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Appendix E 

 Acronyms 



AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science 



ACE Angiotensin converting enzyme 



AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome 



ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency 



ATP Advanced Technology Program 



CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 



COSEPUP Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy 



CRADA Cooperative research and development agreement 



DHHS Depanment of Health and Human Services 



DNA Deox>Tibonucleic acid 



DOD Department of Defense 



DOE Depanment of Energy 



DVA Department of Veterans Affairs 



EPA Environmental Protection Agency 



FDA Food and Drug Administration 



FFRDC Federally funded research and development center 



FS&T' Federal science and technology 



GDP Gross domestic product 



GOCO Government-owned, contractor-operated laboraton,' 



GOGO Government-owned, government-operated laboratory 



GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 



GPS Global positioning system 



HIV Human immunodeficiency virus 



HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development 



MEP Manufacturing Extension Partnerships program 



NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



NIH National Institutes of Health 



NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology 



NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



NSF National Science Foundation 



'A term introduced by the committee to denote the science and technology base that underlies the 

 broader national R&D enterprise, as well as the pool of federal funding that suppons that base. 



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