| ALR | Art Loss Register |
| ATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms |
| CFTC | Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CIS | Central Index System |
| CLASS | Consular Lookout and Support System |
| CRS | Congressional Research Service |
| CTR | Currency Transaction Report |
| DCII | Defense Central and Investigations Index |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| DECA | Development of Espionage Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Awareness |
| DLR | Division of Labor Racketeering |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOJ | Department of Justice |
| EDGAR | Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval |
| EFF | Electronic Frontier Foundation |
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| EPIC | El Paso Intelligence Center |
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
| EX-Im-Bank | Export-Import Bank of the United States |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
| FIRS | Fingerprint Identification Records System |
| FMS | Financial Management Service |
| FPDC | Federal Procurement Data Center |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GILS | Government Information Locator System |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| IBIS | Interagency Border Inspection System |
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| ICTS | International Criminal Police Organization Case-Tracking System |
| IFAR | International Foundation for Art Research |
| III | Interstate Identification Index |
| INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| INTERPOL | International Criminal Police Organization |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| JMIE | Joint Maritime Information Element |
| LESC | Law Enforcement Support Center |
| MAGLOCLEN | Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network |
| MOCIC | Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center |
| NADDIS | Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Information System |
| NAIL | NARA Archival Information Locator |
| NAILS | National Alien Information Lookout System |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCIC | National Crime Information Center |
| NCMEC | National Center for Missing and Exploited Children |
| NCUA | National Credit Union Administration |
| NESPIN | New England State Police Information Network |
| NFIC | National Fraud Information Center |
| NICB | National Insurance Crime Bureau |
| NIIS | Nonimmigrant Information System |
| NLETS | National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NTC | National Tracing Center |
| OSI | Office of Special Investigations |
| RISS | Regional Information Sharing System |
| RMIN | Rocky Mountain Information Network |
| ROCIC | Regional Organized Crime Information Center |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SPICIN | South Pacific Islands Criminal Intelligence Network |
| SSA | Social Security Administration |
| TECS | Treasury Enforcement Communications System |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USMS | U.S. Marshals Service |
| USNCB | U.S. National Central Bureau |
| VA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| WAIS | Wide Area Information Server |
| WHD | Wage Hour Division |
| WSIN | Western States Information Network |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
This document was last updated April 20, 1997