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IAU - Internal Affairs Unit (police organization/department)

ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

ICC - Interstate Commerce Commission (federal agency created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, to insure fair and reasonable rates from carriers and transportation service forms - regulatory activities of the ICC in the rail, truck, and bus industries were curtailed by legislation in the 1970s and 1980s - the ICC was abolished by the ICC Termination Act of 1995 and many of its duties were transferred to the National Surface Transportation Board (NSTB))

IG - information governance (information management/security)

IGRM - Information Governance Reference Model

IIED - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

IMO - International Maritime Organization

INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service (Former federal agency which oversaw the enforcement of immigration policy. The INS was abolished by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and replaced by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) for services and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICS) to handle enforcement.)

IP - Intellectual Property (A category of intangible rights protecting commercially valuable products of the human intellect, normally covered by the areas of copyright, trademark, and trade secrets.)

IP - Internet Protocol (Connectionless (does not establish or maintain a transmission connection) protocol that provides the addressing and routing capabilities for each data packet.)

IP - individual participation and redress (FISMA/government)

IRC - Internal Revenue Code (Set of laws and regulations comprising the federal tax laws.)

IRC - Internet Relay Chat (Refers either to the protocol that enables text conversations over the Internet or to the Chat room conversations, the multi-user conversations conducted in various forums over the Internet in real time.)

IRS - Internal Revenue Service (Federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing federal tax laws.)

ISAC - information sharing and analysis center (government-industry information-sharing program)

ISPS Code- International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (maritime shipping/port facilities)

ITFA - Internet Tax Freedom Act (federal law governing state sales taxes on Internet sales)