NB: Websites are given only for organizations that still exist .
A
AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science, www.aaas.org
ACS: American Chemical Society, www.acs.org
AIP: American Institute of Physics, www.aip.org
APS: American Philosophical Society, www.amphilsoc.org
APS: American Physical Society, www.aps.org
B
BoB: Bureau of the Budget
Bush Report: Science-the Endless Frontier , accessible at www.nsf.gov/about/history/vbush1945.jsp
C
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency, www.cia.gov
CEA: Council of Economic Advisers, www.whitehouse.gov/eop/cea/
CoC: Council on Competitiveness, www.compete.org
D
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, www.darpa.mil
DoC: Department of Commerce, www.commerce.gov
DoD: Department of Defense, www.defense.gov
DoE: Department of Energy, www.energy.gov
DHS: Department of Homeland Security, www.dhs.gov
E
ERDA: Energy Research and Development Administration
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov
EoP: Executive Office of the President, www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive/EOP.shtml
F
FCST: Federal Council for Science and Technology
FCCSET: Federal Coordinating Committee for Science, Engineering and Technology
G
GAO, Government Accountability Office, www.gao.gov
GPRA: Government Performance and Results Act www.whitehouse.gov/omb/mgmt-gpra_gplaw2m/
I
IDA: Institute for Defense Analysis, www.ida.org
IOM: Institute of Medicine: www.iom.edu
ISETAP: Intergovernmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Advisory Panel
IBM: International Business Machines, www.ibm.com
ICSU: International Council of Science, www.icsu.org
IGY: International Geophysical Year
M
MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, www.mit.edu
N
NAE: National Academy of Engineering, www.nae.edu
NAS: National Academy of Sciences, www.nas.edu
NACA: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, www.nasa.gov
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, www.noaa.gov
NBS: National Bureau of Standards
NIH: National Institutes of Health, www.nih.gov
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology, www.nist.gov
NNI: National Nanotechnology Initiative, www.nano.gov
NRC: National Research Council, www.nationalacademies.org/nrc
NDRC: National Defense Research Committee
NSB: National Science Board, www.nsf.gov
NSF: National Science Foundation, www.nas.gov
NSTC: National Science and Technology Council, www.ostp.gov/cs/nstc
NSC: National Security Council www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc/
O
OMB: Office of Management and Budget: www.whitehouse.gov/omb
ONR: Office of Naval Research, www.onr.navy/mil
OSRD, Office of Scientific Research and Development
OST: Office of Science and Technology
OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, www.ostp.gov
OTA: Office of Technology Assessment
P
PCST: President’s Committee on Science and Technology
PCAST: President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, www.ostp.gov/pcast
PITAC President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, www.cra.org/Policy/pitac.html
PSAC: President’s Science Advisory Committee
Rad Lab: Radiation Laboratory
RANN: Research Applied to National Needs
RDB: Research and Development Board
S
SAC /ODM: Scientific Advisory Committee to the Office of Defense Mobilization
SSRC: Social Science Research Council, www.ssrc.org
SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative
SSC: Superconducting Super Collider
SST: Supersonic Transport
State, Department of State, www.state.gov
STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
U
USAID: US Agency for International Development, www.usaid.gov
USDA: Department of Agriculture, www.usda.gov
USGS: US Geological Survey, www.usgs.gov
W
WHSC: White House Science Council