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P/N Part Number
PAM Office of Acquisition and Property Management
PAR Payroll, Accounting and Reporting System
PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PBS Public Buildings Service
PC Peace Corps
PCBE President's Council on Bioethics
PFIAB President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PHA Public Housing Agency
PHN Center for Population, Health and Nutrition
PHPPO Public Health Practice Program Office
PHPS Public Health Prevention Service
PHS Public Health Service
PHTN Public Health Training Network
PID Procurement Item Description
PIV Personal Identity Verification
PK Package
PLLI National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning
PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
POW/MP Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel
PR Pair
PRC Postal Rate Commission
PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
PSC Program Support Center
PTO Patent and Trademark Office
PUMS Public Use Microdata Samples
QAP Quality Assurance Program
QPL Quality Products List
RA Reserve Affairs
RBS Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RD Rural Development
RD&D Research, Development and Demonstration
RDDT&E Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quotation
RHS Rural Housing Service
RICHS Rural Information Center Health Service
RILS Regulatory Interpretation Letters
RITZ Regulatory and Investigative Treatment Zone Model
RMA Risk Management Agency
ROD Record of Decision
RODS Record of Decision System
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps
RRB Railroad Retirement Board
RSA Rehabilitation Services Administration
RUS Rural Utilities Service
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SBA Small Business Administration
SDFS Safe and Drug-Free Schools
SDI Selective Dissemination of Information
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SI Smithsonian Institute
SINs Special Item Numbers
SS Secret Service
SSA Social Security Administration
SSI Supplemental Security Income Program
SSS Selective Service System
Stat. United States Statutes at Large
STB Surface Transportation Board
TA Technology Administration
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance
TD Technology Development
TDA Trade and Development Agency
TDD Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
TDMD Technical Data Management Division
TDPL Complete Technical Data Package
TEOAF Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture
TFI Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
TIPS Technical Information Packages
TIU Technical Information Unit
TQM Total Quality Management
TRDS Text Retrieval Data System
TRI Toxics Release Inventory
TSA Transportation Security Administration
TSI Transportation Safety Institute
TSO TRICARE Support Office
TSO Time Sharing Option
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
U.N. United Nations
U/I Unit of Issue
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
USA United States Army
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USAF United States Air Force
USAFA United States Air Force Academy
USAFC USA Freedom Corps
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USBR Bureau of Reclamation
USCCR United States Commission on Civil Rights
USCG United States Coast Guard
USCIRF United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
USCS United States Customs Service
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USES United States Employment Service
USGS United States Geological Survey
USIP United States Institute of Peace
USITC United States International Trade Commission
USMC United States Marine Corps
USMS United States Marshals Service
USN United States Navy
USNCB United States National Central Bureau of INTERPOL
USPS United States Postal Service  (state and street abbreviations)
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office
USSC United States Sentencing Commission
USSS United States Secret Service
USTR United States Trade Representative
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
VAWO Violence Against Women Office
VBA Veterans Benefits Administration
VETS Veterans' Employment and Training Service
VHA Veterans Health Administration
VISTA Volunteers in Service to America
VP Vice President
VPOTUS Vice President of the United States
VWP Visa Waiver Program
WAPA Western Area Power Administration
WB Women's Bureau
WH White House
WHMO White House Military Office
WHO World Health Organization
WIC Women, Infants and Children, Special supplemental food program for
WNET Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training
WSP Federal Witness Security Program
WTO World Trade Organization
WWI Worldwide Inventory
ZIP (Code) Zone Improvement Plan
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