APPENDIX D:
ABBREVIATIONS
| ABAG | Association of Bay Area Governments |
| ACH | Automated Clearing House |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
| AZ | Arizona |
| BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| CA | California |
| CENR | Committee on Environment and Natural Resources |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| COE | Common Operating Environment |
| COTS | Commercial-off-the-shelf |
| DC | District of Columbia |
| DCL | Dedicated Commuter Lane |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| EBT | Electronic Benefits Transfer |
| EC | Electronic Commerce |
| ECQ | Executive Core Qualifications |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESC | Executive Steering Committee |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FACNet | Federal Acquisition Computer Network |
| FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FEB | Federal Executive Board |
| FedCIRC | Federal Computer Incident Response Capability |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FGDC | Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| FLEWUG | Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group |
| FMS | Financial Management Service |
| FNC | Federal Networking Council |
| FTS2000 | Federal Telecommunications Service 2000 |
| FWTS | Federal Wireless Telecommunications Service |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GII | Global Information Infrastructure |
| GILS | Government Information Locator Service |
| GITS | Government Information Technology Services |
| GITSB | Government Information Technology Services Board |
| GOL | Government On-line |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| GSII | Government Services Information Infrastructure |
| HUD | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| HWG | Harmonized Wage Code |
| IEP | Intergovernmental Enterprise Panel |
| IITF | Information Infrastructure Task Force |
| IRM | Information Resources Management |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITIS | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
| ITMRA | Information Technology Management Reform Act |
| IWG | Interagency Working Group |
| MAGIC | Merced Automated Global Information System |
| MAGNet | Massachusetts Access to Government Network |
| MI | Michigan |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NASIRE | National Association of State Information Resource Executives |
| NATAP | North American Trade Automation Prototype |
| NBII | National Biological Information Infrastructure |
| NCIC | National Crime Information Center |
| NCS | National Communications System |
| NEDI | National Environmental Data Index |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure |
| NIST | National Institute of Science and Technology |
| NLETS | National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System |
| NPR | National Performance Review |
| NPS | National Park Service |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| NSDI | National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
| NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
| NY | New York |
| OCC | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PEBES | Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PMC | President's Management Council |
| PMO | Program Management Office |
| PSN | Public Switched Network |
| PSWAC | Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| SARS | Suspicious Activity Reporting System |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SPF | Single Point of Filing |
| SSA | Social Security Administration |
| STAWRS | Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System |
| TX | Texas |
| US | United States |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USBA | United States Business Advisor |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USEAC | United States Export Assistance Center |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| USPS | United States Postal Service |
| VA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| WIC | Women, Infants, and Children |
| WINGS | Web Interactive Network of Government Services |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
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