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Abbreviations/Acronyms [USGS]
Abbreviation/Acronym List
BOCA Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. BOR Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation BSSC Building Seismic Safety Council CEA Council of Economic Advisors CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CE Corps of Engineers CSSC California Seismic Safety Commission CTI Critical Technologies Institute DOC Department of Commerce DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOI Department of Interior DOT Department of Transportation DVA Department of Veterans Affairs EERI Earthquake Engineering Research Institute EPA Environmental Protection Agency FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FHWA Federal Highway Administration GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System GSA General Services Administration GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development HHS Department of Health and Human Services ICSSC (Federal) Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction IDNDR International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAVFAC Navy Facilities Command NCEE National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research NCS National Communications Service NEC National Economic Council NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program NEP National Earthquake loss reduction Program NESW National Earthquake Strategy Working Group NIS National Institute of Standards and Technology NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation NSTC National Science and Technology Council NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission OES Office of Emergency Services (California) OMB Office of Management and Budget OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy OTA Congressional Office of Technology Assessment PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratories SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SCEC Southern California Earthquake Center SCEPP Southern California Earthquake Preparedness Project SI Smithsonian Institution USAID United States Agency for International Development UJNR United States - Japan Cooperative Program on Natural Resources USGS United States Geological Survey