Government Acronyms

Hypertext Mark-up Language

The programming language used to create documents for display on the World Wide Web.

Mark-up language is an artificial language using a set of annotations to text that give instructions regarding the structure of text or how it is to be displayed.

Extensible markup Language

Allows the user to define the mark-up elements.

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Science Applications International Corporation

Governmentwide Acquisition Contract

Multiple Award Contracts

• Radio Frequency Identification
• ...is an automated method relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. Requires an RFID reader and RFID tag.

Base Realignment and Closure

Interactive Electronic Training Manuals

Used with DoD to help maintain and diagnose tanks, trucks, and weapons systems.

Scientific, Technical & Medical Journals

Commercial Off the Shelf

Learning Management System

Document Type Definition

Standard Generalized Mark-up Language

• A-Analysis
• D-Design
• D-Development
• I-Implemntation
• E-Evaluation

Defense Base Act Coverage

Any military ee on a military base must have esp. overseas

Special Operations Command

Data Item Description

Community Based Organization

Secure File Transfer Protocol

Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription

Stat results could mean blood test results

Graphic User Interface

Interactive Multimedia Instruction

DoD uses this. It is their terminology for WBT and CBT

Computer Aided Instruction

Similar to CBT

Sharable Content Object Reference Model

• A collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-Learning.
• SCORM defines how content may be packaged into a transferable ZIP file.

Navy Knowledge Online

Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center

Instructor Led Training

Advanced Distributed Learning

• ADL Products include:
• e-Learning, Web-based simulations, Electronic performance support systems (EPSS), e-games, online tests, online instructor-led training, other immersive ADL products.

Electronic Performance Support Systems

Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Top Secret - Sensintive Compartmented Information

Virtual Instructor Led Training

• Capability Maturity Model Integration
• In software engineering and organizational development, it is a process improvement approach that provides an organization with the essential elements for effective process improvement.
• Can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or entire organization.

Advisory and Assistance Services

General and Administrative Expenses

Independent Validation & Verification

Bid and Proposal Process

Business Enterprise Information Systems

Level of effort

Primary Weapons Systems

Government Furnished Information

Government Furnished Equipment

• 1. Policies
• 2. Procedures
• 3. Process Mapping (process maps)
• 4. SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
• 5. Technical Manuals
• 6. Proposals
• 7. Editing of White Papers

Ballistic Missile Defense

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Integrated Air and Missile Defense

Three parts.

Transporter Electronic Lanuchers

Vertical Launching System

Government off the Shelf

Business Transformation Agency, Enterprise Risk Assessment Methodology

Department of Defense Corporate Information Management

Contingent Construction Authority

Remote Imagery Transceiver

Business Management Modernization Program

Equivalent Source Lines of Code

• 1. Digital Natives: 25 year olds or younger. Those who have grown up with technology.
• 2. Digital Immigrants: Use technology but didn't grow up with it.
• 3. Analogues: People that don't care about technology.

What BFW does on the medicare advantage market place surveillance award.

The ratio in which data is compressed from classroom learning into e-Learning.

• The automated process of investigating illegal, abusive, or manipulative trading practices.
• Th existence of market surveillance tends to prevent most people from breaking the market's rules and regulations.

If the Government issued a procurement over $550k then (if it is a large business) they are required under the subcontracting requirement clause to work with small businesses.

Lectora, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Adobe FrameMaker, Acrobat, Illustrator, Captivate, Arbortext Epic Editor Software, QuarkXPress, Homesite HTML editor.

Money paid for work or a service.