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'B' Terms

This page lists government terms starting with 'B'

B&P:

Bid & Proposal

B2B:

Business to Business

B2G:

Business to Government

BA:

Basic Agreement; Budget Administration; Budget Authority; Business Associate

BAA:

Board of Assistance Appeals; Broad Agency Announcement

BAAADS:

Budget Apportionment Allotment Allowance & Database System

BAC:

Beneficiary Advisory Committee; Billing Action Code; Bioremediation Action Committee; Biotechnology Advisory Committee

BACM:

Best Available Control Measures

BACOM:

Beneficiary Annotation & Communication Operation

BACT:

Best Available Control Technology

BADT:

Best Available Demonstrated Technology

BAF:

Bioaccumulation Factor

BAP:

Benefits Analysis Program; Benzo(a)Pyrene

BAR:

Beneficiary Adjustment Report

BARS:

Bid Analysis & Reporting System

BART:

Best Available Retrofit Technology

BASIS:

Battelle's Automated Search Information System

BAT:

Best Available Technology

BATEA:

Best Available Treatment Economically Achievable

BATF:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

BBA:

Balanced Budget Act; Balanced Budget Act of 1997

BBRA:

Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (PL 106113)

BBS:

Bulletin Board System

BC/BS:

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

BCA:

Board of Contract Appeals

BCB:

Beneficiary Confidentiality Board

BCBSA:

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association

BCC:

Billing Cycle Code; Block Check Character

BCCE:

Baltimore Computer Conference & Exposition

BCCP:

Business Continuity & Contingency Plan

BCD:

Binary Coded Decimal

BCF:

Benefit Correction Form

BCN:

Batch Clearance Notice

BCPCT:

Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology

BCSLIB:

Boeing Mathematical and Statistical Library

BCSS:

Batch Completion Status Summary

BCT:

Best Control Technology

BD:

Budget Distribution

BDAM:

Basic Data Access Method

BDAT:

Best Demonstrated Achievable Technology

BDCT:

Best Demonstrated Control Technology

BDF:

Bulk Data Facility

BDOD:

Beneficiary Date of Death

BDP:

Beneficiary Database Prototype

BDPC:

Breakthrough Drug Pricing Committee

BDPP:

Beneficiary Database Prototype Project

BDT:

Best Demonstrated Technology

BDTS:

Batched Data Transmission System

BEA:

Budget Expense Account; Bureau of Economic Affairs; Bureau of Economic Analysis; Business Enterprise Area

BEAM:

Brain Electrical Activity Mapping

BEAU:

Budget Expense Account Unit

BEER:

Beneficiary Earnings Exchange Record

BEI:

Budget Estimating Initiative

BEJ:

Best Engineering Judgement; Best Expert Judgment

BENDEX:

Beneficiary & Earnings Data Exchange System; Beneficiary Data Exchange

BERT:

(EDB) Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System

BESS:

Part B Extract & Summary System (nee BMAD)

BEST:

Beneficiary Eligibility State Tape (EDB Bene Alpha File); Beneficiary State Totals (from SPACE System)

BETOS:

Berenson Eggers Type of Service

BF:

Beneficiary File; Bonafide Notice of Intent to Manufacture or Import (IMD/OTS)

BGN:

Beneficiary Given Name

BHO:

Behavioral Health Organization

BHS:

Business Health Services

BI:

1) Background Investigations 2) Business Intelligence; Background Investigation; Benefits Integrity; Buy In

BIA:

Bureau of Indian Affairs; Business Impact Analysis

BIC:

Beneficiary Identification Code; Business Information Center (SBA)

BICEQN:

BIC Equate Number

BID:

Background Information Document; Buoyancy Induced Dispersion

BIEC:

BuyIn Eligibility Code

BIER:

Billing Information Exchange Record

BIF:

Beneficiary Insurance File; Benefit Information Form

BIMF:

Beneficiary Inactive Master File

BIN:

Business Identification Number (suggested)

BIOPLUME:

Model to Predict the Maximum Extent of Existing Plumes

BIPA:

Benefits, Improvements & Protection Act of 2000

BISC:

Benefit Integrity support Center

BISYNC:

Binary Synchronous Communication (IBM data communications protocol)

BIT:

Beneficiary Inquiries Taskforce

BITF:

Beneficiary Implementation Task Force

BITS:

Beneficiary Information Tracking System; Beneficiary Inquiry Tracking System

BITSMIS:

BITS Management Information System

BIW:

Beneficiary Inquiries Workgroup

BJA:

Bureau of Justice Assistance

BJS:

Bureau of Justice Statistics

BL:

Black Lung

BLASER:

Black Lung Automated Search & Edit Routine

BLM:

Bureau of Land Management

BLP:

Bypass Label Processing

BLS:

Basic Life Support; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL)

BLUC:

Bottom Line Unit Cost

BLUES:

Blue Cross/Blue Shield associations

BMA:

BioMedical Applications

BMACS:

Part B Medicare Automated Claims Systems

BMCHRD:

Bureau of Maternal & Child Health & Resources Development

BMP:

Best Management Practice(s)

BMR:

Baseline Monitoring Report

BO:

Budget Obligations

BOA:

Basic Ordering Agreement; Basic Ordering Agreement (Contracts)

BOAN:

Beneficiary's Own Account Number (SSN)

BOCMIS:

Beneficiary Overpayment Control & Management Information System

BOD:

1) Beneficial Occupancy Date 2) Bid Opening Date; Bid Opening Date; Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Biological Oxygen Demand

BOF:

Basic Oxygen Furnace

BOIS:

Beneficiary Online Inquiry System (HI/SMI online in HCFA)

BOM:

Bill of Materials

BOMA:

Building Owners & Managers Association

BOME:

Bureau of Medical Examiners

BOP:

Basic Oxygen Process

BOPF:

Basic Oxygen Process Furnace

BOR:

Before Outliers Removed

BOSS:

Best on Open Systems Solutions

BOSSN:

Beneficiary's Own SSN

BOYSNC:

Beginning of Year Significant Non-Compliers

BP:

Benefit Period; Best Price; Boiling Point; Business Partner

BPA:

Blanket Purchase Agreement; Blanket Purchase Arrangement (or Agreement)

BPC:

Base Period Charge

BPJ:

Best Professional Judgment

BPN:

Business Profile Network (see IVPN)

BPO:

Bargain Purchase Option

BPR:

Budget & Performance Requirements; Business Process Reengineering

BPS:

Budget Preparation System

BPST:

Bill Processing System Test

BPT:

Best Practicable Technology; Pest Practicable Treatment

BPWTT:

Best Practical Wastewater Treatment Technology

BQAS:

Part B Quality Assurance System

BR:

Budget Request

BRA:

Business Resumption Assessment

BRC:

Base Rate Calculation

BRDPI:

Biomedical Research & Development Price Index

BRDS:

Bill Review Documentation Summary form

BRI:

Basic Rate Interface; Benefit Rate Increase; Building-Related Illness

BRRR:

Bills Received & Returned Report

BRS:

Bibliographic Retrieval Service

BRT:

Business Roundtable

BSA:

Business Software Alliance

BSC:

Binary Synchronous Communication

BSF:

Benefit Stabilization Fund

BSI:

British Standards Institute

BSO:

Benzene Soluble Organics

BSP:

Business Systems Planning

BSPR:

Baseline Security Practices and Requirements

BSR:

(Part B) Bill Summary Records

BSRS:

Benefit Savings Reporting System

BSS:

Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey; Benefit Summary Statistics

BTS:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

BTW:

Bill Type Weight

BTZ:

Below the Treatment Zone

BUCS:

Budget Under Control System

BUN:

Blood Urea Nitrogen

BUR:

Billing Update Record

BUTE:

Beneficiary Database Update Transaction System (HDBUTE)

BVA:

Board of Veterans' Appeals

BVR:

Budget Variance Report

BVS:

Bureau of Vital Statistics

BY:

Budget Year