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Governmental Terms - A

  • access point (AP) -

  • Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - Agency which focuses on child and family issues.

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) - (U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency created in 1969)

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) -

  • Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) -

  • Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Bureau of (ATF) - (agency created in 1972 under the Treasury Department - transferred to the Department of Justice by the Homeland Security Act of 2002)

  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) - (bureau of the U.S. Treasury responsible for enforcing and administering laws covering the production, use, and distribution of alcohol and tobacco products)

  • America, Travel and Track (AMTRAK) - (organization created in 1971 to provide rail passenger service across the U.S.)

  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) -

  • application programming interface (API) -

  • Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) -

  • Authorizing Official (AO) -