Acronyms

 

ARO    Army Research Office (DOD)

BIS      Bureau of Industry and Security (DOC)

CPSC   Consumer Product Safety Commission

DTRA   Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DHS     Department of Homeland Security

DOC    Department of Commerce

DOD    Department of Defense

DOE    Department of Energy

DOJ    Department of Justice

DOS    Department of State

DOT    Department of Transportation

DOTreas     Department of the Treasury

EPA     Environmental Protection Agency

FDA     Food and Drug Administration (HHS)

HHS     Department of Health and Human Services

ITC       International Trade Commission

IC         Intelligence Community

NASA    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCI       National Cancer Institute (HHS/NIH)

NHLBI   National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HHS/NIH)

NIEHS   National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS/NIH)

NIH       National Institutes of Health (HHS)

NIST     National Institute of Standards and Technology (DOC)

NNCO   National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

NNI       National Nanotechnology Initiative

NRC      Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NSET    Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the NSTC

NSF      National Science Foundation

NSTC    National Science and Technology Council

NTP      National Toxicology Program (HHS)

OMB     Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)

OSTP    Office of Science and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President)

PCA      Program Component Area

PCAST  President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

TA         Technology Administration (DOC)

TSA       Transportation Security Administration

USDA    U.S. Department of Agriculture

USPTO  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (DOC)