VIII GLOSSARY

AAP Appearance Assistance Program

ABI American Bankruptcy Institute

ACA American Correctional Association

ACMS Automated Case Management System

ACS Automated Case Support System

ADAM Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program

ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution

A-Files Alien Files

AOS Adjustment of Status

APIS Advanced Passenger Information System

ASVI Alien Status Verification Index

ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

ATR Antitrust Division

BCC Border Crossing Card

BCI Border Crossing Initiative

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs

BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics

BOP Bureau of Prisons

CAC Crimes Against Children

CAIS Criminal Alien Information System

CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate

CASES Automated Case Management System

CATS Consolidated Assets Tracking System

CCIPS Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CIO Chief Information Officer

CITA FBI Computer Infrastructure Threat Assessment Squads

CIV Civil Division

CLAIMS Computer Linked Application Information Management System (INS)

CMS Case Management System

CODIS Combined DNA Information System

COPS Community Oriented Policing Services

CRM Criminal Division

CRS Community Relations Service

CRT Civil Rights Division

CY Calendar Year

DACS Deportable Alien Control System

DC District of Columbia

DCE/SP Domestic Cannabis Eradiction and Suppression Program

DCIA Debt Collection Improvement Act

DCL Dedicated Commuter Lanes

DCPO Drug Courts Program Office

DEA Drug Enforcement Administration

DMS Debt Management System

DOD Department of Defense

DOI Department of the Interior

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL Department of Labor

DOT Department of Transportation

ENFORCE Enforcement Case Tracking System (INS)

ENRD Environment and Natural Resources Division

EOIR Executive Office for Immigration Review

EOUSA Executive Office for United States Attorneys

EOWS Executive Office Weed and Seed

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPIC El Paso Intelligence Center

ESC Executive Steering Committee

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCI Federal Correctional Institution

FCSC Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FinCen Financial Crimes Intelligence Center

FIS Federal Inspection Service

FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

FFL Federal Firearm Licensees

FMIS Federal Management Information System

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FTC Federal Trade Commission

FY Fiscal Year

GAO General Accounting Office

GED General Education Diploma

GIS Geographic Information System

GPRA Government Performance and Results Act

GSA General Services Administration

HCFA Health Care Fraud Act

HHS Department of Health and Human Services

HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HRMIS Human Resource Information System

HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development

IAFIS Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

IBIS Interagency Border Inspection System

IC Indian Country

IDENT Automated Fingerprint Identification System

IDMS Integrated Data Management System

IHP Institutional Hearing Program

III Interstate Identification Index

IIRIRA Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

IMPACT Information Management Program and Case Tracking

INI Images National Initiative

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service

INSPASS INS' Passenger Accelerated Service System

INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization

IRMS Integrated Repository Management System

IRP Institutional Removal Program

IRS Internal Revenue Service

ISD Immigration Services Division

ISI Information Sharing Initiative

ISIS Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System

ISRAA Integrated Statistical Reporting and Analysis Application

IT Information Technology

ITN Identification, Tasking and Networking

IT-IRB Information Technology Investment Review Board

IV&V Independent Verification and Validation

JABS Joint Automated Booking Station

JCN Justice Communications Network

JCON Justice Consolidated Office Network

JDIS Justice Detainee Information System

JMD Justice Management Division

JPATS Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System

JTC Justice Training Center

JUSTNET Justice Technical Information Network

LCN La Cosa Nostra

LDTS Lands Docket Tracking System

LSC Legal Services Corporation

M&R Modernization and Repair

MAR FBI's Monthly Administrative Report

MCE Mexican Criminal Enterprise

MDTO Major Drug Trafficking Organization

MECP Missing and Exploited Children's Program

MERLIN DEA's Intelligence Database

MET Mobile Enforcement Team

MLAT Multilateral Legal Assistance Treaty

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NABT National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees

NAC National Advocacy Center

NACARA Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act

NADDIS Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Information System

NATZ Naturalization

NBFWG National Bankruptcy Fraud Working Group

NCIC National Crime Information Center

NCHIP National Criminal History Improvement Program

NCIF National Central Intake Facility

NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey

NDIC National Drug Intelligence Center

NDPD National Domestic Preparedness Office

NFC National Finance Center

NFLIS National Forensic Laboratory Information System

NFTS National Files Tracking System

NHC National Hiring Center

NIBRS National Incident Based Reporting System

NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System

NII National Information Infrastructure

NIJ National Institute of Justice

NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center

NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government

NPT National Priority Target

NQP Naturalization Quality Procedures

NSA National Security Agency

NSC National Security Council

NWCC National White Collar Crime Center

O&M Operations and Maintenance

OBD Offices Boards and Divisions

OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

OIA Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs

OICI Office of Indian Country Investigations

OIG Office of the Inspector General

OIPR Office of Intelligence Policy and Review

OIRM Office of Information Resources Management

OJJDP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

OJP Office of Justice Programs

OLE Office of Legal Education

OMB Office of Management and Budget

ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy

OPA Office of Pardon Attorney

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OPR Office of Professional Responsibility

OSG Office of the Solicitor General

OTJ Office of Tribal Justice

OVC Office for Victims of Crime

PAS Performance analysis System

POC Point of Contact

POE Ports-of-entry

QRT Quick Response Team

RCPI Regional Community Policing Institute

RNACS Reengineered Naturalization Automated Case System

RVIS Remote Video Inspections Systems

SAC Special Agent in Charge

SAR Suspicious Activity Report

SDLC Systems Development Life Cycle

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

SENTRI Secure Electronic Network for Traveler's Rapid Inspection

SENTRY BOP on-line system

SITD Strategic Information and Technology

SGL Standard General Ledger

SSA Social Security Administration

STD System Technology Branch

SOD Special Operations Division

SPC Service Processing Center

SSLDPS Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support

STATE United States Department of State

TAX Tax Division

TaxDoc Tax Division Database

TIP Technology Infrastructure Project

UCO Under Cover Operations

UCR Uniform Crime Report

USA United States Attorneys

USAF United States Air Force

USCS United States Customs Service

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USIA United States Information Agency

USMS United States Marshals Service

USNCB United States National Central Bureau (INTERPOL)

USPC United States Parole Commission

USTP United States Trustees Program

VAWA Violence Against Women Act

VAWO Violence Against Women Office

VCRTF Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund

VOCA Victims of Child Abuse

VOI/TIS Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grant Program

VRA Voting Rights Act