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 |
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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. |