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Appendix A
ACRONYMS
ACGM Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification
AEA Atomic Energy Act
AGSAG Advisory Group on Scientific Advances in Genetics
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ASM American Society for Microbiology
ATCSA Antiterrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
BL Biosafety Level
BMBL Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
BSC Biological Safety Cabinet
BSO Biological Safety Officer
BWC Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
BW Biological Weapons
CBW chemical and biological weapons
CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DOD Department of Defense
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132 APPENDIX A
DOE Department of Energy
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EAR Export Administration Regulation
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
GLP Good Laboratory Practice
GMO genetically modified organisms
HEU Highly Enriched Uranium
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HWSA Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974
IAC InterAcademy Council
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAP InterAcademy Panel on International Issues
IATA International Air Transport Association
IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee
ICSU International Council for Science
IPASS Interagency Panel for Advanced Science and Security
IRB Institutional Review Boards
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NHS National Health Service
NIH National Institutes of Health
NET Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSA National Security Agency
NSABB National Science Advisory Board for Biodefense
NSDD National Security Decision Directive
NSF National Science Foundation
OBA Office of Biotechnology Activities
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PI principal investigator
PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
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APPENDIX A
RAC
RD
rDNA
RNA
SARS
SBIR
SBU
SEVIS
SIPRI
SPICE
UCNI
UN
UNESCO
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Restricted Data
Recombinant Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Ribonucleic Acid
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Small Business Innovation Research
Sensitive but unclassified
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
smallpox inhibitor of complement enzymes
unclassified controlled nuclear information
United Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
UPU Universal Postal Union
USAMRIID Research Institute for Infectious Diseases
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
VCP
WHO
WMD
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vaccinia virus complement control protein
World Health Organization
Weapons of Mass Destruction
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