Acronyms of Interest to the National Plant Board
AAPCO
ACO
ADA
ADODR
AEC
AED
AHB
AI
AIA
AIM
AIMS
ALB
ALBES
AMS
AMT
ANLA
ANPR
APHIS
APS
AQAS
AQI
AQIM
AQIPC
ARM
ARS
ASTA
AWG
BARC
BISSM
BMP
BOA
BMSB
BOD
BRS
BWB
CAPS
CBI
CBP
CBPAS
CBPO
CCB
CCC
CERIS
CFA
CFIA
CFR
CFWG
CHRP
CIPAC
CIPM
CITES
Association of American Pesticide Control Officials
Accredited Certification Official
Associate Deputy Administrator
Authorized Departmental Official Designated Representative
Area Emergency Coordinator
Associate Executive Directors
Africanized Honey Bee
Agricultural Inspection
Apiary Inspectors of America
Analysis and Information Management (PPQ)
Agriculture Internet Monitoring System
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication System (also known as ERIS)
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
APHIS Management Team
Obsolete - now AmericanHort, formerly American Nursery and Landscape Association
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
American Phytopathological Society
Agriculture Quarantine Activity System
Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Monitoring
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Partnership Council
Agricultural Risk Management
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
American Seed Trade Association
Assessment Working Group
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Business Information Systems Strategy and Management
Best Management Practice
Board of Advisors
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Board of Directors
Biotechnology Regulatory Services, USDA APHIS
Boxwood Blight
Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
Confidential Business Information
Customs and Border Protection, DHS
CBP Agriculture Specialists
CBP Officer
Change Control Board
Commodity Credit Corp, USDA
Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University
Core Functional Area (PPQ)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Code of Federal Regulation
Cross-Functional Work Group
Citrus Health Response Program
Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
Center for Integrated Pest Management
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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Acronyms of Interest to the National Plant Board
COG
COMTF
COOP
COSDA
CPHST
CRA
CSI
CSREES
CTIS
CTV
CWR
DA
DEEP
DFO
DHS
DMA
DNA
EA
EAB
EAN
ECS
ECW
ED
EDP
EIS
ELISA
EP
EPA
EPB
ePermits
EPI
ER
ERIS
ERS
ESA
ESF
EXCERPT
FAO
FAS
FEMA
FFY
FHP
FICMNEW
FIFRA
FNW
FO
FO
FOIA
FONSI
FQPA
FRSMP
Continuity of Government
California Oak Mortality Task Force
Continuity of Operations
Communication Officers of State Departments of Agriculture
Center For Plant Health Science Technology
Cargo Release Authority
Container Security Initiative
Obsolete - see NIFA
Commodity Treatment Information System
Citrus Tristeza Virus
Chrysanthemum White Rust
Deputy Administrator
Deregulation Evaluation of Established Pests
Director of Field Operations, DHS, CBP
U. S. Department of Homeland Security
Data Management and Analysis
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Environmental Assessment
Emerald Ash Borer
Emergency Action Notice
Export Certification Specialist (PPQ)
Export Certification Workgroup
Executive Director
Emergency and Domestic Programs
Environmental Impact Statement
Enzyme-Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay
Emergency Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Eastern Plant Board
Electronic Permitting System
Exotic Pest Information
Obsolete - Eastern Region (PPQ)
Emergency Response Information System (also know as ALBES)
Economic Research Service, USDA
Entomological Society of America
Emergency Support Function
Export information database
Food and Agriculture Organization
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal fiscal year
Forest Health Program
Federal Interagency Committee for Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (EPA)
Federal Noxious Weed
Federal Order
Field Operations (PPQ CFA)
Freedom of Information Act
Finding of No Significant Impact
Food Quality Protection Act
Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program
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Acronyms of Interest to the National Plant Board
FS
FTE
FY
GAO
GATT
GCSI
GIS
GMO
GPS
HACCP
HIS
HQ
HTML
ICS
IES
IFA
IPCC
IPM
IPPC
IR-4
IPHIS
IS
ISAC
ISIS
ISP
ISPM
IT
ITGB
JAQAP
JBHP
LBAM
LGU
LPA
MAC
MAC
Medfly
MOU
MRP
MT
NAFTA
NAL
NAPIS
NAPPFAST
NAPPO
NARP
NASDA
NASF
NASS
NCPN
NGO
NIFA
Forest Service, USDA
Full-time equivalent
Fiscal year
U.S. General Accounting Office
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Greater Caribbean Safeguarding Initiative
Geographic Information Systems
Genetically Modified Organism
Global Positioning System
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
Horticultural Inspection Society
Headquarters
HyperText Markup Language
Incident Command System
Investigative and Enforcement Services
Imported Fire Ant
Obsolete - Interstate Pest Control Compact, see PEAR
Integrated Pest Management
International Plant Protection Convention
Inter-regional Research Project Number 4
Integrated Plant Health Information System (formerly PHIS) USDA
International Services USDA APHIS
Invasive Species Advisory Council, NISC
Integrated Survey Information System
Internet Service Provider
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures
Information Technology
IT Governance Board
Joint Agency Quality Assurance Program
Japanese Beetle Harmonization Plan
Light Brown Apple Moth
Land Grant University
Legislative and Public Affairs, USDA APHIS
Manual for Agricultural Clearance
Multi-Agency Coordination
Mediterranean fruit fly
Memorandum of Understanding
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Management Team (PPQ)
North American Free Trade Agreement
National Agricultural Library
National Agricultural Pest Information System
NCSU APHIS Plant Pest Forecasting System
North American Plant Protection Organization
National Agriculture Release Program
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
National Association of State Foresters
National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
National Clean Plant Network
Non-Governmental Organization
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (formerly CSREES) USDA
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Acronyms of Interest to the National Plant Board
NIMS
NIS
NISC
NORS-DUC
NPAG
NPB
NPDN
NPM
NPPLAP
NPPO
NPRG
NRCS
NSHS
OA
OGC
OIG
OJT
OMB
OPIS
OPMP
PAS
PCIT
PCN
PD
PDC
PDF
PEAR
PEM
PEQ
PERAL
PExD
PHIS
PHP
PIDS
PIM
PIO
PIPE
PM
POE
PPA or PPA2K
PPD
PPQ
PPV
PRA
PRIM
PSB
PSPI
PSS
PTI
Q37
QMI
National Incident Management System
National Identification Services, USDA APHIS PPQ
National Invasive Species Council
National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California
New Pest Advisory Group
National Plant Board
National Plant Diagnostic Network
National Policy Managers
National Plant Protection Laboratory Accreditation Program
National Plant Protection Organization (generically)
New Pest Response Guidelines
Natural Resource Conservation Service
National Seed Health System
Office of the Administrator
Office of the General Counsel, USDA
U.S. Office of the Inspector General
On the Job Training
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Obsolete - Offshore Pest Information System, now Pest Lens
Office of Pest Management Policy USDA APHIS PPQ
Phytosanitary Alert System
Phytosanitary Information Tracking System
Potato Cyst Nematode or Pale Cyst Nematode
Port Director
Professional Development Center
Portable Document Format (Adobe)
Pest Eradication Activities and Resources
Planning, Evaluation, and Monitoring
Post Entry Quarantine
Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory
Phytosanitary Export Database
obsolete - see IPHIS
Plant Health Programs, USDA APHIS PPQ
PPQ Integrated Data Services
Phytosanitary Issues Management
Public Information Officer
Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education
Policy Management (PPQ CFA)
Port of Entry
Plant Protection Act of 2000
Policy and Progam Development
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Plum Pox Virus
Pest Risk Analysis
Obsolete - Permits, Registrations, Imports, and Manuals, see RPM
Pine Shoot Beetle
Obsolete - Plant Safeguarding and Pest Identification
Pest Survey Specialist
Priority Trade Issue
7 CFR 319.37
Quarantine Material Interception
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Acronyms of Interest to the National Plant Board
QNSC
QPAS
REE
RFA
RFP
RMA
ROAR
RPM
RPPO
S&PF
SAES
SAF
SAF
SANC
SSC
SEL
SITC
SLN
SNE
SNHP
SNICAS
SNW
SOP
SPB
SPHD
SPRO
SQS
S&T
SWPM
TAG
TCD
TEU
TMA
TNC
TWG
URL
USDA
USFWS
USGS
USNCP
WADS
WPB
WR
WSSA
WTB
WTO
WWW
XML
Quarantine and Nursery Standards and Certification
Quarantine Policy, Analysis and Support
Research, Education, and Economics
Request for Applications
Request for Proposals
Risk Management Agency
Recipient Organization Authorized Representative
Regulations, Permits, and Manuals
Regional Plant Protection Organization (generically)
State and Private Forestry
State Agricultural Experiment Station(s)
Society of American Florists
Society of American Foresters
Systems Approach to Nursery Certification
State Survey Coordinator
Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Smuggling, Interdiction and Trade Compliance, USDA APHIS PPQ
Special Local Need (FIFRA 24(c))
Special Needs Exemption (PPA)
State National Harmonization Program (for seed potatoes)
SITC National Information Communication and Activity System
State Noxious Weed
Standard Operating Procedure
Southern Plant Board
State Plant Health Director, USDA APHIS PPQ
State Plant Regulatory Official
State Quarantine Summary
Science and Technology (PPQ CFA)
Solid Wood Packing Material
Technical Advisory Group
Thousand Canker Disease (of walnut)
Twenty-foot cargo container units
Too Many Acronyms
The Nature Conservancy
Technical Working Group
Uniform Resource Locator
United States Department of Agriculture
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U. S. Geological Service
U. S. Nursery Certification Program
Work Accomplishment Data System
Western Plant Board
Obsolete - Western Region (PPQ)
Weed Science Society of America
Walnut Twig Beetle
World Trade Organization
World Wide Web
Extensible Markup Language
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Acronyms Common to ARS, USDA, and REE
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http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/ad_hoc/54000000NPASAC/QuickReferenceGuide/AcronymsList.pdf
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