LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
| ASPE | Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| CIM | Council on Information Management |
| CTG | Center for Technology in Government |
| DFARS | Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| DISA | Defense Information Systems Agency |
| DIT | Department of Information Technology |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DOSFAN | Department of State Foreign Affairs Network |
| DTIC | Defense Technical Information Center |
| e-FOIA | Electronic Freedom of Information Act |
| EIS | Electronic Information Services |
| EDMS | electronic data management systems |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERM | electronic records management |
| ERS | electronic recordkeeping system |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FDLP | Federal Depository Library Program |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| GILS | Government Information Locator Service |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| GRS | General Records Schedule |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| HTML | hypertext markup language |
| ICA | International Council on Archives |
| IRM | information resources management |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| IS | information systems |
| LV | Library of Virginia |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
| NASIRE | National Association of State Information Resources Executives |
| NHPRC | National Historic Publications and Records Commission |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| OIR | Office of Information Resources |
| OIRM | Office of Information Resources Management |
| OPDIV | Operating Division |
| OPM | Office of Policy and Management |
| OS | Office of the Secretary |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OTIS | Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems |
| OTS | Office of Thrift Supervision |
| RECMGMT | Records Management Program |
| RMLO | records management liaison officer |
| SARA | State Archives and Records Administration |
| SHPAC | State Home Page Advisory Committee |
| SITN | State Information Transport Network |
| STI | scientific and technical information |
| UBC | University of British Columbia |
| UIC | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| URL | universal resource locator |
| VIPNET | Virginia Information Providers Network Authority |
| WWW | World Wide Web |