Appendix A: Homeland Security Acronyms

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Acronym	Definition
AAA	Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAAS	American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAM	Air-to-Air Missile
ACC	Air Combat Command
ACCINTNET	ACC Intelligence Network
ACIC	Army Counter Intelligence Center
ACIS	Arms Control Intelligence Staff
ACM	Assistant Chief of Mission
ACS	Aerospace Medicine Consultation Service
ACTD	Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
ACTIVE	Advanced Controls Technology for Integrated Vehicles
ADCI/A&P	Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production
ADCI/C	Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection
ADM	Advanced Development Model
ADM	Administrative Section
ADS	Advanced Distributed Simulation
ADT	Active Denial Technology
AEOS	Advanced Electro-Optical System
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
AETC	Air Education and Training Command

Acronym	Definition
AFC4A	Air Force C4 Agency
AFCERT	Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team
AFCS	Automatic Flight Control System
AFEWES	Air Force Electronic Warfare Effectiveness Simulator
AFGIHS	Air Force Geographic Information Handling System
AFIT	Air Force Institute of Technology
AFIWC	Air Force Information Warfare Center
AFMC	Air Force Materiel Command
AFMSS	Air Force Mission Support System
AFOSI	Air Force Office of Special Investigations
AFOSR	Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFPD	Air Force Policy Directive
AFRES	Air Force Reserves
AFRL	Air Force Research Laboratory
AFSAA	Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency
AFSFC	Air Force Space Forecasting Center
AFSOC	Air Force Special Operations Command
AFSPC	Air Force Space Command
AGARD	Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
AGILE	Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement
AGRF	Advanced Guidance Research Facility
AHDL	Analog Hardware Descriptive Language
AI	Artificial Intelligence
AIA	Air Intelligence Agency
AID	Agency for International Development
AIM	Air Intercept Missile
AIMS	Automated Infrastructure Management System
AIRST	Advanced Infrared Search and Track
AIS	Automated Information Systems

Acronym	Definition
AIT	Active Imaging Test Bed
ALC	Air Logistics Center
AMB SEC	Ambassador's Secretary
AMB	Ambassador
AMC	Air Mobility Command
ANG	Air National Guard
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
AOA	Analysis of Alternatives (formerly: COEA)
AOA	Angle of Attack
APHIS	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Office
APT	Advanced Personnel Testing
ARGOS	Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite
ARSO	Assistant Regional Security Officer
ASAT	Antisatellite
ASC	Aeronautical Systems Center
ASIMS	Automated Security Incident Measuring System
ASP	Aircraft Self-Protection
ASSIST	Automated Systems Security Incident Support Team
ASTREX	Advanced Space Structures Technology Research Experiment
ATAC	Anti Terrorism Alert Center
ATAF	Allied Tactical Air Forces
ATAGS	Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit
ATARR	Advanced Turbine Aerothermal Research Rig
ATC	Applied Technology Center
ATD	Advanced Technology Demonstration
ATEGG	Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator
ATF	Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
ATIRCM	Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures
ATO	Advanced Technology Office

Acronym	Definition
ATO	Agricultural Trade Office (USDA/FAS)
ATR	Automatic Target Recognition
AWACS	Airborne Warning and Control System
BCAO	Branch Cultural Affairs Officer
BDA	Bomb Damage Assessment
BIST	Built-in-Self-Test
BLU	Bomb, Live Unit
BO	Branch Office (of Embassy)
BUREC	Bureau of Reclamation
BVR	Beyond Visual Range
BW	Biological Weapons
C2	Command and Control
C2W	Command and Control Warfare
C3	Command, Control, and Communications
C3I	Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
C4	Command, Control, Communication, and Computers
CA	Cooperative Agreement
CAO	Cultural Affairs Officer
CAP	Combat Air Patrol
CATT	Computer-Assisted Technology Transfer
CBW	Chemical and Biological Warfare
CCM	Counter-Countermeasure
CCP	Consolidated Cryptologic Program
CCRP	Continuously Computed Release Point
CDC	Centers for Disease Control
CDFS	Core Driven Fan Stage
CEO	Cultural Exchange Officer
CEP	Circular Error Probable
CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team

Acronym	Definition
CERT/CC	Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center
CFIT	Controlled Flight into Terrain
CG	Consul General, Consulate General
C-HFET	Complementary Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor
CHG	Charge d'Affaires
CI	Counterintelligence
CI&SCM	Counterintelligence and Security Countermeasures
CI/LI	Corrosion Inhibitor/Lubricity Improver (MIL-I-25017)
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CIAP	Central Intelligence Agency Program
CIARDS	Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
CICA	Competition in Contracting Act
CINC	Commander in Chief
CINC	Combined Intelligence Center
CINCAFSOUTH	Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe
CINCEUR	Commander in Chief U.S. European Command
CINCPAC	Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command
CINCU.S.AFE	Commander in Chief U.S. Air Forces Europe
CINCU.S.AREUR	Commander in Chief U.S. Army Europe
CISO	Counterintelligence Support Officer at Unified Commands
CITAC	Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center
CLANSIG	Clandestine Signals Intelligence
CM	Countermeasure
CM	Chief of Mission
CMAWS	Common Missile Approach Warning System
CMO	Central MASINT Organization
CNA	Computer Network Attack
CNC	Crime and Narcotics Center
CNI	Communications, Navigation, and Identification

Acronym	Definition
COE	Common Operating Environment
COEA	Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis
COM	Commercial Section (FCS)
COMSEC	Communications Security
CON	Consul, Consular Section
CONOPS	Concept of Operations
COSPO	Community Open Source Program Office
COVCOM	Covert Communications
CPCC	Community Personnel Coordinating Committee
CRADA	Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CSA	Computer Security Act
CSAR	Combat Search and Rescue
CSAT	Crew System Associate Technology
CSG	The Council of State Governments
CSIR	Computer (and Network) Security Incident Response
CSIRC	Computer Security Incident Response Capability
CSRC	Computer Security Response Center
CSSO	Computer Systems Security Officers
CT	Counterterrorism
CTAPS	Contingency Tactical Air Combat System Automated Planning System
CTC	Counterterrorism Center
CU.S.	Customs Service (Treasury)
CW	Chemical Weapons
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention
D2	Degrade and Destroy
D3	Degrade, Disrupt, Deny
D4	Degrade, Disrupt, Deny, Destroy
DAD	Distributed Architecture Decoy
DAO	Defense AttachÈ Office

Acronym	Definition
DAO	Office of the Defense AttachÈ
DARO	Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARTS	Dynamic Avionics Real-Time Scheduling
DATT	Defense AttachÈ
DAWS	Defense Automated Warning System
DCI	Director of Central Intelligence
DCIIS	Defense Counterintelligence Integrated Information System
DCM	Deputy Chief of Mission
DC-X	Delta Clipper Experimental
DDCI/CM	Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management
DDR&E	Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DDS	Defense Dissemination System
DEA	Data Exchange Agreement
DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration
DEECS	Digital Electronic Engine Control System
DEF ADV	Defense Adviser
DEL	Delegation
DEM/VAL	Demonstration and Validation
DEP DIR	Deputy Director
DEP	Deputy
DEPSECDEF	Deputy Secretary of Defense
DEVEL	Development
DEW	Directed Energy Weapon
DIA	Defense Intelligence Agency
DIAC	Defense Intelligence Analysis Center
DIACCS	Defense IA Command and Control System
DIAMOND	Defense Intrusion Analysis and Monitoring Desk
DIAP	Defense Information Assurance Program

Acronym	Definition
DICE	Data Integration and Collection Environment
DIDS	Distributed Intrusions Detection System
DII	Defense Information Infrastructure
DIR	Director
DIRCM	Directed Infrared Countermeasures
DIRNSA	Director, National Security Agency
DIS	Distributed Interactive Simulation
DISA	Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN	Defense Information System Network
DITSCAP	DoD IT Security Certification and Accreditation Process
DITSWG	Defense Information Technology Security Working Group
DJ	Deceptive Jamming
DLA	Defense Logistics Agency
DMA	Defense Mapping Agency
DMC	Defense MegaCenter
DMD	Digital Micromirror Device
DME	Distance Measuring Equipment
DMR	Dual-Mode Ramjet
DMS	Defense Message System
DMSP	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DNA	Defense Nuclear Agency
DO	Directorate of Operations
DOD	Department of Defense
DOD/FCIP	Department of Defense Foreign Counterintelligence Program
DODD	Department of Defense Directive
DODIIS	Department of Defense Intelligence Information System
DOE	Department of Energy
DOJ	Department of Justice
DoN	Department of the Navy

Acronym	Definition
DP	Development Prototype
DPAO	Deputy Public Affairs Officer
DPG	Defense Planning Guidance
DSA	Defense Supply Adviser
DSB	Defense Science Board
DSCS	Defense Satellite Communication System
DSN	Defense Switched Network
DSO	Defensive System Operator
DSS	Defense Security Service
DT&E	Development, Test, and Evaluation
DUSD	Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
E	Embassy
EA	Electronic Attack
EBRD	Economic Board for Reconstruction and Development
ECM	Electronic Countermeasures
ECO	Economic Section
ECO/COM	Economic/Commercial Section
ECOSOC	Economic and Social Council
EDO	Export Development Officer
EDRB	Expanded Defense Resources Board
EELV	Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
EFOIA	Electronic Freedom of Information Act
EFS-M	Enhanced Flight Screening-Medical
EIA	Electronic Industry Alliance
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
ELINT	Electronic Intelligence Technical and Operational Intelligence Information
ELINT	Electronic Intelligence
ELMC	Electrical Load Management Centers
ELO	Extremely Low Observable

Acronym	Definition
EO	Electro-Optical
EO/IR	Electro-Optical/Infrared
EOP	Executive Office of the President
EP	Electronic Protection
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EPAD	Electrically Powered Actuation Device
EPU	Emergency Power Unit
ESM	Electronic Support Measures
EST	Environment, Science, and Technology
ETA	Education, Training, and Awareness
ETF	Environmental Task Force
EXDIR/ICA	Executive Director/Intelligence Community Affairs
EXEC	Executive
EX-IM	Export-Import
EXLITE	Extended Life Tire
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration
FAA/CASLO	Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aviation Security Liaison Officer
FAA/FSIDO	Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards International District Office
FAO	Foreign Agricultural Office
FAS	Foreign Agricultural Service
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI/FCI	Federal Bureau of Investigation Foreign Counterintelligence Program
FBI/SCM	Federal Bureau of Investigation Security Countermeasures Program
FBIS	Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FBO	Foreign Buildings Office
FCC	Federal Communications Commission
FCI	Foreign Counterintelligence
FCS	Foreign Commercial Service
FCT	Foreign Comparative Test

Acronym	Definition
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFRDC	Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FIN	Financial Attachè (Treasury)
FIS	Foreign Intelligence Service
FISA	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FLC	Foreign Language Committee
FLC	Federal Laboratory Consortium
FLEX	Force Level Execution
FOC	Full Operational Capability
FOD	Foreign Object Damage
FODAG	Food and Agriculture Organizations
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FSI	Foreign Service Institute
FSU	Former Soviet Union
FTS	Fourier Transform Spectrometer
GAO	General Accounting Office
GATT	General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
GDIP	General Defense Intelligence Program
GPS	Global Positioning System
HQ	Headquarters
HUMINT	Human Source Intelligence
I&W	Indications and Warning
IA	Information Assurance
IACP	International Association of Chiefs of Police
IADS	Integrated Air Defense System
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
IAFC	International Association of Fire Chiefs
IAG	Information Assurance Group
IAGS	Inter-American Geodetic Survey

Acronym	Definition
IAPWG	Information Assurance Policy Working Group
IATAC	Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center
IAVA	Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert
IC	Intelligence Community
IC CIO	Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
ICMA	International City/County Management Association
IDHS	Intelligence Data Handling System
IG	Inspector General
IHT	Incident Handling Team
IIR	Imaging Infrared
IMINT	Imagery Intelligence and Geospatial Information
IMIS	Integrated Maintenance Information System
INFOSEC	Information Security
INR	Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research
INS	Immigration and Naturalization Service
IO	Information Operations
IPO	Information Program Officer
IPRG	Intelligence Program Review Group
IPT	Integrated Product Team
IPTF	Infrastructure Protection Task Force
IPU	Integrated Power Unit
IRC	INFOSEC Research Council
IRM	Information Resources Management
IRMA	Infrared Modeling and Analysis
IRS	Incident Reporting Structure
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
IRT	Incident Response Team
ISA	Instrumentation Society of America

Acronym	Definition
ISM	Information Systems Manager
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISSM	Information System Security Manager
ISSO	Information System Security Officer
IT	Information Technology
IW	Information Warfare
JCCC	Joint Communications Control Center
JCS	Joint Chiefs of Staff
JIC	Joint Intelligence Center
JID	Joint Intrusion Detection
JIEO	Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization
JR	Jam Resistance
KMI	Key Management Infrastructure
LaRC	Langley Research Center
LASE	Large Aperture Speckle Experiment
LCC	Life Cycle Cost
LE	Law Enforcement
LEGATT	Legal Attachè
LO	Liaison Officer
M	Mission
M&S	Modeling and Simulation
MAA	Mission Area Assessment
MAAG	Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAP	Mission Area Plan
MBB	Mission Based Budgeting
MCC	Major Cities Chiefs Association
MCD	Minimum Cost Design
MCDES	Malicious Code Detection and Eradication System
MCSA	Major County Sheriffs' Association

Acronym	Definition
MGT & RFM	Management and Reform
MIG AFF	Migration Affairs
MIL	Military
MILGP	Military Group
MILSATCOM	Military Satellite Communications
MLO	Military Liaison Office
MLS WG	Multilevel Security Working Group
MNS	Mission Needs Statement
MOA	Memorandum of Agreement
MOOTW	Military Operations Other Than War
MSC	Military Staff Committee
MSO	Mission Support Officer
MTBF	Mean Time Between Failure
MTI	Moving Target Indicator
NAAG	National Association of Attorneys General
NACIC	National Counterintelligence Center
NACO	National Association of Counties
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAIC	National Air Intelligence Center
NARC	Narcotics Officer
NAS	Narcotics Affairs Section
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVAIRSYSCOM	Naval Air Systems Command
NAVCIRT	Naval Computer Incident Response Team
NBC	Nuclear, Biological, Chemical weapons
NCIOB	National Counterintelligence Operations Board
NCIPB	National Counterintelligence Policy Board
NCIS	Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Acronym	Definition
NCJA	National Criminal Justice Association
NCSC	National Computer Security Center
NCSL	National Conference of State Legislatures
NDIC	National Drug Intelligence Center
NDU	National Defense University
NEMA	National Emergency Management Association
NENA	National Emergency Number Association
NFIP	National Foreign Intelligence Program
NGA	National Governors Association
NIAC	National Infrastructure Assurance Council
NIC	National Intelligence Council
NICB	National Intelligence Collection Board
NID	Network Intrusion Detector
NIFTR	Near Isothermal Flowing Test Rig
NII	National Information Infrastructure
NIJ	National Institute of Justice
NIMA	National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIPB	National Intelligence Producers Board
NIPC	National Infrastructure Protection Center
NISP	National Industrial Security Program
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
NITB	National INFOSEC Technical Baseline
NIV	Nonimmigrant Visas
NLC	National League of Cities
NLECTC	National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
NLETS	National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
NLO	Naval Liaison Officer
NOC	Network Operating Centers
NOSC	Network Operation Security Center

Acronym	Definition
NPSTC	National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
NRC	National Research Council
NRO	National Reconnaissance Office
NRP	National Reconnaissance Program
NS/EP	National Security and Emergency Preparedness
NSA	National Security Agency
NSA	National Sheriffs' Association
NSA/CSS	National Security Agency/Central Security Service
NSD	National Security Directive
NSIRC	National Security Incident Response Center
NSOC	National Security Operations Center
NSTAC	National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
NSTISSC	National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee
NSTISSI	National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction
NTIA	National Telecommunications and Information Administration
O&M	Operations and Maintenance
OAS	Organization of American States
ODC	Office of Defense Cooperation
ODP	Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support
OHS	Office of Homeland Security
OIC	Officer in Charge
OJP	Office of Justice Programs
OMC	Office of Military Cooperation
OMS	Office Management Specialist
ONR	Office of Naval Research
OPM	Office of Personnel Management
OPO	Optical Parametric Oscillator

Acronym	Definition
OPSEC	Operations Security
ORA	Office of Regional Affairs
ORD	Office of Research and Development
ORTA	Office of Research and Technology Applications
OSD	Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSD/JS	Office of the Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff
OSINT	Open Source Intelligence
OSO	Offensive System Operator
P3I	Preplanned Product Improvement
PA&E	Program Assessment and Evaluation
PA&EO	Program Assessment and Evaluation Office, Community Management Staff
PCCIP	President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
PCS	Personal Communications Services
PD	Pulse Doppler (Radar)
PDD	Presidential Decision Directive
PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PLAID	Precision Location and Identification
PMAD	Power Management and Distribution
PMD	Program Management Directive
PO	Principal Officer
POL	Political Section
POL/ECO	Political/Economic Section
POL/LAB	Political and Labor Section
POLAD	Political Adviser
POM	Program Objective Memorandum
PPBS	Planning, Program, and Budgeting System
PRG	Program Review Group
R&M	Reliability and Maintainability

Acronym	Definition
RAMTIP	Reliability and Maintainability Technology Insertion Program
RCERTs	Regional Computer Emergency Response Teams
RCON	Regional Consular Affairs Officer
RCS	Radar Cross Section
RDT&E	Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
REDSO	Regional Economic Development Services Office
REF	Refugee Coordinator
RELO	Regional English Language Officer
REP	Representative
RM&S	Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability
RMO	Regional Medical Officer
RSO	Regional Security Officer
S/V/L	Survivability/Vulnerability/Lethality
SAB	Scientific Advisory Board
SAO	Security Assistance Office
SAR	Suspicious Activity Report
SAR	Search and Rescue
SAR	Special Access Required
SAWS	Silent Attack Warning System
SCI	Scientific Attachè
SCO	Senior Commercial Office
SERE	Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape
SERT	Security Emergency Response Team
SET	Secure Encrypted Transaction
SIO	Special Information Operations
SLG	State and Local Government
SOC	Special Operations Command
SOF	Special Operations Forces
SOI	Space Object Identification

Acronym	Definition
SPA	Special Assistant
SPACECOM	Space Command
SPAWAR	Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SPB	Security Policy Board
SPO	Single Point of Failure
SPO	System Program Office
SSAA	Systems Security Authorization Agreement
SSN	Space Surveillance Network
SSO	Special Security Office/Officer
SSRT	Software Security Response Team
STC	Security Trade Control
STRATCOM	Strategic Command
STTR	Small Business Technology Transfer Program
SWC	Space Warfare Center
SWIM	Solar Wind Interplanetary Measurements
T&E	Test and Evaluation
TAT	Tactical Analysis Team
TCT	Time Critical Target
TDA	Technology Development Approach
TEO	Technology Executive Officer
TestPAES	Test Planning, Analysis and Evaluation System
THREATCON	Threat Condition
TIA	Telecommunications Industry Association
TIP	Technology Investment Plan
TIP	Technology Insertion Program
TIPP	Test Instrument Planning and Programming
TRANSEC	Transmission Security
TTO	Technology Transition Office
UAV	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Acronym	Definition
UAV	Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
UNEP	United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
URI	University Research Initiative
USA	United States Army
USACOM	U.S. Atlantic Command
USCENTCOM	U.S. Central Command
USCG	U.S. Coast Guard
USCM	The United State Conference of Mayors
USCS	U.S. Cryptologic System
USDOC	U.S. Department of Commerce
USEU	U.S. Mission to the European Union
USEUCOM	U.S. European Command
USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
USMTM	U.S. Military Training Mission
USNATO	U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
USOAS	U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States
USOECD	U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
USTTA	U.S. Travel and Tourism Agency
USUN	U.S. Mission to the United Nations
VAAP	Vulnerability-and-Assessment Program
VAS	Vulnerability Assessment System
VOC	Volatile Organic Compounds
WMD	Weapon of Mass Destruction

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