Appendix C
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges
ABSA American Biological Safety Association
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AG The Australia Group
AMA American Management Association
ANACI Access National Agency Check and Inquiries
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARO Alternate Responsible Official
ARS Agricultural Research Service
ASTM formerly American Society for Testing and Materials
BMBL Biological Safety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
BRL Biomedical Research Laboratory (at George Mason University)
BSAT biological select agents and toxins
BSATAC Biological Select Agents and Toxins Advisory Committee
BSC biosafety cabinet
BSL biosafety level
BTRA bioterrorism risk assessment
BWC Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEN European Committee for Standardization / Comité Européen de Normalisation
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CIRP Critical Incident Response Program (for the Airline Pilots Association)
CJIS Criminal Justice Information Services
CVB Center for Veterinary Biologics
DHB Defense Health Board
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOJ Department of Justice
DSB Defense Science Board
EAP employee assistance program
EO Executive Order
ESCRO Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (Committee)
FAQ frequently asked questions
FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
GAO Government Accountability Office
GMO genetically modified organism
GMU George Mason University
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee
III Interstate Identification Index
IRB Institutional Review Board
ISATTAC Intragovermental Select Agents and Toxins Technical Advisory Committee
LRN Laboratory Response Network
MCMI Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory
MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
MUF materials unaccounted for
NAC National Agency Check
NACI National Agency Check and Inquiries
NACIC National Agency Check and Inquiries and Credit
NACLC National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check
NAE National Academy of Engineering
NBACC National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
NBL National Biocontainment Laboratory
NCBID National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (at George Mason University)
NELP National Employment Law Project
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NRC National Research Council
NSABB National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
NSF National Science Foundation
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OIG Office of Inspector General
OPM Office of Personnel Management
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
PAI Personality Assessment Inventory
PI principal investigator
PPE personal protective equipment
PRP personnel reliability program
PSC Professional Standards Committee (for the Airline Pilots Association)
RAC Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
RBL Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
RCE Regional Center of Excellence (for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases)
RCR responsible conduct of research
RO Responsible Official
SACHRP Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections
SIOP Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
SRA Security Risk Assessment
SSBI Single Scope Background Investigation
TSA Transportation Security Administration
UFAS Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards
UFC Unified Facilities Criteria
UK United Kingdom
UL Underwriters Laboratories
UN United Nations
UNOLS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
UNSCR United Nations Security Council Regulation
USAMRIID U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
USA PATRIOT Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
USC United States Code
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
UTMB University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
WHO World Health Organization
WMD weapons of mass destruction