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A-16 Supplemental Guidance - Acronyms
| Acronym | Definition |
| A–130 | OMB Circular A–130 |
| A–16 | OMB Circular A–16 |
| AIC | Architecture Information Committee |
| AOI | Area of interest |
| ARES | American Real Estate Society |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BRM | Business reference model |
| BTS | Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design |
| CAP | Cooperative Agreements Program |
| CBP | U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| CD | Compact disc |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CD-ROM | Compact disc read-only memory |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CGCC | Communications Government Coordinating Council |
| CI/KR | Critical infrastructure and key resources |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CIOC | Chief Information Officers Council |
| COD | Common operating data |
| COI | Community of interest |
| CoP | Community of practice |
| COP | Common operating picture |
| COTR | Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative |
| CSCC | Communications Sector Coordinating Council |
| CSTA | Common Solution and Target Architecture |
| DAS | Data Analysis/Data Services (Lexicon Term Category) |
| DCG | Data Communities – GOS (Lexicon Term Category) |
| DFIRM | Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DIB | Defense industrial base |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DOC | U.S. Department of Commerce |
| DoD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI | U.S. Department of the Interior |
| DOJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
| DOS | U.S. Department of State |
| DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| DOTreas | U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| DTI | Data Theme Items (Lexicon Term Category) |
| DVD | Digital video disc |
| DSV | Data Services (Lexicon Term Category) |
| EDI | Electronic data interchange |
| eGOV | E-Government Initiative |
| EIA | U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| ELA | Enterprise licensing agreement |
| E.O. | Executive Order |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPCRA | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
| EROS | Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science |
| ESS | Emergency Services System |
| ETL | Extract, transfer, load |
| FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FBIIC | Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee |
| FEA | Federal Enterprise Architecture |
| FGDC | Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FPS | Federal Protective Service |
| FS | U.S. Forest Service |
| FSSCC | Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| G&T | Grants and training |
| GEO | Geospatial (Lexicon Term Category) |
| Geospatial LoB | Geospatial Line of Business |
| GEOSS | Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GFS | Government Facilities sector |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIO | Geographic Information Officers |
| GIS | Geographic information system |
| GNS | Geospatial Needs Assessment (Lexicon Term Category) |
| GOS | Geospatial One Stop |
| GPS | Global positioning system |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| GSV | General Services (Lexicon Term Category) |
| HAZMAT | Hazardous materials |
| HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| HMO | Health maintenance organization |
| HSIN | Homeland Security Information Network |
| HSPD–7 | Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 |
| HUD | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IAA | Interagency agreement |
| ICE | Immigration and customs enforcement |
| ID | Identification |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| INF | Information (Lexicon Term Category) |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPS | Image processing system |
| ISAC | Information sharing and analysis |
| ISO | International Organization for Standards |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| IT | Information technology |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Expert Group |
| LAN | Local area network |
| LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committees |
| LiDAR | Light detection and ranging |
| LoB | Line of business |
| MAA | Medi-Cal administrative activities |
| MMS | Minerals Management Service |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MS | Microsoft |
| MTSA | Maritime Transportation Security Act |
| NADB | National Asset Database |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NBII | National Biological Information Infrastructure |
| NEPA | National Environmental Planning Act |
| NGAC | National Geospatial Advisory Committee |
| NHD | National Hydrography Dataset |
| NIPP | National Infrastructure Protection Plan |
| NMI | National monuments and icons |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPS | National Park Service |
| NRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NSDI | National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
| NSRS | National Spatial Reference System |
| NWIS | National Water Information System |
| OCS&T | Office of Cyber Security and Telecommunications |
| OGC | Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OIP | Office of Infrastructure Protection |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| PC | Personal computer |
| PDA | Personal digital assistant |
| PIA | Privacy impact assessment |
| PII | Personally identifiable information |
| P.L. | Public Law |
| PMT | Program Management (Lexicon Term Category) |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| POC | Point of contact |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| QA/QC | Quality assurance and quality control |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RFI | Request for information |
| RFP | Request for proposal |
| RMD | Risk Management Division |
| RMP | Risk management plan |
| ROI | Return on investment |
| SCADA | Supervisory control and data acquisition |
| SERC | State Emergency Response Commission |
| SLA | Service level agreement or shared licensing agreement |
| SOA | Service-oriented architecture |
| SOAGI | Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information |
| SONET | Synchronous Optical Network |
| SOW | Statement of work |
| SSA | Sector-specific agencies |
| SSP | Sector-specific plan |
| STORET | Storage and retrieval |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| TSA | Transportation Security Administration |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USCB | U.S. Census Bureau |
| USCG | U.S. Coast Guard |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USFG | Unified Facilities Guide Specifications |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| WAN | Wide area network |
| XML | Extensible markup language |
