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'R' Terms

This page lists government terms starting with 'R'

R&A:

Repair & Alteration (contract)

R&C:

Reasonable & Customary

R&D:

Research & Development; Research and Development

R/C:

Report of Contact

RA:

(1) Remedial Action (2) Regional Administrator (3) Registration Authority; Reasonable Alternative; Regulatory Alternatives; Regulatory Analysis; Remedial Action; Resource Allocation; Risk Analysis; Risk Assessment; Regional Administrator; Remittance Advice; Risk Assessment

RAAC:

Risk Adjustment Advisory Committee

RAATS:

RCRA Administrate Action Tracking System

RAB:

Register Accreditation Board

RAC:

Radiation Advisory Committee; Raw Agricultural Commodity; Regional Asbestos Coordinator; Response Action Coordinator; Reimbursement Advisory Committee; Response Action Contract (Superfund)

RACF:

Resource Access Control Facility (software)

RACM:

Reasonably Available Control Measures

RACT:

Reasonably Available Control Technology

RAD:

Radiation Adsorbed Dose (unit of measurement of radiation absorbed by humans); Rapid Application Development; Requirements Analysis Document; Respiratory Assist Device; Responsible Associate Director

RADAR:

Radio Detection & Ranging; RSDI Account Data Record

RADARS:

(HCFA) Ranking & Data Analysis Reporting System; Rapid Data Retrieval System

RADM:

Random Walk Advection and Dispersion Model; Regional Acid Deposition Model

RAFO:

Research & Find Out

RAI:

Resident Assessment Instrument

RAID:

Redundant Array of Independent Disk

RALI:

Requisition Accounting Line Inquiry

RAM:

Urban Air Quality Model for Point and Area Source in EPA UNAMAP Series

RAMP:

Rural Abandoned Mine Program

RAMS:

Regional Air Monitoring System

RAP:

Radon Action Program; Registration Assessment Panel; Remedial Accomplishment Plan; Response Action Plan; Ready Assessment Packages (Y2k); Request for Accelerated Payment; Request for Anticipated Payment; Resource Allocation Plan

RAPS:

Regional Air Pollution Study; Resident Assessment Protocol System; Risk Adjustment Processing System

RARG:

Regulatory Analysis Review Group

RAS:

Risk Adjustment System; Routine Analytical Service; Routine Analytical Services

RASC:

Regional Administrative Support Center, HHS

RAT:

Relative Accuracy Test; Remote Access Trojan

RB:

Request for Bid

RBAC:

Re-use Business Assistance Center; RoleBased Access Control

RBBS:

Remote Bulletin Board System

RBC:

Red Blood Cell

RBRVS:

ResourceBased Relative Value Scale

RBRVU:

ResourceBased Relative Value Use

RBS:

Report of Benefit Savings

RC:

Reasonable Charge (or Cost); Regional Carrier; Responsibility Center

RCA:

Refugee Cash Assistance

RCAS:

Reconsideration Control & Appeals System

RCC:

Radiation Coordinating Council; Ratio of Cost to Charges

RCCAC:

Ratio of Charges to Charges Applied to Costs

RCCS:

Revenue Center Code System

RCDO:

Regional Case Development Officer

RCE:

Reasonable Compensation Equivalent

RCICS:

Registry Customer Information Control System

RCL:

Report Card Listing (SSA); Routine Cost Limit

RCO:

Regional Compliance Officer; Regional Contracting Officer

RCP:

Reasonable Charge Pricing; Report of Contractor Performance (ACER replacement); Research Centers Program

RCRA:

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Resource Conservation Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, Oct 31, 1976

RCRIS:

Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System

RCSRS:

Resource Cost Reporting System

RCT:

Randomized Clinical Trials; Registered Care Technologist; Religious Compensatory Time

RD:

Remedial Design

RD&D:

Research, Development and Demonstration

RD&E:

Research, Demonstration & Evaluation

RD/RA:

Remedial Design/ Remedial Action

RDBMS:

Relational Database Management System; Relational DBMS

RDEM:

Regional Office Data Exchange Manager

RDES:

Regional Data Exchange System

RDF:

Refuse-Derived Fuel; Renal Dialysis Facility

RDNA:

Recombinant DNA

RDO:

Resource Definition Online

RDS NUMBER:

see Plan Sponsor number

RDS:

The Retiree Drug Subsidy Program

RDSD:

Regulation Development and Support Division (68-W3-0030, Task 23)

RDT&E:

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation

RDU:

Regional Decision Units

RDV:

Reference Dose Values

RE:

(Carrier) Reasonable Expectancies (or Expectations); Reasonable Efforts; Reportable Event

REA:

(U.S.) Rural Electrification Administration

REACH:

Regional Education About Choices in Health

REACT:

Return Check Action (MBR)

REAP:

Regional Enforcement Activities Plan

REBUS:

Renal Beneficiary & Utilization System

RECLAIM:

Regional Clean Air Initiatives Marker

RECONS:

(Online) Reconsideration Information System

RECOUP:

Recovery of Unpaid Premiums (MBR)

RED:

Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document

REDA:

Recycling Economic Development Advocate

REE:

Rare Earth Elements

REEP:

Review of Environmental Effects of Pollutants

ReFIT:

Reinvention for Innovative Technologies

REGO:

Reinventing Government

REGTRK:

Regulations Tracking System

REI:

Restricted Entry Interval

REINS:

Reduced Expenditure Initiatives

REIT:

Real Estate Investment Trust

REL:

Recommended Exposure Limits

REM:

(Roentgen Equivalent Man); Remark Line; Remedial Engineering Management Contracts

REM/FIT:

Remedial/Field Investigation Team

REMAS:

Recovery Management & Accounting System; Report on Medicare as Secondary Payor System

REMIS:

Renal Management Information System

REMS:

RCRA Enforcement Management System

REP:

Reasonable Efforts Program

REPORE:

Report Output Retrieval System

REPS:

Regional Emissions Projection System

REPSHIP:

Report of shipment

REQL:

Requisition Line; includes the FY(2 digits), AH(2 digits), and DCN(6 alpha numeric characters)

RESDAC:

Research Data Assistance Center

RESOLVE:

Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution

RETAP:

Regular Transcript Selection & Attainment Pass (SSA)

REVS:

Recipient Eligibility Verification System (Mass. DPW)

REXX:

Restructured Extended Executor Language

RF:

Response Factor

RFA:

Reason for Assessment; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Regulatory Flexibility Act (5USC 601612); Request for Applications

RFB:

Request for Bid

RFC:

(Treasury) Regional Financial Center; 1) Request for Comments (2) Regional Finance Center (Treasury); Reference Concentration; Request for Comment; Request for Contract

RFD:

Reference Dose Values

RFI:

Remedial Field Investigation; Request for Information

RFP:

Reasonable Further Programs; Request for Proposal; Request for Proposal

RFQ:

Request for Quotation; Request for Quote

RGT:

Requirements Gathering Techniques

RH:

Rural Hospital

RHC:

Rural Health Center; Rural Health Claim; Rural Health Clinic

RHHI:

Regional Home Health Intermediary

RHHIPEP:

Regional Home Health Intermediary Performance Evaluation Program

RHIR:

Resident Health Insurance Representative

RHP:

Rebundling of Hospital Payment

RHRS:

Revised Hazard Ranking System

RHS:

Rural Housing Service

RI:

Reconnaissance Inspection; Regional Intermediary; Remedial Investigation; Routing Indicator

RI/FS:

Remedial Investigation, Feasibility Study; Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study

RIA:

Regulatory Impact Analysis; Regulatory Impact Analysis; Regulatory Impact Assessment

RIC:

Radon Information Center; Record Identification Code

RICC:

Retirement Information and Counseling Center

RICO:

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

RIL:

Regional Informational Letter

RIM:

Regulatory Interpretation Memorandum; Retrieve Inactive Master System

RIMS:

Reconsideration Information Management System

RIN:

Regulatory Identifier Number

RIP:

RCRA Implementation Plan

RISC:

Reduced Instruction Set Computing; Regulatory Information Service Center

RISI:

Renal Insured Status Indicator (also PUDI)

RIT:

Rapid Implementation Team; Reorganization Implementation Team; Rochester Institute of Technology

RJE:

Remote Job Entry

RLIMS:

Relational Laboratory Information Management System

RLL:

Rapid and Large Leakage (Rate)

RM:

Release Management

RMA:

Referral & Monitoring Agency; Refugee Medical Assistance; Risk Management Agency (Agriculture); Rocky Mountain Arsenal

RMANs:

Recovered Materials Advisory Notices

RMAPS:

Rocky Mountain Part A Processing System

RMCL:

Recommended Maximum Contaminant Level (this phrase being discontinued in favor of MCLG)

RMDHS:

Regional Model Data Handling System

RMF:

Resource Measurement Facility (software)

RMFA:

Restricted Medicare Fraud Alert

RMIS:

Resources Management Information System

RMP:

Resource Management Plan; Risk Management Plan

RMRP:

Regional Medical Review Policy

RMS:

Record Management System; Regional Management System; Requirements Management System; Retention Management System

RMT:

Requirements Management Team

RMU:

Resource Management Unit

RN:

Recruitment Notices; Registered Nurse

RNA:

Ribonucleic Acid

RNHCI:

Religious NonMedical Health Care Institution

RNO:

Race & National Origin

RO:

Abbreviation for Regional Office.; Regional Office

ROADCHEM:

Roadway Version that Includes Chemical Reactions of BI, NO2, and O3

ROADV:

Regional Office Advance Copy Note

ROADWAY:

A Model to Predict Pollutant Concentrations Near a Roadway

ROAM:

ROAR Master (SSA)

ROAMS:

Regional Office Appeals Management System

ROAR:

Recovery of Overpayments Accounting & Reporting System (SSA); Regional Office Automating Representatives for Managed Care Operations (ROAR for MCO)

ROC:

Record Of Communication; Report of Contact; Report of Contact (also R/C); Resumption of Care

ROCL:

Regional Office Contractor Letter

ROD:

Record of Decision

RODS:

Records Of Decision System

ROE:

Report of Eligibility; Return on Equity

ROF:

Regional Office Flag

ROG:

Reactive Organic Gases

ROI:

Return on Investment

ROLLBACK:

A Proportional Reduction Model

ROM:

Regional Office Manual; Regional Oxidant Model

ROMCOE:

Rocky Mountain Center on Environment

ROMGRS:

Regional Office Managers

ROP:

Rate of Progress; Regional Oversight Policy

ROPA:

Record Of Procurement Action

ROPES:

Regional Office Performance Evaluation System

ROPO:

Regional Office Project Officer

ROSA:

Regional Ozone Study Area

ROSTAR:

Regional Office System Tracking for Audit Reimbursement

ROTC:

Reserve Officer Training Corps

ROUG:

Regional Office Users Group

RP:

Radon Progeny Integrated Sampling; Respirable Particulates; Responsible Party

RPA:

Renal Physicians Association

RPAR:

Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration

RPBC:

Rejected Provider Bill Control (Process)

RPC:

Remote Procedure Call

RPCH:

Regional Primary Care Hospital; Rural Primary Care Hospital

RPD:

Run Processing Date

RPG:

Report Program Generator

RPIO:

Responsible Planning Implementation Officer

RPL:

Reasonable Performance Level; Reemployment Priority List

RPM:

Reactive Plume Model; Remedial Project Manager; Remedial Program Manager; Revolutions Per Minute

RPO:

Regional Personnel Officer; Regional Project Officer

RQ:

Reportable Quantities

RQC:

Regional Quality Council

RR:

Rate Review

RRB:

Railroad Retirement Board; Ronald Reagan Building

RRC:

Regional Response Center; Rural Referral Center

RRIA:

Resource Requirements for Impact Analysis

RRP:

Reimbursement Review Program

RRT:

Regional Response Team; Requisite Remedial Technology

RS:

Random Search; Registration Standard

RSC:

Record Status Code; Reimbursement Statistics by State & County System

RSCC:

Regional Sample Control Center

RSD:

Risk-Specific Dose

RSDHI:

Retirement, Survivors, Disability, & Health Insurance

RSDI:

Retirement, Survivors, & Disability Insurance

RSE:

Removal Site Evaluation

RSF:

Renal Services Facility

RSI:

Retirement & Survivors Insurance

RSPA:

Research and Special Programs Administration (Transportation)

RSVP:

Retired Senior Volunteer Project

RT:

Record Type; Recovery Team; Respiratory Therapy

RTB:

Rural Telephone Bank

RTC:

Reports to Congress; Resolution Trust Corporation

RTCM:

Reasonable Transportation Control Measure

RTDF:

Remediation Technologies Development Forum

RTDM:

Rough Terrain Diffusion Model

RTECS:

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

RTG:

Return to Government

RTI:

Return to Intermediary

RTM:

Regional Transport Model

RTN:

Routing & Transit Number

RTP:

Request for Technical Proposal; Research Triangle Park; Return To Provider (or Plan)

RTS:

Recovery Tracking System; Request to Send; Return (tapes) to Stock

RUG:

Resource Utilization Group

RUNT:

RRB Universal RIC

RUP:

Restricted Use Pesticide

RUR:

Recurring Utilization Report

RUS:

Rural Utilities Service

RV:

Residual Value

RVP:

Reid Vapor Pressure

RVS:

Relative Value Scale (or Schedule)

RVU:

Relative Value Unit

RWC:

Residential Wood Combustion

RWJF:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

RZIP:

Residence ZIP (Code)