Frequently Asked Questions
Terms & Abbreviations
CBD
Chemical and Biological Defense (Branch)
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Branch)
DHS
United States Department of Homeland Security (Agency)
DLA
Defense Logistics Agency (Branch)
DMEA
Defense MicroElectronics Activity (Branch)
DNDO
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (Branch)
DoD
United States Department of Defense (Agency)
DOE
United States Department of Energy (Agency)
DOT
United States Department of Transportation (Agency)
DTRA
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Branch)
ED
United States Department of Education (Agency)
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
FAST
Federal And State Technology (Other)
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards (Other)
FISMA
Federal Information Security Management (Other)
HHS
United States Department of Health and Human Services (Agency)
IES
Institute of Education Sciences (Branch)
MDA
Missile Defense Agency (Branch)
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Agency)
NCES
National Center for Education Statistics (Branch)
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Branch)
NIH
National Institutes of Health (Branch)
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology (Branch)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Branch)
NSF
National Science Foundation (Agency)
ORTA
Office of Research and Technology Applications (Branch)
OSD
Office of the Secretary of Defense (Branch)
OSERS
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Branch)
POC
Point of Contact (Other)
R&D
Research & Development (Other)
S&T
Science and Technology Directorate (Other)
SBA
United States Small Business Administration (Agency)
SBC
Small Business Concern (Other)
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research programm (Other)
SOCOM
Special Operations Command (Branch)
STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer program (Other)
TECH-Net
Technology Resources Network (Other)
USAF
United States Air Force (Branch)
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture (Agency)
XML
eXtensible Markup Language (Other)