Fort Detrick
Glossary of Terms
Acronyms specific to Fort Detrick
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| I3MP | Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program |
| 6MLMC | 6th Medical Logistics Management Center |
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| A&VTR | Asset and Vulnerability Tracking Resource |
| AA/PIEP | Asian American/ Pacific Islander Employment Program |
| AAA | Army Audit Agency |
| AAF | Advanced Acquisition Forecast |
| AAFES | Army Air Force Exchange Service |
| AAP | Advanced Acquisition Plan |
| AAR | After Action Report |
| ABC | Activity Based Costing |
| ACERT | Army Computer Emergency Response Team |
| ACES | Army Continuing Education System |
| ACOE | Army Community of Excellence |
| ADAPCP | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program |
| ADM | Acquisition Decision Memorandum |
| ADPE | automatic data processing equipment |
| ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| AEDB-R | Army Environmental Database - Restoration |
| AFARS | Army Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| AFMESA | Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity |
| AFMOA/SGEMSD | Air Force MedicalOperations Agency/Surgeon General Expeditionary Medical Skills Division |
| AFMOA/SGSL | Air Force Medical Support Agency/Surgeon General Support Logistics |
| AFRIMS | Armed Forces Research Institute for Medicine |
| AI/ANEP | American Indian/Alaskan Native Employment Program |
| AIS | Automated Information System |
| AISC | Army Information Service Center |
| AJCC | Alternate Joint Communications Center |
| AMEDD | Army Medical Department |
| AML | Area Medical Laboratory |
| AMS | Army Management Structure |
| ANCI | American National Standards Institute |
| AOA | Army Operations Agency |
| AOAP | NonAeronautical Army Oil Analysis Program |
| AOC | Area of Concern |
| AOC | Army Operations Center |
| APB | Acquisition Program Baseline |
| APD | Army Publishing Directorate |
| APF | Appropriated Fund(s) |
| APIC | Army Performance Improvement Criteria |
| ARIMS | Army Records Informaion management System |
| ARP | Acquisition Requirement Plan |
| ASAALT | Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics, & Technology |
| ASAP | Army Substance Abuse Program |
| ASBREM | Armed Services Biomedical Research Evaluation and Management |
| ASCs | Application Service Centers |
| ASD/HA | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
| ASDRP | Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Program |
| ASEP | Army Special Access Program Enterprise Portal |
| ASFI | Army Single Face to Industry |
| ASIP | Army Stationing and Installation Plan |
| AT | anti-terrorism or annual training |
| ATTAAPS | Automated Time, Attendance, and Production System |
| AT/FP | AntiTerrorism/Force Protection |
| ATEC | Army Test and Evaluation Command |
| ATNAA | Antidote Treatment-Nerve Agent Autoinjector |
| ATO | Approval to Operate |
| ATSD (NCB) | Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
| AUTOCADD | Automated Computer Assisted Design and Drafting |
| AVA | Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed |
| AWC | Air Worthiness Certification |
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| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement |
| BACH2 | basic leucine zipper transcription factor 2 |
| BAHCF | Barquist Army Health Care Facility |
| BCE | Baseline Cost Estimate |
| BEM | Building Energy Monitor |
| BEP | Black Employment Program |
| BGS | Below Ground Surface |
| BLMS | HR's version of Oracle |
| BMIST | Battlefield Medical Information System-Tactical |
| BMIST-J | Battlefield Medical Information System Telemedicine Joint |
| BMP | Best Management Practices |
| BOD | biochemical oxygen demand |
| BOM | Blackout Marches |
| BOSS | Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers |
| BPA | Blanket Purchase Agreement |
| BPL | Base Product Line |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure |
| BSAT | Biological Select Agent and Toxin PRP - Personnel Reliability Program |
| BSL | Biosafety Level |
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| C2 | Command and Control |
| C4IM | command, control, communications and computers/information management |
| CA | Commercial Activities |
| CAA | Civil Aeronautics Administration |
| CAC | Community Activities Center |
| CASU | Cooperative Administrative Support Unit |
| CBCRP | Breast Cancer Research Program |
| CBDP | Chemical Biological Defense Program |
| CBMS | Chemical Biological Medical Systems |
| CBRN | Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear |
| CCB | Configuration Control Board |
| CCIR | Commander's Critical Information Requirements |
| CCL | Cryptographic Logon Implementation. |
| CCR | Central Contractor Registration |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control |
| CDMRP | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs |
| CDR | Clinical Data Repository |
| CDRH | Center for Devices and Radiological Health |
| C-E | Communications-Electronics |
| CEP | Concept Evaluation Program |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CGI | Computer Gateway Interface |
| CGLP | Current Good Laboratory Practices |
| CHCS-NT | Composite Health Care System-New Technology |
| CHRRS | Community Homefinding Relocation/Referral Services |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Division |
| CIP | Command Inspection Program |
| CLEP | College Level Examination Program |
| CMIP | Command Management Information Protocol |
| CML | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| CMLRP | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Research Program |
| CNET | Communication Network |
| CO | Clinical Operations |
| COC | Counsel of Colonels |
| COMAR | Code of Maryland Regulations |
| COMSEC | Communications Security |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| COOP | Continuity of Operations Plan |
| COR | contracting officer's representative |
| CPA | Collaborative Partnership Award |
| CPAC | Civilian Personnel Advisory Center |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CRA | Clinical Research Associate |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CRC | Clinical Research Coordinator |
| CRCP | Civilian Resource Conservation Program |
| CSDP | Command Supply Discipline Program |
| CSM | Command Sergeant Major |
| CSO | Common Scientific Outline |
| CSR | Customer Service Representative |
| CSRS | Civil Service Retirement System |
| CTA | Common Table of Allowances |
| CTC | Cost-to-Complete |
| CTD | Cumulative Trauma Disorder |
| CTT | Common Task Training |
| CUD | Common User Database |
| CVS | Contract Verification System |
| CYS | Child Youth Services |
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| DAA | Designated Approval Authority |
| DANTES | Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support |
| DAPE | Deny All-Permit by Exception |
| DASD (FHP&R) | Deputy ASD for Force Health Protection & Readiness |
| DCL | Direct Communications Link, also known as the Washington-Moscow Hotline |
| DCPS | Defense Civilian Pay System |
| DCSI | Development Core Safety Information |
| DCTEE | Detrick Center for Training & Education Excellence |
| DD | Decision Document |
| DECA | Defense Commissary Agency |
| DEERS | Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System |
| DEPMEDS | Deployable Medical Systems |
| DEPUS | Departmental Users |
| DES | Detrick Earth Station |
| DES | Directorate of Emergency Services |
| DFARS | DoD Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| DFAS | Defense Finance and Accounting Service |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DIS | Director of Installation Services |
| DISA | Defense Installation Systems Agency |
| DITSCAP | Defense Information Technology Security and Accreditation Program |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
| DLIS | Defense Logistics Information System |
| DLS | Distributed Learning System |
| DMHRSi | Army Defense Medical Human Resource System internet |
| DML | Defense Medical Logistics |
| DMLIIS | Defense Medical Logistics Item Identification System |
| DMLSS | Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support |
| DMMSP | Defense Medical Materiel Standardization Program (concept) |
| DMSB | Defense Medical Standardization Board |
| FMWR | Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DODIG | Department of Defense Inspector General |
| DOIM | Directorate of Information Management |
| DPM | Direct Procurement Method |
| DRAC | Division of Regulated Activities and Compliance |
| DREN | Defense Research Network |
| DRIS | Defense Regional Interservice Support |
| DRMO | Defense Re-Utilization and Marketing Office |
| DSCP | Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia |
| DSCP-M | Defense Support Center Philadelphia (Medical) |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications |
| DSMB | Data and Safety Monitoring Board |
| DT&E | Developmental Test & Evaluation |
| DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| DWVIRP | Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research Program |
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| E&SC | Erosion and Sediment Control |
| EAGLS | Electronic Account Government Ledger System |
| EBERT | external beam radiation therapy |
| ECO | Energy conservation opportunities |
| EEFI | Essential Elements of Friendly Information |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EGCRC | Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol |
| EIP | Equipment in Place |
| Emd | Environmental Management Division |
| eMILPO | Electronic Military Personnel Office |
| EMO | Environmental Management Office |
| EMS | Environmental Management System or Emergency Management System |
| EOC | Emergency Operations Center |
| EOP | End of Phase (FDA Meeting) |
| EPIC | Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center |
| ER,A | Environmental Restoration, Army |
| ESB | Environmental Sentinel Biomonitor |
| ESC | Executive Steering Committee |
| ESS | Engineering Systems Solutions |
| ETWG | Education and Training Working Group |
| EUA | Emergency Use Application |
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| F&ES | Fire and Emergency Services |
| FAR | Federal Acquisitions Regulations |
| FAST | Functional Academic Skills Training |
| FCA | Foreign Counter-Intelligence Agency |
| FCC | Family Child Care |
| FCG | Facility Category Groups |
| FCRDC | Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center |
| FCRDC/NCI | FCRDC/NCI - Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center/National Cancer Institute |
| FCS | Future Combat System |
| FD | Fort Detrick |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDBDO | Fort Detrick Business Development Office |
| FDCC | Fort Detrick Contracting Community |
| FDICC | Fort Detrick Interagency Coordinating Committee |
| FECA | Federal Employees Compensation Act |
| FEGLI | Federal Employees Group Life Insurance |
| FEHB | Federal Employees Health Benefits |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FERS | Federal Employees Retirement System |
| FFA | Federal Facilities Agreement |
| FFCA | Federal Facilities Compliance Act |
| FHP | Force Health Protection |
| FHPC | Force Health Protection Council |
| FISCAM | Federal Information Systems Control Audit Manual |
| FLIPL | Financial Liability Investigations for Property Loss |
| FLRA | Federal Labor Relations Authority |
| FMCS | Federal Mediation Conciliation Service |
| FMS Web | Force Management System Web Site |
| FMSS | Future Medical Shelter System |
| FOC | Full Operational Capability |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FOTW | Federally Owned Treatment Works |
| FRA | Final Remediation Action |
| FS | Feasibility Study |
| FSIP | Federal Services Impasse Panel |
| FST | Field Sanitation Team |
| FTD | Fort Detrick |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FTSCAM | Federal Information Systems Control Audit Manual |
| FUDS | Formerly Used Defense Site |
| FUR | Follow up Report |
| FWP | Federal Women's Program |
| FWSM | Firewall Switch Management |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
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| GCP | Good Clinical Practices |
| GCSS-A | Global Combat Support System-Army |
| GFE | Government Furnished Equipment |
| GFS | Government Furnished Software |
| GIG | Global Information Grid |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practices |
| GMH | GMH Military Housing (no longer operates housing, changed to new contractor) |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practices |
| GOE | Government-owned Equipment |
| GORs | Grant Officers Representative |
| GOTS | Government-Off-The-Shelf |
| GPC | Government Purchase Card |
| GSK | GlaxoSmithKline |
| GWOT | Global War on Terrorism |
| GxP | Good Practices |
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| HAZCOM | Hazard Communication |
| HBCU/MI | Historically Black Colleges and Institutions/Minority Institutions |
| HCAAF | Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework |
| HCMT | Human Capital Management Team |
| HEP | Hispanic Employment Program |
| HEPA | High Efficiency Particulate Air |
| HHIs | Health Hazard Inventories |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HMGA2 | high mobility group A2 |
| HMJF | Henry M. Jackson Foundation |
| HMMO | Hazardous Material Management Office |
| HOMES | Housing Operation Management Office |
| HRMAS | high-resolution magic angle spinning |
| HRQoL | health-related quality of life survey |
| HSC | Health Services Command |
| HSMS | Hazardous Substance Management System |
| HUB zone | Historically Underutilized Business Zone |
| HVAC | Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. |
| HWP | Health WorkPlace |
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| IA | Information Assurance |
| IAM | Information Assurance Manager |
| IA-NSC | Information Assurance and Network Steering Committee |
| IAO | Information Assurance Officer |
| IAP | Installation Action Plan |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IATO | Interim Approval to Operate |
| IAVA | Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert |
| IB | Investigator's Brochure |
| IBTC | Installation Biochemical Testing Coordinator |
| IC | Interoperability Certification |
| ICA | Industrial Capabilities Assessment |
| ICE | Interactive Customer Evaluation |
| ICIDS | Integrated Commercial Intrusion Detection System |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| ICP | Integrated Contingency Plan |
| ICR | International Cancer Research Partners |
| ICRP | International Cancer Research Portfolio |
| IDA | Initial Denial Authority |
| IDE | Investigational Device Exemptions |
| IDLH | Immediately dangerous to life or health |
| IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| IFS-M | Installation Facilities System - Maintenance |
| IGCE | independent government cost estimate |
| IH & EH | Industrial hygiene and Environmental hygiene |
| IH/EHO | Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Health Office |
| ILS | Integrated Logistic Support |
| ILSP | integrated logistic support plan |
| IM | Information Management |
| IM/IT | Information Management/ Information Technology |
| IMA | individual mobilization augmentee |
| IMCOM | Installation Management Command |
| IMO | Information Management Officer |
| IMP | Institutional Management Plan |
| IMS | Installation Management System |
| IMSP | Information Management Support Plan |
| IMWRF | Installation Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fund |
| INATS | Improved Nerve Agent Treatment System |
| IND | Investigational New Drug |
| INSCOM | Intelligence and Security Command |
| IOC | Initial Operational Capability |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| IOT&E | Initial Operational Test & Evaluation |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPR | in-process review |
| IPS | integrated program summary |
| IPT | Integrated product team |
| IPX | Internet Packet Exchange |
| IR | Initial Report |
| IRA | Interim Remedial Action |
| IRAC | Internal Review and Audit Compliance |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| IRM | Information Resource Management |
| IRP | Inquiry Review Panel |
| IRP | Intstallation Restoration Program |
| IRR | individual ready reserve |
| IS | Information System |
| ISA | Interservice Support Agreement or Installation Supply Activity |
| ISMO | Installation Safety Management Office |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISO-TSAP | International Standards Organization-Transport Layer Service Access Protocol |
| ISR | Internal Service Request |
| ISSA | Inter-Service Support Agreement |
| ISWMP | Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITA | Information Technology Agency |
| ITDB | Interim Theater Database |
| ITN | Information Transport Network |
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| J-CALS | Joint Computer Aided Acquisition & Logistics System |
| JCD-CBRND | Joint Combat Developer for CBRN Defense |
| JCIDS | Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System |
| JCS | Joint Chief of Staff |
| JCS/J4 | Joint Chiefs of Staff/Joint Logistics |
| JEV | Japanese encephalitis vaccine |
| JIPT | Joint Integrated Process Team |
| JITC | Joint Interoperability Test Command |
| JMAR | Joint Medical Asset Repository |
| JMAT | Joint Medical Analysis Tool |
| JMeWS | Joint Medical Workstation |
| JMLFDC | Joint Medical Logistics Functional Development Center |
| JOC | job order contract |
| JPEO-CBD | Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense |
| JPIP | Joint Program Integration Panel |
| JPM | Joint Project Manager |
| JPM CBMS | Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Medical Systems |
| JPM-BD | Joint Project Manager for Biological Defense |
| JPM-CP | Joint Project Manager for Collective Protection |
| JPM-DECON | Joint Project Manager for Decontamination |
| JPM-IP | Joint Project Manager for Individual Protection |
| JPM-IS | Joint Project Manager for Information Systems |
| JPM-NBC CA | Joint Project Manager for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Contamination Avoidance |
| JPMO | Joint Product Management Office |
| JPRP | Joint Programmatic Review Panel |
| JPTA | Joint Patient Tracking Application |
| JRCAB | Joint Readiness Clinical Advisory Board |
| JROC | Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
| JRO-CBRND | Joint Requirements Office for CBRN Defense |
| JSB | Joint Standardization Board |
| JSI | Joint Staff Instruction |
| JSOC | Joint Special Operations Command |
| JSOR | Joint Service Operational Relquirement |
| JSS | Joint Staff Surgeon |
| JSTO | Joint Science and Technology Office |
| JT&E | Joint Test and Evaluation (T&E) Executive |
| JTAPIC | Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of injury in Combat |
| JVAP | Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program |
| JWG | joint working group LCC - life cycle cost |
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| KO | Contracting Officer |
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| LA | Lead Agent |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LCB | Lifecycle Bioinformatics |
| LFL | Lower Flammable Limit |
| LID | Low Impact Development |
| LIDB | Logistics Integrated Database |
| LIS | Logistics Information System |
| LMI | Logistics Management Institute |
| LMMR | Local Medical Monitor Report |
| LMR | Land Mobile Radio |
| LSTAT | Life Support for Trauma and Transport |
| LSUHSC | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center |
| LTM | Long-Term Management |
| LUC | Land Use Control |
| LWOP | Leave Without Pay |
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| MACOM | Major Command |
| MAIS | Major Automation Information System |
| MANAA | Medical Aerosolized Nerve Agent Antidote |
| MC4 | Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care |
| MCA | Military Construction, Army |
| MCBC | Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties |
| MCBT | minimal contact behavioral therapy |
| MCF | Medical Contingency File |
| MCL | Maximum Containment Level |
| MCP | Management Control Program |
| MCRP | Minority College Relations Program |
| MDA | Milestone Decision Authority |
| MDACC | MDACC M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| MDE | Maryland Department of the Environment |
| MDNR | Maryland Department of Natural Resources |
| MDRP | Muscular Dystrophy Research Program |
| MED | Management and Engineering Division |
| MEDCOM | U.S. Army Medical Command |
| MedRA | Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities |
| MeRITS | Medical Research Information Technology System |
| MF | Master File |
| MHS | Military Health System |
| MIDRP | Military Infectious Diseases Research Program |
| MILCON | Military Construction |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| MIPR | Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
| MITS | Medical Identification and Treatment Systems |
| MLPC | Medical Logistics Proponent Committee |
| MMC | Meharry Medical College |
| MMEA | Medical Materiel Executive Agent |
| MMR | Medical Monitor Report |
| MNS | Mission Needs Statement |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOB TDA | Mobilization Table of Distribution and Allowances |
| mods | Modifications |
| MOGAS | Motor Gasoline |
| MOI | Memorandum of Instruction |
| MOMRP | Military Operational Medicine Research Program |
| MOS | military occupational specialty |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPEA | Maryland Performance Excellence Award |
| MPMIS | Military Police Management Information System |
| MS | Milestone |
| MS | Medical Service Corps |
| MSC | Major Subordinate Command |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
| MTFs | Military Treatment Facilities |
| MW | Medical Waste |
| MWR | Morale, Welfare and Recreation |
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| NAF | non-appropriated funds |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NBC | nuclear, biological and chemical |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCI-F | National Cancer Institute-Frederick |
| NCMI | National Center for Medical Intelligence |
| NDA | New Drug Application |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NERCIO | North East Region Chief Information Officer |
| NET | New Equipment Training |
| NetBIOS | Network Basic Input Output System |
| NETC | Network Enterprise Technology Command |
| NETCOM | Network Command |
| NFA | No Further Action |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NFRP | Neurofibromatosis Research Program |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIBC | National Interagency Biodefense Campus |
| NICBR | National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIPRNET | Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network |
| NIS | Network Information Service |
| NMC | Not Mission Capable |
| NMRC | Naval Medical Research Center |
| NMS | National Military Strategy |
| NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NRM | Natural Resource Manager (USAG EMO employee) |
| NSN | National Stock Number |
| NSPS | National Security Personnel System |
| NTP | National Toxicology Program |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| NUNCHAKUS | martial arts weapon |
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| O&M | Operation and Maintenance |
| O/S | Operating System |
| OASD(HA) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) |
| OCRP | Ovarian Cancer Research Program |
| ODD | Orphan Drug Designation |
| OEF | Operation Enduring Freedom |
| OGA | Other Government Agencies |
| OIF | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| OIPT | Overarching Integrating Process Team |
| OMA | Operations and Maintenance Army |
| OPA | Other Procurement Army |
| OPORD | Operations Order |
| OPSEC | Operations Security |
| ORD | Operational Requirements Document |
| ORS | Offense Reporting System |
| OSBP | Office of Small Business Programs |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSMIS | Operating & Support Management Information System |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
| OT | Operational Test |
| OT&E | Operational Test & Evaluation |
| OTSG | Office of the Surgeon General |
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| P&T | Pharmacy & Therapeutics |
| PA | Program Announcement |
| PA | Preliminary Assessment |
| PAD | Patient Administration Division |
| PAIO | Plan, Analysis, and Integration Office |
| PAM | Portfolio and Asset Management |
| PAN | Procurement Advisory Notice |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PARRTS | Patient Accounting and Reporting Real-Time Tracking System |
| PASBA | Patient Administration Systems & Biostatistics Activity |
| PAT | Process Action Team |
| PBAC | Program Budget Advisory Committee |
| PBC | Performance Based Contract |
| PBO | Property Book Office |
| PBTB | Perfused Breast Tissue Bioreactor |
| PC | Pest Controller (USAG DIS employee) |
| PCCIA | Prostate Cancer Center Initiation Award |
| PCE | Protective Clothing and Equipment |
| PCE | Tetrachloroethylene |
| PCO | Property Book Office |
| PCRP | Prostate Cancer Research Program |
| PCTA | Prostate Cancer Training Award |
| PD2 | Procurement Desktop - Defense |
| PDA | Personal Data Assistant |
| PDP | Personnel Demonstration Project (USAMRMC) Personnel Program |
| PDUFA | Prescription Drug User Fee Act |
| PEC | Pharmacoeconomics Center |
| PEO EIS | Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems |
| PEPR | Public Expression Profiling Resource |
| PESC | Program Evaluation Steering Committee |
| PHRHs | primary hand receipt holders |
| PI | Principal Investigator or Package Insert |
| PIC | Personal Information Carrier |
| PIN | personal identification number |
| PIR | Permit Inspection Regulation |
| PIWD | Program for Individuals with Disabilities |
| PLL | Prescribed Load List |
| PLM+ | Product Lifecycle Management Plus |
| PM | Project Manager / Product Manager |
| PMA | pre-market approval application |
| PMO | Project Management Office |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| POM | Program Operating Memorandum |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 |
| PP | Proposed Plan |
| PPBES | Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System |
| PPDHA | Pre/Post Deployment Health Assessment |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPM | Parts Per Million |
| PPMS | Pay for Performance Management System (Part of the PDP personnel program) |
| PPP | Priority Placement Program |
| PQA | Presidential Quality Award |
| PR | Purchase Request |
| PR/HCIS | Personnel Roster/Human Capital Information System |
| PRMRP | Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program |
| PROFIS | Professional Filler System |
| PSA | prostate-specific antigen |
| PTO | Product Technical Operations |
| PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QDR | Quadrennial Defense Review |
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| RA | Remedial Action |
| RA | Regulatory Affairs |
| RA(C) | Remedial Action - Construction |
| RA (O) | Remedial Action - Operation |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RAP | Remote Access Protocol |
| RBC | Risk Based Concentration |
| RC | Response Complete |
| RCERT | Regional Computer Emergency Response Team |
| RCERT - E | Regional Computer Emergency Response Team - Europe |
| RCI | Residential Communities Initiative |
| RCRA | Resouce Conservation and Recovery Actg |
| RD | Remedial Design |
| RDA | Research, Development and Acquisition |
| RDECOM-STTC | Research and Development Engineering Command - Simulation Training Technology Center |
| RDT&E | Research, Development, Test and Evaluation |
| RFI | Request for Information |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFQ | Request for Quotation |
| RHA | Records Holding Area |
| RI | Remedial Investigation |
| RIDES | Remote Information Data Entry System |
| RIP | Remedy In Place |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| RM | Record's Manager |
| RM | Risk Management |
| RMA | Readiness Management Application |
| RN | Record Number |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| RPCI | Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
| RPL | Reemployment Priority List |
| RPMA | Real Property Maintenance Activities |
| RPPB | Real Property Planning Board Working Group |
| RPPC | Real Property Planning Commission |
| RRSE | Relative Risk Site Evaluation |
| RSDL | Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion |
| RSOP | readiness standard operating procedures |
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| SA | System Administrator |
| SA | Sensitive Activity |
| SA(CBD&CDP) | Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense and Chemical Demilitarization Programs |
| SAD | Support and Analysis Division |
| SAE | Serious Adverse Event |
| SAM | Support Agreement Manager |
| SANS | SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security |
| SAP | Special Access Program |
| SAPRP | Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program |
| SAPXI | Systems Applications & Products Exchange Infrastructure |
| SAR | Special Access Required |
| SASOHIs | Standard Army Safety & Occupational Health Inspections |
| SAV | Staff Assistance Visit |
| SBC | Service Based Costing |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SBIR/STTR | Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer |
| SCD | Service Computation Date |
| SCD | Soil Conservation District |
| SCI | spinal cord injury |
| SCIF | Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility |
| SDK | Skin Decontamination Kit |
| SEIPO | Safety, Environment, and Integrated Planning Office |
| SERPACWA | Skin Exposure Reduction Paste Against Chemical Warfare Agents |
| SET | Secure Electronic Transaction |
| S-HTTP | Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| SI | Site Inspection |
| SIDPERS | Standard Installation/Division Personnel System |
| SIPRNET | Secret Internet Protocol Router Network |
| SIR(s) | Serious Incident Report |
| SKO | Set, Kit and Outfit |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SLEP | Shelf Life Extension Program |
| SMART-HS | Special Medical Augmentation and Response Teams - Health Systems |
| SMB | Space Management Board |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| S-MIME | Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
| SMUs | Special Mission Units |
| SNA | Statement(s) of Non-Availability |
| SNAPP | Soman Nerve Agent Pretreatment Pyridostigmine |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOAR | Special Operations Aviation Regiment |
| SOF | Special Operations Forces |
| SOH | Safety and Occupational Health |
| SP | Service Provider |
| SPCCP | Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan |
| SPM | Service Provider Manager |
| SPO | Security, Plans and Operations |
| SPS | Standard Procurement System |
| SSC | scientific steering committee |
| STANFINS | Standard Finance system |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Math |
| STP | Summer Training Program |
| SW | Software |
| SWM | Storm Water Management |
| SWP2 | Storm Water Pollution Prevention |
| SWP3 | Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan |
| SWPPC | Storm Water Pollution Prevention Committee |
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| TABE | Test of Adult Basic Education |
| TAMMIS | Theater Army Medical Management Information System |
| TAO | Technology Applications Office |
| TAPP | Technical Assistance for Public Perception |
| TAQ | Total Army Quality |
| TARA | Technology Assessment and Requirements Analysis |
| TATRC | Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center |
| TAV | Total Asset Visibility |
| TBIRP | Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program |
| TCE | Trichloroethylene |
| TC-ACCIS | Transportation Coordinator - Automated Command & Control System |
| TC-AIMS II | Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information Movements System II |
| TCAM | TAMMIS Customer Assistance Module |
| TCD | Technical Contracting Division |
| TCO | telephone control officer |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TDA | tables of distribution and allowances |
| TE&S | Testing, Evaluation and Standards |
| TELNET | Telecommunications Network |
| TEMP | Test and Evaluation Master Plan |
| TEWLS | Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TIMS | toxic industrial materials |
| TLDD | Tactical Logistics Data Digitization |
| TMA | TRICARE Management Activity |
| TMDE | Test Measurement & Diagnostic Equipment |
| TMIP | Theater Medical Information Program |
| TMIP-J | Theater Medical Information Program - Joint |
| TMO | Technology Management Office |
| TMTI | Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative |
| TNSOC | Theater Network Systems Operation Center |
| TPFDD | Time-Phased Force Development Data |
| TRA | Technology Readiness Assessment |
| TRAC2ES | TRANSCOM Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
| TRBO | TRICARE Regional Business Office |
| TRC | Technical Review Committee |
| TS/SCI | Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information |
| TSACS | Terminal Server Access Controller System |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| TS-SAR | Top Secret-Special Access Required |
| TTA | Technology Transition Agreement |
| TTTF | Task, Time, Treater File |
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| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UFR | Unfinanced Requirement |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| USAAA | United States Army Acquisition Activity |
| USAARL | U.S Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory |
| USACEHR | United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research |
| USACHPPM | US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine located at Fort Meade, Maryland |
| USACIDC | United States Army Criminal Investigation Command |
| USAEC | United States Army Environmental Command |
| USAEHA | United States Army Environmental Hygience Agency |
| USAFMSA | United States Army Force Management Support Agency |
| USAG | United States Army Garrison |
| USAHFPA | US Army Health Facility Planning Agency |
| USAISEC-FDED | United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command - Fort Detrick Engineering Directorate |
| USAISR | US Army Institute of Surgical Research |
| USAMITC | US Army Medical Information Technology Center |
| USAMMA | US Army Medical Material Agency |
| USAMMCE | US Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe |
| USAMMC-SWA | US Army Medical Materiel Center - Southwest Asia |
| USAMMDA | US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity |
| USAMRAA | United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity |
| USAMRE | US Army Medical Research-Europe |
| USAMRICD | US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense |
| USAMRIID | US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
| USAMRMC | US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
| USARIEM | US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine |
| USATDS | United States Army Trial Defense Service |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| USMCR | United States Marine Corps Reserves |
| USR | Unit Status Report |
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| VEE | Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis |
| VIG | Vaccine Immune Globulin |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| VPCC | Vanderbilt Prostate Cancer Center |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VRS | Vehicle Registration System |
| VTC | Video Teleconference |
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| WAIS | Wide-Area Information Service |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
| WAWF | Wide Area Workflow |
| WHS | Washington Headquarters Service |
| Wildlife of Medical Interest | Includes all wildlife that can adversely impact upon the environment, animal health, or human health. Some illustrative examples include 1) rabid individual animals, and 2) individual or multiple deer deaths from an unknown cause. |
| WINTAADS | Web and Windows - The Army Authorization Document Systems |
| WIPT | working integrated product team |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WMSDs | work-related musculoskeletal disorders |
| WPSM | Warfighter Physiological Status Monitor |
| WRA | Water Resources Administration |
| WRAIR | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research |
| WRAMC | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
| WTP | Water Treatment Plant |
| WWTP | Waste Water Treatment Plant |
