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'A' Terms

This page lists government terms starting with 'A'

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)