Haselkorn, Mark. "Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms." Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technology: The United States Air Force Experience with Y2K. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.
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Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technology: The United States Air Force Experience with Y2K
CMOS Cargo Movement Operation System
COMS Communications squadron
CONUS Continental United States
COOP Continuity of operations plan
COTS Commercial off-the-shelf
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DMS Defense Messaging System (a DOD-led initiative to establish secure e-mail throughout the department)
DTS Defense Travel System
ESC Electronic Systems Center
FAR Federal Acquisition Requirements
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
Fusion Center Operated by SSG, it monitors information relevant to information warfare attacks and other systems crises
GAO General Accounting Office (now the Government Accountability Office)
GATES Global Air Transportation Execution System
ICT Information and communications technology
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMPAC International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
IT Information technology
IWD Information Warfare Defense
JACAL An interactive, symbolic mathematics program