Governmental Abbreviations

ARDS Stands For : Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome | Automated Resources Directory Service.

ARF Stands For : Acute Renal Failure | Air Reserve Force | All Ready To Fly | Almost Ready To Fly | Army Reserve Force | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | Affordable Rental Fleet | Airport Reservation Function | Area Resource File | Asean Regional Forum.

ARIES Stands For : Administrative Resources Information Exchange System.

ARNet Stands For : Acquisition Reform Network | Acquisition Reform Network.

ARRT Stands For : American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

ARS Stands For : Agricultural Research Service | Action Request System | Acute Radiation Syndrome | Advanced Recovery System | Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance | Air Radio System | Air Rescue Service | Army Reserve Sustainment | Automated Response System | Air Revitalization System | Air Roll Spin | Archive and Retrieval Sub-system | Attitude Reference System | Authentication Response | Active Roll Stabilization | Adjustable Rate Suspension | Average Rectified Slope | Agricultural Research Service.

ART Stands For : Assisted Reproductive Therapy | Active Release Technology | Advanced Rotorcraft Technology | Annual Refresher Training | Army Regional Threats | Army Reserve Technicians | Assessment Recovery Team | Aviation Radio Technician | Adjustable Ranging Telescope | Aggression Replacement Training Programme | Air Reserve Technician | Anaheim Resort Transit | Arlington Transit | Automatic Response Transmission | Africa Resources Trust.

ARTCA Stands For : Antimicrobial Regulations Technical Correction Act of 1998.

AS Stands For : Administrative Staff | Aortic Stenosis | Access System | Acquisition Strategy | Aerial Surveillance | Air Force Standard | All Source | Analog Secure | Anti-Submarine | As Stated | Assault Shotgun | Assault Support | Authorization Subsystem | Autonomous System | Aviation Ship | FAADC2I Simplified Handheld Terminal Unit | Auto and Shop Information | American Samoa | Applicability Statement.

ASA Stands For : American Society of Anesthesiologists | American Statistical Association | AminoSalicylic Acid | Allied Swat Agents | Ammunition Storage Area | Ammunition Supply Activity | Army Security Agency | Army Strategic Appraisal | Assistant Secretary of the Army | Automatic Spectrum Analyzer | Australian Space Agency | Austrian Space Agency | Air Service Area | Automotive Service Association | American Standards Authority | Assistant Secretary of the Army.

ASAP Stands For : Administrative Systems Automation Project | As Soon As Possible | All Source Analysis Product | Army Scientific Advisory Panel | Army Streamlined Acquisition Program | Army Substance Abuse Program | As Soon As Possible | Aviation Safety Action Program | Anarchists | As Soon As Possible | As Soon As Possible | Automatic Shipment Advantage Program | Aviation Safety Action Partnership | Aviation Safety Action Program | Automated Standard Application for Payments (used by the Commerce Department).

ASB (OC) Stands For : Accounting Services Branch (OC) | Administrative Services Branch (OC).

ASBPO Stands For : Armed Services Blood Program Office | Armed Services Blood Program Office.

ASC Stands For : Advertising Standards Council | Acting Service Chief | ADN (Automatic Digital Network) Switching Center | Aeronautical System Center | Aeronautical Systems Center | Air Standards Coordinating Committee | Air Systems Command | American Standards Committee | Appointment Slot Consumed | Area Signal Center | Army Service Corps | Army Sustainment Command | Assign Switch Classmark | ATCCS Steering Committee | Autodin Switching Center | Automatic Switching Center | Actuated Signal Control | Adaptive Speed Control | American Service Center | Office of System Capacity and Requirements | Armed Services Committe | Assistant State Commissioner | Area Security Coordinator.

ASCII Stands For : American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

ASCO Stands For : American Society of Clinical Oncology | Advanced Systems and Concepts Office.

ASCP Stands For : American Society for Clinical Pathology | Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program | Army Small Computer Program | Aviation System Capacity Plan | Armenia School Connectivity Program.

ASCVD Stands For : AtheroSclerotic Cardio-Vascular Disease.

ASD Stands For : Atrial Septal Defect | Advanced Scenario Design | Aeronautical Systems Division | Airworthiness Substantiation Document | Ammunition Storage Depot | Armament Systems Division | Army Schools Department | Assigned Software Developer | Assigned Systems Developer | Assistant Secretary of Defense | Automatic Shut Down | AWIS Software Development | Aircraft Situation Display | Allowable Stress Design | Azimuth Stern Drive.

ASD(HD) Stands For : Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense).

ASGE Stands For : American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

ASHD Stands For : AtheroSclerotic Heart Disease.

ASIC Stands For : Application Specific Integrated Circuit | Air and Space Interoperability Council | All Source Intelligence Center | Application Specific Integrated Circuit | Aviation Security Identification Card.

ASPE Stands For : Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation [DHHS] | Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation | HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

ASPER Stands For : Assistant Secretary for Personnel (General).

ASTHO Stands For : Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

ASTM Stands For : American Society for Testing and Materials | American Society for Testing and Materials | American Society for Testing and Materials.

ATC Stands For : Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical | Aberdeen Test Center | Active Training Cell | Advanced Training Cadet | Air Threat Conference | Air Traffic Control | Air Training Command | Air Training Corps | Air Transport Command | Air Transportable Clinic | Army Tactical Center | Army Training Center | Attack The Cripple | Automatic Target Cueing | Absolute Time Command | Authorization to Carry | Air Tactical Communications | Air Traffic Control | Air Training Command | Airport Traffic Congestion | All Terrain Collection | All Terrain Cycle | Automatic Tourque Control | Automatic Traffic Control | Automatic Train Control | Available Transfer Capacity.

ATF Stands For : Bureau of Alcohol | Austrian Task Force | Acquire The Fire | Advanced Tactical Fighter | Advanced Targeting FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) | Air Task Force | All Try Fire | Alliance Task Force | Amphibious Task Force | Bureau of Alcohol | Ass To the Floor | Bureau of Alcohol | Automatic Transmission Fluid | Automatic Transmission Ford | Advanced Tactical Fighter | Allied Tactical Force | Anti-Terrorist Financing | Bureau of Alcohol.

ATO Stands For : Authorization To Operate | Air Target Officer | Air Tasking Order | Ammunition Technical Officer | Anti-Terrorism Officer | Abort to Orbit | Abort-To-Orbit | Area Training Officer | Air Traffic Operations Service | Automatic Take Off | Automatic Train Operation | Automatic Transmission Out | Anti Terrorist Organization.

ATPA Stands For : American Technology Pre-eminence Act of 1991 | Automobile Theft Prevention Authority.

ATS Stands For : Applied Technologies Staff | Across The Scope | Advanced Tracking Sensor | Air Traffic Service | Air Traffic Services | Airborne Tactical SIGINT | Annual Training Site | Anti-Terrorist Squad | Assign Terminal Service | Automatic Transfer Switch | Automatic Transfer Switch | Advanced Transportation System | Air Traffic Services | American Travel Survey | Automatic Train Supervision | Automatic Transfer Switch | Aviation Technical Services.

ATSDR Stands For : Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry | Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry | Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

AUA Stands For : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

AUC Stands For : Area Under the Curve | appropriate use criteria.

AV Stands For : Atrio-Ventricular | Air Vehicle | Anti Vehicle | Asset Visibility | Audio-Visual | Autovon | Available Vehicles | Aviation | Avionics | Alternative Vote | Alexandria | Avco | Advanced Vehicle | American Voices.

AVEG Stands For : AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group.

AWOL Stands For : Absent Without Official Leave | Abscent With Out Leave | Absent With Out Leave | Absent Without Leave | Absent Without Official Leave | Acting Without Logic | Absent Without Leave | Absent Without Official Leave.

AWP Stands For : Average Wholesale Price | Arctic Warfare Police | Angry White People | Aviation Weather Processor.

AWS Stands For : Alternate Work Schedule | Advanced Warning System | Air Warfare Section | Air Weather Service | Analyst Workstation | Attack Weapon System | Automated Warning System | All Wheel Steering.

B&F Stands For : Budget and Finance.

BA/BE Stands For : Bio-Availability/Bio-Equivalence.

BAC Stands For : Billing Agency Code | Base Area Code | Basic Airborne Course | Brigade Ammunition Column | British Aircraft Corporation | Budget At Completion | Boeing Aircraft Company | Booster Assembly Contractor | Buffer Access Card | Blood Alcohol Concentration | Buy American Campaign.

BaCON Stands For : Bacterial Contamination study.

BACPAC Stands For : Bulk ACtivities Post-Approval Changes.

BAER Stands For : Brief Adverse Event Report.

BAH Stands For : Booz-Allen & Hamilton | Basic Allowance For Housing | Basic allowance for housing.

BAM Stands For : Bacteriological Analytical Manual | Battle Array Mix | Binary Angular Measurement | Binary Angular Moment | Black Americans for McCarthy | Break Away Mode.

BARC Stands For : Beltsville Area Agricultural Research Service | Barge Amphibious Resupply Community | Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care | Beltsville Argricultural Research Center.

BARDA Stands For : Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.