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Acronyms
AMP annual materials plan
BCMA beryllium-copper machined alloy
BEM Brush Engineered Materials
BOM Bureau of Mines
BRIC Brazil, Russia, India, China
BUR bottom-up review
BWI Brush Wellman, Inc.
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFIUS Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CONUS continental United States
CRAF Civilian Reserve Air Fleet
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DNSC Defense National Stockpile Center
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DPAS Defense Priorities and Allocation System
DSB Defense Science Board
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FORCEMOB Force Mobilization (model)
FY fiscal year
GAO Government Accountability Office (General Accounting Office before July 2004)
GDP gross domestic product
GOCO government-owned, contractor-operated
GOGO government-owned, government-operated
GSA General Services Administration
GWOT Global War on Terror
HASC House Armed Services Committee
HPP hot pressed powder
IDA Institute for Defense Analyses
IED improvised explosive device
IG Inspector General
ILIAD Interindustry, Large-scale, Integrated, And Dynamic (model)
IMF International Monetary Fund
JOGMEC Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
LIFT Long-term, Interindustry Forecasting Tool (model)
MCO major conflict operations
MCR materials consumption ratio
MCTL Military Critical Technologies List
MDA Missile Defense Agency
MEMS microelectromechanical system
METI Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (Japan)
MIC Market Impact Committee
MRAP mine-resistant ambush protection
MRC major regional conflict
MSE materials science and engineering
MTW major theater war
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCMP National Commission on Materials Policy
NDS National Defense Stockpile
NDSt National Defense Strategy
NMS National Military Strategy
NRC National Research Council
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
QDR Quadrennial Defense Review
REE rare earth element
R&D research and development
RMA revolution in military affairs
SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
SCM strategic and critical material
SMPD Strategic Materials Protection Board
SNS Strategic National Stockpile
SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
VMI vendor-managed inventory
WMD weapon of mass destruction
