| ACC |
Active Citizenship Campaign |
| ACT |
American College Testing |
| ACTS |
Agency Check Tracking System |
| AEM |
Alternative Examination Method |
| AFGE |
American Federation of Government Employees |
| A-File |
Administrative File |
| AUO |
Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime |
| AUSA |
Assistant United States Attorney |
| CAL |
Center for Applied Linguistics |
| CASAS |
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System |
| CBO |
Community-Based Organization |
| CCAC |
Chicago Citizenship Assistance Council |
| CDO |
Chicago District Office |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIMT |
Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude |
| CIS |
Central Index System |
| CJIS |
Criminal Justice Information Services Division (FBI) |
| CLAIMS |
Computer Linked Automated Information Management System |
| CPAU |
Contractor Performance and Analysis Unit |
| CRO |
Central Regional Office |
| CSC |
California Service Center |
| CUSA |
Citizenship USA Program |
| DADDA |
Deputy Assistant District Director for Adjudications |
| DADDE |
Deputy Assistant District Director for Examinations |
| DADDN |
Deputy Assistant District Director for Naturalization |
| DAG |
Deputy Attorney General |
| DAO |
District Adjudications Officer |
| DD |
District Director |
| DDD |
Deputy District Director |
| DFS |
Designated Fingerprinting Services |
| DMV |
Department of Motor Vehicles |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DPC |
Domestic Policy Council |
| EAC |
Executive Associate Commissioner |
| EDS |
Electronic Data Systems |
| ERO |
Eastern Regional Office |
| ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FCCC |
Fingerprint Clearance Coordination Center |
| FCO |
File Control Office |
| FEB |
Federal Executive Board |
| FEWG |
Fingerprint Enhancement Working Group |
| FLETC |
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center |
| FRC |
Federal Records Center |
| FTR |
File Transfer Request |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GOV |
Government Owned Vehicle |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GUI |
Graphic User Interface |
| IACP |
International Association of Chiefs of Police |
| IAF |
Industrial Areas Foundation |
| IAFIS |
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Information System |
| INA |
Immigration and Nationality Act |
| INS |
Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| INSpect |
INS Program for Excellence and Comprehensive Tracking |
| IOBTC |
Immigration Officer Basic Training Course |
| IP |
Indices Popular |
| IRCA |
Immigration Reform and Control Act |
| IRD |
Information Resources Division (FBI) |
| IRM |
Office of Information and Resource Management |
| JFCS |
Jewish Family and Children's Services |
| JMD |
Justice Management Division |
| JPR |
Justice Performance Review |
| LADO |
Los Angeles District Office |
| MDO |
Miami District Office |
| MRD |
Machine Readable Data |
| MSPB |
Merit Systems Protection Board |
| NAC |
Naturalization Advisory Committee |
| NACS |
Naturalization Automated Casework System |
| NAS |
Naturalization Assistance Service, Inc. |
| NDEC |
National Data Entry Center |
| NFTS |
National File Tracking System |
| NPR |
National Performance Review |
| NQP |
Naturalization Quality Procedures |
| NSC |
Nebraska Service Center |
| NYDO |
New York District Office |
| NYIC |
New York Immigration Coalition |
| OI |
Operations Instruction |
| OIA |
Office of Internal Audit |
| OIC |
Officer-in-Charge |
| OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
| OIL |
Office of Immigration Litigation (Department of Justice's Civil Division) |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
| OPR |
Office of Professional Responsibility |
| ORI |
Originating Agency Identifier |
| OSC |
Office of Special Counsel |
| OTE |
Outside Testing Entity |
| PWP |
Performance Work Plan |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QDE |
Qualified Designated Entity |
| RAC |
Remote Adjudications Center |
| RAFACS |
Receipt and Alien File Accountability Control System |
| RFI |
Request for Information |
| RNACS |
Reengineered Naturalization Automated Casework System |
| RPF |
Regional Processing Facility |
| SAW |
Special Agricultural Worker |
| SDAO |
Supervisory District Adjudications Officer |
| SFDO |
San Francisco District Office |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| TDAO |
Temporary District Adjudications Officer |
| T-File |
Temporary File |
| TSC |
Texas Service Center |
| UNO |
United Neighborhood Organization |
| VOLAG |
Voluntary Legal Assistance Group |
| VRA |
Veterans' Readjustment Act |
| VSC |
Vermont Service Center |
| WRO |
Western Regional Office |
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