APPENDIX
I
Acronyms
AA
Associate Administrator
AO
Announcement of Opportunity
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASEB
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
ATD
Advanced Technology Development
CSSTP
Committee on Space Science Technology Planning
CFC
Construction of Facilities
CoF
Construction of Facilities
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CSSTP
Committee on Space Science Technology Planning
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
DoD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DRG
Division of Research Grants (NIH)
ELV
Expendable Launch Vehicle
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
ESA
European Space Agency
FFRDC
Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FOSS
Future of Space Science
FOSS-AO
FOSS Task Group on Alternative Organizations
FOSS-RP
FOSS Task Group on Research Prioritization
FOSS-SG
FOSS Steering Group
FOSS-T
FSS Task Group on Technology
FY
Fiscal Year (federal government)
GOCO
Government-owned, contractor-operated
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
ICD
Institute, Center, and Division
IPA
Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IRG
Initial review group
IRP
Intramural research program
ITP
Integrated Technology Plan (for the civil space program)
JCT
Joint Committee on Technology
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
LaRC
Langley Research Center
LBSAD
Life and Biomedical Sciences and Applications Division
LeRC
Lewis Research Center
LMScAAC
Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications Advisory Committee
MFPE
Mission from Planet Earth
MidEX
Mid-size Explorer
MSAD
Microgravity Science and Applications Division
MSFC
Marshall Space Flight Center
MTPEAC
Mission to Planet Earth Advisory Committee
NAC
NASA Advisory Council
NACA
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information System
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRA
NASA research announcements
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NSB
National Science Board
NSF
National Science Foundation
OA
Office of Aeronautics
OACT
Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology
OART
Office of Advanced Research and Technology
OAST
Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology
OLMSA
Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications
OMSF
Office of Manned Space Flight
OMTPE
Office of Mission to Planet Earth
OSAT
Office of Space Access and Technology
OSF
Office of Space Flight
OSS
Office of Space Science
OSSA
Office of Space Science and Applications
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
R&D
Research & Development
R&PM
Research & Program Management
SGER
Small grant for exploratory research
SMEX
Small Explorer
SRA
Scientific review administrator (NIH)
SScAC
Space Science Advisory Committee
SSB
Space Studies Board
SSTAC
Space Systems and Technology Advisory Committee
SSTI
Small Satellite Technology Initiative
VA
Veterans Administration
VA-HUD-IA
Veterans Administration/Housing and Urban Development/Independent Agencies
WFC
Wallops Flight Center