Medical Support Unit mRem millirem MT 1) Megaton MRF Medium Range Forecast 2) metric ton 3) Mitigation (FEMA/MT) MRI Mean Recurrence Interval Material Transfer Area MRIC Mobile Registration Intake Center MTA Medical Treatment Facility MRMC Medical Research and Materiel Command MTF Methodology Technical Implementation MRO Mandatory Removal Offense MTI MTMC Military Traffic Management Command MTOE Modified Table of Organization and Equipment

41 MTOW Maximum Takeoff Weight NADO National Association of Development MTP 1) Master Trainer Program Organizations MTR 1) Maritime Training Response NAEMT National Association of Emergency Medical 2) Military Training Route Technicians MTSA Maritime Transportation Security Act NAERG North American Emergency Response MTSP Mass Transit Security Program Guidebook MTT Mobile Training Team NAFAX National Facsimile Network MUDAC Meteorological and Unified Dose Assessment NAFSMA National Association of Flood & Stormwater Center Management Agencies MUF Materials Unaccounted For NAFTA North America Free Trade Agreement MUTCD Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices NAFTZ National Association of Free Trade Zones MV Merchant Vessel NAHB National Association of Home Builders MVGP Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles NAHERC National Animal Health Emergency Response MW 1) megawatt Corps 2) Microwave NAHF National Association of Hispanic Firefighters 3) Mount Weather NAI North American Initiative MWA Metropolitan Washington Area NaI(Tl) Sodium Iodide Doped with Thallium MWCOG Metropolitan Washington Council of (scintillator) Governments NAIC National Association of Insurance MWEAC 1) Mount Weather Emergency Action Center Commissioners 2) Mount Weather Emergency Assistance Center NAIIA National Association of Independent Insurance MWEOC Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center Adjusters MWFRS Main Wind Force Resisting System NAILS National Automated Immigration Lookout MWH megawatt hour System MWMD Mount Weather Management Division NAMRI Naval Medical Research Institute MWS Marine Weather Statement NANDA North American Nuclear Detection Architecture MXMS Mixmaster NAOC National Airborne Operations Center M-ZONE High Hazard Area NAOS North American Atmospheric Observing System N/A 1) Not Affected NAP 1) National AIDS Policy 2) Not (or Non) Applicable 2) Nuclear Assessment Program N/P Not Provided NAPA National Academy of Public Administration NA 1) North American NAPI National Arson Prevention Initiative 2) Northeastern Area NARA National Archives and Records Administration NAAE National Association of Agricultural Employees NARAC National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center) NAAK Antidote Kit NARCL Nuclear Accident Response Capabilities Listing NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards NARFE National Active & Retired Federal Employees NAAT North American Aviation Trilateral Association NAC 1) National Advisory Committee NARP 1) National Agriculture Release Program 2) National Advisory Council 2) Nuclear Accident Response Plan 3) National Agency Check 3) Nuclear Accident Response Procedures 4) Nebraska Avenue Complex NARS National Archives and Records Service NAC/AEGL National Advisory Committee on Acute NARSAP National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Exposure Guidelines Levels (for Chemical Program Substances) NARTC National Advanced Resource Technology Center NACA National Air Carrier Association NAS National Academy of Sciences NACCHO National Association of County and City Health NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Officials NASAR National Association for Search and Rescue NACD National Association of Corporate Directors NASBLA National Association of State Boating Law NACDD National Association of Councils on Administrators Developmental Disabilities NASCIO National Association of State Chief Information NACE National Association of County Engineers Officers NACI National Agency Check with Inquiries NASEMSD National Association of State Emergency NACIC National Counterintelligence Center Medical Services Directors NACo National Association of Counties NASEMSO National Association of State Emergency NACS 1) NEMIS Access Control System Medical Officials 2) Netware Asynchronous Communications NASF National Association of State Foresters Service NASFM National Association of State Fire Marshals NACWA National Association of Clean Water Agencies NASNA National Association of 9-1-1 Administrators NAD27 North American Datum of 1927 NASTTPO National Association of State Three NAD83 North American Datum of 1983 Program Officials NADB National Assets Data Base NASULGC National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

42 NATA National Air Transportation Association NCLIS National Commission on Libraries and NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association Information Science NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCMEC National Center for Missing and Exploited NAVAID Navigational Aid Children NAVC National Audio-Visual Center NCO Non-Commissioned Officer NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NCP 1) National Oil and Hazardous Substances

NAWAS 1) National Alert and Warning System Pollution Contingency Plan (aka: "National 2) National Warning System Contingency Plan") 2) National Continuity Programs (FEMA/NCP) NAWAS/BCC National Warning System Bridge and Conference Controller NCPC 1) National Capitol Planning Commission 2) National Crime Prevention Council NAWC National Association of Water Companies NCPI National Committee on Property Insurance NAWE National Association for Waterfront Employees NCR National Capital Region NBACC National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center NCRC National Capital Region Coordination (FEMA/ NCRC), Office of NBAF National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility NCRCG National Cyber Response Coordination Group NBC Nuclear, Biological and Chemical NCRPM National Council on Radiation Protection and NBFAC National Bioforensic Analysis Center Measurements NBFSPQ National Board on Fire Service Professional NCS 1) National Communications System [ESF-2] Qualifications 2) Net Control System NBHPP National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness NCSA 1) National Center for Super-computing Program Applications NBIC National Integration Center 2) North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association NBIS National Biosurveillance Integration System NCSC National Cybersecurity Center NBSAC National Boating Safety Advisory Council NCSD 1) National Cyber Security Division NBSCAB National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory 2) National Communications System Directive Board NCSH National Communications System Handbook NBSG National Biosurveillance Group NCSL National Council of State Legislators NBTA National Business Travel Association NCSLLET National Center for State & Local Law NBWDA National BioWeapons Defense Analysis Center Enforcement Training, Advisory Committee to NC&B Nuclear, Chemical and Biological the NCA National Command Authority NCSM National Communications System Manual NCAI National Congress of American Indians NCSP 1) National Cyber Security Partnership NCAP National Corrective Action Program 2) National Communications Support Plan NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NCSRM National Communications Systems Regional NCAS National Cyber Alert System Manager NCATF National Church Arson Task Force NCSSA National Cartographic Standards for Spatial NCAVC National Center for the Analysis of Violent Accuracy Crime NCTC National Counter-Terrorism Center NCBFAA National Customs Brokers and Forwarders NCUA National Administration Association of America NCVIP National Child Victim Identification Program NCC National Coordinating Center (for NDA 1) National Defense Area Telecommunications) 2) Nevada Department of Agriculture NCCC National Council of the Churches of Christ 3) Non-Disclosure Agreement NCCG National Civilian Community Group NDAA Natural Disaster Assistance Act NCD National Council on Disability NDAC Network Design and Analysis Center NCDDM National Center for Disaster Decision Making NDC National Data Center NCEH National Center for Environmental Health NDEA National Defense Emergency Authorization NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NDEC National Disaster Education Coalition NCFPD National Center for Food Protection and NDEP National Digital Elevation Program Defense NDER National Defense Executive Reserve NCFS National Center for Forensic Science N-DEX [Law Enforcement] National Data Exchange NCGIA National Center for Geographic Information NDFD National Digital Forecast Database and Analysis NDHS National Disaster Housing Strategy (FEMA) NCIC National Crime Information Center NDHTF National Disaster Housing Task Force NCID National Center for Infectious Diseases NDIA National Defense Industrial Association NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service NDIC National Drug Intelligence Center NCISP National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan NDMC National Mitigation Center NCITD National Council on International Trade and NDMN National Donations Management Network Development NDMOC National Disaster Medical Operations Center NCIX Office of National Counterintelligence Executive NDMS National Disaster Medical System NCJA National Criminal Justice Association

43 NDMSOSC National Disaster Medical System Operations NEP National Exercise Program Support Center NEPA National Environmental Protection Act (also NDPC National Domestic Preparedness Consortium called National Environmental Policy Act) NDPO National Domestic Preparedness Office NEPPC National Emergency Prevention and NDRSMP National Distress and Response System Preparedness Council Modernization Project (also known as “Rescue NERC North American Electric Reliability Council 21”) NERR National Emergency Resource Registry NDS 1) National Defense Stockpile NERRTC National Emergency Response and Rescue 2) National Detention Standards Training Center (TEEX/NDPC) 3) Nuclear Detection System NERT National Emergency Response Team NDTA National Defense Transportation Association NESC National Exercise Simulation Center NDU National Defense University NESEC Northeast States Emergency Consortium NDW Naval District of Washington NESN Necessary Expenses and Serious Needs NE 1) Northeast NESP National Environmental Studies Project 2) New England NESPM National EMS Scope of Practice Model NEA National Endowment for the Arts NEST Nuclear Emergency Search/Support Team NEARS National Emergency and Alerting Response NESWG National Earthquake Strategy Working Group System NET No Earlier Than NEC 1) National Earthquake Center 2) National Electric Code NETAC National Environmental Technology Application Center NECA Newport Chemical Activity NETAP National Earthquake Technical Assistance NECD Program NECLC National Emergency Child Locator Center NETC National Emergency Training Center NECN National Emergency Communications Network NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar NECP National Emergency Communications Plan NEXS National Exercise Schedule NED 1) National Exercise Division NEXUS Next Generation Upper Weather System 2) Nuclear Explosive Device NFA 1) National Fire Academy NEDCTP National Explosives Detection Canine Team 2) National Fire Academy, Board of Visitors Program for the NEDSS National Electronic Disease Surveillance System NFAAA National Fire Academy Alumni Association NEEP 1) National Earthquake Education Program NFAEB National Fire & Aviation Executive Board 2) National Exercise and Evaluation Program NFAR No Further Action Required NEET National Exercise Evaluation Team NFC (MD 3171) NEF National Essential Function NFCD National Finance Center Database NEFRLS National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System NFDA 1) National Flood Determination Association 2) National Funeral Directors Association NEFSMA New England Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association NFDC National Fire Data Center NEG National Emergency Grant NFES National Fire Equipment System NEH National Endowment for the Humanities NFFE National Federation of Federal Employees NEHA National Environmental Health Association NFFF National Fallen Firefighters Foundation NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction NFFS Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors Program NFI National Flood Insurance NEI Nuclear Energy Institute NFIB National Foreign Intelligence Board NEIC 1) National Earthquake Information Center NFIC National Fire Information Council 2) National Enforcement Investigations Center NFIF National Flood Insurance Fund NEIS National Earthquake Information Service NFIP 1) National Flood Insurance Program NEMA 1) National Emergency Management Association 2) National Foreign Intelligence Program 2) Nebraska Emergency Management Agency NFIRA National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 NEMB-CAP National Emergency Management Baseline NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting System -Capability Assessment Program NFMA National Forest Management Act NEMIS National Emergency Management Information NFOP National Fugitive Operations Program System NFP Not For Profit NEMSIS National EMS Information System NFPA National Fire Protection Association NEMSPI National Emergency Medical Services NFPCA National Fire Prevention and Control Preparedness Initiative Administration NEMT National Emergency Management Team NFPE National Fire Protection Equipment NENA National Emergency Number Association NFR Notice of Finding and Recommendation NEO 1) Near-Earth Orbit NFS National Forest System 2) Non-combatant Evacuation Operation NFSA National Fire Sprinkler Association NEOB New Executive Office Building NFSC Narcotics Financing Strategy Center NEOC National Emergency Operations Center NFSCC National Fire Science Curriculum Committee

44 NFSLO National Fire Suppression Liaison Officer NIF 1) National Ignition Facility NFTS National File Tracking System (replaced RAFACS) 2) Non-Industrial Facility NG National Guard NIFC National Interagency Fire Center NGA 1) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NIFCC National Interagency Fire Coordination Center 2) National Governors Association NIH National Institutes of Health NGB 1) National Guard Bureau NIHS National Institute for Hometown Security 2) National Governing Body NII 1) National Information Infrastructure NGDC National Geophysical Data Center 2) Non-Intrusive Inspection NGI Next Generation Internet NII/GII National Information Infrastructure/Global NGIC National Ground Intelligence Center [Army] Information Infrastructure Initiatives NGLO National Guard Liaison Officer NIIMS National Interagency Incident Management NGM Nested Grid Model System NGN Next-Generation Network NIIS Non-Immigrant Information System NGO Non-Government Organization NIITP National Investigative Interview Training NGRS National Geodetic Reference System Program NGS National Geodetic Survey NIJ National Institute of Justice NGVD National Geodetic Vertical Datum NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (see NGA) NGVD29 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 N-IMAT National Incident Management Assistance Team NGWT Next Generation Warning Tool NIMBY Not In My Backyard NHC National Hurricane Center NIMG National Interagency Mobilization Guide NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NIMH National Institutes of Mental Health NHSSS (also known National Homeland Security Support System NIMO National Incident Management Organization as NH3S) NIMS National Incident Management System NHSU National Homeland Security University NIMS SC NIMS Support Center NHTSA National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NIMS STEP NIMS Supporting Technology Evaluation Program NHV Natural Hazard Vulnerability NIMS/NET National Incident Management System Network NI No Insurance NIMSCAST National Incident Management System NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Compliance Assistance Support Tool Alcoholism NIMTO Not In My Term of Office NIAC 1) NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts 2) National Infrastructure Advisory Council NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and 3) National Iranian American Council Health NIP 1) National Immunization Program NIB National Industries for the Blind 2) National Intelligence Program National Interagency Biodefense Campus NIBC NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center National Incident Based Reporting System NIBRS NIPF National Intelligence Priority Framework National Institute of Building Sciences NIBS NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan NIC 1) National Integration Center Numerically Integrated Profiling System 2) National Intelligence Council NIPS 3) National Instrumentation Center NIR Non Ionizing Radiation 4) NIMS Integration Center NIRSC National Interagency Radio Support Cache NICACS National Incident Control and Action NIRT Nuclear Incident Response Team Communication System NISAC National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis NICC 1) National Infrastructure Coordination Center Center 2) National Interagency Coordination Center NISE National Intelligence Support Element NICCL National Incident Communications Conference/ NISP National Industrial Security Program Coordination Line NISPOM National Industrial Security Program Operating NICCP National Interdiction Command & Control Plan Manual NICI National Interagency Counterdrug Institute NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NICRAT National Incident Command Resource Allocation NIUSR National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue Tool NIVS Non-Immigrant Visa System NICS National Instant Background Check System NJBF New Jersey Business Force NID 1) National Intelligence Director (see DNI) NJTTF National Joint Terrorism Task Force 2) National Inventory of Dams NLC 1) National League of Cities NIDF National Insurance Development Fund 2) National Location Code NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health NLD Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Services NLE National-Level Exercise NIEM National Information Exchange Model NLECC National Law Enforcement Coordination Center NIEOC National Interagency Emergency Operations NLETS National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Center System NIER National Industrial Equipment Reserve NLRA National Labor Relations Authority NLRB National Labor Relations Board

45 NLS National Language Standards NORTHCOM United States Northern Command NLT No/Not Later Than NOS 1) National Ocean Survey NLZ No Lone Zone 2) Not Otherwise Specified NM Nautical Mile NOSAC National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee NMAB National Materials Advisory Board NOTAM Notice to Airmen NMAS National Map Accuracy Standard NOUE Notice of Unusual Event NMB National Mediation Board NP 1) National Preparedness (FEMA/NP) NMC 1) National Meteorological Center 2) Navigation Processor 2) Non-Mission Capable NPC 1) National Paralympic Committee NMCC 1) National Master Control Cell 2) National Petroleum Council 2) National Military Command Center NPD National Preparedness Directorate NMD National Mapping Division (of USGS) NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NMETS National Mass Evacuation Tracking System NPDP National Performance of Dams Program NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service NPES National Planning and Execution System NMI No Middle Initial NPFC National Pollution Funds Center NMIC National Maritime Intelligence Center NPG 1) National Preparedness Goal NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center 2) National Preparedness Guidelines NMRI Naval Medical Research Institute NPL National Priorities List NMRS National Medical Response System NPLA National Preparedness Leadership Academy NMRT National Medical Response Team National Preparedness Month NMSAC National Maritime Security Advisory Committee NPMA National Property Management Association NMSP National Maritime Security Plan NPMOC Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography NMSRA National Maritime Strategic Risk Assessment Center NMSS Nuclear Materials Safeguards and Security NPOC Next Port of Call NMT New Mexico Tech (NDPC) NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NMTSP National Marine Transportation Security Plan NPP Nuclear Power Plant NNALEA National Native American Law Enforcement Association NPPC National Preparedness and Prevention Council NNEC National Network Emergency Center NPPD National Protection and Programs Directorate NNO National Night Out NPR 1) National Partnership for Reinventing Government NNOB National Network Operations Branch 2) National Preparedness Report NNOC National Network Operations Center 3) Nationwide Plan Review NNRT National Nurses Response Team (medical) NPRA National Petrochemical & Refiners Association NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [see also NO National Office ANPRM and SNPRM] No FEAR Act Notification and Federal Employee Anti- NPRT National Pharmacist Response Team discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 NPS 1) NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric 2) National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Administration 3) National Planning Scenarios NOAEL No Observed Adverse Effects Level 4) National Preparedness System NOBLE National Organization of Black Law 5) Naval Postgraduate School Enforcement Executives NPSC National Processing Service Center NOC 1) National Olympic Committee NPSP National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program 2) National Operations Center (OPS/NOC) NPSTC National Public Safety Telecommunications 3) Navy Operations Center Council 4) Negotiations Operations Center NRAT 1) National Radiological Advisory Team 5) Network Operations Center 2) Nuclear Radiological Advisory Team NOC-HQE National Operations Center - Headquarters NRC 1) National Records Center Element 2) National Research Council NOEL No Observed Effects Level 3) National Response Center NOFA Notice of Funds Availability 4) [United States] Nuclear Regulatory NOFD New Orleans Fire Department Commission NOGA Notice of Grant Award NRCC 1) National Response Coordination Center NOI 1) Notice of Intent 2) Northern Regional Coordination Center 2) Notice of Interest NRCOC Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations NOID Notice of Intent to Deny Center NOK Next of Kin NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service NOPD New Orleans Police Department NRCSDC Natural Resources Conservation Service District NOPR Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Conservationist NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command NRCSSC Natural Resources Conservation Service State Conservationist NORM Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material NRF National Response Framework [supersedes NRP]

46 NRIA Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex (to the NSSDA National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy NRF) NSSE National Special Security Event NRIMC National Resources Information and Mapping NSSFC National Severe Storms Forecast Center Center NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory NRIS National Resource Information System NSTAC National Security Telecommunications Advisory NRO National Reconnaissance Office Committee/Council NRPC National Railway Passenger Commission NSTC National Science & Technology Council NRP-CIS National Response Plan Catastrophic Incident NSTR Nothing Significant to Report Supplement NT 1) Network Technology NRR Noise Reduction Rating 2) Windows NT operating system NRS National Response System NTA 1) National Technology Alliance (research NRT 1) National Response Team partnership between government, academia 2) Near Real-Time and industry) NRWA National Rural Water Association 2) Network Technology Architecture NS National Strategic (Task) 3) Non-Traditional Agent NS/EP National Security and Emergency Preparedness 4) Notice to Appear NS/EPC National Security and Emergency Preparedness NTAC National Threat Assessment Center Communications, Committee for NTC 1) National Targeting Center NSA 1) National Security Agency 2) National Teleregistration Center 2) National Security Area NTC-MW National Teleregistration Center at Mount 3) National Sheriff’s Association Weather 4) Network Security Agreement NTE Not to Exceed NSABB National Science Advisory Board for NTEU National Treasury Employees Union NSAC Navigation Safety Advisory Council NTFI National Task Force on Interoperability NSAT Network Service Acceptance Test NTIA National Telecommunications and Information NSBC National Safe Boating Council Administration NSC 1) National Safety Council NTIS National Technical Information Service 2) National Security Council NTM National Technical Means 3) National Security Cutter NTMR National Technical Means of Reconnaissance 4) NFIRS Support Center NTMS National Telecommunications Management NSD 1) Named Storm Day Structure 2) National Security Directive NTNFC National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center NSDD National Security Decision Directive NTR Nothing to Report NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure N-TRAP National Terrorism Response Awareness NSEC 1) National Security Emergency Coordination Program 2) National Standard Exercise Curriculum NTRO National Terrorism Response Objective NSEERS National Security Entry Exit Registration NTS 1) National Traffic System System 2) Nevada Test Site NSEPT National Security and Emergency Preparedness NTSB National Transportation Safety Board Telecommunications NTSC National Telecommunications Standards NSF 1) National Science Foundation Committee 2) National Strike Force NTSP National Telecommunications Support Plan; NSFCC National Strike Force Coordination Center a.k.a. National Plan for Telecommunications NSGIC National States Geographic Information Council Support in Non-Wartime Emergencies NSGP Non-Profit Security Grant Program NTSRA National Transportation Sector Risk Assessment NSHS National Strategy for Homeland Security NTVRP Non-Tank Vessel Response Plan NSI 1) National Security Information NU Name Unknown 2) Nuclear Surety Inspection NUCFLASH Accidental, unauthorized, or unexplained NSLRSDA National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data nuclear detonation Archive NUDET Nuclear Detonation NSMP National Strong-Motion Program NUL National Urban League NSN 1) National Security Notifications NUMARC Nuclear Management and Resources Council 2) National Stock Number NUREG Nuclear Regulation NSPD National Security Presidential Directive NUSRS National Urban Search and Rescue System, NSPE National Society of Professional Engineers Advisory Committee of the NSPS National Security Personnel System NUWAX Nuclear Weapon Exercise NSRS National Spatial Reference System NUWC Naval Undersea Warfare Center NSRV National Security and Records Verification NVAC National Visualization and Analytics Center (USCIS/NSRV) NVC National Visa Center NSS 1) National Security Strategy NVDC National Vessel Documentation Center 2) National Shelter System NVFC National Volunteer Fire Council NSSA National Safe Skies Alliance NVG Night Vision Goggles

47 NVIC Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular OCGFC Office of Cerro Grande Fire Claims NVL Night Vision Laboratory OCHAMPUS Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation of the Uniformed Services Program OCHCO Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer NVMC National Vessel Movement Center (MGMT/OCHCO) NVOAD National Voluntary Organizations Active in OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer (MGMT/ Disasters OCIO) NVTSA Night Vision Technology Safety Act OCIPEP Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and NW Neighborhood Watch Emergency Preparedness NWARSG Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Steering OCJCS Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Group Staff NWC National Warning Center OCLA Office of Congressional Liaison and Affairs NWCG 1) National Coordinating Group OCLUS Outside the Continental Limits of the United 2) National Wildland Coordinating Group States NWP Neighborhood Watch Program (see NW) OCN Optimal Climate Normals NWR 1) National Weather Radio OCOG Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games 2) NOAA Weather Radio OCONUS Outside the Continental United States NWS OCPM Office of Crisis Planning and Management NWSFO National Weather Service Forecast Office OCPO Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (MGMT/ NWWS National Weather Wire Service CPO) NYCOEM Office of Emergency OCR 1) Office of Collateral Responsibility Management 2) Optical Character Reader O number Order number 3) Optical Character Recognition

O&M Operations and Maintenance OCRWM Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management O/C Observer/Controller OCS 1) Officer Candidate School OA 1) Office Automation 2) Outer Continental Shelf 2) Over and Above OCSO Office of the Chief Security Officer (MGMT/ OAA Older Americans Act OCSO) OAD Operations Analysis Division (S&T/OAD) OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol OADR Originating Agency Determination Required OCTAVE Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and OAFME Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Vulnerability Evaluation OAM Office of Acquisition Management OCTEL Operations Center Telephone OAO Office of Aviation Operations OCZM Office of Coastal Zone Management OAR 1) Office of Air and Radiation ODAM Offsite Dose Assessment Manual 2) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ODBC Open Database Connectivity OAS 1) Office of Administrative Support ODC Other Direct Cost 2) Office of Aircraft Services 3) Organization of American States ODEM Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management OASD Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense ODIS Offshore Detection Inegrated System OASH/OEP Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health / Office of Emergency Preparedness ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence OASIS Organization for the Advancement of ODP Office for Domestic Preparedness Structured Information Standards ODRO Office of Detention and Removal Operations OAST Office of Accessible Systems & Technology ODS Operation Desert Safeguard OAWG Organizational Attack Working Group OE 1) Operational Environment OB Official Business 2) Operating Expenses 3) Organizational Elements OBE Overcome by Events OEC Office of Emergency Communications OBP Border Patrol, Office of (CBP/OBP) OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation & OBS Observation Development OC Operations Center OEM 1) Office of Emergency Management OCA 1) Office of Congressional Affairs 2) Original Equipment Manufacturers 2) Original Classification Authority OEMA Ohio Emergency Management Agency OCAO Office of the Chief Administrative Officer OEMC Office of Emergency Management and (MGMT/OCAO) Communications OCB Operations Centers Branch OEMP Office of Emergency Medical Preparedness OCC 1) Office of the Chief Counsel OEP 1) Occupant Emergency Plan 2) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 2) Occupant Emergency Program OCD Office of Community Development 3) Office of Emergency Preparedness OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force OER 1) Office of Emergency Response OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer 2) Office of Equal Rights OCFOAS Office of Chief Financial Officers & OES Office of Emergency Services Administrative Services OET Office of Emergency Transportation (DOT)

48 OF 1) Office of Finance ONRA Office of National Risk Assessment 2) Over-water Fetch (Line) OOC Office of Citizenship OFA 1) Office of Family Assistance OPA 1) Office of Public Affairs 2) Other Federal Agency 2) Oil Pollution Act OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control 3) Otherwise Protected Area OFCR Officer OPAC On-Line Payments and Collection OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance OPBD Operations Branch Director OFF Offshore Forecast OPC Organizational Program Coordinators OFM Office of Financial Management OPCOM Operational Command OFMA Oklahoma Floodplain Management Association OPCON Operational Control OFO Field Operations, Office of (CBP/OFO) OPD Office of Policy Development OFP Office of Field Programs OPDAT Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance OFSEP Office of Food Security and Emergency and Training Preparedness OPEN Open Platform for Emergency Networks OGAT Official Government Acceptance Test OPERIOD Operational Period OGC Office of the General Counsel OPF Official Personnel Folder OGE Office of Government Ethics OPHEP Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness OGO Office of Grant Operations (HHS) OGSA Open Grid Services Architecture OPHS Office of Public Health and Science OH 1) Overhead OPLAN Operations Plan 2) Occupational Health OPM Office of Personnel Management OHA Office of Health Affairs OPORD Operation Order OHR Office of Human Resources OPPRED Operation Predator OHRM Office of Human Resources Management OPR 1) Office of Primary Responsibility OHRP Office for Human Research Protections [US 2) Protective Research, Office of (USSS/OPR) Dept. of Health and Human Services] (MD OPREP Operational Report 10300) OPS 1) Operations Coordination, Office of OI Office of Investigations 2) Office of Operations Coordination and OIA International Affairs, Office of Planning OIC 1) Office for Interoperability & Compatibility 3) Office of Safety 2) Officer in Charge 4) Operational Planning System OIE Office of International Enforcement 5) Operations OIG Office of Inspector General OPSEC Operations/Operational Security OIM Office of Incident Management OPSG Operation Stonegarden OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs OPSUM Operations Summary OIS Immigration Statistics, Office of (PLCY/OIS) OPT Operations and Planning Team OIT Office of Information Technology OPTEMPO Operating Tempo OIWG Operational Intelligence Working Group Olympic Properties of the United States OJCS Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff OPVAL Operational Validation Program OJP Office of Justice Programs OPW Operational Planning Worksheet OJT On the Job Training OR&R Office of Regulations and Rulings OKC Oklahoma City ORA Outstanding Research Award OLA Office of Legislative Affairs ORCA Operational Readiness Capability Assessment OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing ORD 1) Office of Research and Development 2) Office of the Regional Director OLAW Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare 3) Operational Requirements Document Office of Legal Counsel OLC ORDM Ordering Manager

OLE 1) Object Linking and Embedding Oak Ridge Evacuation Modeling System 2) Office of Law Enforcement OREMS ORIA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air OLE/FAMS Law Enforcement, Office of/Federal Air Marshal Service (TSA/OLE/FAMS) ORISE Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education OLES Office of Law Enforcement Standards ORM Other Regulated Materials OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory OMA Operations, Management, and Administration ORO Off-site Response Organization OMB Office of Management and Budget ORPA Orthophoto Analyst OMNCS Office of the Manager, National ORR Office of Refugee Resettlement Communications System OS 1) Operating System OMS Operations Management Systems 2) Operations Support OMTPE Office of Mission to Planet Earth OS&Y Outside Stem and Yoke ONA Other Needs Assistance (IHP) OSA Operational Staging Area ONCRC Office of National Capital Region Coordination OSAI Office of SAFETY Act Implementation ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy OSARP On-Screen Alarm Resolution Protocol

49 OSC 1) Office of Special Counsel P&I Protection and Indemnity 2) On-Scene Commander P2P Peer-to-Peer 3) On-Scene Coordinator PA 1) Physician Assistant 4) Operation Safe Commerce 2) Principal Advisor 5) Operational Support Center 3) Programmatic Agreement 6) Operations Support Center 4) Public Address 7) Operations Systems Center 5) Public Affairs OSC1 Operations Section Chief 1 6) Public Announcement OSC2 Operations Section Chief 2 7) Public Assistance OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in PA&E Program Analysis and Evaluation PA05 Purchasing Agent, 5K OSD 1) Office of the Secretary of Defense PA10 Purchasing Agent, 10K 2) Operations Support Division PA25 Purchasing Agent, 25K 3) Operational Systems Document PA50 Purchasing Agent, 50K OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange Utilization PAC 1) Political Action Committee OSD-HD Office of the Secretary of Defense for 2) Primary Agency Committee Homeland Defense 3) Public Assistance Coordinator OSEP 1) Occupational Safety and Environmental PACC Patient Airlift Control Center Programs (DHS) 2) Office of Safety and Environmental PACOM U.S. Pacific Command Programs PAD 1) Protective Action Decision OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration 2) Public Affairs Director OSHE Occupational Safety, Health and Environment PADC Patch Authentication and Dissemination Capability OSI Open Systems Interconnect PADRE Protective Action Dosage Reduction Estimator OSIH Occupational Safety and Industrial Hygiene PAECE Protective Action Evaluator for Chemical OSINT Open-Source Intelligence Emergencies OSLGC&P Office of State and Local Government PAES Private Aircraft Enforcement System Coordination and Preparedness PAG Protective Action Guide OSLTF Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund PAH Poly-nuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons OSM Office of Surface Mining PAHO Pan-American Health Organization OSO Security Operations, Office of (TSA/OSO) PAL Public Affairs Level OSOCC On-Site Operations Coordination Center PALS Portable Automated Lookout System OSP Strategic Plans, Office of (PLCY/OSP) PA-NST Public Affairs - National Support Team OSPF PANYNJ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey OSS Officer Safety and Survival Training Program PAO 1) Pacific Area Office OST 1) Office of the Secretary for Transportation 2) Public Affairs Office/Official/Officer 2) Operation Support Team 3) Public Assistance Officer OSTC On-Scene Tactical Commander PAP Project Application Processor OSTP and Technology Policy PAPD Port Authority Police Department OT Other Transaction PAPOs Preparedness Analysis and Planning Officers OTAN Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantlique Nord PAPR Powered Air Purifying Respirator (NATO) PAPRS Phone Activated Paperless Request System OTAR Over the Air Rekeying PA-PRT Public Affairs - Planning Response Team OTBE Over-Taken By Events PAR 1) Performance & Accountability Report OTD Office of Training & Development 2) Personal/Personnel Accountability Record OTE Operational Test and Evaluation 3) Population at Risk OTH Over the Horizon 4) Protective Action Recommendation OTR Office of Trade Relations 5) Public Administration Review OTRS Official Time Reporting System PARADE Prevention, Advocacy, Resources and Data OTS Office of Thrift Supervision Exchange OTSP Office of Transportation Security Policy PARDOS Partial Dosage OTVP Office of Transportation Vetting and PART Program Assessment Rating Tool (OMB) Credentialing PAS 1) Protective Actions OUS Office of the Undersecretary 2) Presidential Appointment with Senate OVC Office for Victims of Crime Confirmation OVI Office of Volunteerism Initiatives PASP Protective Action Strategy Plan OVP Office of the Vice President PASS 1) Partners Assuring Safer Schools OWMD Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction 2) Performance Accountability and Standards System P&A 1) Planning and Assessment 3) Personnel Alert Safety System 2) Price and Availability PAT Process Action Team P&D Production and Development

50 PATCO Professional, Administrative, Technical, Clerical, PDD Presidential Decision Directive Other PDEV Policy Development, Office of (PLCY/PDEV) PATF Practical Applications Training Facility PDF 1) Portable Document Format PATRIOT (see USA PATRIOT [Act]) 2) Probability Density Function PAWSA Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment PDIM 1) Planning Development and Information Passengers Management PAZ Protective Action Zone 2) Planning Development and Implementation PBA Pine Bluff Arsenal Management 3) Planning Document Imaging Management PBAC Policy Based Access Control 4) Postgraduate Diploma in Information PBCA Pine Bluff Chemical Activity Management PBD Program Budget Decision PDM Pre-disaster Mitigation (including Grant PBDS Prototype Biological Detection System Program) PBOP Probeye Operator PDMF Pre-disaster Mitigation Fund PBRB Program Budget Review Board PDO Program Decision Option PBS 1) Public Buildings Service PDOP Position Dilution of Precision 2) Public Broadcasting System PDP Policy Decision Point PBSIS Public Building Service Information System PDS 1) Personnel Decontamination Station PBX 1) Phone (or Private) Bank Exchange 2) Practice Dangerous to Security 2) Private Branch Exchange PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index PC 1) Peace Corps PDT Pacific Daylight Time (GMT - 7) 2) PE Professional Engineer PCC 1) Pathobiologics Collaborating Center Programmatic Environmental Assessment 2) Policy Coordination Committee PEA PEAD Presidential Emergency Action Document PCCIP President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection PECC Provincial Emergency Coordination Center PCE Programmatic Categorical Exclusion PED Portable Electronic Device PCERT Preliminary Computer Evidence Recovery PEDS Portable Emergency Data System Training PEG 1) Performance Evaluation Group PCF Patient Care Form 2) Performance Evaluation Guide PCII Protected Critical Infrastructure Information PEIS Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement PCIIMS PCII Management System PEL Permissible Exposure Limit PCIS Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security PEMA Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency PCLOB Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board PEO Public Education and Outreach PCO Privy Council Office PEOC President’s Emergency Operations Center PCPT Pasco County Public Transportation (Florida) PEP 1) Prepositioned Equipment Program 2) Primary Entry Point PCR 1) polymerase chain reaction 3) Professional Excellence Program 2) Program and Capability Review PEPAC Primary Entry Point Advisory Committee PCS 1) Permanent Change of Station 2) Personal Communications Service/System PERI Public Entity Risk Institute 3) Planning, Coordination and Support [Task] PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique (National Preparedness Guidance) PES Performance Excellence Series PCSF Process Control Systems Forum PETL Prevention Education Team Leader PCT 1) Polk County Transit (Florida) PETM Prevention Education Team Manager 2) Program Control Team PFA 1) Primary Federal Agency PCTARE Personal Computer Time and Attendance 2) Procurement Funding Authority Remote Entry PFD Primary Frontal Dune PCWHF Presidential Commission on White House PFO Principal Federal Official/Officer PFOR Principal Federal Official’s Representative PD 1) Paid PFPA Force Protection Agency 2) Per Diem PFT Permanent Full-Time 3) Police Department PG Planning Group 4) Policy Directive 5) Position Description PGC Privacy Guidelines Committee 6) Presidential Declaration PGM Program PDA 1) Personal Data Assistant PGP 2) Preliminary Damage Assessment PH Public Health 3) Presbyterian Disaster Assistance PHEP Public Health Emergency Preparedness 4) Pueblo Depot Activity PHILIS Portable High- Integrated PDASH Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Laboratory Identification System PDB President's Daily Brief PHIN Public Health Information Network PDC 1) Pacific Disaster Center PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 2) Personnel Administration (within DOT) PDCA Plan, Do, Check, Adjust

51 PHRBAE Public Health Readiness for Biological Agent PMR 1) Patient Movement Request Event 2) Physical Map Revision PHS Public Health Service PMRS Performance Management And Recognition PI 1) Influenza System 2) Project Impact PMS 1) Payments Management System 3) Project Inspector 2) Program Management System PIA Privacy Impact Assessment PMT Project Management Team PIADC Plum Island Animal Disease Center PMTL Protective Measures Target List PIAT Public Information Assist Team PMU Property Management Unit PIC 1) Pilot in Charge PMWG Performance Management Working Group 2) Pressurized Ion Chamber PN 1) Part Number 3) Prime Integration Contractor 2) Project Number PICCL Private Sector Communications Coordination PNE Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Line PNG Portable Network Graphics PIER Public Information, Education and Relations PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PIF Policies in Force PNOV Preliminary Notice of Violation PIG Public Interest Group PNP Private Non-Profit PII Personally Identifiable Information PNR Passenger Name Record PIN Personal Identification Number PNV Present Net Value PINS Personnel in Need of Supervision PO 1) Personnel Office PIO Public Information Officer 2) Post Office PIO1 Public Information Officer Type 1 3) Preparedness Officer PIO2 Public Information Officer Type 2 4) Project Officer PIP Proposer Information Pamphlet 5) Purchase Officer PIPS Pre-Incident Planning System 6) Purchase Order PIR 1) Post Implementation Review POA Point of Arrival 2) Priority Intelligence Requirement POB Place of Birth PIV 1) Verification POC Point of Contact 2) Post Indicating Valve POD 1) Point of Departure PKEMRA Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 2) Point of Distribution Act of 2006 PODS Point of Distribution Sites Pkg Package POE 1) Point of Entry PKI Public Key Infrastructure 2) Port of Entry PL 1) Padlock POES Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite 2) Preparedness Level POETE Plan, Organize, Equip, Train, Exercise 3) Public Law (also abbreviated as P.L.) POETE/OPS Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training, PL 93-288 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Exercises, and Operations Support Emergency Assistance Act (as amended) POGO Project on Government Waste PLA Principal Legal Advisor POI 1) Plan of Instruction PLC Pacific Logistics Center 2) Point of Instruction PLCY Office of Policy 3) Program of Instruction PLE Principal Level Exercises POL Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants PLOTS Passport Lookout Tracking System POLF Points of Light Foundation PLSS [United States] Public Land Survey System POLREP Pollution Report PLUMIS (See PIADC [Plum Island]) POMSO Plans, Operations, and Military Support Officer PM 1) Postmaster POP Period Of Performance 2) Post Meridiem POP-3 (Version 3) 3) Program Manager POR Point of Review 4) Project Monitor POTS Plain Old Telephone Service PMA President’s Management Agenda POTUS President of the United States PMCE Positive Memorable Customer Experience POTW Public Owned Treatment Works PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services POV Personal/Privately Owned Vehicle PMF Presidential Management Fellows PP 1) Pay Period PMG 1) Program Management Group 2) Personal Property 2) Program Monitoring Group 3) Personal Protection PMIS Performance Measurement Information System PP5 Pilot Program Airports (San Francisco, Kansas PM-ISE Program Manager for the Information Sharing City, Rochester, Jackson Hole & Tupelo) Environment (Office of) PPA Performance Partnership Agreement PMO 1) Program Management Office PPACA Performance Partnership Agreement 2) Property Management Officer Cooperative Agreement PMP 1) Performance Monitoring Plan PPAG Proposed Public Affairs Guidance 2) Project Management Professional

52 PPB 1) Parts Per Billion PS Program Support 2) Plans, Programs and Budget PSA 1) Patient Staging Area PPBCP Professional Practices for Business Continuity 2) Port Security Assessment Professionals 3) Protective Security Advisor PPBE Planning, Programming, Budgeting and 4) Public Service Announcement Execution PSAMS Personnel Security Activity Management System PPBES Planning, Programming and Budgeting PSAPs Public Safety Answering Points Execution System PSAT Protective Security Assistance Teams PPBM Positive Passenger Baggage Match PSB Planning Support Branch PPBS Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System PSC1 Planning Section Chief Type 1 PPC Prevention and Preparedness Council PSC2 Planning Section Chief Type 2 PPCBP Prickly Pear Cactus Burning Program PSCD Protective Security Coordination Division PPD Preparedness Programs Division (PREP) PSD 1) Sphere Dispenser PPDS Pre-Positioned Disaster Supplies 2) Protective Security Division PPE 1) Pay Period Ending PSEAG Physical Security Equipment Action Group 2) Personal Protective Equipment PSGP Port Security Grant Program PPFRP Prepared and Perishable Food Rescue Program psi pounds (of pressure) per square inch PPG Program Planning Guidance PSI Proliferation Security Initiative PPI 1) Port Partnership Initiative PSIA Pounds per Square Inch Absolute 2) Preliminary (or Pre-) Placement Interview PSIC Public Safety Interoperable Communications 3) Progressive Policy Institute PSIG Pounds per Square Inch Gauge

PPM 1) Parts Per Million PSMA Pre-Scripted Mission Assignment 2) / Module 3) Program Performance Monitoring PSN Public Switched Network PPN Passport Number PSO Private Sector [Coordination] Office (PLCY/PSO) PPO Preferred Provider Organizations PSOB Public Safety Officer Benefits PPPA Preparedness Policy, Planning, and Analysis PSOTP Protective Security Operations Training (Office of) Program PPQ Plant Protection and Quarantine PSR 1) Personal Service Radio 2) Power Soft Report PPR 1) Plans, Programs, & Requirements (Office of) 2) Prior Permission Required PSRC Presidential Selected Reserve Call-up PPS Pre-Positioned Site PSS Physical Security Specialist PR 1) Positive Response (Exercise Series) PST Pacific Standard Time (GMT - 8) 2) Public Relations PSTA Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (Florida) 3) Purchase Request PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network PRA 1) Paperwork Reduction Act PSU 2) Patient Reporting Activity PSWAC Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee PRB Procurement Review Board PSWN Public Safety Wireless Network PRC 1) Peoples Republic of China PT 1) Part-Time 2) Permanent Resident Card 2) Payload Transporter 3) Postal Rate Commission PTA 1) Parent-Teachers Association 4) Presidential Reserve Call-up 2) Privacy Threshold Analysis PRD Personal Radiation Detection Device PTB Position Task Book PREPnet National Preparedness Network PTBS Position Task Books PRER Peacetime Radiological Emergency Response PTI Positive Threat Identification PRIME POWER USACE Engineer Battalion PTO Patent and Trademark Office PRISM Performance and Registration Information PTR 1) Pointer Systems Management 2) Printer PRIV Privacy Office 3) Property Transfer Report PRND Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection PTRC Personnel Time Recorder PRNG National Guard PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder PRO Personnel Records On-Line PTWC Pacific Tsunami Warning Center PROACT Protective and Response Options for Airport PUCA Pueblo Chemical Activity Counter Terrorism PUCD PROC Procurement Unit Leader PUD Planned Unit Development PROFLOW Procedural Flow PUDA Pueblo Depot Activity PROTECT Program for Response Options and Technology PUP Principal User Processor Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism PUREX Plutonium Uranium Extraction PRP 1) Personnel Reliability Program PVA Port Vulnerability Assessment 2) Preferred Risk Policy PVC Permanent Virtual Circuits PRS Primary Receiving Site PVCS Polyton Version Configuration System PRT Planning and Response Team

53 PVO 1) Private Voluntary Organization RAD 1) Radiation-Absorbed Dose 2) Private Volunteer Organization 2) Radiological PVTSAC Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee 3) Resource Allocation Decision PW 1) Project Worksheet Rad/Nuc Radiological/Nuclear 2) Public Works Rad/NUc CTEC Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and PWCS Ports Waters & Coastal Security Evaluation Complex PWD 1) Password RADCON Radiological Control (Team) 2) Persons with Disabilities RADEF Radiological Defense PWG Practitioners Working Group RADIAC Radioactivity Detection, Indication and PWR 1) Power Computation 2) Pressurized Water Reactor RADID Radar Information Display PY Past Year RADLAB Radiological Laboratory PZ Precautionary Zone RADNUC Radiological/ Nuclear Enforcement Q&A Question and Answer RADO Radio Operator Q3 Quality Level 3; refers to a digital version RAFACS Receipt and Alien File Accountability and of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (note: Q3 Control System (see NFTS) Data refers to the flood zone information RAIC Resident Agent in Charge represented on the map) RAID 1) Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection QA Quality Assurance 2) Redundant Array of Independent Disks QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control RAIO Refugee, Asylum & International Operations QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan (USCIS/RAIO) QASP Quality Assurance Plan RAM 1) Radiological/Radioactive Material QBE Query by Example 2) Random-Access Memory QBO Quasi-Biennial Oscillation 3) Remedial Action Manager QC Quality Control RAMAC Random Access Method Accounting Control QD Quantity/Distance RAMCAP Risk Analysis and Management for Critical QFR 1) Questions for the Record (affiliated with Asset Protection OLA) RAM-D Risk Assessment Methodology for Dams 2) Questions for Review RAMOS Remote Automated Meteorological Observing QOP Quality of Protection System QOS Quality of Service RAMP 1) Ramp Manager QRB Quality Review Board 2) Remedial Action Management Program QRC Quick Reaction Checklist RAMPID Remedial Action Management Program Issue Database QRP Quick Response Program RAMPREP Remedial Action Management Program Report QRS Quick Response System RAMT Radiological Assessment Medical Team QRT Quick Response Team RAMTAR Radiological Material Transportation Accident QRU Quick Response Unit Response

QSI Quality Step Increase RAP 1) Radiological Assistance Plan QT Total Activity Released 2) Radiological Assistance Program QTF Quantitative Temperature Forecast 3) Remedial Action Project QTY Quantity 4) Resource Allocation Plan QUF6 Uranium Hexafluoride Inventory 5) Risk Assessment Policy R Roentgen RAPID 1) Recovery Assistance Programs Information R&D Research and Development and Delivery R&R Response & Recovery 2) Risk Assessment Process for Informed Decision Making R/h Roentgens per hour

RAPS Refugees, Asylum and Parole System (DHS RA 1) Regional Administrator program, affiliated with USCIS) 2) Reimbursable Agreement 3) Resource Advisor RAPTAD Random Particle Transport And Diffusion 4) Risk Assessment RAR Regional Analysis and Recommendation RAA 1) Radiological Accident Assessment RARE Roadless Area Review and Evaluation 2) Regional Airline Association RART Regional Assessment and Response Team 3) Request for Allocation Advice RASCAL Radiological Assessment System for RAAC Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts Consequence Analysis RAAW Request for Allocation Advice Worksheet RASO Radiological Affairs Support Office (US Navy) RAC 1) Reception and Care RASS Radio Acoustic Sounding System 2) Regional Assistance Committee RAT Radiological Assistance Team 3) Remedial Action Coordinator RAWG Rapid Assessment Work Group 4) Risk Assessment Code RAWN Radar Wind Sounding RAC AC Regional Assistance Committee Advisory Council RAWS 1) Remote Automated Weather Station RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services 2) Remote Automated Weather System RACF Resource Access Control Facility RBAC Role-Based Access Control

54 RBCS Rural Business Cooperative Service REC 1) Regional Emergency Coordinator RC 1) Reception Center 2) Regional Examination Center 2) Recovery Center RECA Residual Capability Assessment 3) Red Cross (also ARC) RECAT Residential Capability Assessment Team 4) Reserve Component RECC Regional Emergency Communications RC&D Resource Conservation and Development Coordinator RCA 1) Radiological Control Area RECCWG Regional Emergency Communications 2) Riparian Conservation Area Coordination Working Group 3) Rural Community Assistance RECD Rural Economic and Community Development RCAC Red Cross Assistance Center RECON 1) Reconnaissance RCBAP Residential Condominium Building Association 2) Reconsideration Policy RECP Regional Emergency Communications Plan/ RCC 1) Reception and Congregate Care Planner 2) Regional Climate Center RECS Radiological Emergency Communications System 3) Rescue Coordination Center REDAM Radiological Emergency Dose Assessment Model RCDCB Regional Civil Defense Coordinating Board REDCAP Readiness and Capability Exercise RCDM Receiving/Distribution Manager REDI Regional Emergency Disaster Inventory RCF Release Conversion Factor REL Recommended Exposure Limit RCM Radar-Coded Message REM Roentgen Equivalent Man/Mammal RCP 1) Regional Contingency Plan REMS Remote Environmental Monitoring System 2) Regional Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan REMT Regional Emergency Management Team Regional Emergency Notification Center RCPG Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant RENC Regional Environmental Officer RCPGP Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant REO Program REOC Regional Emergency Operations Center RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act REP 1) Radiological Emergency Preparedness 2) Regional Evacuation Plan RCS 1) Reports Control System 2) Reactor Coolant System 3) Regional Evacuation Point Response Coordination Team REPLO Regional Emergency Preparedness Liaison RCT Officer RCV Replacement Cost Value REPP Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program RD 1) Regional Director 2) Restricted Data REPPM Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual RDB Resource Database REPS Remote EHU Property System RDBMS Relational Database Management System RER Record of Environmental Review RDC Regional Disaster Coordinator RERO Radiological Emergency Response Operations RDCD Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection RERP Radiological Emergency Response Plan RDD Radiological Dispersion/Dispersal Device RERT Radiological Emergency Response Team RDO 1) Radiological Defense Officer 2) Regional Disaster Office RESL Resource Unit Leader 3) Regional Duty Officer RESTAT Resources Status 4) Regular Day Off RET 1) Regional Emergency Transportation RDOS Real-Time Disk Operating System 2) Retardent 3) Retirement RDP Regional Delivery Program Regional Emergency Transportation Coordinator RDPC Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium RETCO Radiological Emergency Team Operations RDS Remote Delivery Site RETOPS Rapid Deployment Team RETREP Regional Emergency Transportation RDT Representative RDTE or RDT&E Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation REX Readiness Exercise RE Real Estate RF Radio Frequency REA 1) Radioactive Emergency Area 2) Rural Electrification Administration RFA Request for Federal Assistance River Forecast Center REAC Radiation or Radiological Emergency Assistance RFC Center RFD Rescue Floatation Device REAC/TS 1) Radiation Emergency Assistance Center ­ RFI 1) Radio Frequency Interference Training Site 2) Request for Information 2) Radiological Emergency Assistance Center - RFID Radio Frequency Identification Training Site RFO 1) Ready for Occupancy REACT 1) Radio Emergency Assistance Communications 2) Regional Field Office Team RFP Request for Proposal 2) Radio Emergency Associated Communications RFQ Request for Quote Team RFS Request for Service READI Response to Emergencies and Disasters RFSI Residential Fire Safety Institute Institute RG Review Guide REAL ID Real Identification RGN Region

55 RHA 1) Reduced Hazard Ammunition RNCSAA Radiological & Nuclear Countermeasure System 2) Regional Health Administrator Architectures Analysis 3) Rural Housing Agency RNCTEC Radiological/Nuclear Counter-measures Test & RHAVE Risk Hazard and Value Evaluation Program Evaluation Complex RHS RNMCB Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion RI 1) Registration Intake RO 1) Radiological Officer 2) Remedial Investigation 2) Read Only RIA Requiring Immediate Action 3) Receive-Only RIAT Rapid Impact Assessment Team 4) Regional Office RIC Recovery Information Center 5) Reports Officer 6) Responsible Officer RICCS Regional Incident Communication and Coordination System ROB Regional Office Building RICO Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization ROBCAT Rules of Behavior and Computer Awareness Training RICT Regional Incident Coordination Team ROD Record of Decision RIF Reduction in Force ROE 1) Right Of Entry RIID Radiation Isotope Device (also known 2) Rules of Engagement as Radioisotope Identification; or Radio-isotope identification detectors) ROI Report of Investigation (affiliated with ICE, DNDO) RIJAN Regional Information Joint Awareness Network ROM Read-Only Memory RIO Regional Investment Officer RON Remain Overnight RIP Routing Information Protocol ROR Released on their Own Recognizance RIS Regulatory Issue Summary RORO Roll On/Roll-Off RISC Regional Interagency/Interoffice Steering Committee ROS Response Operating System RISS or RISSNET Regional Information Sharing System ROSS Resource Ordering and Status System RIT Rapid Intervention Team (Fire/Rescue) ROST 1) Regional Office Support Team 2) Regional Operations Support Team RITF Rapid Intervention Task Force (Fire/Rescue) ROTHR Relocateable Over the Horizon Radar RKB Responder Knowledge Base ROWPU Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit RL 1) Recording level 2) Repetitive Loss RP Real Property RLE Run Length Encoding RPA 1) Regional Planning Agent 2) Request for Public Assistance RLP Repetitive Loss Property 3) Resources Planning Act RLS Registered Land Surveyor RPBP Reduced Pressure Backflow Preventer RLTG Repetitive Loss Target Group RPG Response Planning Guide RM 1) Radiological Monitor Resource Priority Header 2) Records Management RPH 3) Resource Manager RPM 1) Radiological Portal Monitor 4) Risk Management 2) Remedial Project Manager 3) Revolutions per Minute RMA 1) Risk Management Agency 2) Risk Management and Analysis, Office of RPO Regional Project Officer (NPPD/RMA) RPOC Regional Point of Contact RMAT Risk Management Assessment Tool RPP Radiological Pilot Project RMD Risk Management Division RPPO Radiological Pilot Program Office (DHS RMEC Regional Military Emergency Coordinator program, affiliated with DNDO) RMG Resource Management Group RPS Radiological Protection System RMI Republic of the Marshall Islands RPT 1) Radiation Protection Technician 2) Report RMM River Mile Marker RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle (affiliated with CBP, RMNCS Regional Manager National Communications ICE, EPR) System RQ Reportable Quantity RMRIWFCG Rocky Mountain Regional Interagency Wildland Fire Communications Group RR 1) Railroad 2) Response & Recovery (also R&R) RMS Root Mean Square 3) Rest and Relaxation RMSE Root Mean Square Error 4) Rural Route RMSI Regional Maritime Security Initiative (DHS RRAC Regional Radiological Assistance Committee program, affiliated with USCG) RRB Railroad Retirement Board RMT Radiological Monitoring Team RRCC Regional Response Coordination Center RMTN Regional Meteorological Telecommunications (replacing ROC) Network RRF Regional Response Force RMTO Resources Management Transformation Office RRIS Rapid Response Information System RN Registered Nurse RRP Regional Response Plan RNA Rapid Needs Assessment RRR Readiness, Response and Recovery RNAT Rapid Needs Assessment Team RRRV Regional Rapid Response Vehicle 56 RRT 1) Radiological Response Team RXI2 Ignition Specialist Type 2 2) Regional Response Team RXM1 Prescribed Fire Manager Type 1 RRWG Reward and Recognition Working Group RXM2 Prescribed Fire Manager Type 2 RS 1) Regional Summary RXPL Prescribed Fire Planner 2) Relay System S number Supply number 3) Remote Sensing S&E Salaries and Expenses 4) Response Support S&L 1) Savings and Loan RSAT Risk Self Assessment Tool (formerly VISAT) 2) State and Local RSC Remote Sensing Coordinator S&T Science and Technology RSD Remote Sensing Data S-60 DOT Office of Intelligence Security RSI Repetitive Stress Injury SA 1) Special Agent RSL Recommended Standard List 2) State Agency RSO Radiation Safety Officer 3) Support Agency RSOI Reception, Staging, Onward movement, and SAA State Administrative Agency Integration SAAM Special Airlift Assignment Mission RSP 1) Regular Services Program SAAR Secretary's After Action Report 2) Render Safe Procedures SAAT Standardized Awareness Authorized Trainer

RSPA Research and Special Programs Administration SABA Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus

RSS 1) Really Simple Syndication SABT Special Agent Bomb Technician 2) Remote Storage Site SAC 1) Special Agency in Charge RSSC Remote Sensing Support Coordinator 2) Special Agent in Charge (affiliated with ICE, RST 1) Reference Standard Time FEMA, FBI) 2) Regional Support Team SACS Secure Access Control System 3) Remote Sensing Team 4) Render Safe Team SAD Southern Area District RSTA Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target SAE 1) Site Area Emergency Acquisitions 2) Stafford Act Employee (also DAE) RSU 1) Response Support Unit SAFE 1) Screening Applied Fairly and Equitably 2) Reunification Services Unit 2) Secure Against Fires and Embers 3) Secure All-around Flotation Equipped RSVP Retired Senior Volunteer Program 4) Security and Accountability for Every Port

RT 1) Registered Traveler SAFE TEA Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 2) Resource Tracker Transportation Equity Act 3) Resource Tracking SAFECOM 1) Safe Community RTAP 1) Rapid Technology Application Program 2) Safety Communique 2) Real-Time Analytical Platform SAFER Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency RTC Road to Crisis Response

RTF 1) Responder/Response Task Force SAFETY ACT Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective 2) Rich Text Format Technologies Act of 2002

RTF-E Response Task Force - East SAFTI Secure and Facilitated International Travel RTF-W Response Task Force - West Initiative RTI Regional Technology Integration SAG Senior Advisory Group RTK Real Time Kinematic SAIC Special Agent in Charge (USSS) RTM Regional Training Manager SAIL Secure Automobile Inspection Lanes RTS Regional Transit System SAL Salvation Army RTSWG Regional Transit Security Working Group SALEMDUG State and Local Emergency Managers Data RTT Regional Transition Team Users Group RUL Resource Unit Leader SAM 1) Station for Atmospheric Measurements RUS 2) Surface to Air Missile (affiliated with TSA) RVAC Regional Visual Analytics Center SAME Specific Area Message Encoding RVSS Remote Video Surveillance Systems SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services RVT Remote Video Terminal Administration RWA Reimbursable Work Authorization SAML Security Assertion Markup Language RWP Regional Work Plan SAMP Special Area Management Plan RWS Revised Work Schedule SAN Storage Area Network RX 1) Prescribed (fire) SANS 1) Ship Arrival Notification System 2) Prescription (medical) 2) SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security (SANS 3) Reactor Institute) RXB1 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss 1 SAO 1) Security Advisory Opinion (DHS program, RXB2 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss 2 affiliated with USCIS, CBP)

RXB3 Prescribed Fire Burn Boss 3 2) State Approving Officer (affiliated with FEMA) RXCM Prescribed Fire Crew Member 3) State Approving Official (affiliated with RXI1 Ignition Specialist Type 1 FEMA)

57 SAP 1) Special Access Program SCBA Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus 2) State Action Plan SCC 1) Secretary's Command Center 3) State Administrative Plan 2) Sector Coordinating Council SAR 1) Safety Analysis Report SCD Service Computation Date 2) Sector Annual Reports SCEC Southern California Earthquake Center 3) Search and Rescue SCEPC Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee 4) Special Access Required (NATO) 5) Suspicious Activity Report 6) Synthetic Aperture Radar SCG Security Classification Guide Sensitive Compartmented Information SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization SCI Act SCIC Software Control Integration Center SARDA State Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility Assessment SCIP Statewide Communications Interoperability SAREX Search and Rescue Exercise Plan/Planning SARS 1) Security Activities Reporting System SCM Survivable Crisis Management 2) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SCO 1) Screening Coordination Office (PLCY/SCO) SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking 2) State Coordinating Officer SART State Animal Response Team SCOTUS Supreme Court of the United States SAS 1) Scientific Analysis Section SCP Security Control Point 2) Secondary Antenna System SCR Software (or System) Change Request SASS Student Administration and Scheduling System SCRAG Senior Civilian Representative of the Attorney SAST Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team General SAT 1) Satellite SCRR Special Conversion Recommendation Report 2) Search Augmentation Team SCS Soil and Conservation Service 3) Simplified Acquisition Threshold SCSEP Senior Citizen Service Employment Program SATCOM Satellite Communications SCSN Southern California Seismic Network SATERN Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio SCUB Scuba Diver Network SD 1) Security Directive SATO Scheduled Airline Ticket Office 2) Static Data SAV 1) Site Assistance Visit (affiliated with NPPD/IP, SD&D System Development and Demonstration FEMA, NPPD/RMA) SDA Seventh Day Adventist 2) Staff Assistance Visit SDD Division SAVE Systematic Alien Verification Entitlements SDF Special Direct Facility SAVER 1) Systems Assessment and Validation for SDK Software Development Kit Emergency Responders SDLO 1) Senior Disaster Logistics Officer 2) Systems Assessments Validation and 2) Senior Disaster Logistics Official Equipment Response SDM Scenario Development Message Suspect and Violator Indices SAVI SDO 1) Staff Duty Officer SBA 1) Shared Border Accord 2) Standards Development Organization 2) Small Business Administration SDP 1) Secretarial Development Program SBACC Shared Border Accord Coordination Committee 2) Service Delivery Point SBC Southern Baptist Convention SDSFIE Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, SBCCOM Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (U.S. Infrastructure, and Environment Army) SDTS 1) Spatial Data Transfer Standard SBD 1) Smart Border Declaration 2) Spatial Data Transfer System 2) Strategic Policy and Budget Division (S&T/ SDUSM Special Deputy U. S. Marshall SBD) SDVOSB Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Small Business Development Center SBDC SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System SBI 1) Secure Border Initiative Special Events Assessment Rating 2) Special Background Investigation SEAR SEAT Single Engine Airtankers SBINET Secure Border Initiative Network SEB Staphylococcus Enterotoxin type B SBIR Small Business Innovation Research SEC 1) Secretary, Office of the SBL Straight Bill of Lading (also SBOL) 2) Securities and Exchange Commission Straight Bill of Lading SBOL SEC1 Security Specialist Level 1 Scenario-Based Orientation for Senior Staff S-BOSS SEC2 Security Specialist Level 2 Sensitive But Unclassified SBU SECARMY Secretary of the Army SC 1) Section Chief State Emergency Coordination Center 2) Study Contractor SECC SECDEF Secretary, Department of Defense SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SECDHS Secretary, Department of Homeland Security SCAT 1) Security Control of Air Traffic 2) Space Coast Area Transit (Florida) SECG Security Guard (not LE) SCATANA Security Control of Air Traffic and Air SECHHS Secretary, Department of Health and Human Navigation Aids Services

58 SECLAN Secure Local Area Network SFP Supplementary Feeding Program SECM Security Manager SFPE Society of Fire Protection Engineers SECURE Strategic Communications Resources Effort SFSO Senior Financial Services Officer SED 1) Shippers Export Declaration SG Surgeon General 2) Systems Engineering and Development SGE Special Government Employee SEI Software Engineering Institute SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SEL Standardized Equipment List SGTP Society of Government Travel Professionals SELS Severe Local Storms SGTR Steam Generator Tube Rupture SEM Seattle Emergency Management SGTS Standard Gas Treatment System SEMA State Emergency Management Agency SHA Secure Hash Algorithm SEMO State Emergency Management Office SHARE Safety, Health, and Return-to-Employment SEMS Standardized Emergency Management System SHARES Shared Resource (NCS high frequency radio SENTINEL Securing the Nation through Infrastructure network) Enhancements Locally SHCP Strategic Human Capital Plan SENTRI Secure Electronic Network for Traveler's Rapid SHIELD Strategic Hazards Identification Evaluation for Inspection Leadership Decisions SEO Senior Energy Official SHIRA Strategic Homeland Infrastructure Risk SEOC 1) Simulated Emergency Operations Center Assessment 2) State Emergency Operations Center SHMO State Hazard Mitigation Officer SEP State Emergency Plan SHMP State Hazard Mitigation Program SEPLO State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer SHO 1) Safety and Health Official SERC State Emergency Response Commission 2) State Health Officer SERF Standard Exercise Report Form/Format SHPO State Historic Preservation Office SERFC Southeast River Forecast Center (NWS) SHSAS State Homeland Security Assessment and SERL Special Events Readiness Level (see below) Strategy SERL I Unique event requiring full support of US SHSEEP State Homeland Security Exercise and Government Evaluation Program SERL II Primary event requiring local resource SHSGP State Homeland Security Grant Program augmentation and limited predeployment of US SHSI Sensitive Homeland Security Information Government assets SHSP State Homeland Security Program SERL III Secondary event requiring limited local SHSS State Homeland Security Strategy resource augmentation and limited SIA Special Interest Alien predeployment of US Government assets SIAM Structure Ignition Assessment Model SERL IV Minor event generally requiring no US SICCL State Incident Communications Coordination Government asset support Line SERRI Southeast Region Research Initiative SICG Senior Interagency Coordination Group SERT 1) Secretary's Emergency Response Team SID 1) Station Identifier 2) State Emergency Response Team (DHS 2) System Identifier program, affiliated with FEMA, NPPD/IGP) SIDA Security Identification Display Area SES Senior Executive Service SIEC State Interoperability Executive Committee SES CDP Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program SIED Special Improvised Explosive Device Source Evaluation Team SIES Strategic Industries and Economic Security, SET Office of SETCP Southeast Transportation Corridor Pilot SIF Standard Interchange Format SEUS Snow Estimation and Updating System SIGINT Signals Intelligence SEVIS Student and Exchange Visitor Information System SIGMET Significant Meteorological Information SEVP Student and Exchange Visitor Program SII Security/Suitability Investigations Index SF 1) Security Forces SIIA Software and Information Industry Association 2) Special Facility SIMBAD Sensor Integration and Modeling for Biological 3) Special Forces Agent Detection 4) Standard Form SIMCELL Simulation Cell SFAR Special Federal Aviation Regulation SIMCEN (National Exercise) Simulation Center SFHA Special Flood Hazard Area SIO Senior Infrastructure Officer SFI Secure Freight Initiative SIOC 1) Strategic Information and Operations Center SFIP Standard Flood Insurance Policy 2) Strategic Intelligence and Operations Center SFLEO 1) Senior Federal Law Enforcement Officer SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan 2) Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official SIP 1) Session-Initiation Protocol (NGN) SFO 1) Senior Federal Official 2) Shelter-In-Place 2) Senior FEMA Official 3) Streamlined Inspection Program 3) State Field Office SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Router Network 4) State Field Officer SIRIXS Secure Infrastructure for Rapid Information Exchange Solution

59 SIT Situation Reporting System SN Serial Number SIT REPORT Interagency Management Situation Report SNA Survivable Network Analysis (summary of nationwide fire statistics) SNJTK Special Needs Jurisdiction Tool Kit SITL Situation Unit Leader SNL Sandia National Laboratory SITMAN Situation Manual SNM Special/Specific Nuclear Material SITREP Situation Report SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SITROOM Situation Room SNOMED Systematized of Medicine SITSTAT Situation Status SNPRM Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking SL Senior-Level [see also ANPRM and NPRM] SL&T State, local, and Tribal (NRF, ESF 13 Annex) SNS Strategic National Stockpile SLA 1) Service Level Agreement SNSEE School for National Security Executive 2) State and Local Assistance Education (NDU) SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar SNWDI Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile SO 1) Safety Officer SLC 1) Salt Lake City 2) Sheriff’s Office 2) Subscriber Line Carrier SOA Service Oriented Architecture SLE State and Local Exercise SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol Sleeping Dragon Term used to identify a barrier of protesters SOB Souls On Board have linked themselves to one another SOC 1) Statement of Concern SLEP State and Local Exercise Program 2) Security Operations Center SLFC State and Local Fusion Center 3) State Operations Center SLG State and Local Guide SOCA Seed Key-ONLY COMSEC Account SLGCP State and Local Government Coordination & SOCMA Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Preparedness, Office of ( NPPD/IGP) Association SLLE State and Local Law Enforcement, Office for SOE 1) Senior Officials Exercise (PLCY/SLLE) 2) Summary of Expenses SLM Sound Level Meter SOF Special Operations Forces SLO State Liaison Officer SOF1 Safety Officer Type 1 SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes SOF2 Safety Officer Type 2 SLP State & Local Program SOFA Status of Forces Agreement SLPA Sea Level Pressure Anomaly SOFR Safety Officer, Line SLRFC State, Local and Regional Fusion Center SOG 1) Seat of Government SLSAC State and Local Officials Senior Advisory 2) Standard Operating Guideline Committee SOI Southern Oscillation Index SLUDGEM Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation, SOIC Senior Official of the Intelligence Community Gastric Distress, Emesis and Miosis SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea SM 1) Shelter Management SOLGEN Solicitor General 2) Student Manual SOLIC Special Operations-Low Intensity Conflict SMAC State Mapping Advisory Committee SOLRAD Solar Radiation SMB Secretary's Morning Brief SOMA Summary of Map Actions SMC Specialty/Specialized Management Center SON Statement of Need SMCC System Management Control Center Sound Navigation and Ranging SME Subject Matter Expert SONET Synchronous Optical Network SME PED Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic SONS Spill of National Significance Device SOO Statement of Objective SMG Specialty Management Group SOP 1) Safe Operating Procedure SMHA State Mental Health Agency 2) Standard/Standing Operating Procedure SMI 1) Safety Management Institute SOPEP Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan 2) Smithsonian Institute SOR Statement of Requirements S-MIME Secure MIME SORDS Stand-Off Radiation Detection System SMMA Standard Mitigation Measures Agreement SORN System of Record Notice SMO See OCSO SOS Status of Studies SMP State Mitigation Plan SOSC State On-Scene Coordinator SMS 1) Short Message Service SOUTHCOM United States Southern Command 2) Software Management System SOW Statement of Work SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area SP Single Pedestal SMSD State-Managed Small Disaster SPAWAR Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SPC Storm Prediction Center SMU 1) Shelter Management Unit SPCA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 2) Special Mission Unit (affiliated with FEMA) Animals SMURC Satellite Mobile US&R Resupply Cache SPD Special Programs Division (S&T/SPD)

60 SPE 1) Skill Performance Evaluation SSE Safe Shutdown Earthquake 2) Strategic Planning and Evaluation SSFSD Secret Service Forensic Sciences Division SPEGL Short-term Public Emergency Guidance Level SSG Strategic Sourcing Group SPEN State Police Emergency Network SSHS Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale SPG 1) Senior Policy Group SSI Supplemental Security Income 2) Strategic Planning Guide SSL Secure Socket Layer SPII Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information SSN Social Security Number SPIRIT Security, Planning, and Integrated Resources SSO Special Security Officer for Information Technology SSP 1) Sector-Specific Plan SPL Single Pedestal Left 2) Species Survival Plan SPLASH Special Program to List the Amplitude of Surge SSR Special Security Representative (MD 11039) from Hurricanes SSS 1) Selective Service System SPM System Programming and Maintenance 2) Small Structure Survey SPOC 1) Single Point of Contact SS-SATCOM Slow Speed Satellite Communicator 2) Staffing Point of Contact SSSE State Support Service Element SPOD Seaport of Debarkation SST 1) Safe Secure Transport SPOE Seaport of Embarkation 2) Sea-Surface Temperature SPOT 1) Satellite Positioning and Tracking 3) Shelter Survey Technician 2) Screening of Passengers by Observation 4) Super-Sonic Transport Techniques ST ISAC Surface Transportation Information Sharing and 3) Systeme Probatoire d’Observation de la Analysis Center Terre (French satellite system) STA Special Temporary Authority SPOTREP Spot Report STAFFORD ACT - OUTLINE SPP 1) Screening Partnership Program 2) Secure Passage Program and SECTION NUMBERS 3) Security and Prosperity Partnership (42 U.S.C. counterpart number in parenthesis) SPR 1) Single Pedestal Right TITLE I Findings, Declarations, and Definitions 2) Special Problem Report 101 (§ 5121) Findings and Declarations 3) State Preparedness Report 102 (§ 5122) Definitions 4) Strategic Petroleum Reserve TITLE II Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance SPRB Senior Performance Review Board 201 (§ 5131) Federal and State Disaster Preparedness SPRL Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory Programs SPSCIF Semi-Permanent Sensitive Compartmented 202 (§ 5132) Disaster Warnings Information Facility 203 (§ 5133) Predisaster Hazard Mitigation SPUL Supply Unit Leader 204 (§ 5134) Interagency Task Force SQL Structured Query Language TITLE III Major Disaster and Emergency Assistance SRA 1) Safe Refuge Area Administration 2) Society for Risk Analysis 301 (§ 5141) Waiver of Administrative Conditions SRC Source 302 (§ 5143) Coordinating Officers SRD Self-Reading Dosimeter 303 (§ 5144) Emergency Support Teams SRF Service Response Force 304 (§ 5147) Reimbursement SRFC Service Response Force Commander 305 (§ 5148) Non-liability of Federal Government SRFX Service Response Force Exercise 306 (§ 5149) Performance of Services SRM Service Reference Model 307 (§ 5150) Use of Local Firms and Individuals SRSC Strategic Review Steering Committee 308 (§ 5151) Nondiscrimination in Disaster Assistance SRT Search Rescue Team 309 (§ 5152) Use and Coordination of Relief Organizations SRV Safety Relief Value 310 (§ 5153) Priority for Public Housing SRWG Site Remediation Working Group 311 (§ 5154) Insurance SSA 1) Sector-Specific Agency 312 (§ 5155) Duplication of Benefits 2) Self Storage Association 313 (§ 5156) Standards and Reviews 3) Senior State Advisor 314 (§ 5157) Penalties 4) Social Security Administration Availability of Materials 5) Survivable Systems Analysis 315 (§ 5158) 316 (§ 5159) Protection of Environment SSAA System Security Authorization Agreement 317 (§ 5160) Recovery of Assistance SSAN Social Security Account Number 318 (§ 5161) Audits and Investigations SSAS Strategic Sourcing and Acquisition Systems 319 (§ 5162) Advance of Non-Federal Share SSB Single Side Band 320 (§ 5163) Limitation on Use of Sliding Scales SSBI Single-Scope Background Investigation 321 (§ 5164) Rules and Regulations SSC 1) Scientific Support Coordinator 2) Senior Site Controller 322 (§ 5165) Mitigation Planning 3) Strategic Storage Center 323 (§ 5165a) Minimum Standards for Public and Private SSCJ Sector Command Center Joint Structures SSD Systems Support Division 324 (§ 5165b) Management Costs 61 325 (§ 5165c) Public Notice, Comment and Consultation STAR 1) Science to Achieve Results Requirements 2) Science-based Threat Analysis and Response TITLE IV Major Disaster Assistance Programs Program 401 (§ 5170) Procedure for Declaration 3) Strategic Threat and Action Report 402 (§ 5170a) General Federal Assistance 4) Studies, Training, Analysis and Research 403 (§ 5170b) Essential Assistance STARC State Area Command 404 (§ 5170c) Hazard Mitigation STARS Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System 405 (§ 5171) Federal Facilities 1) Scientific and Technical Advisory and 406 (§ 5172) Repair, Restoration and Replacement of Response Team Damaged Facilities 2) Scientific and Technical Analysis and 407 (§ 5173) Debris Removal Response Team 408 (§ 5174) Federal Assistance to Individuals and 3) Security Through Advanced Research & Households Technology 410 (§ 5177) Unemployment Benefit Assistance 4) Superfund Technical Assessment and 412 (§ 5179) Food Coupons and Distribution Response Team 413 (§ 5180) Food Commodities STARTEAM Specialized Target Area Registration Team 414 (§ 5181) Relocation Assistance STARTEX Start of Exercise 415 (§ 5182) Legal Services STATEX Statutory Exclusion 416 (§ 5183) Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training STATREP Status Report 417 (§ 5184) Community Disaster Loans STB Surface Transportation Board 418 (§ 5185) Emergency Communications STC 1) Satellite Teleregistration Center 419 (§ 5186) Emergency Public Transportation 2) Secure the Cities 420 (§ 5187) Fire Management Assistance 3) State Coordinator 421 (§ 5188) Timber Sale Contracts STCC Standard Transportation Commodity Code 422 (§ 5189) Simplified Procedure STCR Strike Team Leader Crew 423 (§ 5189a) Appeals of Assistance Decisions STCW Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping [for Seafarers] 424 (§ 5189b) Date of Eligibility; Expenses Incurred Before Date of Disaster STDO Security Technology Deployment Office TITLE V Emergency Assistance Programs ST-DOSE Source Term to Dose 501 (§ 5191) Procedure for Declaration STDZ Strike Team Leader Dozer 502 (§ 5192) Federal Emergency Assistance STE Secure Telephone/Terminal Equipment 503 (§ 5193) Amount of Assistance STEL Short-Term Exposure Limit TITLE VI Emergency Preparedness STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 601 (§ 5195) Declaration of Policy Strike Team Leader Engine 602 (§ 5195a) Definitions Administration of Title STEP 1) Security Training Exercise Program 603 (§ 5195b) 2) State Tribal Education Program 611 (§ 5196) Detailed Functions of Administration STL Strike team leader 612 (§ 5196a) Mutual Aid Pacts Between States and Neighboring Countries STLM Strike Team Leader Military Special Technical Operations 613 (§ 5196b) Contributions for Personnel and Administrative STO Expenses STOC Sniper Tactical Operations Center 614 (§ 5196c) Requirement for State Matching Funds for STOLS System to Locate Survivors Construction of Emergency Operating Centers STOP Strategy for Targeting Organized Piracy 615 (§ 5196d) Use of Funds to Prepare for and Respond to STP Standard Temperature and Pressure Hazards STPS Structural Protection Specialist 621 (§ 5197) Administrative Authority STQ Screening Threshold Quantities 622 (§ 5197a) Security Regulations STR Suspicious Transaction Report 623 (§ 5197b) Use of Existing Facilities STRATCOM Strategic Command 624 (§ 5197c) Annual Report to Congress STSC Student and Schools System 625 (§ 5197d) Applicability of Title STU 1) Satellite Transmission Unit 626 (§ 5197e) Authorization of Appropriations and Transfers 2) Secure Telephone Unit of Funds STUDS Small Tactical Ubiquitous Detection 627 (§ 5197f) Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954 STU-III Secure Telephone Unit – Third Generation 628 (§ 5197g) Federal Bureau of Investigation STU-IV Secure Telephone Unit – Fourth Generation TITLE VII Authority to Prescribe Rules and Accept Gifts SUA 1) Specified Unlawful Activities 701 (§ 5201) Authority to Prescribe Rules and Accept Gifts 2) Special Use Airspace 705 (§ 5205) Disaster Grant Closeout Procedures SUBD Support Branch Director STAC Science and Technology Advisory Committee SUI Sensitive Unclassified Information STAM Staging Area Manager SUL Situation Unit Leader SUM Software User’s Manual SUMA Supply Management

62 SUPREPS Supplemental Reports Created by OIC TAOS The Arbiter of Storms SUPSALV Supervisor of Salvage TAP Task Analysis Plan SUV Utility Vehicle TAPS Trans-Alaska Pipeline System SVBD Service Branch Director Tone-Alert Radio svc service TARP Troubled Asset Relief Program SVC Switched Virtual Circuits TARS 1) Tethered Aerostat Radar System SVIS Secure Video System 2) Tone-Alert Radios SVOS Secure Voice System TAT Technical Assistance Team SVSS Small Vessel Security Strategy TAV 1) Technical Asistance Visit (DPETAP/NDPC) SVTC Secure Video Teleconference 2) Total Asset Visibility SVTS Secure Video Teleconferencing System TAVISS Targeted Violence Information Sharing System SW 1) Software TBA 1) Thyroid Blocking Agent (see KI) 2) Soil and Water 2) To be Announced SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics/Training TBD To be Determined SWC Severe Weather Center TBM Temporary Bench Mark SWEL Stillwater Flood Elevation TBP To be Published SWFL Stillwater Flood Level TBR Travel Business Roundtable SWG 1) Scenario Working Group TC Technical Committee 2) Security Working Group T-CAR Tribal Capability Assessment for Readiness SWGDE Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence TCC 1) Tele-Communications Center SWGFACT Scientific Working Group for Forensic Analysis 2) Telephone Contact Center of Chemical Terrorism/Threats 3) Traffic Control Center SWIS Satellite Weather Information System 4) Transportable Communications Center 5) TSA Telephone Contact Center SWO Senior Watch Officer TCD Discussion SWP 1) State Warning Point 2) State Weekends Program TCL Target Capabilities List SWS Severe Weather Statement TCO Territorial Coordinating Officer SWSA Semantic Web Services Architecture TCOP Tactical Common Operating Picture T&A Time and Attendance TCP 1) Tele-Communications Priorities 2) Traffic Control Point T&C Time and Cost 3) Transmission Control Protocol T&E 1) Test and Evaluation Total Case Rate 2) Threatened and Endangered TCR TCS 1) Tactical Control System T&EPW Training and Exercise Planning Workshop 2) (Standard Flood Hazard) Tracking and Top Officials Exercise/TOPOFF 2 Correspondence System TA 1) Table of Allowances TCU 1) Threat Containment Unit 2) Technical Assistance 2) Transportation Coordination Unit 3) Time and Attendance 3) Tribal Colleges and Universities 4) Travel Authorization TCV Total Containment Vessel 1) Technical Advisory Committee TAC TDC 1) Theater Deployable Communications 2) Technical Assistance Contractor 2) Travel Document Checker Terminal Access Controller Access Control TACACS TDD Telecommunications or Teletype Device for the System Deaf Training Academy Charter Committee TACC TDFM Traffic Demand Forecast Model Tactical Desk TAC-DESK TDI Tactical Display Interface Tactical Exercise TACEX TDIS Travel Document Issuance System Tactical Law Enforcement Team TACLET TDO Typhoon Duty Officer Tactical Control TACON TDS Time, Distance and Shielding Tactical Specialized Management Center TAC-SMC TDY Temporary Duty Technical Assistance Division TAD TEAM-CPR Thermal, Etiological, Asphyxiation, Mechanical, TADS 1) Threat Assessment Database System Chemical, Psychological and Radioactive 2) Training Aids for Dam Safety TECS Treasury Enforcement Communications System Tactical Aero-medical Evacuation System TAES TED Total Effective Dose Terrorism and Foreign Assassination TAFA TEDE Total Effective Dose Equivalent TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework for Training Excellence Emergency Management Information Management TEEM TEEX Texas Engineering Extension Service TAFT Test, Analyze, Fix and Test TEI Training and Exercise Integration (Division) TAG 1) Technology & Architecture Group 2) The Adjutant General TEL Transporter Erector Launcher 3) Threat Advisory Group TELL (Office of) Training, Exercises, and Lessons TAI TSA Approved Instructor Learned TAIS Telecommunications and Automated Information Tele-conference Network Systems TEMA Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

63 TEMCC Tribal Emergency Management Coordinating TISD Transportation Infrastructure Security Division Council TISP The Infrastructure Security Partnership TEMP 1) Temporary Employee TKB Terrorism Knowledge Base 2) Test and Evaluation Master Plan TL 1) Team Leader TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities 2) Truckload TEOAF Treasury Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture TLD Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter TEOC 1) Tele-Engineering Operations Center TLO Terminal Learning Objectives 2) Transportation Emergency Operations Center TLS Security TEPD Training, Education, and Professional TLV Threshold Limit Value Development TM Trademark TERO Tribal Employment Rights Organization TMARS Team Management and Rostering System TERT Telecommunicator Emergency Response TMC 1) Transportation Management Center Taskforce 2) Travel Management Center TEU Technical Escort Unit TMI Three Mile Island (Nuclear Power Plant) TEW Terrorist Early Warning (Group) TMS 1) Training Management System TF Task Force 2) Traffic Management Specialist TFAH Trust for America’s Health TMT 1) Traffic Management Team TFCC Task Force Control Center 2) Training Management Team TFER Task for Emergency Readiness TNA Training Needs Assessment TFL 1) Task Force Leader TNC Terminal Node Controller 2) Temporary Fuel Location TNF Technical Nuclear Forensics TFLD Task Force Leader TNSP Training Specialist TFR Temporary Flight Restriction TNT Trinitrotoluene TFS Texas Forest Service TOA 1) Time of Arrival TFT Temporary Full-Time 2) Transportation Operating Agency TH 1) Technological Hazards TOC 1) Table of Contents 2) Temporary Housing 2) Tactical Operations Center THA Temporary Housing Assistance 3) Traffic Operations Center THAMIC Toxic Hazard Analysis Model for Industrial TOCDF Tooele Chemical Disposal Facility Chemicals TOLC Take-Off and Landing Coordinator THC Temporary Housing Checkwriter TOP Technology Opportunities Program THD Technological Hazards Division TOPOFF Top Officials (exercise series) THO Temporary Housing Officer TOSC Tactical On-Scene Commander THP Temporary Housing Program TOT Time on Target THREATCON Threat Condition TP Time Period THU Temporary Housing Unit TPC Tropical Prediction Center TIA Terrorism Information Awareness TPED Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and TIARA Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities Dissemination TIAS Training Information Access System TPEP Terrorism Prevention Exercise Program TIB Temporary Importation Bond TPFDD Time-Phased Force Deployment Data TIC 1) Toxic Industrial Chemical TPFDL Time-Phased Force Deployment List 2) Trainee Incident Commander TPI Two-Person Integrity TICP Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan TPM Trading Partner Management (system) TIDE Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment TPO 1) Technical Program Officer TIER Treasury Information Executive Repository 2) Transition Planning Office TIFF Tagged Image File Format TPOC Training Point of Contact TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding TPOP Tractor Plow Operator and Reference (System) TPPB Terrorism Production Planning Board (NCTC) TIH Toxic Inhalation Hazard TPS Temporary Protected Status TIM Toxic Industrial Material TR Transportation Request TIMACS Telecommunications Inventory Management and TRAC2ES TRANSCOM’s Regulating and Command and Control System Control Evacuation System TIMS Traffic Incident Management System TRACEM Thermal, Radioactive, Asphyxiation, Chemical, TIN 1) Taxpayer Identification Number Etiological and Mechanical 2) Triangular Irregular Network TRADE Training Resources And Data Exchange TIOC Transportation Information Operations Center TRADOC US Army Training and Doctrine Command TIP 1) Threat Image Projection TRAGIS Transportation Routing Analysis Geographic 2) Threat Image Protection Information System TIPOFF Terrorism Information Program [database at TRAM Transit Risk Assessment Methodology DOS] TransCAER Transportation Community Awareness TIPS Terrorism Information and Prevention System Emergency Response TIROS Television and Infrared Observation Satellite

64 TRAVEL Transportation Risk Assessment and TSNM Transportation Sector Network Management Vulnerability Evaluation Tool (TSA/TSNM) TRC 1) Telephone Response Center TSO Transportation Security Officer 2) Technology Review Committee TSOC Transportation Security Operations Center TREAS Department of the Treasury TSP 1) Telecommunications Service Priority TRES Department of Treasury (Federal Government) 2) Thrift Savings Plan TRI Toxic Release Inventory 3) Total Suspended Particulates TRIA Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (affiliated with 4) Training Support Package PLCY/PSO) 5) Transit Security Program TRICS Telephone to Radio Interface Communications TSPSOC Telecommunications Service Priority/System System Oversight Committee TRIP 1) Transit (and) Rail Inspection Pilot (DHS TSR 1) Telecommunications Service Request program, affiliated with TSA) 2) Teleregistration Service Representative 2) Traveler Redress Inquiry Program TSS Temporary Storage Site TRIPS Travel Reporting and Information Processing TSSP Transportation Sect Specific Plan System TSWA Temporary Secure Working Area TRM Technical Reference Model TSWG Technical Support Working Group TRO 1) Transient Accommodations Only TT Travel Trailer 2) Transitional Recovery Office TT&E Training, Testing and Exercising TROPAN Tropical Analysis Facsimile Network TTAC Terrorist Threat Assessment and Credentialing TROR Treasury Report on Receivables TTC 1) Technical Training Center TRP Tactical Response Plan 2) Time To Complete TRPB Tractor/Plow Boss TTD (see TDD) TRR Test Readiness Review TTF Terrorism Task Force TRT Tactical Response Team TTIC Terrorism/Terrorist Threat Integration Center TS 1) TTP Tactics, Techniques and Procedures 2) Top Secret TTPP Transportation Threat Protection Program 3) Transfer System TTT Train the Trainer 4) Tropical Storm TTWS Terrorist Threat Warning System (DHS program, TS/SCI Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented affiliated with OPS/NOC) Information TTX Tabletop Exercise TSA 1) The Salvation Army TTY Teletypewriter (see TDD) 2) Transportation Security Administration TUAV Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle TSAAC Transportation Security Administration's Access Certificate TUH Two Unit Housing TSAC Towing Safety Advisory Committee TUSCAN TIPOFF U.S.-Canada TSAR Transportation Security Administration TUTT Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough Representative TV 1) Television TSARM TSA Self-Assessment Risk Module 2) Thomasville, Georgia TSB 1) Technical Services Branch TVA Tennessee Valley Authority 2) Training Support Brigade TVIS Threat Vulnerability Integration System TSC 1) Technical Support Center TVM Threat-Vulnerability Mapper 2) Terrorist Screening Center (affiliated with TVTA Threat and Vulnerability, Testing and TSA, CBP, I&A) Assessment 3) Transportation Security Clearinghouse TWA Time Weighted Average TSCA Toxic Substance Control Act TWD Tropical Weather Discussion TSCC Transportation Security Command Center TWG 1) Technical Working Group (affiliated with TSA) 2) Terrorist Working Group TSCM 1) Technical Security Countermeasure TWIC Transportation Workers Identification Credential 2) Technical Surveillance Countermeasures TWOV Transit Without Visa Program TSCO Top Secret Control Officer TWPDES Terrorist Watchlist Person Data Exchange TSD 1) Technical Services Division Standard 2) Test and Evaluation Standards Division TWVP (see TWOV - preferred acronym) (S&T/TSD) U.S. United States TSDB Terrorist Screening Data Base UA 1) Unauthorized Absence TSDN Technical Support Data Notebook 2) Universal Adversary TSDR Toxic Substance and Disease Registry 3) Upper Air TSGP Transit Security Grant Program UAC Unified Area Command TSI Transportation Security Inspector UASI Urban Areas Security Initiative TSIS Transportation Security Intelligence Service UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) TSL Transportation Security Laboratory UAV ESG UAV Executive Steering Group TSN Trade Support Network UAWG Urban Area Working Group UBC Uniform Building Code

65 UBR Universal Business Registry URGENT Uniform Regional Guidance Employing National UC 1) Unemployment Compensation Teams 2) Unified Command URI Upper Respiratory Infection UC/IC Unified Command / Incident Command URISA Urban and Regional Information Systems UCC Unified Combatant Command Association UCGIS University Consortium for Geographic URL Uniform Resource Locator Information Science US Under Secretary (also U/S) UCP 1) Unified Command Plan US&R Urban Search and Rescue (see also USAR) 2) Unified Command Post USA 1) United States of America UCS Unified Command System 2) U.S. Army UCT 1) Universal Coordinated Time (see ZULU) USA PATRIOT [Act] Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing 2) Unified Command Team Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept & UD Unified Defense Obstruct Terrorism UDA Undocumented Aliens USACBDC United States Army Chemical and Biological UDDI Universal Description, Discovery, and Defense Command Integration USACDA United States Arms Control and Disarmament UDP Urban Dispersion Program Agency UEC Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial USACDRA United States Army Chemical Demilitarization Waters and Remediation Activity UEL Upper Explosive Limit USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [ESF-3] UF6 Uranium Hexafluroide USACHPPM United States Army Center for Health UGC Universal Generic Code Promotion and Preventive Medicine UHF Ultra High Frequency USACMDA United States Army Chemical Material Destruction Agency UI Unemployment Insurance USADACS United States Army Defense Artillery Center UIC Unified Incident Command and School

UICDS Unified Incident Command and Decision USAF U.S. Air Force Support USAFA U.S. Air Force Academy UJTL Universal Joint Task List USAHA U.S. Animal Health Association UL Underwriters Laboratories USAID U.S. Agency for International Development ULD Unit Loading Device USAISC United States Army Information Systems ULF Ultra Low Frequency Command

ULN Unit Line Number USA-ITA U.S. Association for Importers of Textiles and ULO Unliquidated Obligation Apparel (private sector association, affiliated ULP Unfair Labor Practice with CBP) UMCA Umatilla Chemical Activity USAMRAA US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity UMCD USAMRICD U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of UMCOR United Methodist Committee on Relief Chemical Defense (DOD program, affiliated UMD University of Maryland with FEMA, NPPD, S&T, OHA) UMDA Umatilla Depot Activity USAMRIID U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for UML Unified Modeling Language Infectious Disease UMOC Unified Medical Operations Center USANCA United States Army Nuclear and Chemical UMP Upward Mobility Program Agency UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act [1995] USAR 1) Urban Search and Rescue 2) U.S. Army Reserve UN United Nations (foreign, affiliated with FEMA, PLCY/OIA) USBP (see CBP) U.S. Border Patrol UNC Universal Naming Convention USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation UNCLASS Unclassified USC 1) United States Citizen 2) United States Code UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief Organization USCAP U.S. Civilian Aviation Partnership UNGA 62 62nd Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly US-CERT United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees USCG U.S. Coast Guard UNP Unmet Needs Program USCGR United States Coast Guard Reserve UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission USCIRF U.S. Commission of International Religious UO2F2 Uranyl Fluoride Freedom USACE Operations Center UOC USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (aka: UOM Unit Of Measure "CIS") UPC Universal Product Code USCM US Conference of Mayors UPR User Profile Record USCOLD U.S. Committee On Large Dams UPS 1) Uninterruptible Power Supply USCP United States Capitol Police 2) United Postal Service USCS (see CBP) United States Customs Service (now U.S. URA Uniform Relocation Act Customs and Border Protection)

66 USCSCFAC U.S. Customs Service COBRA Fees Advisory UTM Universal Transverse Mercator Committee UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture UV Ultraviolet USDA/CSREES United States Department of Agriculture/ UVI Ultraviolet Index Cooperative State Research, Education and UWB Ultra Wideband Extension Service (aka: "the Extension v Service") V Voltage USDOI United States Department of the Interior VA 1) Vulnerability Assessment USDOL United States Department of Labor 2) U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs USDOT United States Department of Transportation VACF Vetted Anti-Counterfeiting Forces USET United South and Eastern Tribes VACIS Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System USFA United States Fire Administration (FEMA/USFA) VADM Vice Admiral USFS United States Forest Service (DOI division) VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System [EST-4] VAL 1) Validation USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service 2) Voluntary Agency Liaison USG United States Government VAMC Veteran’s Administration Medical Center USGS United States Geological Survey VAX Virtual Address Extension USGS-DLG United States Geological Survey Digital Line VBIED Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Graph (Format) VCC Venue Control Cell (affiliated with FEMA) USIA United States Information Agency VCOS Volunteer Chief Officer Section USIC United States Interdiction Coordinator VCR Video Cassette Recorder USITC United States International Trade Commission VCU VOLAG Coordination Unit USJFCOM United States Joint Forces Command VDEM Virginia Department of Emergency Management USMC United States Marine Corps VDU 1) Visual Display Unit USMCR United States Marine Corps Reserve 2) Visual Docking Unit USML United States Munitions List VEDS Vehicular Emergency Data Set USMRICD United States Army Medical Research Institute VEE Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis of Chemical Defense VEI Volcanic Explosivity Index USMS United States Marshals Service VERA Voluntary Early Retirement Authority USMTF United States Message Text Format VFD Volunteer Fire Department USN United States Navy VFR Visual Flight Rules USNCB United States National Central Bureau VGA Video Graphics Adapter USNG 1) United States National Guard 2) United States National Grid (NAD83) VGTOF Violent Gangs Terrorist Organization File USNORTHCOM United States Northern Command VHA Veterans Health Administration USNR United States Naval Reserve VHF USOC United States Olympic Committee VI Virgin Islands USP Under Secretary for Preparedness VIA By way of USPACOM United States Pacific Command VIG Vaccinia Immuno Globulin USPHS United States Public Health Service VIK Value in Kind USPIS United States Postal Inspection Service VIP 1) Very Important Person 2) Volunteer Incentive Program USPP United States Park Police VIPR Visual Intermodal Protection and Response USPS United States Postal Service VIPS Volunteers in Police Service USS 1) United States Senate 2) United States Ship VISC Visual Information Support Center USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command VISIT Visitor & Immigrant Status Indicator Technology USSOUTHCOM United States Southern Command VISN Veteran's Integrated Services Network USSPACECOM United States Space Command VISTA Volunteers in Service to America USSS United States Secret Service VITA Volunteers in Technical Assistance USSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command VITEMA Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency UST Underground Storage Tank VLF Very Low Frequency USTR United States Trade Representative VLN Virtual LAN USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command VLSI Very Large Scale Integration USVI United States Virgin Islands VMAS Vertical Map Accuracy Standard US-VISIT U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (NPPD/US-VISIT) VMAT Veterinary Medical Assistance Team UTC 1) Unit Type Code VMC Virtual Model Community 2) Universale Temps Coordinaire (i.e., VMI Vendor Managed Inventory Coordinated Universal Time) VMO Veterinary Medical Officer UTCP Unified Tactical Communications Program VMS System UTL Universal Task List VNN Virtual News Network

67 VNPSC Virginia National Processing Service Center WER Weapons-Effect Reporting VOA Volunteers of America WERT Wireless Emergency Response Team VOAD Volunteer Organizations Active in a Disaster WFLC Wildland Fire Leadership Council VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol WFSA Wildland Fire Situation Analysis VOLAG Voluntary Agency WFU Wildland Fire Use VOR Visual Omni Ranger WG 1) Wage Grade VORTEX Verification of the Origin of Rotation in 2) Working Group Tornadoes Experiment WGA Western Governors’ Association VOSS Vessel of Opportunity Skimming System WGI Within-Grade Increase VPF Vector Product Format WH 1) Warehouse VPN Virtual Private Network 2) White House VR Virtual WHCA White House Communications Agency VRC Volunteer Reception Center WHITCU White House Initiative for Tribal Colleges and VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language Universities VRP Vessel Response Plan WHL White House Liaison Office (SEC/COS/WHL) VS 1) Veterinary Services WHLO White House Liaison Office 2) Victim Support WHMO White House Military Office VSAB Vehicle Storage Administration Building WHO 1) White House Office VSP Visa Security Program 2) World Health Organization VST Victim Support Task WHP White House Package VSU Visa Security Unit WHS Washington Headquarters Services VTC Video Tele-Conference WHSR White House Situation Room VTS Vessel Traffic Service WHTI Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative VWP WIFLE Women in Federal Law Enforcement VWPPA Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act of 2000 WIMS Weather Information Management System V-Zone Coastal High Hazard Area WIN Warrant Information Network w watt WIPT Working Integrated Process Team W Wattage WISE Water Infrastructure Simulation Environment W/COMB With Combination WITS Washington Interagency Telecommunications W/LK With Lock System W/M With Monitor WJIIP Windows Joint Instructional Input Program W/SH With Shelves WKS Worksheet WACC Weapons and Ammunition Commodity Council WLANs Wireless Local Area Networks WAE When Actually Employed WLSP Watch List Service Providers WAN Wide Area Network WM 1) Warehouse Management (system) 2) Water Mist WAPA Western Area Power Administration (part of DOE) WMA Washington Metropolitan Area WAR Weekly Activity Report WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority WARN Web Alert & Relay Network WMD 1) Water Management District 2) Weapon of Mass Destruction WARNO Warning Order WMD COP Weapons of Mass Destruction Common WARP Web Audit and Remediation Program Operational Picture

WASS Wide Area Surveillance System WMDBD WMD and Biodefense (OHA/WMDBD)

WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service WMD-DAC WMD Decision Analysis Center

WAWAS Washington Area Warning System WMD-MCM Weapons of Mass Destruction Medical WAWS Washington Area Warning System Countermeasures WAWTAP Wind And Water Technical Assistance Program WMDO-IM Weapons of Mass Destruction Office & Incident WB 1) Whole Body Management 2) Wideband WMDOU Weapons of Mass Destruction Operations Unit WBT Web-Based Training (FBI) WC Wet Chemical WMF Windows Metafile WCATWC West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center WMO World Meteorological Organization WCF Working Capital Fund WO 1) Warrant Officer WCO World Customs Organization 2) Washington Office (District of Columbia WCRP World Climate Research Program office for NORAD-USNORTHCOM) WEB-TA Web-based Time and Attendance 3) Work Order WEE Western Equine Encephalitis WOBS Weather Observer WEF 1) Water Environment Federation WORM Write Once - Read Many (CD-ROM Drive) 2) World Economic Forum WOSB Woman Owned Small Business WELP Women’s Executive Leadership Program WEM Workshop in Emergency Management

68 WP 1) Warning Point YLD 1) Yield 2) White Phosphorus 2) Young Lawyers Division 3) Processing yr year 4) Work Packet YTD Year To Date WPL Worker Population Limit Z Zulu (UTC) WPM Wood Packing Material ZBB Zero-Based Budgeting WPS 1) Water Purification System ZECP Zone Emergency Communications Planner 2) Wireless Priority Service/System ZFP Zone Forecast Product 3) Word Processing System Zoning Improvement Plan WPT Workforce Performance Training ZONE A Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the WRC Weapons Recovery Center 100-year flood; base flood elevations are not WRDA Water Resources Development Act determined (AE as well as A1-30 included) WRF Weather Research and Forecasting ZONE A99 Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the WRIST Weather Radar Identification of Severe 100-year flood to be protected from the 100-year flood by a Federal flood protection WRM War Reserve Material system under construction; base flood WRS Wreck Removal and Salvage elevations are not determined WRSAME Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoding ZONE AH Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by WS the 100-year flood; flood depths of 1 to 3 WSDA Washington State Department of Agriculture feet (usually areas of ponding); base flood elevations are determined WSDE Washington State Department of Ecology ZONE AO Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the WSDH Washington State Department of Health 100-year flood; with flood depths of 1 to 3 WSDIS Washington State Department of Information feet (usually sheet flow on the sloping terrain); Services average depths are determined. For areas WSDL Web Services Description Language of alluvial fan flooding, velocities are also WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation determined WSE Enhancement ZONE AR Special Flood Hazard Area that results from WSEL Water-Surface Elevation the decertification of a previously accredited WSEMD Washington State Emergency Management flood protection system that is in the process Department of being restored to provide a 100-year or WSF Washington State Ferries greater level of flood protection WSP Washington State Patrol ZONE B Area of 500-year flood; area subject to the Weather Surveillance Radar 100-year flood with average depths of less WSR than 1 foot or with contributing drainage area WSSPC Western States Seismic Policy Council less than one square mile; and areas protected Wt Weight by levees from the base flood WTO World Trade Organization ZONE C Area determined to be outside the 500-year WUI Wildland-Urban Interface floodplain WVOES West Virginia Office of Emergency Services ZONE D Area in which flood hazards are undetermined WWL Wind/Water Line ZONE V Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the WWU Watch and Warning Unit 100-year flood; coastal with velocity WWW hazards (wave action); base flood elevations WYO Write Your Own (Insurance, e.g., NFIP) are not determined (VE as well as V1-30 WYOP Write Your Own Program included) WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get ZONE X If unshaded: Area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain XDA Existing Data Study If shaded: Area of 500-year flood; area subject XEDO Xedar Heat Detection Unit to the 100-year flood with average depths of XL Extra Large less than 1 foot or with contributing drainage XML Extensible Markup Language area less than one square mile; and areas XPA Extent of Play Agreement protected by levees from the base flood XS Extra Small ZULU Indicates use of Universal Coordinated Time XSTF XML Structure Task Force (Greenwich Mean Time) [affiliated with FEMA, YCC Youth Conservation Corps NPPD] yd yard ZWA Zonal Wind Anomaly

69 Obsolete or Replaced

AIS Automated Information Systems (see AIC) NASCDD National Association of State Civil Defense ATWC Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (see WCATWC) Directors AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network (see DSN) NBACC National Biosecurity Analysis and BCIS Bureau for Citizenship and Immigration Countermeasures Center Services (see USCIS) NCIT National Council on International Trade (see BICE Bureau of Immigration and Customs NCITD) Enforcement NECC National Emergency Coordination Center (see BIFC Boise Interagency Fire Center (see NIFC or NRCC) NIFCC) NIMCAST National Incident Management System BTS Border and Transportation Security (former Capability Assessment Support Tool (see DHS Directorate, contained CBP, ICE, TSA and NIMSCAST) FLETC) NRP National Response Plan (see NRF) CAPSS Corrective Action Program Support System ODCEM Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency CBDCOM Chemical and Biological Defense Command (see Management SBCCOM) OHS Office of Homeland Security (see HSC) CCA Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement (see CA) OLS Operation Life Safety (see RFSI) CG Coast Guard OPS (former) Office of Private Sector Liaison (formerly PSL; CNO Counter-Narcotics Office (see CNE) see PSO) COE US Army] Corps of Engineers PO Privacy Office (see PRIV) CS&T Cyber Security and (see PREP Preparedness [DHS Directorate for] (see NPPD) CS&C) PSL (see PSO) Formerly [Office of] Private Sector Liaison DFO Disaster Field Office (PSO—in PLCY as of October 2005; see PSO) EBS Emergency Broadcast System (see EAS) PT&E Preparedness, Training, and Exercises [Directorate] ES Executive Secretariat (see ESEC) ROC Regional Operations Center (see RRCC) FMANA Fire Marshals Association of North America (see IFMA) RPC Regional Preparedness Committee FPA Federal Preparedness Agency SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress International FRP Federal Response Plan (see NRF) SLPS State & Local Programs & Support Directorate IMSD Incident Management Systems Division [of DHS/ TLC Territory Logistics Centers FEMA] (see IMSI or IMSID) TLC-C Territory Logistics Center- Central INS 1) Immigration and Naturalization Service TLC-E Territory Logistics Center- East (replaced among USCIS, CBP and ICE at DHS; TLC-W Territory Logistics Center- West see also DMIATF and ASUFAC) USACOM United States Atlantic Command (see USJFCOM) 2) Incident of National Significance (see IONS USCS (see CBP) United States Customs Service (now U.S. or CINS) Customs and Border Protection) I-STAFF DHS Headquarters Operational Integration Staff VISAT Vulnerability Identification Self-Assessment Tool (folded into new Directorate for Preparedness (now RSAT) Oct 2005) WFS Women in the Fire Service, Inc. (see IWOMEN) KAPP Key Asset Protection Program (see CAAP) WIN WWMCCS Inter-computer Network LA Legislative Affairs (see OLA) WTC World Trade Center NAAP Newport Army Ammunition Plant WWMCCS World Wide Military Command and Control NAII National Association of Independent Insurers System (see GCCS)

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