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'F' Terms

This page lists government terms starting with 'F'

F&A:

Fraud & Abuse

F&D:

Findings & Determination

F/M:

Food to Microorganism Ratio

FA:

Field Audit; Fiscal Agent; Functional Area

FAA:

Federal Aviation Administration

FAC:

Federal Acquisition Circular; Federal Acquisition Circular (revisions to the FAR); Freestanding Ambulatory Care; Freestanding Ambulatory Center

FACA:

Federal Advisory Committee Act

FACCT:

Foundation for Accountability

FACNET:

Federal Acquisition Computer Network

FACO:

Financial Administrative Contracting Officer

FACP:

Final Administrative Cost Proposal

FACS:

Final Administration Cost System; Financial Accounting System

FACTS:

Federal agency Centralized Trial Balance System

FADPUG:

Federal ADP Users Group

FAFD:

Federal Assistance Financing Division

FAH:

Federation of American Hospitals

FAHS:

Federation of American Health Systems

FAI:

Federal Acquisition Institute

FAIR:

Federal Activities Inventory Reform; Fund for Assuring an Independent Retirement

FAMIS:

Federal Acquisition management Information System to replace FPDS

FAN:

Fixed Account Number

Fannie Mae:

Federal National Mortgage Association

FAQ:

Frequently Asked Question; Frequently Asked Questions

FAR:

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Regulations; Federal Acquisition Regulations (48 CFR, Ch. 1)

FARS:

Federal Acquisition Regulation System

FARA:

Federal Acquisition Reform Act; Federal Acquisition Regulation Automated System

FARC:

Federal Archives Records Center

Farmer Mac:

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

FARS:

Financial Assistance Reporting System

FAS:

Foreign Agricultural Service

FASA:

Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-355); Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association

FASAB:

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board; Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act

FASB:

Federal Accounting Standards Board (or Bureau)

FASC:

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center

FASEB:

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

FAT:

First Article Testing

FATES:

FIFRA and TSCA Enforcement System

FBC:

Fluidized Bed Combustion

FBCA:

Federal Bridge Certification Authority; OA Federal Bridge Certification Authority Operational Authority

FBI:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBO:

FedBizOps (Federal Business Opportunities)

FBR:

Federal Benefit Rate

FC:

Final Claim; Folder Control

FCA:

Farm Credit Administration; Functional Configuration Audit

FCC:

Federal Communications Commission; Fluid Catalytic Converter

FCCA:

Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31USC3711 & 4CFR); Federal Computer Crime Act of 1984

FCCBC:

Federal Coordinating Committee on Breast Cancer

FCCC:

Framework Convention on Climate Change

FCCU:

Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit

FCD:

First Claims Development

FCM:

First Credit Month

FCO:

Federal Coordinating Officer (in disaster areas); Forms Control Officer; Funds Control Officer

FCT:

File Control Table

FCW:

Freedom of Choice Waiver

FDA:

Food & Drug Administration; Food and Drug Administration

FDF:

Fundamentally Different Factors

FDG:

Fluorodeoxyglucose

FDIC:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDL:

Final Determination Letter

FDO:

Fee Determination Officer; Fee Determination Official; Formula Driven Overpayment

FDOEH:

First Date of Entitlement to Hospital Insurance (Part A)

FDOES:

First Date of Entitlement to Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B)

FE:

Fugitive Emissions

FEB's:

Federal Executive Boards

FEC:

Federal Election Commission; Freestanding Emergency Center

FED:

- STD Federal Standard

FEDS:

Federal Energy Data System

FEDSIM:

Federal Computer Performance Evaluation & Simulation Center; Federal Systems Integration Management

FED-STD:

Federal Standard

FEDSTRIP:

Federal Standard Requisitioning & Issue Procedures

FEDWIRE:

Federal Wire Transmission System

FEFx:

Forced Expiratory Flow

FEHBAR:

Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation

FEHBP:

Federal Employee Health Benefits Program

FEIS:

Fugitive Emissions Information System

FEL:

Frank Effect Level

FEMA:

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEPCA:

Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990; Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act; enacted as amendments to FIFRA

FERAS:

Front-End Risk Adjustment System

FERC:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FERCCA:

Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act of 2000

FES:

Factor Evaluation System

FEV:

Forced Expiratory Volume

FEV1:

Forced Expiratory Volume--one second; Front End Volatility Index

FF:

Facility File; Federal Facilities

FFA:

Federal Facilities Agreement

FFAR:

Fuel and Fuel Additive Registration

FFB:

Federal Financing Bank

FFDCA:

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

FFEO:

Federal Facilities Enforcement Office

FFF:

Firm Financial Facility

FFFSG:

Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generator

FFIS:

Federal Facilities Information System

FFMIA:

Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996

FFP:

Federal Financial Participation; Federal Fixed Price (contract); Firm Fixed Price

FFRDC:

Federally Funded Research and Development Center; FederallyFunded Research & Development Centers

FFS:

Fee for Service

FFUND:

Fixed Income Index Investment Fund

FFWG:

Federal Finance Functional Workgroup

FFY:

Federal Fiscal Year

FGD:

Flue-Gas Desulfurization

FGIPC:

Federation of Government Information Processing Councils

FGSTF:

Federal Government Service Task Force (Congressional caucus)

FHA:

Federal Highway Administration; Federal Housing Administration

FHIBA:

Federal Health Insurance Benefits Accounts

FHP:

Family Health Plan

FHWA:

Federal Highway Administration

FI:

Fiscal Intermediary

FIA:

Federal Insurance Administration

FICA:

Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FICARR:

Fiscal Intermediary/Carrier

FICO:

Financing Corporation

FID:

Flame Ionization Detector; Fraud Investigation Database

FIFO:

First In/First Out

FIFRA:

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

FIG:

Fiscal Intermediary Group

FILO:

First In Last Out

FILS:

Federal Information Locator System

FIM:

Facer Identification Mark; Friable Insulation Material

FINDS:

Facility Index System

FIP:

Final Implementation Plan

FIPO:

Freedom of Information & Privacy Office

FIPR:

Federal Information Processing Resources

FIPS:

Federal Information Procedures System; Federal Information Processing Standard; Federal Information Processing Standards

FIPSPUB:

FIPS Publication

FIQAS:

Fiscal Intermediary Quality Assurance System

FIRMPOC:

Federal Information Resources Management Policy Council

FIRMR:

Federal Information Resource management Regulation; Federal Information Resources Management Regulations

FIRS:

Federal Information Relay Service; Federal Information Reporting System; Financial Information Reporting System

FIS:

Forms Information System

FISCAM:

Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual

FISS:

Fiscal Intermediary Standard (or Shared) System

FIT:

Field Investigation Team

FITA:

Federal Information Technical Architecture

FLC:

Federal Liason Committee

FLETC:

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

FLM:

Federal Land Manager; Future Logical Model

FLP:

Flash Point

FLPMA:

Federal Land Policy and Management Act

FLRA:

Federal Labor Relations Authority

FLSA:

Fair Labor Standards Act

FLTCIP:

Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program

FM:

Financial Management; Frequency Modulation

FMA:

Federal Managers Association

FMAP:

Federal Medical Assistance Payments; Federal Medical Assistance Percentage; Financial Management Assistance Project

FMC:

Facility Management Contract (Contractor); Federal Maritime Commission; Foundation for Medical Care

FMCS:

Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FMFIA:

Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act; Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1992

FMIS:

Field Management Information System

FML:

Flexible Membrane Liner

FMM:

Financial Management Manual

FMP:

Facility Management Plan; Financial Management Plan

FMR:

Financial Monitoring Reviews; Focused Medical Review

FMS:

Federal Monitoring Survey; Federal Monitoring System; Financial Management Service; Financial Management Service (Treasury Dept.); Financial management System

FMSD:

Financial Management and Services Division

FMSNET:

Financial Management System Network

FMSS:

Financial Management System Software

FM-TAG:

Financial Management Technical Advisory Group

FMV:

Fair Market Value

FMVCP:

Federal Motor Vehicle Control Program

FNCS:

Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

FNMA:

Federal National Mortgage Association

FNS:

Food & Nutrition Service (DOA); Food and Nutrition Service

FNSI:

Findings of no significant impact

FO:

Field Operations; Financial Operations

FOB:

Free on Board (refers to point for delivery charges); Freight On Board

FOC:

Full Operating Capacity

FOE:

Friends Of the Earth

FOI:

Freedom of information

FOIA:

Freedom of Information Act; Freedom of Information Act of 1966, etc.

FOISD:

Fiber Optic Isolated Spherical Dipole Antenna

FONSI:

Finding Of No Significant Impact

FOP:

Financial Operating Plan

FORAST:

Forest Response to Anthropogenic Stress

FORTRAN:

Formula Translation

FOSC:

Freestanding Outpatient Surgery Center

FOSD:

Field Operations & Support Division (68-W3-0032, SOW)

FOSE:

Federal Office Systems Exposition; Field Office Systems Enhancement (Claims Modernization Project)

FOUO:

For Official Use Only

FP:

Fine Particulate; Fixed Price

FPA:

Federal Pesticide Act

FPAF:

Fixed Price Award Fee

FPAS:

Foreign Purchase Acknowledgement Statements

FPASA:

Federal Property and Administration Services Act (41 U.S.C. 252)

FPC:

Fiscal Policy Committee

FPD:

Flame Photometric Detector

FPDC:

Federal Procurement Data Center

FPDS:

Federal Procurement Data System

FPEFA:

Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment

FPEIS:

Fine Particulate Emissions Information System

FPI:

Federal Prisons Industries, Inc.; Fixed Price Incentive

FPIST:

Fixed Price with Successive Targets

FPKIPA:

Federal PKI Policy Authority

FPKISC:

Federal PKI Steering Committee

FPL:

Federal Poverty Level

FPLE:

Fixed Price Level of Effort

FPM:

Federal Personnel Manual

FPMS:

Federal Productivity Measurement System; Forms & Printing Management System

FPOC:

Fixed Price Options Clause

FPPA:

Federal Pollution Prevention Act

FPR:

Federal Procurement Regulation; Final Project Report; Fixed Price Redeterminable (contract)

FPRA:

Forward Pricing Rate Adjustment

FPRS:

Federal Program Resources Statement; Formal Planning and Supporting System

FPS:

Five Percent Sample

FPSC:

Federal Product & Services Codes

FQA:

Functional Quality Assurance

FQHC:

Federally Qualified Health Center; Federally Qualified Health Centers

FQI:

Federal Quality Institute

FQPA:

Food Quality Protection Act

FR (F/R):

Formal Review

FR:

Federal Register; Federal Register; Final Rulemaking; Final Rule

FRA:

Federal Railway Administration; Federal Register Act

FRC:

Federal Records Center

FRCS:

Federal Reserve Communication System (Treasury Dept.)

FRD:

Functional Requirements Document

FREDS:

Flexible Regional Emissions Data System

FRES:

Forest Range Environmental Study

FRM:

Federal Reference Methods

FRN:

Federal Register Notice; Final Rulemaking Notice

FRO:

Field Regional Office

FRS:

Federal Reserve System; Formal Reporting System

FS:

Feasibility Study; Final Settlement; Financial Statement; Fixed Standard

FSA:

Family Services Administration; Family Support Administration; Farm Service Agency; Federal Service Area; Flexible Savings Account; Food Security Act

FSC:

Federal Supply Class; Federal Supply Classification

FSCM:

Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers (OBSOLETE now called CAGE)

FSE:

Federal Software Exchange

FSG:

Federal Supply Group

FSIIS:

Field Staff Information & Instruction Series

FSIL:

First State Issuing License

FSIS:

Food Safety and Inspection Service

FSN:

Federal Stock Number

FSP:

Federal Specific Portion

FSPML:

First State Professional Medical License

FSS:

Facility Status Sheet; Federal Supply Schedule; Federal Supply Schedule (GSA contract); Federal Supply Service; Florida Shared System

FSY:

Fee Screen Year

FT:

FrontEnd Edit; Full Time

FTAPE:

Foreign Tape System

FTC:

Federal Trade Commission

FTCA:

Federal Tort Compensation Act of 1988

FTE:

Full Time Equivalent

FTI:

Federal Tax Information

FTP:

Federal Test Procedure (for motor vehicles); File Transfer Protocol; File Transfer Protocol

FTR:

Failed Transaction Report

FTS:

Federal Telephone System; File Transfer Service

FTTS:

FIFRA/TSCA Tracking System

FU:

Followup

FUA:

Fuel Use Act

FUDS:

Formerly Used Defense Site

FULS:

Federal Upper Limits (of Medicaid drug pricing) System

FURS:

Federal Underground Injection Control Reporting System

FUSA:

Families USA

FUTA:

Federal Unemployment Tax Act

FVMP:

Federal Visibility Monitoring Program

FWA:

Fraud, Waste & Abuse

FWCA:

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

FWPCA:

Federal Water Pollution and Control Act (aka CWA); Federal Water Pollution and Control Administration

FWS:

(U.S.) Fish & Wildlife Service; Federal Wage System; Fish and Wildlife Service

FY:

Fiscal Year; Fiscal Year

FY/CY:

Fiscal Year/Calendar Year

FYE:

Fiscal Year End or Ending

FYTD:

Fiscal Year To Date