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Acronyms

An acronym is an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something. Below is a table listing acronyms found on the rd.usda.gov website and others commonly used. Use the following search tool to find a specific acronym and it's definition.

Acronym Sort ascending Term Name & Description
Acronym:HBIIP Term Name & Description:Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program
Acronym:FOIA Term Name & Description:Freedom of Information Act Term Name & Description:

A process that allows members of the public to search publicly available documents

Acronym:FOA Term Name & Description:Funding Opportunity Announcement
Acronym:FO Term Name & Description:Finance Office Term Name & Description:

The Finance Office has management and oversight responsibility for all RD’s administrative and program related budget activities including budget formulation and analysis, credit monitoring and policy and compliance operations.

Acronym:FMMI Term Name & Description:Financial Management Modernization Initiative
Acronym:EPP Term Name & Description:Employee Personal Page
Acronym:EO Term Name & Description:Enterprise Office Term Name & Description:

The Rural Development (RD) Business Center Enterprise Office (EO) is a national level entity that provides executive leadership and management vision to direct, execute, and support administrative activities across all RD national office, state, and field locations.

Acronym:ECWAG Term Name & Description:Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
Acronym:ECM Term Name & Description:Enterprise Content Management
Acronym:DUSEC Term Name & Description:Deputy Under Secretary
Acronym:DR Term Name & Description:Departmental Regulation
Acronym:DLT Term Name & Description:Distance Learning and Telemedicine Term Name & Description:

The DLT program helps rural communities use the unique capabilities of telecommunications to connect to each other and to the world, overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density

Acronym:CXO Term Name & Description:Customer Experience Officer
Acronym:CX Term Name & Description:Customer Experience
Acronym:CSC Term Name & Description:Customer Service Center
Acronym:CRS Term Name & Description:Congressional Research Service Term Name & Description:

CRS provides the public with access to research products produced for the United States Congress

Acronym:CRO Term Name & Description:Chief Risk Officer
Acronym:CR Term Name & Description:Civil Rights Term Name & Description:

The Civil Rights staff is committed to ensuring that internal and external customers, as well as employees are treated with dignity and respect by RD at the National, State, and local levels nationwide.

Acronym:COS Term Name & Description:Chief of Staff
Acronym:COO Term Name & Description:Chief Operations Officer
Acronym:CO Term Name & Description:Contracting Officer
Acronym:CFO Term Name & Description:Chief Financial Officer Term Name & Description:

The lead fiscal manager of the agency

Acronym:CF Term Name & Description:Community Facilities Term Name & Description:

Community Facilities Programs offer direct loans, loan guarantees and grants to develop or improve essential public services and facilities in communities across rural America

Acronym:CATS Term Name & Description:Congressional Announcement Tracking System
Acronym:BC Term Name & Description:Business Center Term Name & Description:

The USDA Rural Development Business Center is a centralized business hub focused on customer service and business administration. The primary responsibilities of the Business Center include supporting Rural Development’s mission-critical operations, streamlining key business functions and reducing costs through team-based and cross-functional approaches.