Acronyms |
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| APHIS | Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| APS | American Phytopathological Society |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| BTWC | Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention |
| C-BNRE | Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological, or Explosive; categories of WMDs |
| CAPS | Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey, USDA |
| CBP | Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Dept. Homeland Security |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CPHST | Center for Plant Health and Science Technology, USDA |
| CSREES | Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DMS | Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds format for latitude and longitude coordinates |
| DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| EDEN | Extension Disaster Education Network |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FSIS | Food Safety Inspection Service |
| GAO | General Accounting Office, U.S. Government |
| GIS | Global Information System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| HSAS | Homeland Security Advisory System |
| HSPD-9 | Homeland Security Presidential Directive #9 |
| ICS | Incident Command System |
| IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
| NAL | National Agricultural Library |
| NAPIS | National Agricultural Pest Information System |
| NAPPD | North American Plant Protection Organization |
| NIMS | National Incident Management System |
| NPB | National Plant Board |
| NPDN | National Plant Diagnostic Network |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| OPIS | Offshore Pest Information System, USDA |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| PDIS | Plant Information Diagnostic System |
| PL107-188 | Public Law 107-188, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPQ | Plant Protection and Quarantine |
| RMA | Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| SEMA | State Emergency Management Agency |
| THOMAS | legislative information service on the Internet |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator format for latitude and longitude coordinates |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USFA | U.S. Fire Administration |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Last Updated: 09/02/2009