AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges

ABSA American Biological Safety Association

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

AG The Australia Group

AMA American Management Association

ANACI Access National Agency Check and Inquiries

APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

ARO Alternate Responsible Official

ARS Agricultural Research Service

ASTM formerly American Society for Testing and Materials

BMBL Biological Safety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

BRL Biomedical Research Laboratory (at George Mason University)

BSAT biological select agents and toxins

BSATAC Biological Select Agents and Toxins Advisory Committee

BSC biosafety cabinet

BSL biosafety level

BTRA bioterrorism risk assessment

BWC Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CEN European Committee for Standardization / Comité Européen de Normalisation

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CIRP Critical Incident Response Program (for the Airline Pilots Association)

CJIS Criminal Justice Information Services

CVB Center for Veterinary Biologics

DHB Defense Health Board

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOJ Department of Justice

DSB Defense Science Board

EAP employee assistance program

EO Executive Order

ESCRO Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (Committee)

FAQ frequently asked questions

FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

GAO Government Accountability Office

GMO genetically modified organism

GMU George Mason University

HHS Department of Health and Human Services

IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee

III Interstate Identification Index

IRB Institutional Review Board

ISATTAC Intragovermental Select Agents and Toxins Technical Advisory Committee

LRN Laboratory Response Network

MCMI Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory

MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

MUF materials unaccounted for

NAC National Agency Check

NACI National Agency Check and Inquiries

NACIC National Agency Check and Inquiries and Credit

NACLC National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check

NAE National Academy of Engineering

NBACC National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center

NBL National Biocontainment Laboratory

NCBID National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (at George Mason University)

NELP National Employment Law Project

NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH National Institutes of Health

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NRC National Research Council

NSABB National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

NSF National Science Foundation

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OIG Office of Inspector General

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy

PAI Personality Assessment Inventory

PI principal investigator

PPE personal protective equipment

PRP personnel reliability program

PSC Professional Standards Committee (for the Airline Pilots Association)

RAC Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee

RBL Regional Biocontainment Laboratory

RCE Regional Center of Excellence (for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases)

RCR responsible conduct of research

RO Responsible Official

SACHRP Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections

SIOP Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

SRA Security Risk Assessment

SSBI Single Scope Background Investigation

TSA Transportation Security Administration

UFAS Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards

UFC Unified Facilities Criteria

UK United Kingdom

UL Underwriters Laboratories

UN United Nations

UNOLS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System

UNSCR United Nations Security Council Regulation

USAMRIID U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

USA PATRIOT Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

USC United States Code

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

UTMB University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

WHO World Health Organization

WMD weapons of mass destruction