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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION ACO Administrative Contracting Officer ACQ Acquisition ACSD Administrative and Customer Services Division AFDB Award Fee Determination Board AFDP Award Fee Determination Plan AI Action Item AIA Automate Image Assessment APPS Acquisition Policy, Planning, and Services Branch ARNET Acquisition Reform Network ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASI Associated Solutions Inc. (Subcontractor) BAA Broad Agency Announcement BAFO Best and Final Offer BAR Weekly Status Meeting Before a Business Area Review BOC Bureau of the Census BOE Basis of Estimate BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement BUD Budget Division C/SSR Cost/Schedule Status Reports C2PO Census 2000 Publicity Office CAM Commerce Acquisition Manual CAPI Computer-Assisted Personal Interview CAO Congressional Affairs Office CAR Commerce Acquisition Regulations CASR Common Accounting Support Reports CASRO Computer Assisted Survey Research Office CATI Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview CBD Commerce Business Daily CCB Change Control Board CCITT The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CECON Chief Economist CET Cost Evaluation Team CFR Code of Federal Regulations CFR Code of Federal Regulation CLIN Contract Line Item Number CLO Customer Liaison Office CM Configuration Management CMM Capability Maturity Model CMP Configuration Management Plan CO Contracting Officer COMMITS Commerce Information Technology Solutions COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf CPAF Cost-Plus-Award-Fee CPI Cost Performance Index CPMIC Cost Performance Management Information Center CR Change Request CSD Company Statistics Division CSER Contractor's Self-Evaluation Report CSO Client Support Office CSSR Cost Schedule Status Report CSTARS Commerce Standard Acquisition and Reporting System CSvD Computer Services Division DAL Data Access List DCA Document Coordination and Approval DCAR Data Capture Audit and Resolution DCC Data Capture Center DCS 2000 Data Capture System 2000 DCSC Data Capture Services Contract DMD Decennial Management Division DP Defect Prevention DPA Delegated Procurement Authority dpi Dots Per Inch DSCMO Decennial Systems and Contracts Management Office DSD Demographic Surveys Division EAC Estimate at Completion ECP Engineering Change Proposal EDS Electronic Data Systems (Subcontractor) EEO Equal Employment Opportunity Office EI Executive Instructions EPCD Economic Planning and Coordination Division ESMPD Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division FACNET Federal Acquisition Computer Network FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FASD Financial and Administrative Systems Division FCA Functional Configuration Audit FDO Fee Determining Official FedBizOpps Federal Business Opportunities FIN Finance Division FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FLD Field Division FOIA Freedom of Information Act FSSP Federal Supply Schedules Program FTD Foreign Trade Division FR Field Representative GEO Geography Division GFE Government Furnished Equipment GFP Government Furnished Property GOVS Governments Division GPO Government Printing Office GQ Group Quarters GQA Gaithersburg Quality Assurance HCA Head of Contracting Activity HHES Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division HRD Human Resources Division HU Housing Unit I&A Implementation and Assessment IC Intergroup Coordination ICM Integrated Coverage Measurement ICR Individual Census Report ICR Intelligent Character Recognition ID Identification Data IDC Indefinite Delivery Contract IER Individual Event Report IFB Invitation for Bid IM Integrated Software Management IMG/RECO Imaging and Recognition Subsystem IP Internet Protocol ISD Integrated System Development ISSRO Information Systems Support and Review Office IT Information Technology ITBP Information Technology Business Plan ITPP Information Technology Purchase Plan ITD Inception to Date ITU International Telecommunication Union KFI Key From Image KPA Key Practice Area KSLOC Thousand Software Lines of Code KSPH Keystrokes per Hour LAN Local Area Network LCO Local Census Office LMFS Lockheed Martin Federal Systems LMFS,G or LMFS-G Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Gaitherburg LOE Level of Effort lpi Lines per Inch MCD Manufacturing and Construction Division MDSS Management Decision Support System MDSS Management Data Support System MDT Maintenance Downtime MMS Master Milestone Schedule MSO Map Scanning Operation MSO Map Scanning Operation MTBF Mean Time Between Failure NAICS North American Industry Classification System NARA National Archives and Records Administration NCT National Content Test NDI Non-Developmental Item NPC National Processing Center NRFU Non-Response-Follow-Up NTE Not to Exceed OAR Optical Answer Recognition OCD Operational Capability Demonstration OCR Optical Character Recognition OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy OGC Office of General Counsel OMR Optical Mark Recognition OPPM Outside the Principal Period of Maintenance OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization PAL Process Asset Library PC Process Change Management PCA Physical Configuration Audit PCCB Project Change Control Board PCMS Program Control Management System PCO Principal Contracting Officer PE Software Product Engineering PF Organization Process focus PIO Public Information Office PMP Performance Measurement Plan PMP Program Management Plan PMR Program Management Review PMR Program Monthly Review POL Policy Office POP Population Division PP Software Project Planning PPM Principle Period of Maintenance PPT Past Performance Evaluation Team PR Peer Reviews PR Number Purchase Request Number PRED Planning, Research, and Evaluation Division PT Software Project Tracking and Oversight PTM Principal Technical Monitor PTR Program Trouble Report QA Software Quality Assurance QAS Quality Assurance Specialist QCP Quality Control Plan QM Software Quality Management QP Quantitative Process Management RAC Requests for Accounting Corrections RDD Required Delivery Date RFP Request for Proposal RFP Request for Proposal RFQ Request for Quotation RIT RIT Research Corporation (Subcontractor) RM Remedial Maintenance RM Requirements Management RVT Requirements Validation Test SA Simplified Acquisition SAT System Acceptance Test SAW System Architecture Workshop SBA Small Business Administration SEB Source Evaluation Board SEC Security Office SID Solid Ink Density SLOC Software Lines of Code SM Software Subcontract Management SMOBE/WOB Small Minority-Owned business Enterprises/Women-Owned Business SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SOW Statement of Work SOW Statement of Work SPI Schedule Performance Index SR2TD Standard Reproducible Respondent Test Deck SRD Statistical Research Division SSD Systems Support Division SSO Source Selection Official SSSD Service Sector Statistics Division TCO Telecommunications Office TCPI To Complete Performance Index TET Technical Evaluation Team TM Technical Monitor TM Task Manager TMO Technologies Management Office TMP Technical Management Plan TMR Technical Monitor Report TP Training Program TSI Technology Systems Inc. (Subcontractor) TSS Telecommunications Standards Sector UAA Undeliverable As Addressed USPS U.S. Postal Service VAC Variance at Completion VCRM Verification Compliance Requirements Matrix WBS Work Breakdown Structure WMS Workflow Management System
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Acquisition Division
Created: 12/6/2001
Last Revised: November 02, 2011