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A&AS:
Advisory & Assistance Service
A&C:
Abatement and Control
A&E:
Architect-Engineering
A&G:
Acquisitions & Grants; Administrative & General
A&I:
Alternative and Innovative (Wastewater Treatment System)
A&R:
Air and Radiation; Audit & Reimbursement
A/P:
Accounts Payable
A/R:
Applicant and/or Recipient
A/WPR:
Air/Water Pollution Report
A109:
OMB Circular "Major Systems Acquisitions (ADP)"
A121:
OMB Circular "Charge Back for ADP Services Provided to Multiple Users"
A130:
OMB Circular "Management of Federal Information Resources"
A2HA:
American Association of Hospital Accountants
A76:
OMB Circular "Policies for Acquiring Commercial or Industrial Products or Services
AA:
Accountable Area; Adverse Action; Advices of Allowance; Assistant Administrator; Associate Administrator; Atomic Absorption; Assistant Administrator; Associate Administrator
AAA:
Agricultural Adjustment Administration; American Automobile Association
AABB:
American Association of Blood Banks
AABH:
Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
AACN:
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
AACR:
American Association for Cancer Research
AADA:
Abbreviated Antibiotic Drug Application
AAEE:
American Academy of Environmental Engineers
AAF:
Aplastic Anemia Foundation
AAFES:
Army & Air Force Exchange Services
AAFP:
American Academy of Family Physicians
AAGEG:
Administrative Analysis Grade Evaluation Guide
AAHA:
American Association of Homes for the Aging
AAHP:
American Association of Health Plans
AAHSA:
American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging
AAI:
Applications Alarms Infrastructure (GTE/MTS)
AAKP:
American Association of Kidney Patients
AAMC:
Association of American Medical Colleges
AANWR:
Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AAO:
American Academy of Ophthalmology
AAP:
American Academy of Pediatrics; Asbestos Action Program
AAPC:
American Association of Professional Coders
AAPCC:
Adjusted Average Per Capita Cost
AAPCO:
American Association of Pesticide Control Officials
AAPD:
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
AAPHR:
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights
AAPP:
Affirmative Action Program Planning
AARC:
Alliance for Acid Rain Control
AARCC:
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
AARG:
Average Annual Rate of Growth
AARP:
American Association of Retired Persons
AARR:
Approval, Adjustment & Reject Response
AAS:
Advisory and Assistance Services (PPN 92-01 & 13 Apr 92 memo)
AB:
(BC/BSA's) Administrative Bulletin
ABA:
American Banking Association; American Bar Association
ABD:
Aged, Blind & Disabled
ABEL:
EPA's computer model for analyzing a violator's ability to pay a civil penalty
ABEND:
Abnormal Ending
ABENDAID:
ABEND Analysis Software
ABES:
Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions
ABG:
Arterial Blood Gases
ABH:
Association of Behavioral Healthcare
ABMC:
American Battle Monuments Commission
ABN:
Advanced Beneficiary Notice
ABR:
American Board of Radiology
ABS:
Annual Beneficiary Summary
AC:
Actual Charge; Actual Commitment; Advisory Circular; Allowable Cost
ACA:
American Conservation Association; Amputee Coalition of America
ACBM:
Asbestos-Containing Building Material
ACC:
American College of Cardiology; Automated Change Control
ACCT:
Action Plan by Electronic Claims Transaction Institute
ACD:
Audit Clearance Document; Automatic Cancellation Date
ACE:
(Carrier) Automated Claims Examination; Alliance for Clean Energy; Any Credible Evidence
ACEEE:
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
ACEI:
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
ACEP:
American College of Emergency Physicians
ACERS:
Annual Contractor Evaluation Reporting System
ACES:
Access Certificates for Electronic Services
ACF:
Administration for Children & Families; Administration for Children and Families
ACFM:
Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute
ACGIH:
American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists
ACH:
Automated Clearing House
ACHE:
American College of Healthcare Executives
ACIP:
PHS Immunization Practice Advisory Committee
ACL:
Access Control List; Access Control Lists; Alternate Concentration Limit; Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
ACLI:
American Council of Life Insurance
ACLU:
American Civil Liberties Union
ACM:
Asbestos-Containing Material; Association of Computing Machinery
ACMP:
Audit/Civil Monetary Penalties
ACMS:
Advanced Cost Management Systems
ACO:
Administrative Contracting Officer
ACOG:
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
ACP:
Agriculture Control Program (Water Quality Management); Air Carcinogen Policy; American College of Physicians
ACPS:
Advanced Claims Processing System
ACPV:
Average Cost per Visit
ACQR:
Air Quality Control Region
ACQUIRE:
Aquatic Information Retrieval
ACR:
Adjusted Community (Contract) Rate; American College of Radiology
ACRG:
Annual Compound Rate of Growth
ACRP:
Adjusted Community Rate Proposal
ACRS:
Accelerated Cost Recovery System
ACS:
Accredited Standards Committee; American Cancer Society; American Chemical Society; American College of Surgeons; Automated Cartridge System
ACSC:
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
ACSI:
American Customer Satisfaction Index
ACSS:
Advisory Council on Social Security
ACT:
Access Control Table; Action
ACTG:
AIDS Clinical Trials Group
ACTS:
Asbestos Contractor Tracking System; Automated Case Tracking System
ACU:
Automatic Calling Unit
ACV:
Arithmetic Coefficient of Variation
ACWA:
American Clean Water Association
ACWM:
Asbestos-Containing Waste Material
ACYF:
Administration on Children, Youth & Families; Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
AD:
Admitting Diagnosis
ADA:
American Dental Association; American Dietetic Association; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADABA:
Acceptable Data Base
ADAD:
After Date of Award Document
ADAMHA:
Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Administration
ADAP:
AIDS Drug Assistance Program
ADAPSO:
Association of Data Processing Services Organization
ADARS:
Automated DASD Archival Restoration System
ADB:
Applications Data Base; Asian Development Bank
ADC:
Adult Day Care
ADCR:
Automated Document Control Register/IFMS System
ADD:
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
ADG:
Ambulatory Diagnostic Group
ADG-HOSDOM:
Ambulatory Diagnostic Group Hospital Dominant
ADHA:
American Dental & Hygienists Association
ADI:
Acceptable Daily Intake
ADJ:
Adjusted Claim
ADL:
Activities of Daily Living
ADMC:
Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage
ADMS:
Administrative Message; Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Services
ADOBI:
Advanced DOB Information (System) (SSA)
ADOPO:
Alternate Delivery Order Project Officer
ADP:
(Medicaid) Alternative Disposition Plan; Advance Planning Document; AHERA Designated Person; Automated Data Processing; Automated Data Processing
ADPOMB:
ADP Operations Management Branch (@ RTP - pre reorganization)
ADQ:
Audits of Data Quality
ADR:
Alternate Dispute Resolution; Alternative Dispute Resolution (EEO); Alternative Disputes Resolution; Automated Date Review; Automated Desk Review
ADS:
Alternative Delivery System; Amount, Duration & Scope; Automated Data System; Automated Development System
ADSB:
Application Development System Batch
ADSO:
Application Development System Online
ADSS:
Air Data Screening System
ADT:
Admission/Discharge Transfer; Average Daily Traffic
ADWOH:
Average Day's Work On Hand
AE:
Administrative Enhancement
AEA:
Atomic Energy Act
AEC:
Associate Enforcement Counsels
AED:
Automated External Defribrillator
AEE:
Alliance for Environmental Education
AEERL:
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
AEM:
Acoustic Emission Monitoring
AEP:
Annual Coordinated Election Period; Annual Enrollment Period; Appropriateness Evaluation Period
AERE:
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
AERO:
Automatic Earnings Recomputation Operation (MBR)
AES:
Auger Electron Spectrometry
AF:
Administrative Function
AFA:
Alternative Form of Annuity; American Forestry Association
AFAA:
Air Force Audit Agency
AFARS:
Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
AFCA:
Area Fuel Consumption Allocation
AFCEA:
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association
AFCEE:
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
AFDB:
African Development Bank
AFDC:
Aid to Families with Dependant Children (Title IV of the SS Act); Aid to Families with Dependent Children
AFDF:
African Development Fund
AFDS:
Alternative Financing & Delivery System
AFEHCT:
American Federation of Electronic Health Care Transactions; Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions
AFFARS:
Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
AFFIRM:
Association of Federal Information Resources Management
AFHHA:
American Federation of Home Health Agencies
AFIPS:
American Federation of Information Resources Societies
AFMCFARS:
Air Force Materiel Command FAR Supplement
AFN:
Accumulation File Number
AFPS:
Accounting for Pay System
AFS:
AIRS Facility Subsystem
AFSC:
Armed Forces Staff College
AFSCME:
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
AFSPCFARS:
Air Force Space Command Supplement
AFUG:
AIRS Facility Users Group
AG:
Affiliated Group
AGA:
Association of Government Accounts
AGAR:
Agriculture Acquisition Regulation
AGNS:
AT&T Global Network Services
AGPAM:
American Guild of Patient Account Managers
AGRICOLA:
Agricultural Online Access
AH:
Allowance Holder (two digit identification in the REQL for the EPA organization) or OAM Acquisition Handbook; Allowance Holders
AHA:
American Heart Association; American Hospital Association
AHCA:
American Health Care Association
AHCPR:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHERA:
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AHES:
Average Hourly Earnings
AHFSA:
Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies
AHIMA:
American Health Information Management Association
AHP:
Accountable Health Partnership; Accountable Health Plan; Alternative Health Plan; Average Historical Payment
AHPA:
American Health Planning Association
AHPB:
Adjusted Historical Payment Basis
AHRQ:
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHSEA:
Adjusted Hourly Salary Equivalency Amount
AHSS:
Adhoc Sampling Survey
AHU:
Air Handling Unit
AI:
Active Ingredient; Audit Intermediary
AIC:
Active to Inert Conversion; Amount In Controversy
AICC:
Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex
AICPA:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
AICR:
Alternative Internal Control Review
AICUZ:
Air Installation Compatible Use Zones
AID:
Agency for Informational Development; Agency for International Development
AIDAR:
Agency for International Development Acquisition Regulation
AIF:
Applications Interface Facility
AIHC:
American Industrial Health Council
AIIM:
Association for Information & Image Management (trade association)
AIM:
Automated Insertion Machine
AIMS:
Audit Information Management System
AINS:
Advanced Information Network System
AIP:
Auto Ignition Point
AIRMON:
Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network
AIRMS:
ADP Information Resources Management and Scientific
AIRS:
Aerometric Information Retrieval System
AIS:
Automated Information Systems
AKA:
Also know as
AKF:
American Kidney Fund
AL:
Acceptable Level
ALA:
Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid
ALA-O:
Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydrates
ALAPO:
Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officers
ALARA:
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ALBN:
Amount of Last Billing Notice
ALC:
Active License Counter; Active Location Counter; Alternate Level of Care; Application Limiting Constituent
ALE:
Annual Loss Expectancy
ALFA:
Assisted Living Federation of America
ALJ:
Administrative Law Judge; Administrative Law Judges
ALMS:
Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy
ALNF:
Auto Liability NoFault
ALOS:
Average Length of Stay
ALR:
Action Leakage Rate
ALS:
Advanced Life Support; Advanced Logistics System
ALSO:
Automatic Lump Sum Operation (MBR)
ALT:
Average Length of Treatment
AM:
Adjustment Module; Amplitude Modulation
AMA:
American Medical Association
AMASDS:
Asset Management & Automated Software Distribution System
AMBIENS:
Atmospheric Mass Balance of Industrially Emitted and Natural Sulfur
AMCP:
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
AMCRA:
American Medical Care & Review Association
AMCS:
Automated Medical Coding System
AmeriCorps NCCC:
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps
AMHPS:
Association of Minority Health Professional Schools
AMI:
acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
AMIA:
American Medical Informatics Association
AMIS:
American Management Information System
AML:
Arithmetic Mean of the Logarithm
AMOC:
Automated Manual Ordering Cycle
AMOS:
Air Management Oversight System
AMP:
Average Manufacturer's Price
AMPB:
Architectural Management and Planning Branch
AMPS:
Automatic Mapping and Planning System
AMR:
Acquisition Management Review
AMRA:
American Medical Records Association
AMS:
Activities Management System; Agricultural Marketing Service
AMSA:
Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies
Amtrak:
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
AMW:
Average Monthly Wage
AN:
Account Number (also A/N)
ANA:
Administration for Native Americans; American Nurses Association
ANC:
Acid Neutralizing Capacity
ANCHR:
Access to the NCH Repository (online query to 5% sample)
ANCI:
American National Standards Institute
ANDA:
Abbreviated New Drug Applications
ANNA:
American Nephrology Nurses Association
ANPR:
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
ANRHRD:
Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division/ORD
ANSCII:
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
ANSI X12 837:
American National Standards Institute Health Data Committee X12 file format 837
ANSI:
American National Standards Institute
ANSS:
American Nature Study Society
AO:
Accreditation Organization
AOA:
Administration on Aging; American Optometric Association; American Osteopathic Association
AOAC:
Association of Official Analytical Chemists
AOC:
Abnormal Operating Conditions
AOD:
Argon-Oxygen Decarbonization
AOLS:
All Other Local Screens
AOML:
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AONE:
American Organization of Nurse Executives
AOPA:
American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association
AOR:
After Outliers Removed; Application Owning Region
AP:
Accounting Point; Acquisition Plan; Award Processing
APA:
Administrative Procedures Act; American Pharmaceutical Association; American Psychiatric Association
APACHE:
Acute Physiology & Chronic Health Evaluation
APC:
Ambulatory Payment Class; Average Per Capita; Average Projected Costs
APCA:
Air Pollution Control Association
APCD:
Air Pollution Control District
APCSS:
Automated Production Control & Scheduling System (at HDC)
APD:
Advanced Planning Documents
APDA:
Accretion Premium Due Amount
APDS:
Automated Procurement Documentation System
APDSR:
Average Per Diem State Rate
APF:
Authorized Program Facility
APG:
Ambulatory Patient Group; Ambulatory Payment Group
APHA:
American Public Health Association
APHIS:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHP:
Acute Partial Hospitalization Program; Applied as Hospital Insurance Premiums
APHSA:
American Public Human Services Association
API:
Application Programming Interface
APM:
Admission Pattern Monitoring; Audit Priority Matrix
APMA:
American Podiatric Medical Association
APME:
Advisory Panel on Medicare Education
APO:
Awards Processing Operation
APP:
Application Portability Profile
APPC:
Advanced ProgramtoProgram Communication
APPS:
(GHP) Automated Plan Payment System
APR - DRG:
all payer refined - diagnosis related groups
APR:
Acquisition Procurement Request; Agency Procurement Request; Average Payment Rate
APRAC:
Urban Diffusion Model for Carbon Monoxide from Motor Vehicle Traffic
APS:
Acquisition Planning Schedule; Acute Physiology Score; Adjudication Payment System; Annual Person Summary System; Application Productivity System
APSA:
American Political Science Association
A-PT:
ActionPhase Topic
APT:
Automated Production Turnover
APTD:
Aid to the Permanently & Totally Disabled
APTI:
Air Pollution Training Institute
APWA:
American Public Welfare Association (changed to APHSA); American Public Works Association
AQ-7:
Non-reactive Pollutant Modelling
AQCCT:
Air-Quality Criteria and Control Techniques
AQCP:
Air Quality Control Program
AQCR:
Air-Quality Control Region
AQD:
Air-Quality Digest
AQDHS:
Air-Quality Data Handling System
AQDM:
Air-Quality Display Model
AQI:
Audit Quality Initiative
AQL:
Acceptable Quality Level
AQMA:
Air-Quality Maintenance Area
AQMD:
Air Quality Management District
AQMP:
Air-Quality Maintenance Plan; Air-Quality Management Plan
AQRP:
Audit Quality Review Program
AQSM:
Air-Quality Simulation Model
AQTAD:
Air-Quality Technical Assistance Demonstration
AR:
Accounts Receivable; Administrative Record; Alpha Representation
ARA:
Assistant Regional Administrator; Assistant Regional Administrator; Associate Regional Administrator; Associate Regional Administrator
ARAC:
Acid Rain Advisory Committee
ARAR:
Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Standards, Limitations, Criteria, and Requirements
ARB:
Air Resources Board
ARC:
Agency Ranking Committee; AIDS Related Complex; American Red Cross; Appalachian Regional Commission; Association for Retarded Citizens
ARCC:
American Rivers Conservation Council
ARCS:
Accounts Receivable & Collection System; Alternative Remedial Contract Strategy; Alternative Remedial Contracting Strategy
Area:
Standardization Areas
ARF:
Actuarial Reduction Factor Program (MBR); Area Resource File
ARG:
American Resources Group
ARIMA:
Arithmetic Moving Average
ARIP:
Accidental Release Information Program
ARK:
Arkansas Part B System
ARL:
Air Resources Laboratory; Authority Revocation List
ARM:
Air Resources Management
ARMIS:
Ad Hoc Reports Management Information System
ARMS:
Adhoc Reports Management System; Automated Resource Management System
ARNEWS:
Acid Rain National Early Warning Systems
ARO:
After receipt of order; Alternate Regulatory Option; Annualized Rate of Occurence
ARP:
Acquisition Rotation Program (PEC program); Admission Review Program
ARRP:
Acid Rain Research Program
ARRPA:
Air Resources Regional Pollution Assessment Model
ARS:
Active Record Status; Advanced Record System (GSA); Advanced Retrieval System; Age/Race/Sex; Agricultural Research Service; Altanthus Response System
ARSTOP:
ARS Telephone Communications Operating Procedures
ARTEMIS:
(mainframe project management software testing tool)
ARTS:
Automated Reporting & Tracking System
ARU:
Audio Response Unit; Automated Response Unit (Phone system with automated routing)
ARZ:
Auto Restricted Zone
AS:
Administrative Simplification; Advanced System (AJS); American Samoa; Application System; Area Source
ASAP:
American Society of Automation in Pharmacy; Automated Standard Application for Payments
ASBCA:
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals; Armed Services Board of Contract/State Assessments
ASC:
Accredited Standards Committee (ANSI); Ambulatory Surgical/Surgery Center; Area Source Category
ASCA:
Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
ASCII:
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (see ANSCII); American Standards Code for Information Interchange
ASCM:
Application Software Configuration Management
ASCO:
American Society of Clinical Oncology
ASCP:
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
ASCPT:
American Society of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
ASCT:
American Society of Cytotechnology
ASCW:
Audit Selection Criteria Worksheet
ASD:
Administrative Systems Division
ASDWA:
Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
ASER/SA:
Annual State Evaluation Report/State Assessments
ASF:
Automatic System Facility
ASH:
Assistant Secretary for Health
ASHAA:
Asbestos in Schools Hazard Abatement Act
ASHP:
American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists; American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
ASHRAE:
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASHRM:
American Society of Healthcare Risk Management
ASI:
Alert Screen Initiative
ASIC:
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIM:
American Society of Internal Medicine
ASIS:
Association Society of Industrial Security
ASIWCPA:
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
ASM:
Annuity & Survivors Master (OPM file)
ASMB:
Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget
ASMDHS:
Airshed Model Data Handling System
ASMH:
Assembler H Software
ASMT:
American Society for Medical Technologists
ASO:
Administrative Services Only; Application Security Officer; Application Services Organization
ASP:
Acquisition Strategy Plan; Application Service Provider
ASPA:
American Society of Public Administrators; Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 2302)
ASPE:
Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation
ASPEN:
Automated Survey Processing Environment
ASPER:
Assistant Secretary for Personnel
ASRL:
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
AST:
Advanced Secondary (Wastewater) Treatment
ASTER:
Automated System for Transaction Exception Resolution
ASTHO:
Association of State & Territorial Health Offices; Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
ASTM:
American Society for Testing & Materials; American Society for Testing and Materials
ASTME31:
ASTM Committee 31
ASTS:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
ASTSWMO:
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
AT:
Advanced Treatment; Alpha Track Detection
ATARS:
Audits Tracking & Reporting System
ATB:
All Trunks Busy
ATBCB:
Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
ATERIS:
Air Toxics Exposure and Risk Information System
ATF:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
ATLA:
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
ATM:
Aschronous Transfer Mode
ATP:
Advanced Technology Projects (GTE)
ATRA:
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
ATS:
Action Tracking System; Allowance Tracking System
ATSC:
Acquisition Training Service Center
ATSDR:
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (EPA); Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATTF:
Air Toxics Task Force
AUF:
Automatic Update Facility
AUSA:
Assistant United States Attorney
AUSCT:
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
AUSM:
Advanced Utility Simulation Model
AUSU:
Assistant U S Attorney
AUTO3480:
HDC LMS Robotic Processing software
AV:
Anti-Virus
AVERT:
AntiVirus Emergency Response Team (McAfee)
AVGS:
Ambulatory Visit Groups
AVP:
Assistant Vice President
AVS:
Application Visualization System
AVT:
Automated Voice Technology
AWAS:
Automated Work Administration System
AWP:
Actual Wholesale Price; Average Wholesale Price; Average Wholesale Price (Drugs)
AWRA:
American Water Resources Association
AWS:
Alternate Work Schedule
AWT:
Advanced Wastewater Treatment
AWWA:
American Water Works Association
AWWARF:
American Water Works Association Research Foundation
AZT:
Azidothymidine (AIDS drug therapy)
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