ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS HANDBOOK

BD Business Development Branch BEC Business Enterprise Council CFR Code of Federal Regulations CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement DOI U.S. Department of the Interior FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations FIP Federal Information Processing FLC Federal Laboratory Consortium FOIA Freedom of Information Act GOCO Government-owned Contractor-operated GOGO Government-owned Government-operated JFA Joint Funding Agreement MOA Memorandum of Agreement MOU Memorandum of Understanding NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology NTIS National Technical Information Service ORTA Office of Research and Technology Assessment P.L. Public Law R&D research and development SIC Standard Industrial Classification SOW Statement of Work TT technology transfer USC United States Code USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office

See Appendix A for Glossary of Terms

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