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Because sometimes you want to know WTF they are talking about. Let us know if we missed one.

Source: GovSpeak

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A&E	Architecture and Engineering
A/OPC	Agency/Organization Program Coordinator
AAPC	Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
AAS	Office of Airport Safety and Standards
ABMC	American Battle Monuments Commission
ABVS	Automated Best Value System
ACC	Air Combat Command
ACDA	United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACE	Aumtomated Commercial Environment
ACES	Access Certificates for Electronic Services
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
ACFR	Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
ACHP	Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
ACM	Association for Computing Machinery
ACQWeb	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
ACSFA	Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
ACSL	Alternate Crops and Systems Lab
ACYF	Administration for Children, Youth, and Families
ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADB	Asian Development Bank
ADC	Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
ADD	Administration on Developmental Disabilities
ADDS	Aviation Digital Data Service
ADF	African Development Foundation
ADMATCH	Address Matching Software
ADP	Automated Data Processing
ADT	Abstract Data Type
AFCARS	Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System
AFDB	African Development Bank
AFDC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFIS	American Forces Information Service
AFRC	Air Force Reserve Command
AFRL	Air Force Research Laboratory
AFROTC	Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFRRI	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
AFRTS	Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFS	Air Facility System
AFSC	Armed Forces Staff College
AFSIC	Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
AFSPC	Air Force Space Command
AGRICOLA	Agricultural OnLine Access
AHCPR	Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (changed to AHRQ)
AHPCRC	Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHS	American Housing Survey
AIAC	Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
AID	Agency for International Development
AID	Acquisition Item Description
AID	Automated Interaction Detector
AIRS	Aerometric Information Retrieval System
AIS	Address Information System
AIS	Automated Information Security
Amb.	Ambassador
AMES	Ames Laboratory
AMS	Agricultural Marketing Service
Amtrak	National Railroad Passenger Corporation
ANA	Administration for Native Americans
ANG	Air National Guard
ANL	Argonne National Laboratory
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
AOA	Administration on Aging
APHIS	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
AQA	Approved Quality Assurance
ARB	Administrative Review Board
ARBA	Army Review Boards Agency
ARC	Appalachian Regional Commission
ARL	Army Research Laboratory
ARNet	Acquisition Reform Network
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARS	Agricultural Research Service
ASTER	Assessment Tools for the Evaluation of Risk
AT	Assistive Techonology
ATF	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BAA	Broad Agency Announcement
BARC	Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
BAT	Best Available Technology
BCA	Benefit Cost Analysis
BDAT	Best Demonstrated Available Techonology
BEA	Bureau of Economic Analysis
BEP	Bureau of Engraving and Printing
BEST	Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends
BFRL	Building and Fire Research Laboratory
BHPr	Bureau of Health Professions
BIA	Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIC	Business Information Center
BIMAS	BioInformatics Molecular Analysis Section
BIS	Bureau of Industry and Security
BJA	Bureau of Justice Assistance
BJS	Bureau of Justice Statistics
BLM	Bureau of Land Management
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLUF	Bottom Line Up Front
BMDO	Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
BNA	Bureau of National Affairs
BOP	Federal Bureau of Prisons
BOR	Bureau of Reclamation
BPA	Bonneville Power Administration
BPA	Blanket Purchase Agreement
BPD	Bureau of the Public Debt
BPHC	Bureau of Primary Health Care
BRAC	Base Realignment and Closure
BRB	Benefits Review Board
BRD	Biological Resource Division
BRFSS	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
BSC	Business Service Centers
BSM	Business Systems Modernization
BTS	Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BTSD	Border and Transportation Security Directorate
BVA	Board of Veterans Appeals
BXA	Bureau of Export Administration (changed to BIS)
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
CADRE	Computer-Aided Data Retrieval and Evaluation Software
CAGE	Commercial and Government Entity
CAGE Code	Contractor and Government Entity Code
CAOC	Chief Acquisition Officers Council
CBD	Commerce Business Daily (Changed to FBO)
CBER	Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CBI	Confidential Business Information
CBIAC	Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center
CBO	Congressional Budget Office
CCB	Child Care Bureau
CCC	Commodity Credit Corporation
CCR	Commission on Civil Rights
CCR	Central Contractor Registration
CDBG	Community Development Block Grants
CDC	Centers for Disease Control
CDD	Contract Delivery Date
CDER	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
CDFI	Community Development Financial Institutions
CDRH	Center for Devices and Radiological Health
CEA	Council of Economic Advisers
CEA	Cost Effective Analysis
CEDR	Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
CEN	Bureau of the Census
CENTCOM	Central Command
CEOS	Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
CEPPO	Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
CEPS	Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
CEQ	Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLIS	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Information System
CETEC	Topographic Engineering Center
CEU	Continuing Education Units
CFDA	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFOC	Chief Financial Officers Council
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CFSAN	National Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
CFTC	Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CHAMPVA	Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
CHID	Combined Health Information Database
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CIAO	Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
CIC	Consumer Information Center
CIC	Consumer Information Catalog
CID	U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
CIFM	Computer Integrated Facility Management
CINC	Commander-in-Chief
CIOC	Chief Information Officer Council
CIP	Critical Information Protection
CIPRIS	Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students
CIS	Cancer Information Service
CISS	Center for Information Security Services
CIT	Center for Information Technology
CITA	Center for IT Accommodation
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CLIN	Contract Line Item Number
CLU-IN	Clean-up Information Bulletin Board System
CMHS	Center for Mental Health Services
CMLS	Centralized Mailing List Service
CMS	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMV	Center for Minority Veterans
CNO	Chief of Naval Operations
CNPP	Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
CNS	Corporation for National Service
CODATA	Committee on Data for Science and Technology
COMPAD	Competition Advocate
Conrail	Consolidated Rail Corporation
CONSER	Cooperative Online Serials
CONUS	Continental United States
COP	Coastal Ocean Program
COPS	Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
COTR	Contracting Officer
COTS	Commercial, Off-the-Shelf
CPI	Consumer Price Index
CPMS	Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service
CPO	Corrections Program Office
CPSC	Consumer Product Safety Commission
CRADA	Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRC	Civil Rights Center
CRISP	Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
CRP	Conservation Reserve Program
CRS	Congressional Research Service
CRS	Community Relations Service
CSAP	Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSAT	Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSB	Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
CSE	Office of Child Support Enforcement
CSI	Center for the Study of Intelligence
CSR	Center for Scientific Review
CSREES	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CTA	Contractor Team Arrangements
CTEP	Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
CUAP	College and University Affiliations Program
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention