Key Guidelines & Regulations - Acronyms

A

A-110
OMB Circular A-110 - Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals & Other Nonprofit Organizations More details...

A-133
OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments & Non-Profit Organizations More details...

A-21
OMB Circular A-21 - Cost Principles for Educational Institutions More details...

AAALAC
American Association of Animal Laboratory Accreditation Council

AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAMC
Association of American Medical Colleges

AAU
Association of American Universities

ABRF
Association of Bimolecular Resource Facilities

ACM
Association of American Medical Colleges

ACO
Administrative Contracting Officer

ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

AFAA
Air Force Audit Agency

AFARS
Arruy Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

AFOSR
Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFRL
Air Force Research Laboratory

ANPRM
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

ARL
Army Research Lab

ARO
Army Research Office

ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency

ASAP
Automated Standard Application for Payments

ATP
Advance Technology Program

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B

BAA
Broad Agency Announcement

BPN
Business Partner Network

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C

CAS
Cost Accounting Standards

CASB
Cost Accounting Standards Board

CBD
Commerce Business Daily

CBO
Congressional Budget Office

CCH
Commerce Clearing House

CCR
Central Contractor Registration

CFDA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

CFO
Chief Financial Officer

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations

CFS
Committee on Fundamental Science

CICA
Competition in Contracting Act

CLIN
Contract Line Item Number

CMIA
Cash Management Improvement Act

CNO
Chief of Naval Operations

CO
Contracting Officer

COGR
Council On Governmental Relations

COS
Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council

COSEPUP
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy

CPSR
Contractor Procurement/Property System Review

CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CRS
Congressional Research Service

CSR
Center for Scientific Review

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D

DA
Department Administration Costs

DA
Department of the Army

DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DC
Direct Costs

DCAA
Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCASR's
Defense Contract Administration Services Regions

DCE
Direct Cost Equivalent

DEAR
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations

DEC
Determination of Exceptional Circumstances

DED
Department of Education

DFAR
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

DFARS
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DHEW
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services

DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency

DIALOG
A computer based search system using key words

DIPEC
Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Council

DIS
Defense Investigative Service

DNA
Defense Nuclear Agency

DOC
Department of Commerce

DOD
Department of Defense

DODGARS
DOD Grant and Agreement Regulations

DOE
Department of Energy

DOL
Department of Labor

DOT
Department of Transportation

DSMB
Data Safety Monitoring Board

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E

EARS
Electronic Approval and Routing Systems

EC
Electronic Commerce

EDA
Economic Development Administration

EDGAR
Education Department General Administration Regulations

EDI
Electronic Data Interchange

EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EFT
Electronic Funds Transfer

EO
Executive Order

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

ERA
Electronic Research Administration

ERA
Economic Regulatory Administration

ETA
Employment and Training Administration

EVS
Equipment Visibility System

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F

F&A
Facilities and Administrative (Rate or Cost)

FAA
Federal Aviation Administration

FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation

FARS
Financial Accounting and Reporting System

FASA
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act

FASAB
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

FASEB
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

FBO
Federal Business Opportunities

FCC
Federal Communications Commission

FCST
Federal Council for Science and Technology

FDA
Food and Drug Administration

FDP I
Florida Demonstration Project

FDP II
Federal Demonstration Project

FDP III &IV
Federal Demonstration Partnership

FECAI
Federal Electronic Commerce Acquisition Instructions

FEDIX
An on-line federal data base serving most federal agencies for on-line searches

FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency

FFMIA
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act

FHWA
Federal Highway Administration

FICC
Federal Interagency Coordinating Council

FIMA
Financial Management System

FIPSE
Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education

FISAP
Fiscal Operations Report & Application to Participate

FMC
Federal Management Circular

FOB
Free-on-board

FOIA
Freedom of Information Act

FR
Federal Register

FRFA
Request for Applications

FS&T
Federal Science and Technology Budget

FTC
Federal Trade Commission

FTS
Federal Telecommunications System

FY
Fiscal Year

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G

GA
General Administration (Costs)

GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAO
General Accounting Office

GAS6
Governmental Accounting Standards Board

GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GMRA
Government Management Reform Act

GPG
Grant Proposal Guide (NSF)

GPO
Government Printing Office

GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act

GSA
General Services Administration

GUIRR
Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

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H

HBCU
Historically Black College and University

HCFA
Health Care Financing Administration

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services

HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration

HSARPA
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency

HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development

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I

IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IAEGC
Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee

IBC
Institutional Bio-safety Committee

ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission

IDC
Indirect Costs

IG
Inspector General

IPA
Intergovernmental Personnel Act

IPASS
Interagency Panel on Advanced Science & Security

IPR
Intellectual Property Rights

IR&D
Independent Research and Development

IRAB
FDP Initiative to Reduce Administrative Burden

IRB
Institutional Review Board

IRIS
An on-line search system for research opportunities developed

ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITMRA
Information Technology Management Reform Act

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J

JAG
Judge Advocate General

JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff

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L

LSA
Labor Surplus Area

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M

M&O
Maintenance and Operations or Management and Operations Contractors

MBDA
Minority Business Development Agency

MBE
Minority Business Enterprise

MECA
Midwest Conference on College Cost Accounting

MOU
Memorandum of Understanding

MTDC
Modified Total Direct Costs

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N

NACCA
National Conference on College Cost Accounting

NAS
National Academy of Sciences

NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASULGC
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges

NCC
National Coordinating Committee

NCI
National Cancer Institute

NCRR
National Center for Research Resources

NCST
National Council of Science and Technology

NCURA
National Council of University Research Administrators

NECA
Northeast Conference on College Cost Accounting

NEH
National Endowment for the Humanities

NIAID
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

NIE
National Institute of Education

NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Services

NIH
National Institutes of Health

NIJ
National Institute of Justice

NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology

NLRB
National tabor Relations Board

NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPR
National Performance Review

NPRM
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPS
National Park Service

NRC
National Research Council

NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRL
Naval Research Laboratory

NSA
National Security Agency

NSB
National Science Board

NSC
National Security Council

NSDD
National Security Decision Directive 189 (issued 1985}

NSF
National Science Foundation

NSF/STIS
An on-line search system of the National Science Foundation

NSP
Not Separately Priced

NSTC
National Science Technology Council

NTIS
National Technical Information Service

NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board

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O

O&M
Operations and Maintenance Costs

OCR
Office of Civil Rights

OES
Office of Employment Security

OET
Office of Employment Training

OFCC
Office of Federal Contract Compliance

OFM
Office of Financial Management

OFR
Office of the Federal Register

OHRP
Office of Human Research Protection

OIG
Office of Inspector General

OIRA
Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs (OMB)

OMB
Office of Management and Budget

ONR
Office of Naval Research

OPERA
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration

OPM
Office of Personnel Management

OPRR
Office for Protection from Research Risks

ORA
Office of Research Administration

ORI
Office of Research Integrity

OSEP
Office of Special Education Programs

OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSP
Office of Sponsored Projects

OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy

OT
Office of Transportation

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P

PCAST
President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

PCC
Policy Coordination Council

PCO
Procuring Contracting Officer

PDF
Portable Document Format

PETA
People for the Ethnical Treatment of Animals

PHI
Protected Health Information

PHS
Public Health Service

PIGABS
Principal Investigator Grant Administration Burden Survey (done by.FDP)

PMS
Payment Management System

PRD
Presidential Review Directive

PROG
Peer Review Oversight Group

PTO
Patent and Trademark Office

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R

RAC
Recombinant DNA Committee

RCR
Responsible Conduct in Research

RDNA
Recombinant DNA Research

RFP
Request for Proposal

RFQ
Request for Quotation

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S

S&W
Salaries and Wages

S&W + B
Salaries and Wages plus Benefits

SAMHSA
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration

SBA
Small Business Administration

SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research

SBU
Sensitive But Unclassified

SECA
Southeast Conference on College Cost Accounting

SEOG
Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants

SEVIS
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (ins for tracking foreign students)

SF
Standard Form

SOW
Statement of Work

SPA
Sponsored Project Administration

SPAS
Sponsored Project Administration System

SPIN
An on-line search system for research opportunities developed by the University of New York (SUNY) System

SRA
Society of Research Administrators

STEP
Science, Technology and Economic Policy Board

STP
Science and Technology Policy

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T

T&A
Time and attendance

TBSR
Total Business Systems Review

TDC
Total Direct Costs

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U

U.S.C.
United States Code

UBIT
Unrelated Business Income Tax

UCA
Utility Cost Adjustment

USA
United States Army

USAF
United States Air Force

USAID
United States Agency for International Development

USCG
United States Coast Guard

USDA
United States Department of Agriculture

USDE
United States Department of Energy

USIA
United States Information Agency

USN
United States Navy

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V

VA
Department of Veterans Affairs

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W

WECA
Western Conference on College Cost Accounting

WHO
World Health Organization

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X

XML
eXtensible Markup Language

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Y

YCC
Youth Conservation Corps

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