DHS Lexicon
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Revised – December, 2008
Office of the Secretary
Executive Secretariat
Prepared by:
United States Department of Homeland Security
Office of the Secretary
Executive Secretariat
DHS Lexicon Section
[email protected]
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DHS Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms
There is a growing list of homeland security related acronyms, abbreviations and
initialisms gleaned from DHS documents and reports. To keep it a manageable
deciphering tool, the DHS Lexicon Acronym reference list does not include airport codes,
foreign acronyms, chemical, electrical or pharmaceutical tables, military titles, names of
corporations, universities, or those of regional, State or local entities. These lengthy
listings can be found in tables of their own on the internet. DHS job titles are minimally
listed due to inconsistent usage among DHS Components.
There will be some legacy acronyms that break the rules that are provided below, but have
been retained for historic, universal or entrenched usage reasons. The rules are, however,
an effort to develop increased consistency from this point forward. Before creating a new
acronym, check the DHS Acronym List to see if it is already in use, and avoid acronyms
that already have widely used spell outs outside of DHS. Also, a new acronym that too
closely resembles a private sector trademark could raise some legal concerns and should be
avoided.
All acronyms that are revised, outdated or superseded will be corrected or crossreferenced.
Rules for Creating New DHS Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms
The following rules are for guidance when DHS is creating new acronyms. DHS cannot
tell other Federal agencies they can't use ones they've been using for a long time, but DHS
can be an example in curtailing potential confusion in a time of crisis by asserting the
following rules for creation and usage:
•
Avoid two-letter acronyms. Some have as many as 300 spell outs, and the risk of
confusion or misunderstanding, especially in a time of crisis, is too great.
An example would be “IT.” Although there are 80 possible spell outs for it in the
private sector, it is limited to its use at DHS to “Information Technology,” and requires
the spell out all others such as “individual training.”
It is best not to even allow limited internal usage, because the habit cannot be turned
off when you go from your office to a larger audience in the field. (By the way, there
are 115 spell outs for EA, 300 for PC, 121 for TM, 144 for TA and 122 for SE.)
•
Avoid acronyms and abbreviations of more than six characters. A lengthy acronym
increases the chances of keying errors, and transpositions, and limits their use in
database fields, especially when cascaded (MGMT/OCHCO, FEMA/USFA).
•
Always use all capital letters (DOD, DOJ, DOS)
•
Avoid numerals. They convert an acronym into a symbol, are frequently used for
branding and trademarks, but are used inconsistently to be multipliers, versions or
shortcuts for repeating a consonant, and raise questions as to their meaning. Too late
now, but the 2005 DHS reorganization should have been SSR instead of 2SR (catchy
but not consistent).
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•
Do not use hyphens or slashes within a single acronym. Hyphens and slashes are
separators or connectors used to cascade subsets and qualifiers (such as MGMT/CFO or
the Airports Council International, North America, or ACI/NA). They also present
database field and alphabetical problems. The only special character accepted is the
ampersand (S&T, I&A), which IT has cleared as a recognizable character.
•
Do not combine two acronyms to create a third acronym. List them separately, and
leave a space between them when used in text. If one is a subset of the other or a
qualifier, in text they may be joined by a slash. That is what slashes are for. (Example:
Not CIKRCRM—these are two separate acronyms, CIKR for critical infrastructure and
key resources, and CRM for common risk model.)
•
Do not set a “precedence without end” by beginning a string of infinite variables of
the same acronym. Instead, use the one core acronym and spell out the modifiers. If
ERT is Emergency Response Team, do not create a SERT (Seattle), RERT (Regional) or
AERT (Animal). Likewise, the enhanced critical infrastructure protection assessment is
not ECIPA, but “enhanced CIP assessment.” The Federal Air Marshal Service Training
Center should be FAMS Training Center, not FAMSTC. The National Industrial Security
Program Operating Manual should not be NISPOM, but NISP Operating Manual, as
NISP is the core acronym.
•
The “O” Rule: When creating an acronym for a new office or program, avoid CF
(Center for), CO (Council on), FO (Friends of), and O, and stick to the Key words for
your core acronym. In the beginning everyone wanted an “O” in front of their office
acronym, so they would have been OCRCL, OCNE, OMGMT, etc. A few were
unavoidable to distinguish between the IG and OIG, or because PA would not have
worked alone due to too many related spell outs (public announcement, public
assistance).
•
Do not create an acronym that contains such a large portion of the words and is so
close to the whole spell out that you might as well spell it out (Caribbean
Community can be spelled out as easily as CARICOM; Operating Summary can be
spelled out as easily as OPSUM, especially because it could also be Operations
Summary).
•
Do not create or adopt an acronym that is;
o unnecessary (U.S. Dollar does not need to be USD; a phrase “as low as reasonably
achievable” should remain a phrase and not become ALARA),
o too weak (fee for service does not need an FFS acronym; level of effort does not
need to be LOE),
o potentially ambiguous (if there is concern about the ATA, is it the Airline
Transportation Association, the American Trucking Association or the actual time
of arrival; and, is the IBR the initial baseline review or the integrated baseline
review? Is the IATO the interim approval to operate or the interim authority to
operate?),
o or the spell out too thinly used (applies to one small group or office only or is
little known, such as APHF for American Police Hall of Fame).
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•
If the acronym already has many other widely-used spell outs, avoid it (TSP is
widely used in the Federal Government for Thrift Savings Plan, so a new one for
Telecommunications Support Program should be TCSP, not TSP; COE is more widely
known as center of excellence, so using it also for common operational environment
could cause confusion; and BDR, besides Budget Data Request, has 24 other common
uses; CFR has 44 other uses; COP has 108 other uses).
•
Do not create an acronym for a short term projects, temporary working
committees or a one-time conference.
•
Avoid acronyms that display insider jargon or local language, in deference to an
unknown ultimate audience.
•
Do not list a singular and plural for the same acronym. The plural of an acronym is
the acronym ending with a lower case "s."
•
Avoid acronyms for titles (respectfully spell out titles). Too many of them are twoletter, which leads to the problem in rule 1, and will be inconsistent across the
Department. Others contain local jargon used only within that Component.
•
No acronym letter should stand for another acronym (TSA Approved Instructors
should be spelled out, not “TAI”).
•
Avoid acronyms that use unnecessary words to create a trademark or catchy word
(such as Business Analysis Leadership Decision — BALD, or First Responder
Information Exchange Document — FRIED). They must be able to pass the “Oh,
Puhleeeeeze!” test.
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
2SR
A&M
Second Stage Review
Customs and Border Protection
Air & Marine (CBP/A&M)
DHS Program
DHS
Subcomponent
All
ALL
AAACE
Airport Access Authorization to DHS Program
Commercial Establishments
S&T
AAAE
American Association of
Airport Executives
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
AAEI
American Association of
Exporters and Importers
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP
AAFAS
Automated Airborne Flight
Alert System
Equipment
S&T
AAFB
AAMVA
Andrews Air Force Base
American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administration
Facility
Private Sector Ass'n
DOD
TSA
AAPA
American Association of Port
Authorities
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP,TSA, USCG,
TSA
AAPD
American Association of People Private Sector Ass'n
with Disabilities
CRCL
AAR
AAR
AASHTO
After action report
After action review
American Association of State
Highway and Transportation
Officials
Association of American
Universities
American Association of
Veterinary Laboratory
Diagnosticians
American Bar Association
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
Common
TSA, FEMA
Private Sector
S&T, USCIS
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, OGC
AAU
AAVLD
ABA
ABC
[Outstanding] American By
Choice Award
DHS Program
USCIS
ABC
ABCI
Arizona Border Control Plan
Arizona Border Control
Initiative
Air Bridge Denial
Agent Based Economic
Laboratory
Automated Broker Interface
see IDENT
DHS Program
DHS Program
CBP
CBP
Term/phrase
Equipment
CNE
NPPD/RMA
Equipment
CBP
I&A
ABD
ABEL
ABI
ABIS
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ABMC
American Battle Monuments
Commission
Federal Gov't
DOD
ABNCP
ABS
ACAA
Airborne Command Post
Arson and Bomb Squad
Air Carrier Association for
Americans
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD
I&A, NPPD/IGP
TSA
ACADA
Automatic Chemical Agent
Detection and Alarm
Equipment
NPPD, S&T
ACAP
Agency-wide Corrective Action DHS Program
Program
FEMA
ACAP
Alien Criminal Apprehension
Program
DHS Program
ICE
ACBIRC
Advanced Chemical/Biological
Integrated Response Course
DHS Program
NPPD, S&T
ACC
Air Combat Command (-delete) or Agency Command
Center
American Chemistry Council
Facility
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
ACC
ACDA
Aviation Command Center
U.S. Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
TSA
DNDO
ACDO
Advanced Concept
Demonstration Office
DHS Program
TSA
ACE
ACE
Accumulated Cyclone Energy
American Council on
Education
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
OPS
USCIS, NPPD,
S&T
ACE
Automated Commercial
Environment (secure data
portal)
Army Corps of Engineers
Equipment
CBP
Federal Gov't
NPPD, FEMA,
TSA
ACC
ACE
ACF
Administration for Children
and Families
Federal Gov't
FEMA, OPS
ACF
ACHP
Alternate Care Facility
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation
Facility
Private Sector
FEMA
FEMA, NPPD
ACI
Advanced Contracting Initiative DHS Program
or Approved Course of
Instruction
FEMA, OPS
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ACI
Airports Council International
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA, PLCY/PSO
ACI
Approved Course of
Instruction
Airports Council International-North America
Term/phrase
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
ACIS
Aviation Credential
Interoperability Solution
DHS Program
TSA, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
ACP
Access Control Points or Area
Contingency Plan
Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD
ACS
ACSD
Automated Commercial System DHS Program
Advanced Container Security
Device (see CSD)
CBP
ACSM
American Congress of
Surveying and Mapping
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, NPPD
ACT
American Council for
Technology
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
ACTE
Association of Corporate Travel Private Sector Ass'n
Executives
ACVP
Airline Certificate Vetting
Program
DHS Program
TSA, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
ACWG
ADA
Air Cargo Working Group
Americans with Disabilities Act
(1992)
DHS Program
Legislation
TSA
CRCL
ADASP
Aviation Direct Access
Screening Program
DHS Program
TSA, S&T
ADD
Automated Deployment
Database
Arrival and Departure
Information System
Equipment
OPS
DHS Program
PLCY/SCO, I&A,
PRIV, NPPD/USVISIT, ICE,
USCIS, CBP
ACI/NA
ADIS
ADIZ
ADRA
Air Defense Identification Zone Term/phrase
Air Domain Risk Assessment
DHS Program
TSA
TSA,
NPPD/RMA
ADRS
Automated Disaster Reporting
System
FEMA
DHS Program
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ADVISE
Analysis, Dissemination,
Visualization, Insight and
Semantic Enhancement
DHS Program
suspended 9/07
PRIV
AEA
American Electronics
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
PRIV
AEI
AEP
AES
American Enterprise Institute
Airport Emergency Plan
Aeromedical Evacuation
System
Automated Export System
Airborne Early Warning
Association of Flight
Attendants
Private Sector
DHS Program
DHS Program
OPA
TSA
FEMA
DHS Program
Equipment
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP
CBP, ICE
TSA
AFB
Air Force Base
Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD,
USCG
AFCEA
Armed Forces
Communications and
Electronics Association
Air Force Electronic Warfare
Evaluation Simulator
Private Sector Ass'n
MGMT/OCIO,
USCG
DOD Program
S&T
Association for Federal
Information Resources
Management
Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Program
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
DHS Program
FEMA/G&T,
FLETC
AFGE
American Federation of
Government Employees
Private Sector Ass'n
MGMT, FEMA
AFIP
Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology
American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrialized
Organizations
DOD Program
OHA
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD
AFM
AFMLS
Adjudicator's Field Manual
Asset Forfeiture & Money
Laundering Section
Document
DHS Program
USCIS
FLETC
AFRAS
AFSA
Association for Rescue at Sea
American financial Services
Association
DHS Program
Private Sector Ass'n
USCG
S&T
AES
AEW
AFA
AFEWES
AFFIRM
AFG
AFL-CIO
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
AFSP
Alien Flight Student Program
DHS Program
TSA, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
AG
Attorney General,
(split)Adjutant General or
Agriculture
Adjutants General Association
of the U.S.
Title
FEMA, OGC
Federal Gov't
OHA
AGC
AGS
AIAA
Associate General Counsel
Aviation Group Supervisor
American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Title
Title
Private Sector Ass'n
OGC
ICE
S&T
AIATP
Antiterrorism Intelligence
Awareness Training Program
DHS Program
FLETC
AIBS
American Institute of
Biological Sciences
Privat Sector
S&T
AILA
American Immigration
Lawyers Association
Private Sector Ass'n
USCIS
AIS
Automated Information System Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD,
I&A
AIS
Automatic Identification
System
Also Known As
Administration and Logistics
Branch (US-VISIT)
Term/phrase
TSA
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Common
NPPD/US-VISIT
AGAUS
AKA
ALB
ALPA
Airline Pilots Association
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
ALS
AMB
Advanced Life Support
Air & Marine Branch
(ICE/AMB)
Equipment
DHS
Subcomponent
FEMA, OPS
ALL
AMF
AMGS
AMHS
Alternative Morgue Facility
Air & Marine Group Supervisor
Automated Message Handling
System
Air and Marine Interdiction
Division
Alien Migrant Interdiction
Operations
Air and Marine Operations
(ICE)
Air and Marine Operations
Term/phrase
Title
Equipment
FEMA
ICE
I&A, NPPD/IGP
DHS Program
USCG
DHS Program
CBP, USCG
DHS Program
ICE
Facility
ICE, OPS, I&A
AMID
AMIO
AMO
AMOC
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Abbreviation)
AMS
AMS
AMS
AMSP
AMTI
ANACI
What It Stands For
Center
Aerial Measuring System or
American Meteorological
Society
Automated Manifest System
Atmospheric Monitoring
System
Area Maritime Security Plan
Applied Marine Technology,
Inc.
Access National Agency Check
and Inquiry
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Category
Affiliated With
Term/phrase
FEMA
DHS Program
Term/phrase
CBP
NPPD
DHS Program
Private Sector
USCG, I&A
USCG
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCSO
ANFAZD
Academic Network for Foreign
Animal and Zoonotic Disease
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
ANG
ANL
ANPRM
Air National Guard
Argonne National Laboratories
Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking [see NPRM and
SNPRM]
Alert and Notification System
Aquatic Nuisance Species
Analytic Services Inc.
American National Standards
Institute
Federal Gov't
DOE Program
Document
FEMA, USCG
S&T
OGC
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Private Sector
Private Sector
FEMA
USCG, S&T
S&T
PLCY/PSO,
MGMT
ANZUS
Australia, New Zealand and
United States
Term/phrase
PLCY/OIA
AOA
AOAC
Aviation Operations Area
Association for Official
Analytical Communities
Facility
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA, USCG, OPS
S&T
AOPA
Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, DNDO
AOSSP
Aircraft Operator Standard
Security Program
DHS Program
TSA
AP
Aerial Port, (split) Alternative
Power, or Assembly Point
Facility
FEMA
AP
APA
APCO
Associated Press
Administrative Procedure Act
Association of Public Safety
Communications [Worldwide]
Private Sector
Legislation
International
FEMA, OPA
OGC
TSA
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation
Private Sector
USCG
ANS
ANS
ANSER
ANSI
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
APHIS
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service
USDA Program
CBP, NPPD, OPS,
I&A
APIS
Advance Passenger Information DHS Program
System
TSA, OPS, S&T,
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
APMB
Acquisition and Program
Management Branch (USVISIT)
Academe and Policy Research
Advisory Committee
DHS Program
NPPD/US-VISIT
DHS Committee
PLCY/HSAC
APSO
APSP
Asylum Pre-Screening Officer
Automated Passenger
Screening Profile
Title
DHS Program
USCIS
TSA
APTA
American Public
Transportation Associations
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
APTS
Airport, Port, and Terminal
Security
Association of Public
Television Stations
Term/phrase
PLCY/PSO
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, OPA
ARAC
Atmospheric Release Advisory
Capability
DHS Program
NPPD, S&T
ARC
ARD
ARFCAM
American Red Cross
Advanced Radiation Detection
Autonomous Rapid Facility
Chemical Agent Monitor
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
Equipment
ALL
DNDO
S&T
ARNG
ARP
ARS
ARSR
ASA
ASAC
Army National Guard
Alarm Resolution Protocols
Agricultural Research Service
Air Route Surveillance Radar
Average speed of answer
Aviation Security Advisory
Committee
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
USDA Program
Equipment
Term/phrase
DHS Committee
FEMA, USCG
TSA
ASAP
ASC
As soon as possible
Application Support Center
Term/phrase
Facility
Common
USCIS,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
ASD
Administrative Security
Division
DHS Program
MGMT/CSO
APRSAC
APTS
TSA
USCIS
TSA
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian
Nations
Foreign
PLCY/OIA
ASFPM
Association of State Floodplain
Managers
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
ASIS
American Society for Industrial
Security
Private Sector
PLCY/PSO
ASME
American Society for
Microbiology
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
ASME
American Society of
Mechanical Engineers
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
ASP
ASP
ASPECT
Advanced Spectroscopic Portal
Aviation Security Program
Airborne Spectral
Environmental Collection
Technology
Accessible Systems and
Technologies
American Society of Travel
Agents
Equipment
DHS Program
Equipment
DNDO, CBP
TSA
S&T
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP
ASTI
Airport Security Technology
Integration
DHS Program
TSA
ASTM
American Society for Testing
and Materials
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
ASUFAC
Airport and Seaport User Fee
Advisory Committee, INS
DHS Committee
CBP
ATA
ATA
Actual Time of Arrival
Airline Transportation
Association
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
TSA
ATA
American Trucking Association
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
ATB
ATC
Applied Technology Board
Air Traffic Control
Private Sector
Term/phrase
TSA
TSA, NPPD,
FEMA
ATCET
Anti-Terrorism Combat
Enforcement Team
DHS Program
CBP
ATD
Advanced Technology
Demonstration
Advance Trade Data Initiative
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives [Bureau of]
Term/phrase
DNDO
DHS Program
DOJ Program
CBP
ALL
AST
ASTA
ATDI
ATF
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ATIS
Alliance for
Telecommunications Industry
Solutions
Aeronautical
Telecommunications Networks
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD/IP
Equipment
S&T
ATN
ATP
ATS
Air Transit Program
Automated Targeting System
DHS Program
DHS Program
TSA
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
ATSA
Aviation and Transportation
Security Act
Legislation
TSA, NPPD, I&A
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substance
and Disease Registry (USPHS)
Federal Gov't
NPPD, S&T
ATTF
ATV
AUVSI
Antiterrorism Task Force
All-terrain vehicle
Association for Unmanned
Vehicle Systems International
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
I&A
CBP, FEMA
CBP
AVOps
AVSEC
AWACS
Aviation Operations
Aviation Security
Airborne Warning and Control
System
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Equipment
TSA, OPS
TSA
CBP
AWO
American Waterway Operators
Private Sector Ass'n
USCG
BAA
BACM
Broad Agency Announcement
Business Alliance for Customs
Modernization
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, S&T
CBP
BAND
Bio-agent Autonomous
Networked Detectors
Equipment
S&T
BASIS
Biological Aerosol Sentry and
Information System
Equipment
S&T
BCC
Border Crossing Card
DHS Program
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
BCMR
Board of Correction of Military
Records
Federal Gov't
OGC, USCG
BCR
BDC
BDS
Border Cargo Release
Bomb Data Center (FBI)
Biohazard Detection System
DHS Program
Facility
program
CBP
NPPD
NPPD
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
BENS
Business Executives for
National Security
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
BERT
Building Emergency Response
Team
Bus Explosive Screening
Technology
Budget and Financial
Management Branch (USVISIT)
Business-Higher Education
Forum
Board of Immigration
Appeals/Affairs (DOJ)
DHS Program
NPPD
Equipment
TSA
DHS Program
NPPD/US-VISIT
Private Sector
S&T
Federal Gov't
USCIS, ICE
BIA
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Federal Gov't
NPPD/IGP,
CRCL
BICEP
Basic Investigation of
Computer and Electronic
Crimes Program
Border Interdiction Support
Center
Business Intelligence Tool
DHS Program
FLETC
Facility
CBP
Equipment
(software)
MGMT/CAS
BITE
Biometric Identification
Technology Ethics
Term/phrase
PRIV
BIWG
Bilateral Interdiction Working
Group
Biodefense Knowledge Center
[Part of NBACC]
DHS Program
CNE
DHS Program
S&T
BLESTP
Basic Law Enforcement
Supervisor Training Program
DHS Program
FLETC
BLS
BLS
BMBL
Basic Life Support
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Biosafety in Microbiological
and Biomedical Laboratories
Term/phrase
DOL Program
Term/phrase
FEMA
MGMT
S&T
BMD
Borders and Maritime Security
Division (S&T/BMD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
BNICE
Biological, Nuclear,
Incendiary, Chemical,
Explosive
Business Operations Services
and Human Capital Division
(S&T/BOD)
Term/phrase
NPPD, S&T
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
BEST
BFM
BHEF
BIA
BISC
BIT
BKC
BOD
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
BOLO
BORCAP
Be On the Lookout alert
Border Patrol Criminal Alien
Program
(formerly BTSNet)
Border Patrol Search, Trauma
and Rescue Team
DHS Program
DHS Program
I&A
CBP, USCG, OPS
DHS Program
DHS Program
S&T, CBP
CBP, USCG
Border Patrol Tactical Unit
Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced
Region
Border Patrol Agent
Business Policy and Planning
Branch (US-VISIT)
DHS Program
Equipment
CBP
TSA
Title
DHS Program
CBP, OPS
NPPD/US-VISIT
Best Practices Working Group
Base Realignment and Closure
Act
Border Release Advance
Screening & Selectivity
DHS Program
Legislation
MGMT
DHS Program
CBP
BRIDGES
Building Respect in Diverse
Groups to Enhance Security
DHS Program
ICE
BRM
Business Reference Model
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
BRT
Business Round Table
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
BSA
BSA
Base Support Area
Business Software Alliance
Facility
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
PO
BSC
BSCO
BSD
BSI
BSI
BSO
BST
BTA
BTA
Biometrics Support Center
Biosafety Coordinating Official
Border Security Deployment
Basic Support Installation
Border Safety Initiative
Biosafety Officer
Border Support Team
Bioterrorism Act
Border Trade Alliance
Facility
Title
DHS Program
Facility
DHS Program
Title
DHS Program
Legislation
Private Sector Ass'n
US-VISIT
S&T
CBP
FEMA
CBP
S&T
CBP
CBP
CBP
BTCP
Biological Terrorism
Contingency Plan
DHS Program
NPPD, S&T
BTCP
Biological Threat
Characterization Program
DHS Program
S&T
BorderNet
BORSTAR
BORTAC
BOXER
BPA
BPP
BPWG
BRAC
BRASS
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
BTS
Border and Transportation
Security (former DHS
Directorate, contained CBP,
ICE, TSA and FLETC)
Budget Tracking System
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics
By the way
Biological Warfare
Biological Weapons
Biological Warning and
Incident Characterization
BTS
BTS
BTW
BW
BW
BWIC
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Category
Affiliated With
CBP, ICE, TSA,
FLETC
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
NPPD
TSA
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Common
NPPD, S&T
S&T
S&T
NPPD/RMA,
FEMA
BZPP
Buffer Zone Protection
Program
DHS Program
C/E
C2
C3
Communications/Electronics
Command and Control
Command, Control, and
Communications
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA, USCG
C4
Command, Control,
Communications and
Computers
C4+Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance
Term/phrase
FEMA, OPS
Term/phrase
USCG, CNE
CA
CAARS
Chemical Agent
Cargo Advanced Automated
Radiography System
Term/phrase
Equipment
S&T
DNDO
CAC
Common Access Card
DOD Program
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
CAC
CAF
Crisis Action Center
Critical Asset Factor
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
NPPD/RMA,
FEMA
CAM
CAMEXPAN
Chemical Agent Monitor
Central America, Mexico,
Panama
Civil Aircraft Missile Protection
System
Equipment
Term/phrase
FEMA, S&T
CBP, PLCY/OIA
Equipment
S&T, NPPD/IP
Center for Advancing
Microbiological Risk
Assessment
Chief Administrative Officer
Civil Air Patrol
DHS Program
S&T
Title
Private Sector
CBP, FEMA
C4ISR
CAMPS
CAMRA
CAO
CAP
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CAP
Community Assistance
Program
Corrective Action Program
Crisis Action Process
Coalition of Airline Pilots
Association
DHS Program
FEMA
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
OPS
TSA
CAP
CAP
CAPA
CAPCO
Controlled Access Program
Coordination Office
DHS Program
I&A
CAPPS II
Computer Assisted Passenger
Pre-screening System
DHS Program
TSA, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
CAPRA
Critical Asset and Portfolio Risk Term/phrase
Analysis
NPPD/RMA
CARAT
Cooperation Afloat Readiness
and Training
DHS Program
USCG
CARRI
Community and Regional
Resilience Initiative
DHS Program
S&T
CARVER
Criticality, Accessibility,
Recuperability, Vulnerability,
Effect and Recognizability
Term/phrase
NPPD/RMA
CASE
Computer Aided Software
Engineering
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
CASPER
C-130 Airborne Sensor with
Palletized Electronic
Reconnaissance
Cockpit Access Security System
Commercial Aviation Safety
Team
Catastrophic
Category
Crisis Action Team
Chemical/Biological, (split)
Citizens' Band
Cluster Bomb
Cost Benefit Analysis
Cross Border Crime Forum
Chemical and Biological
Division (S&T/CBD)
Equipment
USCG
Equipment
DHS Program
TSA
TSA
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS
Subcomponent
FEMA
FEMA
FEMA, OPS
FEMA, S&T
FEMA, S&T
FEMA, S&T
MGMT, I&A
CBP
ALL
Federal Gov't
FEMA
CASS
CAST
CAT
CAT
CAT
CB
CB
CB
CBA
CBCF
CBD
CBIRF
Chemical/Biological Incident
Response Force (USMC)
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CBN
Chemical, Biological, or
Nuclear
Term/phrase
FEMA.
NPPD,S&T
CBO
Community-Based
Organization
Private Sector
USCIS, NPPD,
OPS
CBO
CBP
Congressional Budget Office
Customs and Border
Protection, United States
Federal Gov't
DHS Component
USCIS, NPPD
ALL
CBPMO
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Modernization
Office
Chemical, Biological and/or
Radiological
DHS Program
CBP
Term/phrase
NPPD, S&T
Chemical and Biological
Research and Development
Sector
Chemical/Biological Rapid
Deployment Team
Private Sector
TSA
DHS Program
FEMA, S&T
CBRN
Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear
Term/phrase
FEMA, S&T
CBRNE
Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear and
Explosive
Chemical & Biological Rapid
Response Team
Term/phrase
S&T, OPS
DHS Program
FEMA
CBRT
Chemical and Biological
Response Team
DHS Program
FEMA
CBRTA
Chemical, Biological and
Radiological Technology
Alliance
Child Citizenship Act Project
Corporate Communications
Division (S&T&CCD)
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, DNDO
DHS Program
DHS
Subcomponent
USCIS
ALL
CCD
Consular Consolidated
Database
DOS Program
CISOMB, USCIS,
PRIV,
PLCY/SCO, I&A
CCDB
Consolidated Counterdrug Data DHS Program
Base
Counterterrorism Cyber-crime DHS Program
Investigations Training
Program
Casualty Collection Point or
DHS Program
Crisis Counseling Program
CBR
CBR&D
CBRDT
CBRRT
CCAP
CCD
CCITP
CCP
CNE
FLETC
FEMA
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CCP
Citizen Corps Program
DHS Program
NPPD/IGP,
FEMA
CCSL
Command and Control
Simulation Lab
DHS Program
FEMA
CCT
Communications Coordination Term/phrase
Team
Closed Circuit Television
Equipment
Centers for Disease Control and HHS Program
Prevention
CCTV
CDC
CDP
CDR
CDR
CDR
CDRG
CD-ROM
CE
CEA
CEA
Candidate Development
Program
Commander
Critical Design Review
Crude Death Rate
Catastrophic Disaster Response
Group
Compact Disk Read Only
Memory
Civil Engineer
Council of Economic Advisors
County Executives of America
MGMT/OCHCO
FEMA
ALL
DHS Program
USCG
Title
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA
FEMA, OPS
Equipment
ALL
Title
Federal Gov't
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
NPPD, FEMA
CEDAP
Commercial Equipment Direct
Assistance Program
DHS Program
FEMA/G&T
CEE
Consolidated Enforcement
Environment
Term/phrase
MGMT
CEG
Council for Excellence in
Government
County Emergency Operations
Center
Federal Gov't
S&T
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
Cost Estimating for the Public
Assistance Program, Expert
Panel on
Council on Environmental
Quality
Communications-Electronics
Research Development and
Engineering Center
DHS Committee
FEMA
Federal Gov't
FEMA
DOD Program
DNDO
Community Emergency
Response Team
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP, OPS
CEOC
CEPAP
CEQ
CERDEC
CERT
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CERT
Computer Emergency
Readiness Team
DHS Program
NPPD, S&T
CERT
Computer Evidence Recovery
Training
DHS Program
USSS
CET
CEU
CFATS
Contraband Enforcement Team DHS Program
Compliance Enforcement Unit DHS Program
Chemical Facility Antiterrorism DHS Program
Standards
CBP, OPS
CBP
NPPD
CFBCI
Center for Faith Based and
Community Initiatives
(FEMA/CFBCI)
Combined Federal Campaign
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
Federal Gov't
Document
MGMT/OCHCO
MGMT/CPO
Credentialing Framework
Initiative
Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States
DHS Program
PLCY/SCO
TREAS Program
I&A, OGC,
PLCY,
NPPD/RMA
Commercial Fishing Industry
Vessel Safety Advisory
Committee
Chief Financial Officer
Code of Federal Regulations
Certified Fraud Specialists,
Association of
DHS Committee
USCG
Title
Federal Gov't
Private Sector Ass'n
ALL
FEMA, OGC
USSS
CFS
CFTC
Cubic Feet Per Second
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission
Term/phrase
Private Sector
FEMA
PLCY/PSO
CGS
Council of Graduate Schools
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, USCIS
CHCO
Chief Human Capital Officer
(MGMT/CHCO)
Title
ALL
CHERCAP
Comprehensive HAZMAT
Emergency Response
Capability Assessment Program
DHS Program
FEMA
CHPPM
Center for Health Promotion
and Preventive Medicine (U.S.
Army)
Center for Human Rights and
Constitutional Law
DOD Program
S&T
Private Sector
CRCL
CFC
CFDA
CFI
CFIUS
CFIVSAC
CFO
CFR
CFS
CHRCL
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CIA
CIAETP
Central Intelligence Agency
Criminal Investigation in
Automated Equipment
Training Program
Critical Infrastructure
Assurance Office
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
ALL
FLETC
DHS Program
FEMA, NPPD,
I&A
Command, Control and
Interoperability Division
(S&T/CID)
Criminal Investigation Division
or Department, (split)
Community Identification
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DHS Program
FEMA, USSS
Critical Infrastructure
Information
Critical Infrastructure
Information Act of 2002
Term/phrase
NPPD
Legislation
NPPD
CIII
Critical Infrastructure
Interdependencies Integrator
Equipment
NPPD/RMA
CIIMS
Critical Infrastructure
Inspection Management
System
Critical Infrastructure
Information Protection
Interagency Working Group
DHS Program
S&T
DHS Program
NPPD
CIKR
Critical Infrastructure and Key
Resources
Term/phrase
NPPD, I&A
CIMRT
Critical Incident Management
Response Team
DHS Program
FEMA
CIMS
Critical Incident Management
Support
DHS Program
FEMA
CIMS
Critical Infrastructure
Modeling System
Private Sector
Program
NPPD/RMA-
CIMST
Critical Incident Management
Support Team
DHS Program
FEMA
CINC
CIND
Commander in Chief
Compact Integrated Narcotics
Detector
Title
Equipment
FEMA
USCG
CINT
CIO
CIP
Chief Intelligence Officer
Chief Information Officer
Critical Infrastructure
Protection
Title
Title
Term/phrase
I&A
ALL
NPPD, S&T, I&A
CIAO
CID
CID
CII
CIIA
CIIP
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CIPAC
Critical Infrastructure
Partnership Advisory Council
DHS Program
I&A, S&T
CIPP
Certified Information Privacy
Professionals
Private Sector
PRIV, NPPD/USVISIT
CIRG
Critical Incident Response
Group
Catastrophic Incident Response
Plan
FBI Program
FEMA
DHS Program
FEMA,
PLCY/PSO
Central Index System
Civil Infrastructure Security
Community Information
System
see USCIS for Citizenship and
Immigration Services
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
CBP, USCIS,
S&T, NPPD
FEMA
CISO
Chief Information Security
Officer
Title
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
CISOMB
Citizenship and Immigration
Services Ombudsman
DHS Component
ALL
CITMO
Commercial Information
Technology for Multinational
Operations
Criminal Investigator Training
Program
DHS Program
S&T
DHS Program
FLETC
CJIS
Criminal Justice Information
Services
DOJ Program
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
CLAIMS
Computer Linked Application
Information Management
System
Equipment
USCIS, I&A,
PRIV, PLCY/SCO
CLASP
Consular Lost and Stolen
Passport System
DOS Program
PRIV, I&A,
PLCY/SCO
CLASS
Consular Lookout and Support
System
DOS Program
PRIV, I&A,
PLCY/SCO
CLIA
Civil Liberties Impact
Assessment
Customs Mutual Assistance
Agreement
DHS Program
CRCL
Term/phrase
CBP
Center for Marine
Conservation
Crisis Management Center
Customs Management Centers
Federal Gov't
FEMA
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
CBP
CIRP
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CITP
CMAA
CMC
CMC
CMC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CME
CMIR
Chief Medical Examiner
Currency and Monetary
Instruments Report
Title
Document
FEMA
I&A
CMM
Capability Maturity Model
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
CMO
CMS
Chief Medical Officer
Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Title
Federal Gov't
OHA
MGMT/OCHCO
CMT
CMTB
CNCS
Crisis Management Team
Countermeasures Test Bed
Corporation for National and
Community Service
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
TSA, FEMA
S&T
ALL
CNE
Counternarcotics Enforcement,
Office of (formerly CNO)
DHS Component
ALL
CNO
CNO
CNO (see CNE)
CNS
CNS
Chief of Naval Operations
Counternarcotics Officer
Title
Title
USCG
CNE
Central Nervous System
Corporation for National
Security
Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission
Classified National Security
Information Program
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
FEMA
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCSO
CNT
CNU
COAC
Counternarcoterrorism
Crisis Negotiations Unit (FBI)
Customs Operations Advisory
Committee
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
CNE
FEMA
CBP
COB
COBRE
Term/phrase
DHS Program
ALL
TSA
COC
COC
CODEL
CODIS
Close of business
Carry-On Bag Remote
Examination
Combat Operations Center
Country of Citizenship
Congressional Delegation
Combined DNA Index System
Facility
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Equipment
FEMA
CBP, ICE
TSA
I&A, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
COE
Center of Excellence
Term/phrase
S&T,
MGMT/CIO
COG
COI
Continuity of Government
Community of Interest
DHS Program
Term/phrase
FEMA
ALL
CNSC
CNSIP
Foreign
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
COI
COLISEUM
Critical Operational Issue
Community On-Line
Intelligence System for End
Users and Managers
Communications Security
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
NPPD
Term/phrase
MGMT/OSCSO,
I&A
COMSVC
Component Services
(OHA/COMSVC)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
CONOPS
CONUS
COOP
Concept of Operations
Continental United States
Continuity of Operations
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
ALL
FEMA
FEMA/NCRC,
NPPD
COP
Chief of Police
Title
FEMA,
NPPD/IGPP
CORE
COS
COS
COSO
Cadre of Response Employees
Cash on Shipment
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
Office/Operations (former
DHS Subcomponent)
Chief of Staff Office/Policy
(former DHS Subcomponent)
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Title
FEMA, MGMT
FEMA
ALL
COTP
COTR
Captain of the Port
Contracting Officer's Technical
Representative
Title
Title
CBP, USCG, PR
MGMT/OCPO
COTS
COUSCS
Commercial Off-the-shelf
Commercial Operations of the
US Customs Svc, Advisory
Committee on
Command Post or Control
Point
Coalition Provisional Authority
Country of Particular Concern
Capital Planning and
Investment Control
Term/phrase
DHS Committee
ALL
CBP
Term/phrase
FEMA
Federal Gov't
DOS Program
Term/phrase
PLCY/OIA
PLCY/OIA
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
Facility
Title
Term/phrase
FEMA
MGMT
CNE
COMSEC
COSP (see
PLCY)
CP
CPA
CPC
CPIC
CPO
CPO
CPOT
Central Processing Office
Chief Procurement Officer
Consolidated Priority
Organization Target
CPR
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Term/phrase
FEMA
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CPRM
Checkpoint Resource
Management
Consumer Product Safety
Commission
Term/phrase
TSA
Federal Gov't
ICE, FEMA
CPSP
Comprehensive Passenger
Screening Profile
DHS Program
TSA
CPX
Command Post Exercise
Term/phrase
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
CQA
CRADA
Commandant's Quality Award
Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement
DHS Program
Document
USCG
FLETC
CRAF
CRC
CRCL
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
DOD Program
Curriculum Review Conference DHS Program
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties DHS Component
FEMA, NPPD
FLETC
ALL
CRDC
Cybersecurity Research &
Development Center
Facility
S&T
CRDF
U.S. Civilian Research &
Development Foundation
Private Sector
S&T
CRDS
Consolidated Remote Delivery
Site
Center for Risk and Economic
Analysis of Terrorism Events
Facility
MGMT/OCAO
Private Sector
S&T, PLCY/PSO
CRI
Cities Readiness Initiative
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
CRM
CRM
Common Risk Model
Crisis (or Communications)
Resource Manager
Term/phrase
Title
NPPD/RMA
FEMA
CROSS
Counterterrorism Reporting on Document
Suspicious Surveillance
I&A, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
CRTF
Commander, Response Task
Force (DOD)
Title
FEMA
CS&C
Cyber Security and
Communications, Office of
(NPPD/CS&C)
Cyber Security and
Telecommunication
(superceded by CS&C)]
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
Chemical Security Analysis
Center
DHS Program
CPSC
CREATE
CS&T
CSAC
Former DHS
Subcomponent
S&T
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CSD
CSEPP
Container Security Device
Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program
Equipment
HHS Program
CBP, S&T
FEMA
CSG
Counterterrorism Security
Group
Container Security Initiative
Customer Satisfaction Index
Canadian Security Intelligence
Service
Center for Strategic
International Studies
DHS Program
FEMA
DHS Program
DHS Program
Foreign
CBP, TSA
TSA
Private Sector
DSEC
Chief Security Officer
Component Security Officer
Critical Systems Protective
Initiative
Cargo Systems Program Office
Civil Service Retirement System
Central Standard Time
Civil Support Team (National
Guard--for WMD)
Title
Title
DHS Program
MGMT/OCSO
MGMT/OCSO
USSS
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
DOD Program
CBP
MGMT/OCHCO
FEMA
FEMA
CSI
CSI
CSIS
CSIS
CSO
CSO
CSPI
CSPO
CSRS
CST
CST
CSTARC
Cyber Security Tracking,
Analysis and Response Center
DHS Program
NPPD/CS&C
CSU
CSU
CSU
CT
CTAC
Clearing-Staging Unit
Crime Scene Unit
Customer Satisfaction Unit
Counterterrorism
Chemical Transportation
Advisory Committee
Facility
DHS Program
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Committee
FEMA
USSS
CRCL
I&A
USCG
CTB
CTC
see CMTB
Conference and Training
Center
Counterterrorism Center
Counterterrorist Division
Cumulative Trauma Disorder
Competitive Training Grant
Program
Counter-Terrorism Operations
Training Facility
Facility
FEMA
FBI Facility
FBI Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
I&A
FEMA
FEMA
Facility
FLETC
DHS Program
CBP
CTC
CTD
CTD
CTGP
CTOTF
C-TPAT
Customs-Trade Partnership
Against Terrorism
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
CTTP
Consolidated Trusted Traveler
Program
DHS Program
TSA, CBP,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
CUI
Controlled Unclassified
Information
Chemical Warfare Agent
Clean Water Act
Critical Infrastructure Warning
Information Network
Term/phrase
ALL
Term/phrase
Legislation
DHS Program
S&T
FEMA
I&A
CWA
CWA
CWIN
CY
DA
Calendar Year
Term/phrase
Disaster Assistance (FEMA/DA) DHS
Subcomponent
DAC
Disaster Assistance Center (or
Direct Air Carrier)
Facility/Equipment FEMA
DACS
Deportable Alien Control
System
DHS Program
ICE, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
DAE
DAEO
Disaster Assistance Employee
Designated Agency Ethics
Official
Deputy Associate General
Counsel
Disaster Area Liaison Officer
Digital Asset Management
DHS Program
Title
FEMA, MGMT
OGC
Title
OGC
Title
Term/phrase
FEMA
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
DAO
DARPA
Defense Attache Office
Defense Advance Research
Projects Agency
DOD Program
Federal Gov't
I&A
NPPD, S&T
DART
Damage Assessment
Reconnaissance Team
DHS Program
FEMA
DART
Disaster Assessment and
Recovery (or Response) Team
DHS Program
FEMA
DART
Disaster Assistance and
Response Team
DHS Program
USCG
DAWG
Disaster Attache Working
Group
Database Management System
DHS Program
PLCY/OIA
Equipment
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
Defense Communications
Agency
Disaster Communication
Agreement
DOD Program
FEMA, NPPD
Term/phrase
FEMA, OPA
DAGC
DALO
DAM
DBMS
DCA
DCA
ALL
ALL
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
DCAA
DCE
DCE
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Defense Coordinating Element
Disaster Communications
Equipment
Disaster Coordinating
Element/ Medical Task Force
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
Equipment
S&T
FEMA
FEMA, OPA
DHS Program
FEMA
District of Columbia
Emergency Management
Agency
Director of Central Intelligence
Defense Criminal Investigative
Service
State or Local Gov't
FEMA/NCRC
Title
Federal Gov't
SEC/WHL, I&A
Private Sector A
DHS Program
Title
DOD Program
MGMT/OCIO
FEMA
FEMA
FEMA
Equipment
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DOJ Program
S&T
FEMA
USSS
ALL
DOC Program
PLCY
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA
FLETC
Decontamination
Detention Enforcement Officer
Domestic Emergency Support
Team
Defense Technology
Experimental Research
Term/phrase
Title
DHS Program
FEMA
ICE
FEMA
DHS Program
S&T
DFAA
Delegation of Financial
Assistance Authority
Document
MGMT/CPO
DFAIT
Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade
Foreign
PLCY/OIA
DFAS
Defense Financial Accounting
Service
Designated Federal Official
Disaster Field Office
Federal Gov't
ICE
Title
Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD
FEMA
DCE/MED TF
DCEMA
DCI
DCIS
DCMI
DCN
DCO
DCS
DCS
DCT
DDOS
DEA
DEAC
DEAS
DEASTP
DECON
DEO
DEST
DETER
DFO
DFO
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Disaster Contractors Network
Defense Coordinating Officer
Defense Communications
System
Digital Control System
Donations Coordination Team
Distributed Denial of Service
Drug Enforcement
Administration
Deemed Export Advisory
Council
Digital Emergency Alert System
Digital Evidence Acquisition
Specialist Training Program
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
DG/CS
Dangerous Goods/Cargo
Security
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
DHS Program
TSA, CBP
Federal Gov't
ALL
DIA
DIAC
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Intelligence & Analysis
Center
DOD Program
DOD Program
NPPD, I&A
I&A
DIB
DIHS
Defense Industrial Base
Division of Immigration
Health Services
DOD Program
DHS Program
NPPD/IP
USCIS
DIMC
Digital Identity Management
Center
Drug Intelligence Method of
Operation System
Facility
ICE
DHS Program
CNE
Defense Information Systems
Agency
Disaster Information System
Clearinghouse
Federal Gov't
NPPD/IP
DHS Program
FEMA
Defense Logistics Agency
Disaster Management
Disaster Medical Assistance
Team
Disaster Management
Interoperability
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA, NPPD
FEMA, NPPD
FEMA, OPS
DHS Program
FEMA
Data Management
Improvement Act Task Force,
INS
Disaster Management
Interoperability Services
DHS Committee
Equipment
S&T
DMORT
Disaster Mortuary Operational
Response Team
DHS Program
FEMA, OPS
DNA
DNDO
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Domestic Nuclear Detection
Office
Substance
DHS Component
FEMA, S&T
ALL
DNI
Director of National
Intelligence
Department of Natural
Resources
Disaster Operations
(FEMA/DO)
Federal Gov't
ALL
Federal Gov't
FEMA
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DHS
DIMOS
DISA
DISC
DLA
DM
DMAT
DMI
DMIATF
DMIS
DNR
DO
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
DOC
Department of Conservation
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
DOC
Department of Corrections
State or Local Gov't
ICE
DOC
DOD
DODD
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense
Department of Defense
Directive
Department of Defense
Resource Database
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
ALL
ALL
DOE
DOG
DOI
U.S. Department of Energy
Deployable Operations Group
Innovation/HSARPA Division
(S&T/DOI)
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
DHS
Subcomponent
DOI
DOJ
DOL
DOMO
U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Gov't
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Gov't
U.S. Department of Labor
Federal Gov't
Domestic Operations
DHS
(USCIS/DOMO)
Subcomponent
ALL
ALL
ALL
ALL
DOMS
DOR
Director of Military Support
Research Division (S&T/DOR)
Title
DHS
Subcomponent
FEMA
ALL
DOS
DOT
U.S. Department of State
Transition Division
(S&T/DOT)
Federal Gov't
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
ALL
DOT
U.S. Department of
Transportation
Delegation of Procurement
Authority
Federal Gov't
ALL
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCPO,
I&A
Disaster Portable Morgue Unit
Domestic Preparedness
Program, Disaster Processing
Procedures
Data Protection and Privacy
Commissioners
Equipment
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
Private Sector Ass'n
PO
DPW
Department of Public Works
State or Local Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
DRC
DRF
DRM
Disaster Recovery Center
Disaster Relief Fund
Data Reference Model
Facility
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA
MGMT/OCIO
DODRDB
DPA
DPMU
DPP
DPPC
DOD Program
ALL
USCG, FEMA
ALL
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
DRO
Detention and Removal Office
(ICE/DRO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DRTF
DSA
DSBCC
Disaster Relief Task Force
Digital Standard Algorithm
Detection Systems for
Biological & Chemical
Countermeasures
Domestic Security
Enhancement Act of 2003
DHS Program
Equipment
DHS Program
FEMA
I&A
S&T
Legislation
OGC
Deputy Secretary
Directory Services and E-mail
System
Decision Support System
Diplomatic Security Service
Defense Science Study Group
Defense Special Weapons
Agency
Disaster Temporary
Employee(s)
Date-Time Group
Drug Trafficking Organization
Defense Threat Reduction
Agency
Title
Equipment
ALL
MGMT/CAS
DHS Program
DOS Program
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
NPPD/RMA
USSS, ICE
S&T
NPPD
DHS Program
FEMA, MGMT
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DOD Program
FEMA
CNE
NPPD, I&A,
DNDO
Defense Technical Response
Group
Data Universal Numbering
System
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architecture Center
of Excellence
DOD Program
FEMA
Private Sector
MGMT/OCSO
DHS Program
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
MGMT/OCIO
EAD
Employment Authorization
Document
DHS Procedure
USCIS,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
EAGLE
Enterprise Acquisition Gateway
for Leading Edge Solutions
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO,
MGMT/OCPO
EAI
Enterprise Application
Integration
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
EAPMO
Enterprise Architecture
Program Management Office
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
EARN
Employer Assistance Referral
Network
Private Sector
CRCL
DSEA
DSEC
DSES
DSS
DSS
DSSG
DSWA
DTE
DTG
DTO
DTRA
DTRG
DUNS
EA
EACOE
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
EARS
Emergency Animal Rescue
Service
Emergency Alert System
Endogenous Biological
Regulators
Emergency Broadcasting
System
Emergency Communications
Center
Effective Cumulative Dose
Exercise Control Group, or
Emergency Coordination
Group (split)
DHS Program
FEMA
DHS Program
Equipment
FEMA
S&T
Federal Gov't
FEMA
Term/phrase
FEMA, OPA
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA
EAS
EBR
EBS
ECC
ECD
ECG
ECSAP
Electronic Crimes Special Agent DHS Program
Program
USSS
ECT
Emergency Coordinating
Team, or Exercise Control
Team (split)
See IQ (formerly Executive or
Enterprise Correspondence
Tracking System)
DHS Program
FEMA
DHS Program
All
ECTF
ED
ED
EDA
Electronic Crimes Task Force
Effective Dose
U.S. Department of Education
Economic Development
Administration
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
DOC Program
USSS
S&T
ALL
FEMA
EDD
EDEN
Explosive Detection Device
Education Disaster Extension
Network
Equipment
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
OPA
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A, PLCY/SCO,
CBP
EDMO
Enterprise Data Management
Office (formerly MCOE)
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
EDS
EDT
EDXL
Explosive Detection System(s)
Eastern Daylight Time
Emergency Data Exchange
Language
Essential Elements of
Information
Equipment
Term/phrase
DHS Program
TSA, FEMA
ALL
FEMA
ECT
EEI
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
EEI
External Environment Interface
Equipment
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A, PLCY/SCO
EENET
EEOC
Emergency Education Network
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
FEMA
CRCL, FEMA
EESL
Extreme Events Simulation
Laboratory
Facility
S&T
EEVS
Employment Eligibility
Verification System
DHS Program
CBP, ICE, USCIS
EFS
EID
Emergency Food & Shelter
Enforcement Integrated
Database
Term/phrase
DOJ Program
FEMA
ICE, CBP, USCIS,
PLCY/SCO, I&A
EIS
EIS
Emergency Information System
Environmental Impact
Statement
Epidemic Intelligence Service
Electronic Information
Technology
Enhanced International Travel
Security System
DHS Program
Term/phrase
FEMA, OPA
FEMA
HHS Program
Term/phrase
I&A
CRCL
DHS Program
PRIV,
PLCY/SCO, S&T
ELC
ELINT
Engineering Logistics Center
Electronic Intelligence
Facility
Term/phrase
USCG
I&A, OPS, CNE,
DNDO
ELT
Emergency Location
Transmitter
Evacuation Liaison Team
Emergency Management
Assistance Compact
Equipment
USCG
DHS Program
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
FEMA
Emergency Management
Accreditation Program
Standard
Electronic Monitoring Device
electronically Managing
enterprise resources for
government effectiveness and
efficiency
Electromagnetic Interference
Emergency Management
Institute, Board of Visitors for
the
DHS Program
FEMA, S&T
Term/phrase
ICE
Term/phrase
DHS Committee
FEMA
FEMA
EIS
EIT
EITS
ELT
EMAC
EMAP
EMD
eMerge2
EMI
EMI
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
EMIO
Expanded Maritime
Interdiction Operation
DHS Program
USCG, CNE
EML
Environmental Measurements
Laboratory
DHS Program
S&T, DNDO
EMPG
Emergency Management
Performance Grant
DHS Program
FEMA
EMS
Emergency Management
Specialist
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Management
Strategic Healthcare Group
Title
FEMA
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA
ENDEX
EO
End of Exercise
Executive Order, or ElectroOptical (split)
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA, OGC
EO/IR
EOC
EOD
EOIR
Electro Optical/Infrared
Emergency Operations Center
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Executive Office for
Immigration Review
Equipment
Facility
DHS Program
DOJ Program
CBP, ICE
FEMA
FEMA, S&T
USCIS, ICE
EOO
Emergency Operations
Organization
Emergency Operations Plan
Executive Office of the
President
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Private Sector
FEMA
Term/phrase
WHO Division
FEMA
SEC/WHL
Federal Gov't
ALL
Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment
Tool
Emergency Public Information
Electronic Privacy Information
Center
Equipment
MGMT
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA, OPA
TSA, S&T, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
EPIC
Emergency Preparedness
Information Coordinator
Title
FEMA, OPA
EPOC
EPOC
Emergency Points of Contact
Emergency Preparedness
Operations Center
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA
EPP
EPR
Employee Personal Page
Emergency Preparedness and
Response
equipment
Former DHS
Directorate
MGMT/OCHCO
EMS
EMSHG
EOP
EOP
EPA
EPEAT
EPI
EPIC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ER
ERAMS
Expedited Removal
Environmental Radiation
Ambient Monitoring System
Term/phrase
Equipment
ICE, CBP
FEMA, S&T
ERDC
Engineer Research and
Development Center [U.S.
Army]
Emergency Relocation Group
Elevation Reference Mark
Enforcement Removal Module
Enterprise Records
Management System
DOD Program
S&T
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA/COOP
FEMA
ICE
MGMT
ERN
ERP
ERP
Emergency Response Network
Emergency Response Plan
Enterprise Resource Planning
Private Sector
DHS Program
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
ERP
ERSAC
Expedited Removal Process
Emergency Response Senior
Advisory Committee
Term/phrase
DHS Committee
ICE
PLCY/HSAC
ERT
Emergency Response Team or
Evidence Response Team
(split)
Enhanced Radiation Weapon
Energy Security and Assurance
Program
Term/phrase
TSA, FEMA
Equipment
DHS Program
FEMA, S&T
NPPD
ERG
ERM
ERM
ERMS
ERW
ESAP
ESCAP
Electronic Crimes Special Agent DHS Program
Program
USSS
ESEC
Executive Secretariat
DHS Component
ALL
ESF
Emergency Support Function
Term/phrase
FEMA,
PLCY/PSO,
NPPD
ESGR
Employer Support of the Guard Term/phrase
and Reserve
USCG
ESI
Electronically stored
information
Energy Savings Performance
Contract
Eastern Standard Time
Emergency Support Team
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO
Document
MGMT/OCPO
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Common
FEMA
ESPC
EST
EST
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ESTA
Electronic System for Travel
Authorization
DHS Program
PLCY/SCO, CBP,
TSA, PRIV
ETA
ETD
ETD
ETL
Estimated time of arrival
Estimated time of departure
Explosives Trace Detector
Extraction, Transformation and
Loading
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Equipment
Term/phrase
Common
Common
TSA
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
EU
EVVE
European Union
Electronic Verification of Vital
Events
Foreign
DHS Program
CBP, PLCY/OIA
USCIS,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
EWI
EXB
EXD
Entry Without Inspection
Term/phrase
Export-Import Bank
Federal Gov't
Explosives Division (S&T/EXD) DHS
Subcomponent
CBP, USCG, ICE
I&A
ALL
FAA
Federal Aviation
Administration
Foreign Airport Assessment
Program
Family Assistance Center
Financial Attack Center
Foreign Air Carrier
Federal Advisory Committee
Act
Federal Activities Inventory
Reform Act [of 1998]
DOT Program
ALL
DHS Program
TSA
DHS Program
DHS Program
Private Sector
Legislation
FEMA
CNE
TSA
ALL
Legislation
OGC
FAM
FAMA
Federal Air Marshal
Fire Apparatus Manufacturers'
Association
Title
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
FEMA
FAMS
FAQ
FAR
FAS
FAST
FAST
see OLE/FAMS
Frequently Asked Questions
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Freight Assessment System
Field Assessment Team
Free and Secure Trade
[Initiative]
Term/phrase
Legislation
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Common
MGMT, I&A
TSA
FEMA
TSA, CBP,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
FAST
Future Attribute Screening
Technology
DHS Program
S&T
FAAP
FAC
FAC
FAC
FACA
FAIR
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
FBCI
Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives
DHS Program
FEMA
FBCO
Faith-Based and Community
Organizations
Private Sector
FEMA
FBI
FBIIC
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Financial and Banking
Information Infrastructure
Committee
Federal Communications Bar
Association
DOJ Program
Private Sector
ALL
NPPD/IP
Private Sector Ass'n
OGC, S&T
Federal Gov't
ALL
FCIP
Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Career Intern Program
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCHCO,
FEMA
FCO
FDA
Federal Coordinating Officer
Food & Drug Administration
Title
Federal Gov't
FEMA, NPPD
FEMA, NPPD,
I&A
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface Equipment
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A, PLCY/SCO
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
Federal Gov't
ALL
FDL
Forensic Documents
Laboratory
Federal Docketing
Management System
DHS Program
ICE
Federal Gov't
OGC
FDNS
Fraud Detection and National
Security Unit
DHS Program
USCIS
FDSS
FEA
Federal Drug Seizure System
Federal Enterprise Architecture
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
CBP, CNE
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
FECC
Federal Emergency
Communications Coordinator
Title
FEMA, NPPD
FEDCIRC
Federal Computer Incident
Response Center
DHS Program
NPPD/CS&C
FEDMER
Federal Medical Evidence of
Record
Federal Employee Education &
Assistance
Document
MGMT/OCHCO
Federal Gov't
TSA,
MGMT/OCHCO
Federal Employees' Group Life
Insurance
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCHCO
FCBA
FCC
FDMS
FEEA
FEGLI
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
FEHB
Federal Employees Health
Benefits
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCHCO
DHS Component &
Directorate
ALL
Fire and Emergency
Manufacturers and Services
Association
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
Federal Gov't
S&T, NPPD
FERS
Federal Employees Retirement
System
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCHCO
FFDO
FFI
FFRDC
Federal Flight Deck Officer
Financial Fraud Institute
Federally Funded Research &
Development Center
DHS Program
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
TSA
FLETC
S&T, OGC
FFS
FHCS
FHWA
Federal Financial System
Federal Human Capital Survey
Federal Highway
Administration
Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board
Federal Interagency
Coordination Council
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
MGMT, I&A
MGMT/OCHCO
TSA, FEMA
DHS Program
I&A
Federal Gov't
S&T
Fingerprint Identification
Number
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network
Term/phrase
I&A
DHS Program
FLETC, ICE
FIPS
Federal Information Processing
Standard
Federal Gov't
I&A
FIPS
FOIA Information Processing
System
Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act
Forensic Information System
for Handwriting
DHS Program
PRIV
Legislation
OGC
DHS Program
USSS, S&T
FISMA
Federal Information Security
Management Act
Legislation
MGMT/OCIO,
OIG, I&A
FIST
Field Intelligence Support
Team
Fellow Law Enforcement
Agencies Securing the
DHS Program
USCG
Local Gov't
ICE
FEMA
FEMSA
FERC
FIAB
FICC
FIN
FINCEN
FISA
FISH
FLASH
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Category
Affiliated With
Homeland
FLETC
Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center (formerly
Subcomponent under BTS)
DHS Component
ALL
FLIR
Forward Looking Infrared
Radar
Federal Labor Relations
Authority
Equipment
CBP, TSA
Federal Gov't
FEMA,
MGMT/OCHCO
FMA
Floodplain Management
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
FMA
FMAGP
Flood Mitigation Assistance
Fire Management Assistance
Grants (or Grant Program)
DHS Program
DHS program
FEMA
FEMA/USFA
FMC
FMCS
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
USCG
FEMA, OGC
FMCSA
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
DOT Program
TSA, NPPD
FMS
FMWC
Federal Medical Shelters
Federal Multilingual Website
Committee
HHS Program
Federal Gov't
FEMA, OHA
USCIS
FOH
FOIA
Federal Occupational Health
Freedom of Information Act
HHS Program
Legislation
MGMT/OCHCO
FEMA, OGC,
PRIV
FOP
FOSC
FOUO
FPBF
FPDL
Fugitive Operations Program
Federal On-Scene Coordinator
For official use only
Fines, Penalties & Forfeiture
Fire Protection Demonstration
Lab
Federal Protective Service
(ICE/FPS)
DHS Program
Title
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
ICE
FEMA
ALL
CBP
FEMA
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
Federal Register
Federal Railroad
Administration
First Responder Authorization
Credential
Federal Gov't
DOT Program
OGC, USCG
TSA, NPPD
DHS Program
FEMA
Federal Reserve Systems Board
of Governors
Federal Gov't
ALL
FLRA
FPS
FR
FRA
FRAC
FRB
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
FRC
FRC
FRERP
Fast Response Cutters
Federal Records Center
Federal Radiological
Emergency Response Plan
Equipment
Facility
Federal Gov't
USCG
MGMT/OCSO
FEMA, S&T
FRMAC
Federal Radiological
Measurement and Assessment
Center
Federal Radiological
Monitoring and Assessment
Plan
Federal Register Notice
Federal Reserve Note
Federal Response Plan
First Responder Partnership
Initiative
Federal Reserve System
Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board
Federal Gov't
NPPD, S&T
Federal Gov't
NPPD, S&T
Document
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
FEMA, OGC
USSS
FEMA
FEMA/NCRC
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
NPPD/IP
MGMT
Flight Restricted Zone
Flexible Spending Account
Federal Security Director
Forensic Services Division
Full-Scale Exercise
Food Safety and Inspection
Service
Foreign Service Institute
Federal, State, Local
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
Title
DHS Program
Term/phrase
USDA Program
ICE
MGMT/OCHCO
TSA, S&T
USSS
FEMA, NPPD
NPPD/IP
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
I&A
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
Flight School Security
Awareness
Fleet Surveillance Support
Command
Federal Transit Administration
Free Trade Area of the
Americas
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Training Coordinator
Full-time Equivalent
DHS Program
TSA
FRMAP
FRN
FRN
FRP
FRPI
FRS
FRTIB
FRZ
FSA
FSD
FSD
FSE
FSIS
FSIS
FSL
FSSA
FSSC
FTA
FTAA
FTC
FTC
FTE
FTO
Foreign Terrorist
Organizations
CNE
DOT Program
Term/phrase
TSA, FEMA
ICE
Federal Gov't
Title
Term/phrase
ALL
TSA
FEMA,
MGMT/OCSO,
Term/phrase
I&A
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
FTS
Federal Telecommunications
(or Telephone) System (or
Service)
Federal Training Support Staff
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task
Force
Foreign Trade Zone
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year
Future Years Homeland
Security Program
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCSO,
FEMA
Title
DOJ Program
TSA
I&A
Term/phrase
DOI Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
CBP
FEMA, USCG
ALL
MGMT
GAAWG
General Aviation Airports
Working Group
DHS Program
TSA
GAL
GAMA
Global Access List
General Aviation
Manufacturers Association
Equipment
Private Sector Ass'n
MGMT/OCIO
TSA
GANTSEC
GAO
Greater Antilles Section
Government Accountability
Office
General Counsel (see also
OGC)
Gulf Coast Region, Recovery
and Rebuilding of the
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
ICE, USCG
ALL
Title
FEMA, OGC
DHS Component
ALL
Government Electronic and
Information Technology
Association
Global Enrollment System
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD/CS&C
Equipment
USCIS, CBP, ICE,
I&A, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
GETS
Government Emergency
Telecommunications Service
Federal Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/CS&C
GFIRST
Government Forum of Incident Federal Gov't
Response and Security Teams
USSS, NPPD,
S&T
GIF
GIG
GIS
Graphical Image Format
Global Information Grid
Geographic Information
System(s)
General Law Division
Term/phrase
DOD Program
DHS Program
ALL
I&A
FEMA
DHS
Subcomponent
OGC
FTSS
FTTTF
FTZ
FWS
FY
FYHSP
GC
GCR
GEIA
GES
GLD
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
GLPAC
Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory
Committee
DHS Committee
USCG
GNDA
Global Nuclear Detection
Architecture
DHS Program
DNDO
GOES
Global Online Enrollment
System
Government Off the Shelf
Grant Programs, Office of
(FEMA/GP)
International
CBP
Equipment
DHS
Subcomponent
MGMT, I&A
ALL
GPO
GPS
Government Printing Office
Global Positioning System
Federal Gov't
Equipment
FEMA, MGMT
FEMA, S&T,
USCG
GS
GSA
General Schedule
General Services
Administration
Graphical User Interface
Document
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCHCO
ALL
Equipment
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
GUIRR
Government-UniversityIndustry Research Roundtable
DHS Program
S&T
GWAC
Government-wide Acquisition
Contract
Document
MGMT, I&A
HALE
High Altitude Long Endurance
(see also MALE)
Term/phrase
USCG
HAMMER
DHS Program
USSS, S&T
DOE Program
FEMA
DHS Program
Legislation
FEMA
ALL
HAS
HAZMAT
Hazardous Agent Mitigation
and Medical Emergency
Response
Hazardous Materials
Management and Emergency
Response
Health Alert Network
Homeland Security Act [of
2002]
Homeland Security Advisor
Hazardous Material(s)
Title
Term/phrase
PLCY/HSAC
FEMA, S&T,
PLCY/SCO
HAZUS
Hazards United States
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/RMA
HBCU
Historically Black College and
Universities
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
HCO
see OCHCO
GOTS
GP
GUI
HAMMER
HAN
HAS
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
HCTS
Hazardous Cargo
Transportation Security
DHS Program
USCG
HETA
Homeland Environment and
Threat Analysis Division
DHS Program
I&A
HFD
Human Factors Division
(S&T/HFD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
HHMD
HHS
Hand-Held Metal Detector
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
Equipment
Federal Gov't
TSA
ALL
HIDTA
High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
Term/phrase
CNE, ICE
Legislation
PRIV
HIPS
Homeland Innovative
Prototypical Solutions
DHS Program
S&T
HIRA
Hazard Identification and Risk
Assessment
DHS Program
NPPD/RMA
HIS
HITRAC
Homeland Security Institute
Private Sector
Homeland Infrastructure
Facility
Threat and Risk Analysis Center
FEMA
NPPD/IP, I&A,
S&T
HITRON
Helicopter Interdiction Tactical
Squadron
DHS Program
USCG
HITS
DHS Program
S&T
HLD
High Impact Technology
Solutions
Homeland Defense
Term/phrase
S&T,
MGMT/OCIO
HLS
Homeland Security
Term/phrase
S&T,
MGMT/OCIO
HLSEA
Homeland Security Enterprise
Architecture
DHS Program
S&T,
MGMT/OCIO
HME
Hazardous Materials
Endorsement
Hazardous Mitigation Grants
Program
DHS Program
TSA
DHS Program
FEMA/G&T
HMRU
Hazardous Materials Response
Unit (FBI)
FBI Program
FEMA
HPPM
Health Promotion and
Preventive Medicine [U.S.
Army Center for]
DOD Program
S&T, OHA
HIPAA
HMGP
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
HPRDS
Human Portable Radiation
Detection System
Equipment
DNDO
HRLD
HRMS
Human Rights Law Division
Human Resources
Management System
DHS Program
DHS Program
ICE
MGMT
HRSA
Health Resources & Services
Administration
HHS Program
NPPD/IGP
HRV
Human Rights
Violator/Violation
Homeland Security Advisory
Committees (PLCY/HSAC)
Term/phrase
ICE
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
HSARPA
Homeland Security Advanced
Research Project Agency
DHS Program
S&T
HSAS
Homeland Security Advisory
System
Homeland Security Council
(formerly OHS)
DHS Program
ALL
WHO Program
ALL
Homeland Security Dialogue
Forum
High Seas Drift Nets
Homeland Secure Data
Network
Private Sector
NPPD/CS&C
Equipment
Equipment
USCG
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
HSAC
HSC
HSDF
HSDN
HSDN
HSEEP
Homeland Security Exercise
and Evaluation Program
DHS Program
NPPD/IGP
HSGP
Homeland Security Grant
Program
Homeland Security Industry
Alliance
DHS Program
FEMA/G&T
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
HSIN
Homeland Security
Information Network
(formerly JRIES)
DHS Program
NPPD/IGP,
PLCY/PSO, OPS,
I&A
HSIPP
Homeland Security Integrated
Planning Process
DHS Program
NPPD
HSIR
Homeland Security Intelligence Document
Report
I&A
HSLRB
Homeland Security Labor
Board
DHS Component
All
HSNTP
Homeland Security National
Training Program
DHS Program
FEMA
HSIA
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
HSOC
Homeland Security Operations
Center [see new name under
NOC]
Homeland Security Presidential
Directive
HSPD
HSSP
HSTTIG
HTML
HTS
HTTP
HTUA
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Category
Affiliated With
DHS Procedure
FEMA, ESEC,
S&T, I&A,
NPPD/IGP
Homeland Security Standards
Panel
Homeland Security Terrorist
Threat Intelligence Group
Private Sector
PLCY/PSO
DHS Program
I&A
Hypertext Markup Language
High Temperature
Superconductor
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
High Threat Urban Area
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Term/phrase
Equipment
ALL
S&T
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
ALL
NPPD, TSA
ALL
HVAC
Heat, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCSO,
FEMA
HVT
I&A
High Value Target
Intelligence and Analysis
Term/phrase
DHS Component
NPPD/IP
ALL
I&W
IA
Indication and Warning
In and around, or Individual
Assistance
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD
FEMA
IA
IA
IA (see I&A)
Inter-agency
International Affairs (see OIA)
Information Analysis (former
DHS Subcomponent)
Term/phrase
IAAE
International Association of
Airport Executives
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA, PLCY/SCO
IAASP
International Association of
Airport and Seaport Police
International
TSA, CBP, USCG
IAC
IACP
International Aviation Club
International Association of
Chiefs of Police
International
State or Local Gov't
CBP
FEMA, OPA,
NPPD/IGP
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and
Use Committee
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
IAD
Interagency Programs Division
(S&T/IAD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
I&A
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
IAEA
International Atomic Energy
Agency
International Association of
Emergency Managers
International
NPPD, S&T
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
IAFC
International Association of
Fire Chiefs
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, S&T,
NPPD/IGP,
FEMA/USFA
IAFF
International Association of
Fire Fighters
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
IAFIS
Integrated Automated
Fingerprint Identification
System
Equipment
CBP, S&T, USCG,
PLCY/SCO
IAI
International Association for
Identifications
Private Sector Ass'n
USSS
IAIP
Information Analysis and
Infrastructure Protection (split
into PREP and I&A October
2005)
Intermodal Association of
North America
Former DHS
Directorate
IAEM
IANA
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD/CS&C
IAP
IAPH
Immigration Advisory Program DHS Program
International Association of
International
Ports and Harbors
CBP
USCG
IAPP
International Association of
Privacy Professionals
Private Sector Ass'n
PRIV, NPPD/USVISIT
IARLJ
International Association of
Refugee Law Judges
Private Sector Ass'n
USCIS
IASIR
International Association of
Security and Investigative
Regulators
International Air Transport
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
USCIS, ICE
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
In accordance with
Integrated Border Enforcement
Team
Interagency Border Inspection
System
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Common
CBP
DHS Program
CBP, USCIS,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
International Business Practices
Advisory Panel
DHS Program
S&T
IATA
IAW
IBET
IBIS
IBPAP
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
IBT
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
IC
IC
ICAO
Incident Commander
Intelligence Community
International Civil Aviation
Organization
Title
Federal Gov't
Private Sector
FEMA
I&A, SEC
TSA, NPPD,
FEMA
ICC
ICC
ICC
Incident Command Center
Intelligence Control Center
Interagency Coordination
Council
Improvised Chemical Device
Infrastructure Coordination
Division
Institute of Chemical Defense
Interagency Committee on
Disability Research
Facility
Facility
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA, I&A
DNDO
Equipment
DHS Program
NPPD
NPPD/IP
DOD Program
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD
CRCL, I&A
ICE
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, United States
(formerly Bureau of)
DHS Component
ALL
ICER
Incident Communications
Emergency Reference
Term/phrase
PLCY/HSAC
ICGP
Interoperable Communications
Grant Program
DHS Program
FEMA/G&T &
DOJ
ICITAP
International Criminal
Investigative Training
Assistance Program
Integrated Consortium of
Laboratory Networks
DHS Program
FLETC
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD
Incident Command Post
Information Collection Plan
Integrated Cargo Processing
Incident Communications
Public Affairs Coordination
Committee
Interagency Committee on
Public Affairs in Emergencies
Facility
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA
CBP
FEMA, NPPD,
OPA
Federal Gov't
FEMA, OPA
(see INTERPOL)
Integrated Card Production
System
International Commission on
Radiological Protection
International
DHS Program
ICE
USCIS
Private Sector
FEMA, DNDO,
S&T
ICD
ICD
ICD
ICDR
ICLN
ICP
ICP
ICP
ICPACC
ICPAE
ICPO
ICPS
ICRP
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ICS
ICSC
Incident Command System
International Cargo Security
Council
Intensive Care, Incident Crisis,
or Information Coordination
Unit
Identification credentials
Infectious Disease
Federal Gov't
International
FEMA
CBP
Facility
FEMA
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
CBP, TSA
FEMA, NPPD,
S&T, OHA
IDE
Intrusion Detection Equipment
[see IDS]
Equipment
MGMT/OCSO
IDEC
International Drug
Enforcement Conference
International
CNE
IDENT
Automated Biometric
Identification System
Equipment
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
I&A, PRIV,
NPPD/US-VISIT
IDGA
Institute for Defense and
Government Advancement
Private Sector
TSA
IDS
IDS
IEA
Integrated Deepwater System
Intrusion Detection System
Immigration Enforcement
Agent
Improvised Explosive Device
Incendiary Explosive Device
In-line Explosive Detection
Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
Equipment
Equipment
Title
USCG
TSA, I&A
ICE
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA, NPPD, S&T
TSA
TSA
S&T
Interdependent Energy
Infrastructure Simulation
System
Integrated Emergency
Management Course
Equipment
NPPD/RMA
DHS Program
FEMA
IFALPA
International Federation of
Airline Pilots Association
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
IFMIS
Integrated Financial
Management Information
System
Institute for Foreign Policy
Analysis, Inc.
Term/phrase
MGMT/CFO,
FEMA
Private Sector
CBP, USCG
Interim Final Rule
Term/phrase
OGC
ICU
ID
ID
IED
IED
IED
IEEE
IEISS
IEMC
IFPA
IFR
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
IFTP
Internet Forensic Training
Program
Inspector General (see also
OIG)
Infrastructure and Geophysical
Division (S&T/IGD)
DHS Program
FLETC
Title
FEMA, OIG
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
IGP
Intergovernmental Programs,
Office of (NPPD/IGP)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
IHP
Individual and Households
Program
Institute for Homeland
Security Solutions
Federal Gov't
FEMA
DHS Program
S&T
IICT
Interagency Intelligence
Committee on Terrorism
Federal Gov't
NPPD, I&A
III
IIMG
Interstate Identification Index
Interagency Incident
Management Group
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
TSA
NPPD, FEMA
IIRIRA
Illegal Immigration Reform
Legislation
and Immigrant Responsibility
Act
Internet Investigations Training DHS Program
Program
USCIS, OGC
ILEA
International Law Enforcement
Academy
DHS Program
FLETC
ILS
IMAAC
Integrated Logistics Support
Interagency Modeling and
Atmospheric Assessment
Center
Infrastructure Monitoring,
Analysis, and Coordination
DOD Program
Facility
CBP
NPPD, S&T
DHS Program
NPPD
ICE Mutual Agreement
Between Government and
Employers
Incident Management Assist
Team
International Maritime
Organization
DHS Program
ICE
DHS Program
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA, USCG
Incident Management Planning
Team
Information Management and
Requirements Division
DHS Program
OPS
DHS Program
I&A
Incident Management System
DHS Program
I&A
IG
IGD
IHSS
IITP
IMAC
IMAGE
IMAT
IMO
IMPT
IMRD
IMS
FLETC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
IMT
INA
Incident Management Team
Immigration and Nationality
Act
International Committee for
Information Technology
Standards
Improvised Nuclear Device
DHS Program
Legislation
USCG
USCIS, I&A
International
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
Term/phrase
NPPD, DNDO,
S&T
IND
International Programs
Division (S&T/IND)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
INFOSEC
INL
Information Security
International Narcotics and
Law Enforcement Affairs
[Bureau for]
INS Passenger Accelerated
Service System
Term/phrase
DOS Program
I&A
ALL
DHS Program
CBP, NPPD/USVISIT
Initial National Response Plan
Immigration and
Naturalization Service (former
gov't agency, now USCIS, CBP
and ICE at DHS) [see also
DMIATF and ASUFAC]
see INPASS
Intelligence, Office of
(ICE/INT)
DHS Program
FEMA
USCIS, CBP, ICE,
I&A
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
INCITS
IND
INPASS
INRP
INS
INSPASS
INT
INTERPOL
International Criminal Police
Organization
Private Sector Ass'n
ICE
INV
Investigations, Office of
(ICE/INV)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
INV
Investigations, Office of
(USSS/INV)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
IOF
Initial or Interim Operating
Facility
International Organization for
Migration
Facility
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
FLETC
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DHS Program
FEMA
IOM
IOS
IP
IPAWS
see ISO
Infrastructure Protection,
Office of (NPPD/IP) [formerly
with IAIP]
Integrated Public Alert and
Warning System
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
IPR
Initial Projections Report, or
In-Process Review
Term/phrase
FEMA
IPR
IPRL
Intellectual Property Rights
Intelligent Personal Radiation
Locator
International Port Security
Integrated Process Team
Integrated Product Team
Integrated Project Team
Internet Quorum
Infrastructure Risk Assessment
Partnership Program
Term/phrase
Equipment
CBP
DNDO
International
DHS Program
DHS Program
DHS Program
DHS Program
DHS Program
USCG
FEMA
S&T
MGMT
All
NPPD/IP,
NPPD/RMA
IRCA
Immigration Reform and
Control Act (1986)
Legislation
OGC, NPPD/USVISIT
IRCM
IRI
IRP
IRP
IRR
IRS
IRT
IRT
Infrared Countermeasure
Industrial Research Institute
Institutional Removal Program
Interior Repatriation Program
Initial Response Resource(s)
Internal Revenue Service
Initial Response Team
International Registered
Traveler
Equipment
Private Sector
DHS Program
DHS Program
Term/phrase
TREAS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
S&T
S&T
ICE
ICE, CBP
FEMA
ALL
FEMA
PLCY/SCO, I&A,
PRIV
IRTI
Immigration Reform
Transformation Initiatives
Federal Gov't
PLCY/SCO,
USCIS
IRTPA
Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act
(2004)
Inland River Vessel
Management Center
Legislation
CRCL, I&A,
OGC, CBP
Facility
USCG
IRZ
ISAC
Immediate Response Zone
Information Sharing and
Analysis Center
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
I&A
ISACA
Information Systems Audit and
Control Association
Private Sector Ass'n
MGMT/OCIO
ISAMS
Information Sharing
Agreement Management
System
Information Sharing and
Analysis Organization
DHS Program
I&A
Private Sector
I&A
IPS
IPT
IPT
IPT
IQ
IRAPP
IRVMC
ISAO
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ISBE
Infrastructure Security for the
Built Environment
DHS Program
FEMA/NCRC
ISC
Information Sharing &
DHS
Collaboration Office (I&A/ISC) subcomponent
ALL
ISC
Interagency Security
Committee
Information Sharing
Coordinating Council
Federal Gov't
MGMT/CSO
DHS Program
I&A
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital
Network
Equipment
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
ISE
Information Sharing
Environment
Immigration Security Initiative
Integrated Surveillance
Intelligence System
DNI Program
I&A
DHS Program
DHS Program
USCIS
CBP
ISMA
International Security
Management Association
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/OIA
ISO
International Organization for
Standardization
International
S&T, I&A
ISOO
Information Security Oversight
Office
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCSO
ISP
Immediate Services Program,
or Information Systems Plan
DHS Program
FEMA
ISP
ISP
ISP
ISP
ISPS
Information Security Program
Intensive Supervision Program
Interagency Security Plan
Internet Service Provider
International Ship and Port
Facility Security
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Private Sector
DHS Program
MGMT/OCSO
ICE
NPPD
USSS
USCG
ISR
Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance
Term/phrase
USCG
ISRS
Image Storage and Retrieval
System
Equipment
USCIS, CBP, ICE,
PRIV,
PLCY/SCO,
NPPD/US-VISIT
ISSA
Information Systems Security
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
USSS
ISSM
Information Systems Security
Manager
Title
MGMT/OCIO
ISCC
ISI
ISIS
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ISSO
Information Systems Security
Officer
Incident Support Team
Headquarters Operational
Integration Staff (folded into
new Directorate for
Preparedness Oct 2005)
Institute for Security
Technology Studies
Title
MGMT/OCIO
DHS Program
Former DHS
Component
FEMA
Private Sector
NPPD, S&T
ISWG
IT
ITA
ITAA
Import Safety Working Group
Information Technology
Integrated Transport Analysis
Information Technology
Association of America
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PDEV
ALL
TSA
PRIV
ITAC
Information Technology
Acquisition Center
DHS Program
MGMT/OCPO,
MGMT/OCIO
ITAR
Information Technology
Acquisition Review
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations
International
CBP, S&T
ITC
International Trade
Commission
International Training Division
International Trade Data
System
International to International
Information Technology
Investment Portfolio System
Federal Gov't
CBP, FEMA
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
USCG
I&A, CBP
DHS Program
Equipment
CBP, TSA
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
IST
I-STAFF
ISTS
ITD
ITDS
ITI
ITIPS
ITMRA
Information Technology
Management Reform Act
Legislation
I&A
ITP
Infrastructure Transformation
Program
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
ITPMO
Infrastructure Transformation
Program Office
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
ITSO
Information Technology
Services Office
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
ITTC
Identity Theft Technology
Council
International Technical
Working Group
Private Sector
S&T
DHS Program
S&T
ITWG
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
IV&V
Interdependent Verification
and Validation
DHS Program
TSA, NPPD/USVISIT
IWG
Implementation Working
Group
Integrated Wireless Network
Joint Analysis Center
Joint Customs Coordination
Council [U.S. and European
Union]
Joint Center for Global
Connectivity
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Field Office
Joint Harbor Operations
Command Center
DHS Program
CNE
Equipment
Facility
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO
DNDO, I&A
CBP
Facility
DNDO
DOD Program
Facility
Facility
ALL
FEMA
USCG
IWN
JAC
JCCC
JCGC
JCS
JFO
JHOC
JIATF
JIC
Joint Interagency Task Force
Joint Information or
Intelligence Center (split)
DHS Program
Facility
CNE, TSA
FEMA
JIOC
Joint Investigative Operations
Center
Joint Maritime Information
Element
Facility
USCG
Equipment
I&A, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
Joint Military Intelligence
Program
Joint Operations Center
Justice Prisoner and Alien
Transportation System
DOD Program
I&A
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
ICE
Joint Program Executive Office
for Chemical and Biological
Defense
Joint Regional Information
Exchange System
DOD Program
NPPD
DHS Program
NPPD/IGP, I&A,
OPS
JSERA
Joint Special Events Risk
Assessment
DHS Program
NPPD/IP,
NPPD/RMA
JTTF
JWICS
Joint Terrorism Task Force
Joint Worldwide Intelligence
Communication System
Private Sector
Equipment
FEMA, I&A
FEMA, I&A
JXDM
[Global] Justice XML Data
Model
Knowledge-Based Risk
Management
Potassium Iodide
International
I&A
Term/phrase
CBP
Substance
FEMA, S&T
JMIE
JMIP
JOC
JPATS
JPEO/CBD
JRIES
KBRM
KI
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
LA (see LIA)
Legislative Affairs (see LIA)
(expanded to Legislative and
Intergovernmental Affairs Oct
2005)
Local Area Network
Equipment
FEMA,
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
Facility
DNDO
DHS Program
Term/phrase
State or Local Gov't
TSA
NPPD/US-VISIT
FEMA, FLETC,
USCG
LAN
LANL
LASP
LCCE
LEA
Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Large Aircraft Security Program
Life Cycle Cost Estimate
Law Enforcement Agency
LEA
LEAINTP
Light Enforcement Aircraft
Law Enforcement Advanced
Interviewing Training Program
Equipment
DHS Program
ICE
FLETC
LEAP
LEDET
LEED
Law Enforment Availability Pay Federal Gov't
Law Enforcement Detachment DHS Program
Law Enforcement Executive
DHS Program
Development Program
ICE
USCG
FLETC
LEGAT
LEH
LELI
Legal Attache
Light Enforcement Helicopter
Law Enforcement Leadership
Institute
Law Enforcement Management
Development Program
Term/phrase
Equipment
DHS Program
FEMA, OGC
ICE
FLETC
DHS Program
FLETC
LEO
LEOSA
Law Enforcement Officer
Law Enforcement Officers
Safety Act
Title
Legislation
TSA, FLETC
TSA, CBP, FLETC
LEP
LEP
LESC
Limited English Proficiency
Loaned Executive Program
Law Enforcement Support
Center
Law Enforcement Terrorism
Prevention Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
CRCL, FEMA
MGMT/OCHCO
ICE
DHS Program
NPPD
LFA
LHD
Lead Federal Agency
Local Health Department
Term/phrase
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP, OHA
LIA
[formerly LA; superseded by
OLA]
LEMDP
LETPP
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
LIFE
Legal Immigration Family
Equity
Logistics Information
Management System
DHS Program
USCIS
Equipment
USCG
LINX
Law Enforcement Information
Exchange [Navy]
DOD Program
I&A
LLEA
Local Law Enforcement Agency State or Local Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP,
FLETC
LLIS
Lessons Learned Information
Sharing System
Federal Gov't
PLCY/HSAC
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore
Laboratory
Limited Liability Partnership
Logistics Management
(FEMA/LM)
Facility
S&T, DNDO
Term/phrase
DHS
subcomponent
ALL
LMS
LNG
LOC
LOC
Learning Management System
Liquefied Natural Gas
Library of Congress
Line of Communication, or
Letter of Credit (split)
Equipment
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
LOU
LPOC
LPR
Limited official use
Last Port of Call
Lawful Permanent Resident
(status)
Legal Permanent Resident
(person)
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Title
Term/phrase
USCIS,
PLCY/OIS, CBP
LRN
LRT
LSC
LSC
LSS
LSS
LTATP
Laboratory Response Network
Long Range Tracker
Legal Services Corporation
Life Support Center
Laboratory Scientific Services
Life Support System
Land Transportation Antiterrorism Training Program
Federal Gov't
Equipment
Federal Gov't
Facility
Private Sector
Equipment
DHS Program
S&T
CBP
OGC
FEMA
S&T
FEMA
FLETC
LTD
M&IE
M/V
MAAFS
Limited
Meals and Incidential Expenses
Merchant Vessel
Mid-Atlantic Association of
Forensic Scientists
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Equipment
Private Sector Ass'n
Common
FEMA
CBP, USCG
USSS
LIMS
LLP
LM
LPR
MGMT/OCHCO
USCG, S&T
FEMA
CBP, USCG
CBP, USCIS
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
MAC
MAC
MACC
MACC
Mapping and Analysis Center
Multiple award contract
Multi Agency Crime Center
Multi-Agency Coordination
Center
Medium Altitude Long
Endurance (see also HALE)
Facility
Term/phrase
Facility
Facility
FEMA
USCG
ICE
FEMA
Term/phrase
USCG
DHS Program
OGC
MARAD
Man Portable Air Defense
System
Maritime Administration
DOT program
TSA, FEMA,
USCG
MARC
Maryland Rail Commuter
State or Local Gov't
FEMA/NCRC,
TSA
MARSEC
MASFO
Maritime Security
Multi-Agency Strike Force
Operation
Measurement and Signature
Intelligence
Term/phrase
Federal
USCG
USCG
Term/phrase
TSA, I&A, OPS
MAST
Maritime Security and Strategic
Toolkit
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/RMA
MATRIX
Multistate Anti-Terrorism
Information Exchange
DHS Program
I&A
MATTS
Marine Asset Tag Tracking
System
Mobile Air Transportable
Telecommunications System
Equipment
S&T
Equipment
FEMA/COOP
MAV
MCC
Micro Air Vehicle
Major Cities [police] Chiefs
Equipment
State or Local Gov't
I&A
FEMA, S&T
MCI
MCOE
Mass Casualty Incident
Metadata Center of Excellence
(see EDMO)
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
MGMT/OCIO
MCSAP
Motor Carrier Safety and
Assistance Program
DOT program
TSA, FEMA
MD
MDA
MDD
MEA
MEA
Medical Doctor
Maritime Domain Awareness
Metal Detection Device
Major Emergency Action
Multi-Role Enforcement
Aircraft
Title
DHS Program
Equipment
Term/phrase
Equipment
FEMA
USCG, CNE
TSA
FEMA
ICE
MALE
MANPADS
MASINT
MATTS
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
MEDEVAC
MEDRED
Medical Evacuation
Medical Readiness
(OHA/MEDRED)
Term/phrase
DHS
subcomponent
FEMA
ALL
MEMA
Motor & Equipment
Manufacturers Association
Private Sector Ass'n
ICE
MEPI
Middle East Partnership
Initiative
Mobile Emergency Response
Support
Mobile Emergency Response
Support Assets
DOS Program
MERS
DHS Program
FEMA
Equipment
FEMA
Marriage Fraud Amendment
System
Management
DHS Program
USCIS
DHS Component &
Directorate
ALL
Maritime Intelligence Fusion
Center
Microsoft Identity Integration
Server
Military Advisor's Office
Facility
USCG
Equipment
MGMT/OCIO
DHS Component
ALL
MIND
Maritime Interceptor for
Nuclear Detection
Equipment
DNDO, S&T
MIPT
Memorial Institute for the
Prevention of Terrorism
Private Sector
FEMA
MISLE
Maritime Information for
Safety and Law Enforcement
Equipment
USCG
MLAT
MLETP
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
Marine Law Enforcement
Training Program
International
DHS Program
I&A
FLETC
MLH
MMD
MMPAC
Medium Lift Helicopter
Merchant Mariner Document
Merchant Marine Personnel
Advisory Committee
Equipment
Document
DHS Committee
ICE
USCG
USCG
MMRS
Metropolitan Medical Response DHS Program
System
FEMA
MO
MO
MOA
Medical Officer
Method of operation
Memorandum of Agreement
FEMA
Common
ALL
MERSA
MFAS
MGMT
MIFC
MIIS
MIL
Title
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
MOC
MOU
Mobile Operations Center
Memorandum of
understanding
Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
ALL
Equipment
Private Sector Ass'n
CNE
CRCL
Medical Records
Medical Reserve Corps
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
Mandatory Removal Offense
Machine readable passport
Minimal Repair Program
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Mobile Switching Center
Military Support to Civil
Authorities
Master Scenario Events List
Mobile Screening Force
Minority-Serving Institution
Missile and Space Intelligence
Center
Maritime Security Operations
Merit Systems Protection Board
Maritime Security Risk
Assessment Model
Term/phrase
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Equipment
DHS Program
Term/phrase
Facility
DOD Program
FEMA
NPPD, FEMA
FEMA, USCG
ICE
CBP
FEMA
FEMA & DOJ
DHS Program
DHS Program
Private Sector
Facility
FEMA
TSA
MGMT, CRCL
S&T
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
USCG
FEMA, MGMT
USCG,
NPPD/RMA
Maritime Safety and Security
Team
Mitigation (FEMA/MT)
DHS Program
USCG
DHS
subcomponent
ALL
MTI
Methodology Technical
Implementation
DHS Program
NPPD/RMA
MTOW
MTSA
Maximum Takeoff Weight
Maritime Transportation
Security Act
Mass Transit Security Program
Metropolitan Washington Area
Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments
Term/phrase
Legislation
TSA
TSA, USCG
DHS Program
Term/phrase
State or Local Gov't
TSA
FEMA/NCRC
FEMA/NCRC
Facility
FEMA/COOP
MPA
MPAC
MR
MRC
MRE
MRO
MRP
MRP
MSA
MSC
MSCA
MSEL
MSF
MSI
MSIC
MSO
MSPB
MSRAM
MSST
MT
MTSP
MWA
MWCOG
MWEOC
Mount Weather Emergency
Operations Center
FEMA
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
MWMD
Mount Weather Management
Division
DHS Program
FEMA
N/A
NA
NAAE
Not applicable or Not affected
North American
National Association of
Agricultural Employees
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
Common
MGMT
NAAT
North American Aviation
Trilateral
National Agency Check
International
TSA
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCSO,
FEMA
NAC
NACA
Nebraska Avenue Complex
National Air Carrier
Association
Facility
Private Sector Ass'n
DHS
TSA
NACDD
National Association of
Councils on Developmental
Disabilities
National Counterintelligence
Center
National Assets Data Base
National Association of
Development Organizations
Private Sector Ass'n
CRCL
DNI Program
I&A
DHS Program
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD/IP
FEMA
National Association of Flood
& Stormwater Management
Agencies
National Association of Free
Trade Zones
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
ICE, CBP
NAHB
National Association of Home
Builders
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
NAI
NAILS
North American Initiative
National Automated
Immigration Lookout System
DHS Program
DHS Program
PLCY/OIA
CBP, USCIS,
USCG
NAP
NAPO
Nuclear Assessment Program
Term/phrase
National Organization of Police Local Gov't Ass'n
Organizations
S&T
NPPD/IGP
NARA
National Archives and Records
Administration
Federal Gov't
ALL
NARAC
National Atmospheric Release
Advisory Center
Federal Gov't
FEMA, NPPD
NARP
National Agriculture Release
Program
DHS Program
CBP
NAC
NACIC
NADB
NADO
NAFSMA
NAFTZ
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NARS
National Archives and Records
Service
Federal Gov't
MGMT
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Federal Gov't
Administration
ALL
NASAR
National Association for Search
and Rescue
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
NASBLA
National Association of State
Boating Law Administrators
Private Sector Ass'n
USCG
NASCIO
National Association of State
Chief Information Officers
State or Local Gov't
S&T,
MGMT/OCIO
NASEMSO
National Association of State
Emergency Medical Officials
State or Local Gov't
FEMA, S&T,
OHA
NASULGC
Nat'l Ass'n of State Universities
and Land-Grant Colleges
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, USCIS
NATA
National Air Transportation
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, TSA
NATCA
National Air Traffic Controllers
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
International
FEMA,
PLCY/OIA
NAWAS
NAWE
National Warning System
National Association for
Waterfront Employees
Federal Gov't
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
MGMT/OCHCO
NBACC
National Biodefense Analysis
and Countermeasures Center
Facility
S&T,
MGMT/OCSO,
I&A
NBAF
National Bio- and AgroDefense Facility
DHS Program
S&T
NBFAC
National Bioforensic Analysis
Center
National Biosurveillance
Integration Center
Facility
S&T
DHS Program
OHA
NBSAC
National Boating Safety
Advisory Council
DHS Committee
USCG
NBTA
National Business Travel
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
NBWDA
National BioWeapons Defense
Analysis Center
DHS Program
S&T
NCA
National Command Authority
Term/phrase
FEMA
NBIC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NCAS
NCBFAA
National Cyber Alert System
National Customs Brokers and
Forwarders Association of
America
National Council on Disability
DHS Program
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
CBP
Private Sector Ass'n
CRCL
NCDDM
National Center for Disaster
Decision Making
Private Sector
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
NCEH
National Center for
Environmental Health
Private Sector
NPPD, FEMA,
S&T
NCFPD
National Center for Food
Protection and Defense
DHS Program
S&T
NCFS
National Center for Forensic
Science
National Crime Information
Center
Naval Criminal Investigative
Service
Private Sector
CNE
Federal Gov't
CBP, FEMA
DOD Program
I&A, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV, ICE
NCIT
National Council on
International Trade
International
CBP
NCIX
Office of National
Counterintelligence Executive
DNI Program
I&A
NCLIS
National Commission on
Libraries and Information
Science
National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children
Federal Gov't
S&T
Federal Gov't
ICE
NCP
National Continuity Programs
(FEMA/NCP)
DHS
subcomponent
ALL
NCPC
National Capitol Planning
Commission
State or Local Gov't
FEMA/NCRC
NCPC
National Crime Prevention
Council
National Capitol Region
Private Sector
FEMA
State or Local Gov't
FEMA/NCRC
NCRC
National Capitol Region
Coordination (FEMA/NCRC)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
NCS
National Communications
System
DHS Program
NPPD/CS&C,
I&A, FEMA
NCSC
National Cybersecurity Center
DHS Component
ALL
NCD
NCIC
NCIS
NCMEC
NCR
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NCSD
National Cybersecurity
Division
DHS Program
NPPD/CS&C,
S&T, I&A
NCSL
National Council of State
Legislators
State or Local Gov't
NPPD/IGP
NCSLLET
Nat'l Center for State & Local
Law Enforcement Training,
Advisory Committee to the
DHS Committee
FLETC
NCSP
National Cyber Security
Partnership
Federal Gov't
NPPD/CS&C,
OGC
NCTC
National Counterterrorism
Center
National Credit Union
Administration
National Child Victim
Identification Program
DNI Program
ALL
Federal Gov't
FEMA, MGMT
Federal Gov't
USSS
NDC
N-DEX
National Data Center
[Law Enforcement] National
Data Exchange
Federal Gov't
State or Local Gov't
CBP
OPS, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
NDIA
National Defense Industrial
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, NPPD/IP
NDIC
National Drug Intelligence
Center
National Disaster Medical
System
National Domestic
Preparedness Office
Facility
CNE
DHS Program
FEMA, I&A
DHS Program
NPPD
NDTA
National Defense
Transportation Association
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
NDW
NEDCTP
Naval District of Washington
National Explosives Detection
Canine Team Program
DOD Division
DHS Program
COS
TSA
NEDSS
National Electronic Disease
Surveillance System
HHS Program
I&A
NEG
NEMA
National Emergency Grant
National Emergency
Management Association
DHS Program
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, USCG
FEMA, FLETC
NEMBCAP
National Emergency
Management Baseline
Capability Assessment Program
DHS Program
FEMA
NCUA
NCVIP
NDMS
NDPO
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NEMIS
National Emergency
Management Information
System
National Emergency Number
Association
DHS Program
PRIV, FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
NEP
NEPA
National Exercise Program
National Environmental Policy
Act
DHS Program
Legislation
FEMA
FEMA, OGC,
S&T
NERC
North American Electric
Reliability Council
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, NPPD
NERR
National Emergency Resource
Registry
DHS Program
PLCY/PSO
NEST
Nuclear Emergency Search
Team
National Emergency Training
Center
National Exercise Schedule
National Fire Academy, Board
of Visitors for the
DHS Program
FEMA, DNDO
DHS Program
FEMA
DHS Program
DHS Committee
S&T, FEMA
FEMA/USFA
NFC
NFDA
National Finance Center
National Flood Determination
Association
Federal Gov't
State or Local Gov't
MGMT/OCHCO
FEMA
NFDA
National Funeral Directors
Association
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA
NFFE
National Federation of Federal
Employees
Private Sector Ass'n
MGMT
NFFF
National Fallen Firefighters
Foundation
Private Sector
FEMA/USFA
NFIB
National Foreign Intelligence
Board
International
MGMT/OCSO,
I&A, PLCY/OIA
NFIP
National Flood Insurance
Program
National Foreign Intelligence
Program
Private Sector
FEMA
Federal Gov't
I&A
NFIRS
National Fire Incident
Reporting System
DHS Program
FEMA/USFA
NFOP
National Fugitive Operations
Program
Federal Gov't
ICE
NFPA
National Fire Protection
Association
Private Sector
FEMA/USFA,
S&T
NENA
NETC
NEXS
NFA
NFIP
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NFPE
National Fire Protection
Equipment
Equipment
FEMA/USFA,
S&T
NFSC
Narcotics Financing Strategy
Center
National File Tracking System
(replaced RAFACS)
Federal Gov't
CNE
DHS Program
USCIS, CBP, ICE,
PLCY/SCO,
PRIV, I&A
NGA
National GeospatialIntelligence Agency
DOD Program
ALL
NGA
National Governors Association State or Local Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
NGIC
National Ground Intelligence
Center [Army]
I&A
NGO
Non-Government Organization Private Sector
FEMA,
PLCY/PSO
NHC
NHTSA
National Hurricane Center
National Highway
Transportation Safety
Administration
NASA Institute for Advanced
Concepts
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
FEMA
TSA, FEMA
Federal Gov't
S&T
NIAC
National Infrastructure
Advisory Council
DHS Committee
PLCY/HSAC,
NPPD/IP, I&A
NIAC
National Iranian American
Council
National Incident Based
Reporting System
Private Sector
CRCL
State or Local Gov't
CBP, TSA,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
NIC
NIC
NIC
NICC
National Intelligence Council
NIMS Integration Center
National Integration Center
National Infrastructure
Coordination Center
DNI Program
DHS Program
I&A
FEMA
Facility
NPPD/IP, I&A
NICCP
National Interdiction
Command & Control Plan
DHS Program
CNE
NICS
National Instant Background
Check System
Federal Gov't
CBP, TSA,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
NID
National Intelligence Director
(see correct DNI)
NFTS
NIAC
NIBRS
DOD Program
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
NIEM
National Information Exchange Federal Gov't
Model
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
NIEOC
National Interagency
Emergency Operations Center
Federal Gov't
FEMA, NPPD
NIFCC
National Interagency Fire
Coordination Center
Federal Gov't
FEMA
NIH
NIHS
National Institutes of Health
National Institute for
Hometown Security
HHS Program
Private Sector
ALL
S&T
NII
NIIS
Non-Intrusive Inspection
Non-Immigrant Information
System
National Investigative
Interview Training Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
CBP
CBP
DHS Program
FLETC
NIITP
Category
Affiliated With
NIJ
NIMA
National Institute of Justice
DOJ Program
National Imagery and Mapping Federal Gov't
Agency (see NGA)
S&T
CBP
NIMCAST
National Incident Management
Compliance Assurance Tool
DHS Program
FEMA
NIMS
National Incident Management
System
DHS Program
FEMA, NPPD
NIOSH
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
Private Sector
FEMA, S&T
NIPC
National Infrastructure
Protection Center
DHS Program
FEMA, PRE/IP,
I&A
NIPF
National Intelligence Priority
Framework
DHS Program
NPPD/IP, I&A
NIPP
National Infrastructure
Protection Plan
DHS Program
NPPD/IP
NIPS
Numerically Integrated
Profiling System
DHS Program
ICE/INV,CBP,
PRIV
NIRT
Nuclear Incident Response
Team
National Infrastructure
Simulation and Analysis Center
DOE Program
FEMA, DNDO
DHS Program
S&T,
NPPD/RMA
DOD Program
PLCY/PSO
DOC Program
S&T, I&A
NISAC
NISP
NIST
National Industrial Security
Program
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NIUSR
National Institute for Urban
Search and Rescue
Private Sector
FEMA
NIVS
Non-immigrant Visa System
DOS Program
I&A, USCIS,
PLCY/SCO
NJTTF
National Joint Terrorism Task
Force
National Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System
DHS Program
I&A
Equipment
FEMA, USCG,
I&A
National Labor Relations Board
No later than
National Mediation Board
National Military Command
Center
National Maritime Intelligence
Center
National Medical Response
System
National Medical Response
Team
National Maritime Security
Advisory Committee
Federal Gov't
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
DOD Facility
MGMT
Common
OGC, S&T
FEMA, USCG
Facility
USCG, CBP
Federal Gov't
FEMA
Federal Gov't
FEMA
DHS Committee
USCG
National Maritime Security
Plan
National Maritime Strategic
Risk Assessment
DHS Program
USCG
DHS Program
USCG,
NPPD/RMA
NMTSP
National Marine
Transportation Security Plan
DHS Program
USCG
NNO
NNSA
National Night Out
National Nuclear Security
Administration
Private Sector
DOE Program
OPA
ALL
NOAA
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
DOC Program
ALL
NOBLE
National Organization of Black
Law Enforcement Executives
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA, CRCL
NOC
National Operations Center
(OPS/NOC) [formerly the
HSOC]
Notice of Intent to Deny
North American Aerospace
Defense Command
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
Document
International
USCIS
DNDO
U.S. Northern Command
DOD Division
FEMA, USCG
NLETS
NLRB
NLT
NMB
NMCC
NMIC
NMRS
NMRT
NMSAC
NMSP
NMSRA
NOID
NORAD
NORTHCOM
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NOSAC
National Offshore Safety
Advisory Committee
DHS Committee
USCG
NP
National Preparedness
(FEMA/NP)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
NPES
National Planning and
Execution System
DHS Program
OPS
NPLA
National Preparedness
Leadership Academy
Private Sector
FEMA
NPOC
NPPD
Next Port of Call
National Protection and
Programs Directorate
Term/phrase
DHS Component &
Directorate
CBP, USCG
ALL
NPRA
National Petrochemical &
Refiners Association
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
NPRM
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking [see also ANPRM
and SNPRM]
National Pharmaceutical
Stockpile, or National Park
Service
National Processing Service
Center
National Public Safety
Telecommunications Council
Document
OGC, TSA
Federal Gov't
FEMA
Facility
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA, S&T
NRAT
National Radiological Advisory
Team
Private Sector
FEMA, DNDO,
S&T
NRC
NRC
National Records Center
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
National Response
Coordination Center
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
ICE
ALL
Facility
FEMA
NRF
National Response Framework
[supersedes NRP]
DHS Program
FEMA
NRP
National Response Plan [see
NRF]
National Railway Passenger
Commission
DHS Program
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
NSA
NSA
National Security Agency
National Sheriffs Association
DOD Program
Local Gov't Ass'n
ALL
NPPD/IGP
NSA
Network Security Agreement
Term/phrase
NPS
NPSC
NPSTC
NRCC
NRPC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
NSABB
National Science Advisory
Board for Biosecurity
HHS Program
S&T
NSAC
Navigation Safety Advisory
Council
DHS Committee
USCG
NSBC
NSC
NSC
NSDI
National Safe Boating Council
National Security Council
National Security Cutter
National Spatial Data
Infrastructure
National Security Entry Exit
Registration System
Private Sector
Federal Gov't
Equipment
Federal Gov't
USCG
ALL
USCG
I&A
DHS Program
CBP, CRCL, I&A
NSF
NSHS
National Science Foundation
National Strategy for
Homeland Security
Federal Gov't
Document
FEMA, S&T
NPPD
NSPD
National Security Presidential
Directive
Federal Gov't
ALL
NSPS
National Security Personnel
System
National Security and Records
Verification (USCIS/NSRV)
Federal Gov't
OGC
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
NSS
NSSA
National Security Strategy
National Safe Skies Alliance
Document
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD
TSA
NSSE
National Special Security Event
Term/phrase
NPPD, USSS,
S&T
NSTAC
National Security
Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
Federal Gov't
NPPD/CS&C,
PLCY/HSAC
NSTC
National Science & Technology
Council
Private Sector
S&T
NTA
National Technology Alliance
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T
NTA
NTAC
Notice to Appear
National Threat Assessment
Center
National Targeting Center
National Treasury Employees
Union
Term/phrase
DHS Program
ICE, OLA, USCG
USSS, I&A
Facility
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP, I&A
MGMT, OGC
National Telecommunications
and Information
Federal Gov't
FEMA, PRIV
NSEERS
NSRV
NTC
NTEU
NTIA
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What It Stands For
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Category
Affiliated With
Administration
NTNFC
National Technical Nuclear
Forensics Center
Facility
DNDO
NTSB
National Transportation Safety
Board
National Transportation Sector
Risk Assessment
Federal Gov't
ALL
DHS Program
TSA,
NPPD/RMA
Non-Tank Vessel Response
Plan
National Urban League
DHS Program
USCG
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD/IGP
National Urban Search and
Rescue System, Advisory
Committee of the
National Volunteer Fire
Council
DHS Committee
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA/USFA
NVG
NVIC
Night Vision Goggles
Navigation and Vessel
Inspection Circular
Equipment
Document
ICE, CBP
USCG
NVL
NVMC
Night Vision Laboratory
National Vessel Movement
Center
National Voluntary
Organizations Active in
Disasters
Night Vision Technology
Safety Act
National Wildfire Coordinating
Group
Facility
Facility
USSS
USCG, I&A
DHS Program
FEMA
Legislation
S&T
DOI Program
FEMA
NWS
National Weather Service
Federal Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
OAD
Operations Analysis Division
(S&T/OAD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OAO
OAS
Office of Aviation Operations
Organization of American
States
DHS Program
Foreign
TSA
FEMA,
PLCY/OIA
OASIS
Organization for the
Advancement of Structured
Information Standards
Organizational Attack Working
Group
Private Sector Ass'n
I&A
DHS Program
TSA
NTSRA
NTVRP
NUL
NUSRS
NVFC
NVOAD
NVTSA
NWCG
OAWG
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
OBP
Border Patrol, Office of
(CBP/OBP)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OCAO
Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer
(MGMT/OCAO)
Office of the Controller of
Currency
Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
Federal Gov't
FEMA, NPPD
DHS Program
CNE, ICE, USCG
OCFO
Office of the Chief Financial
Officer (MGMT/OCFO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OCHCO
Office of the Chief Human
Capital Officer
(MGMT/OCHCO)
Office of the Chief Information
Officer (MGMT/OCIO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OCIPEP
Office of Critical Infrastructure
Protection and Emergency
Preparedness
DHS Program
NPPD/IP
OCPO
Office of the Chief
Procurement Officer
(MGMT/CPO)
Officer Candidate School
Outer Continental Shelf
Office of the Chief Security
Officer (MGMT/OCSO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DOD Program
Term/phrase
DHS
Subcomponent
USCG
FEMA
ALL
Operationally Critical Threat,
Asset, and Vulnerability
Evaluation
Offshore Detection Inegrated
System
Office for Domestic
Preparedness
Office of Detention and
Removal Operations
DHS Program
NPPD/RMA
Equipment
DNDO
DHS Program
FEMA, NPPD
DHS Program
ICE
ODS
OECD
Operation Desert Safeguard
Organization for Economic
Cooperation & Development
DHS Program
Private Sector
CBP
USSS
OEP
OFAC
Occupant Emergency Plan
Office of Foreign Assets
Control
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA/COOP
CBP
OCC
OCDETF
OCIO
OCS
OCS
OCSO
OCTAVE
ODIS
ODP
ODRO
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
OFO
Field Operations, Office of
(CBP/OFO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OGC
General Counsel, Office of the
DHS Component
ALL
OHA
Health Affairs, Office of
DHS Component
ALL
OHS
Office of Homeland Security
(now HSC)
Former
OIA
International Affairs, Office of
(ICE/OIA)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OIA
International Affairs, Office of
(PLCY/OIA)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OIC
Office of Interoperability &
Compatibility
DHS Program
S&T
OIC
OIE
Officer-in-Charge
Office of International
Enforcement
Title
DHS Program
USCG, FEMA
I&A, USCG,
USSS, USCIS, ICE
OIG
Inspector General, Office of
DHS Component
ALL
OIM
OIRA
Office of Incident Management DHS Program
Office of Information and
OMB Program
Regulatory Affairs
FEMA, S&T
MGMT, PRIV
OIS
Immigration Statistics, Office
of (PLCY/OIS)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OIWG
Operational Intelligence
Working Group
DHS Program
I&A
OJT
OLA
On the Job Training
Office of Legislative Affairs
Term/phrase
DHS Component
FEMA, MGMT
ALL
OLAW
Office of Laboratory Animal
Welfare
Law Enforcement, Office
of/Federal Air Marshal Service
(TSA/OLE/FAMS)
Office of Management and
Budget
see NCIX
Office of National Drug
Control Policy
HHS Program
S&T
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
Federal Gov't
ALL
Federal Gov't
ALL
OLE/FAMS
OMB
ONCIX
ONDCP
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
ONRA
Office of National Risk
Assessment
Office of Citizenship
Office of Public Affairs
DHS Program
TSA
DHS Program
DHS Component
USCIS
ALL
Oil Polution Act
Overseas Prosecutorial
Development, Assistance and
Training
Official Personnel Folder
Office of Personnel
Management
Protective Operations
(USSS/OPO)
Legislation
DOJ Program
FEMA
FLETC
Document
Federal Gov't
OCHCO
ALL
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OPPRED
OPR
Operation Predator
Protective Research, Office of
(USSS/OPR)
DHS Program
DHS
Subcomponent
ICE
ALL
OPS
OPS
Operations
Operations Coordination,
Office of
Term/phrase
DHS Component
Common
ALL
OPS (former)
Office of Private Sector Liaison
(formerly PSL)
OPSEC
OPSUM
ORIA
Operations Security
Operations Summary
Office of Radiation and Indoor
Air
Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education
DHS Program
Term/phrase
EPA Program
ALL
OPS
DNDO
Private Sector
S&T
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
On-Screen Alarm Resolution
Protocol
Operation Safe Commerce
Operations Support Center
Operations Systems Center
Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe
Facility
Term/phrase
DNDO
TSA
DHS Program
Facility
DHS Program
Foreign
CBP
FEMA
USCG
PLCY/OIA
OSD
Office of the Secretary of
Defense (Public Affairs)
DOD Division
OSDBU
Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business
Utilization
DHS Program
OOC
OPA
OPA
OPDAT
OPF
OPM
OPO
ORISE
ORNL
OSARP
OSC
OSC
OSC
OSCE
MGMT/OCPO
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
OSEP
Office of Safety and
Environmental Programs
DHS Program
MGMT
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Federal Gov't
FEMA
OSO
Security Operations, Office of
(TSA/OSO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OSP
Strategic Plans, Office of
(PLCY/OSP)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OSS
Officer Safety and Survival
Training Program
DHS Program
FLETC
OSTP
Office of Science and
Technology Policy
Federal Gov't
FEMA
OT
International Trade, Office of
(CBP/OT)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
OTBE
OTE
OTH
OTR
OTSP
Overtaken by events
Operational Test & Evaluation
Over the Horizon
Office of Trade Relations
Office of Transportation
Security Policy
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
Common
TSA, I&A
USCG
CBP
TSA
OTVP
Office of Transportation
Vetting and Credentialing
DHS Program
TSA, I&A, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
OVP
OWMD
Office of the Vice President
Office of Weapons of Mass
Destruction
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
ALL
S&T
PACAREA
PACOM
PAES
Pacific Area
U.S. Pacific Command
Private Aircraft Enforcement
System
Term/phrase
DOD Program
DHS Program
USCG
FEMA, USCG
CBP, TSA, I&A,
PRIV, PLCY/SCO
PAHO
Pan American Health
Organization
Portable Automated Lookout
System
Foreign
FEMA
Equipment
CBP, I&A, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
PANYNJ
Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey
State or Local Gov't
S&T
PAO
PAO
Public Affairs Officer
Public Assistance Officer
Title
Title
FEMA, OPA
FEMA
PALS
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
PAPD
Port Authority Police
Department
State or Local Gov't
S&T, USCG
PARADE
Prevention, Advocacy,
Resources and Data Exchange
State or Local Gov't
NPPD/IGP
PART
Program Assessment Rating
Tool
Presidential Appointment with
Senate Confirmation
Federal Gov't
I&A
Title
SEC/WHL,
MGMT/OCHCO
PASS
Performance Accountability
and Standards System
DHS Program
TSA
PATF
Practical Applications Training
Facility
DHS Program
FLETC
PATRIOT
PAWSA
(see USA PATRIOT [Act])
Ports and Waterways Safety
Assessment
Legislation
DHS Program
OGC
USCG,
NPPD/RMA
PCC
Policy Coordination
Committee
DHS Program
FEMA, I&A,
PLCY, SEC
PCERT
Preliminary Computer
Evidence Recovery Training
DHS Program
USSS
PCII
Protected Critical Infrastructure
Information
Term/phrase
NPPD/IP, I&A
PCIIMS
PCLOB
PCII Management System
Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board
DHS Program
Federal Gov't
NPPD/IP
CRCL, I&A
PD
Police Department
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
PDA
Preliminary Damage
Assessment
Presidential Decision Directive
Term/phrase
FEMA
Term/phrase
FEMA, ESEC, I&A
PDEV
Policy Development, Office of
(PLCY/PDEV)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
PDF
Portable Document Format
Term/phrase
FEMA,
MGMT/OCIO
PDM
PEL
PEP
Pre-disaster Mitigation
Permissable Exposure Limit
Prepositioned Equipment
Program
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA, OHA
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
PEP
Primary Entry Point
Term/phrase
FEMA
PAS
PDD
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
PFO
PFPA
Title
DOD Program
NPPD
FLETC
DHS Program
S&T
DHS Program
DHS Program
PRIV, I&A
S&T
PIN
PIO
PIV
Principal Federal Official
Pentagon Force Protection
Agency
Portable High-Throughput
Integrated Laboratory
Identification System
Privacy Impact Assessment
Plum Island Animal Disease
Center
Personal Identification Number
Public Information Officer
Personal Identity Verification
Term/phrase
Title
DHS Program
Common
FEMA, OPA
MGMT,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
PLA
PLCY
Principal Legal Advisor
Office of Policy
Title
DHS Component
ICE
ALL
PLOTS
Passport Lookout Tracking
System
DOS Program
I&A, CBP, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO
PLUMIS
PMIS
See PIADC (Plum Island)
Performance Measurement
Information System
DHS Program
Equipment
S&T
TSA
PMO
PNNL
Program Management Office
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
DHS Program
DOE Program
MGMT
S&T
PNR
PNSP
Passenger Name Record
Project on National Security
Reform
Document
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
MGMT, NPPD,
FEMA
Point of Contact
Point of Departure or Point of
Distribution
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
ALL
FEMA
POE
Port of Entry or Point of Entry
Facility
CBP, FEMA,
USCG
POGO
Project on Government Waste
Private Sector Ass'n
OIG, PRIV/FOIA
POV
PP5
Privately-owned Vehicle
Pilot Program Airports (San
Francisco, Kansas City,
Rochester, Jackson Hole &
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
TSA
PHILIS
PIA
PIADC
PO (see PRIV)
POC
POD
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Affiliated With
Tupelo)
PPB
PPBE
Plans, Programs and Budget
Planning, Programming,
Budgeting and Execution
DHS Program
Term/phrase
S&T
MGMT/OCIO
PPBM
Positive Passenger Baggage
Match
Planning, Progrmming and
Budgeting System
Term/phrase
TSA
Term/phrase
I&A
Pre-Positioned Disaster
Supplies
Pay Period Ending
Personal Protective Equipment
Port Partnership Initiative
Progressive Policy Institute
Passport Number
Preferred Provider
Organizations
Plant Protection and
Quarantine
Peoples Republic of China
Permanent Resident Card
DHS Program
FEMA
Term/phrase
Equipment
DHS Program
Private Sector
Term/phrase
Document
FEMA, MGMT
FEMA
DNDO
PRIV
CBP, USCG
MGMT
USDA Program
CBP
Foreign
Document
PLCY/OIA
USCIS, CBP,
PLCY/SCO
PPBS
PPDS
PPE
PPE
PPI
PPI
PPN
PPO
PPQ
PRC
PRC
PRC
PRC
PRD
Postal Rate Commission
Presidential Reserve Call-up
Personal Radiation Detection
Device
Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer
USPS Division
DHS Program
Equipment
FEMA
CBP
DHS Component
ALL
PRND
Preventative Radiological and
Nuclear Detection
DHS Program
DNDO
PROFLOW
PROTECT
Procedural Flow
Program for Response Options
and Technology Enhancements
for Chemical/Biological
Terrorism
Patient Staging Area
Port Security Assessment
Public Service Announcement
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA, S&T
Facility
DHS Procedure
Term/phrase
FEMA
USCG
FEMA, OPA
PRIV
PSA
PSA
PSA
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
PSAMS
Personnel Security Activity
Management System
DHS Program
MGMT/OCSO
PSAT
Protective Security Assistance
Teams
Protective Security Division
Port Security Grant Program
DHS Program
NPPD
DHS Program
DHS program
NPPD
FEMA/G&T,
USCG
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA
CBP
NPPD, FEMA
PSD
PSGP
PSI
PSI
PSIC
Pounds per square inch
Proliferation Security Initiative
Public Safety Interoperable
Communications
PSL (see PSO)
Formerly [Office of] Private
Sector Liaison (PSO—in PLCY
as of October 2005)
PSO
Private Sector [Liaison] Office
(PLCY/PSO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
PSOTP
Protective Security Operations
Training Program
DHS Program
FLETC
PST
PSTN
Pacific Standard Time
Public Switch Telephone
Network
Port Security Unit
Positive Threat Identification
Port Vulnerability Assessment
Private Sector Senior Advisory
Committee
Term/phrase
Equipment
Common
FEMA/COOP
Equipment
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Committee
USCG
TSA
USCG
PLCY/HSAC
PSU
PTI
PVA
PVTSAC
PWD
Persons with Disabilities
Term/phrase
TSA, CRCL,
FEMA
Q&A
QFR
R&D
RAA
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
ALL
OLA
Common
FEMA, DNDO
RAA
Questions and answers
Questions for the Record
Research and Development
Radiological Accident
Assessment
Regional Airline Association
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
RAD
RAD
Radiation-Absorbed Dose
Radiological
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA, DNDO
FEMA, DNDO,
S&T
RADNUC
Radiological/ Nuclear
Enforcement
Term/phrase
S&T, DNDO
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
RAFACS
Receipt and Alien File
Accountability and Control
System (see NFTS)
Resident Agent in Charge
Refugee, Asylum &
International Operations
(USCIS/RAIO)
Risk Analysis and Management
for Critical Asset Protection
Title
DHS
Subcomponent
ICE, USSS
ALL
DHS Program
NPPD/IP,
NPPD/RMA
RAIC
RAIO
RAMCAP
RAP
RAPID
Risk Assessment Policy
Risk Assessment Process for
Informed Decision Making
DHS Program
DHS Program
MGMT
NPPD/RMA
RAPS
Refugees, Asylum and Parole
System
Rescue Coordination Center
Relational Database
Management System
DHS Program
USCIS
Facility
Term/phrase
FEMA, USCG
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
RDCD
Rapidly Deployable Chemical
Detection
Equipment
S&T
RDD
Radiological Dispersal Device
Equipment
FEMA, DNDO,
S&T
RDT&E
Research, Development,
Testing and Evaluation
Term/phrase
S&T
REAC
Radiation or Radiological
Emergency Assistance Center
Facility
FEMA, DNDO
READI
Response to Emergencies and
Disasters Institute
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
REAL ID
Real Identification
DHS Program
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
REC
RECS
Regional Examination Center
Radiological Emergency
Communications System
Facility
DHS Program
USCG
FEMA, DNDO,
OPA
REDCAP
Readiness and Capability
Exercise
Regional Emergency
Operations Center
DHS Program
FEMA
Facility
FEMA
RERT
Radiological Emergency
Response Team
EPA Program
DNDO
RFI
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference
Request for information
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA
RCC
RDBMS
REOC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
Term/phrase
TSA, CBP,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
RFP
Request for Proposal
Term/phrase
FEMA, MGMT,
S&T
RFQ
Request for Quote
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCPO,
I&A
RHA
RHA
RHA
Reduced Hazard Ammunition
Regional Health Administrator
Rural Housing Agency
Equipment
Title
State or Local Gov't
FLETC
FEMA
FEMA
RICCS
Regional Incident
Communication and
Coordination System
Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organization
DHS Program
FEMA, OPA
Term/phrase
ICE
Radiation Isotope Identifier
Device
Regional Information Joint
Awareness Network
Equipment
CBP
State or Local Gov't
NPPD/IP, OPS,
DNDO
RISS or
RISSNET
Regional Information Sharing
System
DHS Program
NPPD/IGP
RMA
Risk Management and
Analysis, Office of
(NPPD/RMA)
Risk Management Assessment
Tool
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DHS Program
TSA,
NPPD/RMA
Regional Maritime Security
Initiative
Radiological & Nuclear
Countermeasure System
Architectures Analysis
DHS Program
USCG
DHS Program
S&T
Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test & Evaluation
Complex
Regional Operations Center
Report of Investigation
Remain Overnight
Relocatable Over the Horizon
Radar
Facility
DNDO
Facility
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Equipment
FEMA
ICE, DNDO
Common
CNE
RICO
RIID
RIJAN
RMAT
RMSI
RNCSAA
RNCTEC
ROC
ROI
RON
ROTHR
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
RPM
Radiation Portal Monitor
Equipment
USCG, CBP,
DNDO
RPPO
Radiological Pilot Program
Office
Remotely Piloted Vehicle
Regional Response
Coordination Center
DHS Program
DNDO
Equipment
Facilty
CBP, ICE, EPR
FEMA
RRT
RSAT
Regional Response Team
Risk Self Assessment Tool
(formerly VISAT)
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FEMA
NPPD/RMA
RTAP
Rapid Technology Application
Program
DHS Program
S&T
RTI
Regional Technology
Integration
DHS Program
MGMT/OCIO,
USCG
S&T
Science and Technology
DHS Component & ALL
Directorate
S-60
DOT Office of Intelligence
Security
Salvation Army
Special Agent
Supplied Air Breathing
Apparatus
Special Agent Bomb Technician
Special Agent in Charge
Screening Applied Fairly and
Equitably [to truckers]
DOT Division
RPV
RRCC
SA
SA
SABA
SABT
SAC
SAFE
SAFE
SAFE
SAFE TEA
SAFECOM
SAFER
SAFETY ACT
Private Sector
Title
Equipment
FEMA
FEMA
Title
Title
DHS Program
ICE, FEMA, FBI
TSA
Secure All-around Flotation
Equipped
Security and Accountability for
Every Port
Equipment
USCG
DHS Program
USCG
Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity
Act
Safe Community
Staffing for Adequate Fire and
Emergency Response
Legislation
USCG, TSA
DHS Program
DHS Program
S&T
FEMA/G&T
Support Anti-terrorism by
Fostering Effective
Technologies Act (2002)
Legislation
S&T
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
SAFTI
Secure and Facilitated
International Travel Initiative
DHS Program
CBP, TSA
SAIC
Science Applications
International Corporation
Private Sector
FEMA,
MGMT/OCPO,
MGMT/OCIO
SAIC
SAIL
Special Agent in Charge
Secure Automobile Inspection
Lanes
Surface to Air Missile
Ship Arrival Notification
System
Security Advisory Opinions
State Approving Officer
Search and Rescue
Special Access Required
Suspicious Activity Report
Search and Rescue Exercise
Security Activities Reporting
System
Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome
Site Assistance Visit
Title
DHS Program
USSS
TSA
Equipment
DHS Program
TSA
USCG, I&A
DHS Program
Title
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Document
Term/phrase
DHS Program
USCIS, CBP
FEMA
FEMA
FEMA
I&A, ICE
FEMA, USCG
MGMT/OCSO
Term/phrase
USCIS
Term/phrase
NPPD/IP, FEMA,
NPPD/RMA
SAM
SANS
SAO
SAO
SAR
SAR
SAR
SAREX
SARS
SARS
SAV
SAVE
Systematic Alien Verification
Entitlements
DHS Program
USCIS
SAVI
Suspect and Violator Indices
DOS Program
CBP, ICE, USCIS,
I&A
SBA
SBA
SBCCOM
Shared Border Accord
Small Business Administration
Soldier and Biological
Chemical Command (U.S.
Army)
Smart Border Declaration
Strategic Policy and Budget
Division (S&T/SBD)
Document
Federal Gov't
DOD Program
CBP, USCG
ALL
FEMA
Document
DHS
Subcomponent
CBP
ALL
DHS Program
Equipment
CBP
CBP
DHS Program
S&T
SBD
SBD
SBI
SBINET
SBIR
Secure Border Initiative
Secure Border Initiative
Network
Small Business Innovation
Research
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
SBU
SCADA
Sensitive But Unclassified
Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition System
Term/phrase
DHS Program
ALL
S&T, I&A
SCC
SCEPC
Secretary's Command Center
Senior Civil Emergency
Planning Committee
Facility
DHS Program
FEMA
SCI
Sensitive Compartmented
Information
Term/phrase
ALL
SCIF
Sensitive Compartmented
Information Facility
Facility
FEMA, I&A,
USSS
SCO
Screening Coordination Office
(PLCY/SCO)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
SCP
SD
SEAR
Security Control Point
Security Directive
Special Events Assessment
Rating
Facility
Term/phrase
DHS Program
TSA
SEC
SEC
Secretary, Office of the
Securities and Exchange
Commission
Strategic Communications
Resources Effort
DHS
Federal Gov't
SED
SEMA
Shippers Export Declaration
State Emergency Management
Agency
Document
State or Local Gov't
CBP
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
SEMO
State Emergency Management
Office
State or Local Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
SENTINEL
Securing the Nation through
Infrastructure Enhancements
Locally
Secure Electronic Network for
Travelers Rapid Inspection
DHS Program
NPPD/IP,
NPPD/IGP
DHS Program
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
SEOC
State Emergency Operations
Center
State or Local Gov't
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
SERRI
Southeast Region Research
Initiative
State Emergency Response
Team
DHS Program
S&T
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
Senior Executive Service
Source Evaluation Team
Title
Title
MGMT/OCHCO
TSA
SECURE
SENTRI
SERT
SES
SET
OPS,
NPPD/RMA
ALL
ALL
DHS Program
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
SETCP
Southeast Transportation
Corridor Pilot
DHS Program
DNDO
SEVIS
Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System
DHS Program
ICE, PLCY/SCO,
I&A, PRIV
SEVP
Student and Exchange Visitor
Program
DHS Program
ICE
SFI
SGTP
Secure Freight Initiative
Society of Government Travel
Professionals
DHS Program
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP
PLCY/PSO
SHARES
SHIELD
SHAred RESources
Strategic Hazard Identification
Evaluation for Leadership
Decisions
Strategic Homeland
Infrastructure Risk Assessment
Private Sector
DHS Program
FEMA
NPPD/RMA
DHS Program
NPPD/IP,
NPPD/RMA
SHSGP
State Homeland Security Grant
Program
DHS program
FEMA/G&T
SHSI
Sensitive Homeland Security
Information
Term/phrase
OPS/NOC
SIDA
Security Identification Display
Area
Facility
TSA, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
SIGINT
Signals Intelligence
Term/phrase
PLCY/SCO,
PRIV, OPS,
NPPD/US-VISIT
SII
Security/Suitability
Investigations Index
Federal Gov't
I&A
SIIA
Software and Information
Industry Association
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
SIO
SIOC
Senior Infrastructure Officer
Strategic Information and
Operations Center
Title
Facility
MGMT/OCIO
I&A
SIPRNET
Secret Internet Protocol Router
Network
Equipment
MGMT/OCSO,
I&A, PLCY/OIA
SLFC
SLGCP (see
SLGC)
State and Local Fusion Center
State and Local Government
Coordination & Preparedness
(now NPPD/IGP)
DHS Program
Former DHS
Component
I&A
NPPD
SHIRA
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
SLLE
State and Local Law
Enforcement, Office for
(PLCY/SLLE)
State and Local Officials Senior
Advisory Committee
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
DHS Program
PLCY/HSAC,
NPPD/IGP
SME
SMI
SMI
SMO
SMU
SNJTK
Subject Matter Expert
Safety Management Institute
Smithsonian Institute
See OCSO
Special Mission Unit
Special Needs Jurisdiction Tool
Kit
Title
DHS Program
Private Sector
ALL
FEMA
FEMA/NCRC
Facility
DHS Program
FEMA
NPPD/RMA,
FEMA
SNL
SNM
SNPRM
Sandia National Laboratory
Specific Nuclear Material
Supplemental Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking [see also
ANPRM and NPRM]
Facility
Term/phrase
Document
S&T
DNDO
OGC
SNS
Strategic National Stockpile and Federal Gov't
National Disaster Medical
System
Security Operations Center or
Facility
State Operations Center
FEMA, NPPD,
OHA, OGC
SOCMA
Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturers Association
Private Sector Ass'n
NPPD/IP
SOLAS
SONAR
SONS
SOO
SOP
SOR
SORDS
Safety of Life at Sea
Sound Navigation and Ranging
Spill of National Significance
Statement of Objective
Standard Operating Procedure
Statement of Requirements
Stand-off Radiation Detection
System
System of Record Notice
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Document
Term/phrase
Document
Equipment
CBP, USCG
USCG
FEMA, USCG
ALL
Common
S&T
DNDO
Document
PLCY/SCO,
PRIV, OGC, I&A
SLSAC
SOC
SORN
FEMA
SOUTHCOM
SOW
SPAWAR
Southern Command
Statement of Work
Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center
DOD Program
Document
DOD Program
TSA
ALL
I&A, NPPD/IGP
SPD
Special Programs Division
(S&T/SPD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
SPG
SPG
SPIRIT
Senior Policy Group
Strategic Planning Guide
Security, Planning, and
Integrated Resources for
Information Technology
DHS Program
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA/NCRC
FEMA
PLCY/PSO
SPOT
Screening of Passengers by
Observation Techniques
DHS Program
TSA
SPOTREPS
SPP
SPP
SPP
Spot Reports
Screening Partnership Program
Secure Passage Program
Security and Prosperity
Partnership
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
DHS Program
OPS/NOC
TSA
TSA
PLCY/OIA, CNE,
TSA
SPRL
Southeast Poultry Research
Laboratory
USDA Program
OHA
SSA
Self Storage Association
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
SSA
SSAS
Social Security Administration
Strategic Sourcing and
Acquisition Systems
Federal Gov't
DHS Program
ALL
MGMT/OCPO
SSCJ
San Diego Sector Command
Center Joint
DHS Program
USCG
SSFSD
Secret Service Forensic Sciences
Division
DHS Program
USSS
SSP
SSS
SSS
STAC
Sector Specific Plan
Selective Service System
Small Structure Survey
Science and Technolofy
Advisory Committee
Term/phrase
DOD Division
Term/phrase
DHS Program
NPPD/IP, FEMA
FEMA
S&T
STAR
Science-based Threat Analysis
and Response Program
DHS Program
I&A, S&T
STAR
Strategic Threat and Action
Report
Studies, Training, Analysis and
Research
Document
NPPD/RMA
DHS Program
FEMA
START
Scientific and Technical
Advisory and Response Team
DHS Program
S&T
START
Security Through Advanced
Research & Technology
State or Local Gov't
S&T
STC
Secure the Cities
DHS Program
DNDO
STAR
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
STCW
Standards of Training,
Certification and
Watchkeeping [for Seafarers]
Secure Telephone Equipment
Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
DHS Program
USCG
Equipment
Term/phrase
ALL
S&T
Security Training Exercise
Program
Strategy for Targeting
Organized Piracy
Term/phrase
USCG, TSA
Federal Gov't
CBP
STE
STEM
STEP
STOP
STQ
STR
STSC
Screening Threshold Quantities Term/phrase
Suspicious Transaction Report
Term/phrase
Student and Schools System
DHS Program
NPPD
FLETC
TSA, CBP,
USCIS, USCG
STU
SVSS
SVTC
SVTS
Secure Telephone Unit
Small Vessel Security Strategy
Secure Video Teleconference
Secured Video
Teleconferencing System
Equipment
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Equipment
ALL
USCG
SWAT
SWGDE
Special Weapons and Tactics
Scientific Working Group on
Digital Evidence
Team title
DHS Program
FEMA
USSS
SWO
Senior Watch Officer
Title
OPS/NOC,
FEMA, S&T
TACLET
Tactical Law Enforcement
Team
Terrorism and Foreign
Assassination
TSA Approved Instructor
Tethered Aerostat Radar System
Tone-Alert Radios
Total Asset Visibility
Targeted Violence Information
Sharing System
DHS Program
USCG
Term/phrase
USSS
Title
Equipment
Equipment
Term/phrase
Equipment
TSA
ICE
FEMA
FEMA
TSA
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
Private Sector Ass'n
Common
Common
OPA
TSA
TAFA
TAI
TARS
TARS
TAV
TAVISS
TBA
TBD
TBP
TBR
To be announced
To be determined
To be published
Travel Business Roundtable
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
TCC
Transportable Communications Equipment
Center
FEMA, USCG
TCC
TCU
TCU
TSA Telephone Contact Center
Threat Containment
Transportation Coordination
Unit
Tribal Colleges and
Universities
DHS Program
Team title
DHS Program
TSA, CRCL
FEMA
FEMA
Private Sector Ass'n
S&T, CRCL
TDD
Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf
Equipment
CRCL
TDI
TDIS
see TDD
Traavel Document Issuance
System
DOS Program
I&A, CBP, PRIV,
PLCY/SCO,
USCIS
TDY
TECS
Temporary duty
Treasury Enforcement
Communications System
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
Common
CBP, TSA, I&A
TEEX
Texas Engineering Extension
Service
Private Sector
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
TENCAP
Tactical Exploitation of
National Capabilities
DOD Program
I&A
TEOAF
Treasury Executive Office of
Asset Forfeiture
Federal Gov't
FLETC
TEU
TEW
Technical Escort Unit
Terrorist Early Warning
(Group)
Temporary Flight Restriction
Terrorism Information
Awareness
Tactical Intelligence and
Related Activities
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA
FEMA, I&A, OPA
Term/phrase
DOD Program
USSS
DOD
Term/phrase
I&A
TIB
TIC
TIC
TIDE
Temporary Importation Bond
Toxic Industrial Chemical
Trusted Internet Connection
Terrorist Identities Datamart
Environment
Document
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DNI Program
CBP
NPPD/IP
NPPD/CS&C
PLCY/SCO,
PRIV, OGC, I&A
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
TIH
TIP
Toxic Inhalation Hazard
Threat Image Protection
Term/phrase
DHS Program
S&T, TSA
TSA
TCU
TFR
TIA
TIARA
Category
Affiliated With
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
TIPOFF
Terrorism Information
Program [database at DOS]
DOS Program
I&A, PLCY/SCO
TIPS
Terrorism Information and
Prevention System
DHS Program
FEMA, I&A
TISP
The Infrastructure Security
Partnership
Private Sector
PLCY/PSO,
NPPD/IP
TLD
Thermo Luminescent
Dosimeter
Training Needs Assessment
Technical Nuclear Forensics
Top Officials Exercise
Temporary Protected Status
Training Resources and Data
Exchange
Equipment
FEMA
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
FLETC
DNDO
FEMA, NPPD
USCIS, OGC
FEMA/USFA
Transportation Routing
Analysis Geographic
Information System
Transit Risk Assessment
Methodology
DHS Program
NPPD/RMA
DHS Program
FEMA,
NPPD/RMA
Transportation Risk Assessment
and Vulnerability Evaluation
Tool
Department of the Treasury
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
Transit (and) Rail Inspection
Pilot
Traveler Redress Inquiry
Program
Technical Reference Model
Transitional Recovery Office
Test Readiness Review
Top Secret
Transportation Security
Administration
DHS Program
TSA,
NPPD/RMA
Federal Gov't
Legislation
DHS Program
ALL
PLCY/PSO
TSA
DHS Program
TSA
DOD Program
Facility
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
DHS Component
I&A
FEMA`
S&T
ALL
ALL
TNA
TNF
TOPOFF
TPS
TRADE
TRAGIS
TRAM
TRAVEL
TREAS
TRIA
TRIP
TRIP
TRM
TRO
TRR
TS
TSA
TSAC
Towing Safety Advisory
Committee
DHS Committee
USCG
TSAR
Transportation Security
Administration Representative
Title
TSA
TSARM
TSA Self-Assessment Risk
Module
Terrorist Screening Center
DHS Program
TSA
Facility
TSA, CBP, I&A
TSC
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
TSCC
Transportation Security
Command Center
Facility
TSA
TSCM
Technical Security
Countermeasure
Technical Surveillance
Countermeasures
Term/phrase
FEMA
Term/phrase
TSA
TSD
Test and Evaluation Standards
Division (S&T/TSD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
TSDB
Terrorist Screening Database
Equipment
CBP, PLCY/SCO,
I&A, PRIV
TSGP
TSIS
Transit Security Grant Program
Transportation Security
Intelligence Service
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA, TSA
I&A, TSA
TSL
Transportation Security
Laboratory
Transportation Sector Network
Management (TSA/TSNM)
DHS Program
S&T, TSA
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
TSO
TSOC
Transportation Security Officer
Transportation Security
Operations Center
Title
Facility
TSA
TSA
TSP
TSPSOC
Thrift Savings Plan
Telecommunications Service
Priority/System Oversight
Committee
Federal Gov't
DHS Committee
MGMT/OCHCO
FEMA,
NPPD/CS&C
TSSP
Transportation Sect Specific
Plan
Technical Support Working
Group
Test, Training and Exercise
Terrorist Threat Assessment
and Credentialing
Term/phrase
TSA
Federal Gov't
FEMA
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA
TSA
see TDD
Terrorist Threat Integration
Center
Tactics, Techniques and
Procedures
Terrorist Threat Warning
System
Tabletop Exercise
Equipment
DHS Program
CRCL
I&A
Term/phrase
I&A
DHS Program
OPS/NOC
Term/phrase
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
TSCM
TSNM
TSWG
TT&E
TTAC
TTD
TTIC
TTP
TTWS
TTX
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Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
TTY
TUSCAN
TVA
TVTA
see TDD
TIPOFF U.S.-Canada
Tennessee Valley Authority
Threat and Vulnerability,
Testing and Assessment
Equipment
DOS Program
Federal Gov't
DHS Procedure
CRCL
I&A, PLCY/SCO
ALL
S&T
TWIC
Transportation Worker
Identification Credential
DHS Program
TSA, PLCY/SCO,
PRIV
TWOV
TWPDES
Transit Without Visa Program
Terrorist Watchlist Person Data
Exchange Standard
DHS program
Federal Gov't
TSA
I&A, PLCY/SCO
TWVP
UASI
(see TWOV)
Urban Areas Security Initiative
DHS program
FEMA/NCRC,
FEMA/GP
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(drone)
Universal Coordinated Time
(see ZULU)
Term/phrase
FEMA, CBP
International
FEMA, S&T
UCT
UDA
UEC
Undocumented Aliens
Term/phrase
Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Term/phrase
Territorial Waters
ICE
USCG
UHF
UML
Ultra High Frequency
Unified Modeling Language
Term/phrase
Term/phrase
FEMA
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A, PLCY/SCO
UMRA
Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act [1995]
Legislation
OGC
UN
United Nations
Foreign
FEMA,
PLCY/OIA
UPR
User Profile Record
Document
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCSO,
MGMT/OCIO,
FEMA, I&A
US&R
US&R
see USAR
Urban Search & Rescue (see
also USAR)
DHS Program
FEMA
USA
U.S. Army
DOD Division
FEMA, USCG
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
USA PATRIOT
[Act]
Uniting & Strengthening
America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept & Obstruct Terrorism
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. Animal Health Association
Legislation
ALL
DOD Program
DOD Division
DOD Program
Private Sector Ass'n
ALL
FEMA, USCG
ICE
S&T
USACE
USAF
USAFA
USAHA
USAID
U.S. Agency for International
Development
Federal Gov't
ALL
USA-ITA
U.S. Association for Importers
of Textiles and Apparel
Private Sector Ass'n
CBP
USAMRICD
U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Chemical Defense
DOD Program
FEMA, NPPD,
S&T, OHA
USAMRIID
U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute for Infectious Disease
DOD Program
FEMA, NPPD,
S&T, OHA
USAR
USAR
USBP (see CBP)
USC
USC
U.S. Army Reserve
Urban Search and Rescue
U.S. Border Patrol
United States Citizen
United States Code
DOD Program
Term/phrase
FEMA
FEMA
CBP
CBP, USCIS
FEMA, NPPD,
I&A
USCAP
U.S. Civilian Aviation
Partnership
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
US-CERT
United States Computer
Emergency Readiness Team
DHS Program
NPPD/CS&C,
I&A, S&T
USCG
United States Coast Guard
DHS Component
ALL
USCIS
United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services
DHS Component
ALL
USCOLD
USCS (see CBP)
U.S. Committee on Large Dams Private Sector
United States Customs Service
(now U.S. Customs and Border
Protection)
U.S. Customs Service COBRA
DHS Committee
Fees Advisory Committee
USCSCFAC
USDA
USFA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States Fire
Administration (FEMA/USFA)
Title
Document
Federal Gov't
DHS
Subcomponent
FEMA
CBP
ALL
ALL
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
USFS
USG
USGS
USIA
U.S. Forest Service
United States Government
United States Geological Survey
United States Information
Agency
United States Interdiction
Coordinator
DOI Division
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
DOS Division
FEMA
FEMA
FEMA, NPPD
FEMA
Title
CNE
United States Joint Forces
Command
United States Marine Corps
United States Marshals Service
DOD Division
FEMA, USCG
DOD Division
DHS Program
FEMA, USCG
CBP, ICE,TSA,
FEMA
United States Navy
United States National Central
Bureau
USNORTHCOM see NORTHCOM
DOD Division
DOJ Program
FEMA, USCG
I&A
USPHS
USPIS
USPP
USPS
USSS
U.S. Public Health Service
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
U.S. Park Police
United States Postal Service
United States Secret Service
HHS Division
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
Federal Gov't
DHS Component
FEMA, S&T
NPPD
FEMA/NCRC
ALL
ALL
USTR
United States Trade
Representative
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant
Status Indicator Technology
(NPPD/US-VISIT)
Federal Gov't
ALL
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
UTCP
Unified Tactical
Communications Program
DHS Program
ALL
UUV
Unmanned Underwater
Vehicle
Ultra Wideband
U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs
Vetted Anti-Counterfeiting
Forces
Vehicle and Cargo Inspection
System
Vehicle Borne Improvised
Explosive Device
Equipment
S&T
Term/phrase
Federal Gov't
NPPD/US-VISIT
ALL
DHS Program
USSS
Equipment
CBP
Equipment
S&T
USIC
USJFCOM
USMC
USMS
USN
USNCB
US-VISIT
UWB
VA
VACF
VACIS
VBIED
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
VCC
VGTOF
Venue Control Cell
Violent Gangs Terrorist
Organization File
Facility
DOJ Program
FEMA
PLCY/SCO, I&A
VHA
VIP
VIP
VIPR
Veterans Health Administration
Very important person
Volunteer Incentive Program
Visual Intermodal Protection
and Response
Federal Gov't
term/phrase
DHS Program
DHS Program
FEMA, USCG
Common
FEMA
TSA, S&T
VIPS
Volunteers in Police Service
Private Sector Ass'n
FEMA,
NPPD/IGP
VISAT
Vulnerability Identification
Self-Assessment Tool (now
RSAT)
Visitor & Immigrant Status
Indicator Technology
DHS Program
NPPD/RMA
Equipment
USCIS,
PLCY/SCO, CBP,
TSA
Veterinary Medical Assistance
Team
Volunteer Organizations Active
in a Disaster
DHS Program
FEMA, OPS
Private Sector Ass'n
PLCY/PSO
VOIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Term/phrase
PLCY/SCO, I&A,
PRIV,
MGMT/OCIO,
S&T
VOSS
Vessel of Opportunity
Skimming System
DHS Program
USCG
VPN
Virtual Private Network
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
VSP
VSU
VTC
VTS
VWP
WACC
Visa Security Program
Visa Security Unit
Video Tele-Conference
Vessel Traffic Service
Visa Waiver Program
Weapons and Ammunition
Commodity Council
DHS Program
DHS Program
Term/phrase
DHS Program
DOS Program
DHS Program
TSA
ICE
FEMA, OPA
USCG
TSA, CBP, ICE
USSS, USCG
WAN
WAWS
Wide Area Network
Washington Area Warning
System
Term/phrase
State or Local Gov't
FEMA
FEMA/NCRC
VISIT
VMAT
VOAD
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
WCF
Working Capital Fund
Federal Gov't
MGMT/OCFO,
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
WCO
WEF
WGI
WHL
World Customs Organization
World Economic Forum
Within Grade Increase
White House Liaison Office
(SEC/COS/WHL)
International
International
Term/phrase
DHS
Subcomponent
CBP
PLCY/PSO
MGMT/OCHCO
ALL
WHO
WHO
White House Office
World Health Organization
Federal Gov't
Foreign
ALL
FEMA, NPPD,
OHA, OGC
WHSR
White House Situation Room
Facility
FEMA, NPPD,
I&A
WHTI
Western Hemisphere Travel
Initiative
DHS Program
CBP, NPPD/USVISIT,
PLCY/SCO, PRIV
WIFLE
Women in Federal Law
Enforcement
Private Sector Ass'n
MGMT/OCHCO,
FLETC
WIN
Warrant Information Network
DOJ Program
PLCY/SCO,
PRIV, I&A
WISE
Water Infrastructure
Simulation Environment
DHS Program
NPPD/RMA
WLSP
Watch List Service Providers
Private Sector Ass'n
TSA
WMA
Washington Metropolitan Area
State or Local Gov't
FEMA/NCRC
WMATA
Washington Metropolitan Area
Transport Authority
State or Local Gov't
FEMA/NCRC
WMD
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD,
DNDO, S&T,
I&A
WMDBD
WMD and Biodefense
(OHA/WMDBD)
DHS
Subcomponent
ALL
WMD-DAC
WMDO-IM
WMD Decision Analysis Center
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Office & Incident Management
DHS Program
DHS Program
S&T
S&T
WMO
World Meteorological
Organization
International
FEMA, NPPD
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Acronym (or
Abbreviation)
What It Stands For
Category
Affiliated With
WPM
WPS
WPS
WPT
Wood Packing Material
Water Purification System
Wireless Priority Service
Workforce Performance
Training
Web Services Description
Language
Term/phrase
Equipment
Private Sector
DHS Program
CBP
FEMA
NPPD, I&A
TSA
Term/phrase
MGMT/OCIO,
I&A
WTC
World Trade Center
Term/phrase
FEMA, II&A,
NPPD,
PLCY/PSO
WTO
World Trade Organization
International
FEMA, NPPD,
I&A
XML
Extensible Markup Language
Term/phrase
I&A,
MGMT/OCIO
ZULU
Indicates use of Universal
Coordinated Time
(Greenwich)
Term/phrase
FEMA, NPPD
WSDL
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