ExpertGlossary acronyms starting with O

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O&M — Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Operations and maintenance (O&M) activities protect the integrity of the selected cleanup plan for a Superfund site.
O*NET — The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is a database of occupational requirements and worker attributes, available on line.
OAR — Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) deals with issues that affect the quality of our air and protection from exposure to harmful radiation.
OCR — Optical Character Recognition (OCR) The automatic recognition and interpretation of text.
ODBC — Open Database Communication (ODBC) A standard API (application program interface) used to communicate with database management systems, developed by Microsoft, and incorporated in ArcView…
ODT — Oven dry ton (ODT) An amount of wood that weighs 2,000 pounds at zero percent moisture content.
OECA — Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is responsible for ensuring the compliance of the regulated community with Federal environmental…
OES — Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) OES is the Occupational Employment Statistics survey conducted by DOL, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), available on line.
OFA — Offshore financial arrangement (OFA) Any transaction designed to avoid or evade California income or franchise tax through the use of: (a) offshore payment cards, including credit, debit, or…
OFLC — Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) Office of Foreign Labor Certification is the office within the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the U.S.
OGC — Open GIS Consortium (OGC) A group composed of software vendors, academics, government agencies, consultants and software integrators, dedicated to open systems geoprocessing.
OGIS — Open Geodata Interoperability Specification (OGIS) The Open Geodata Interoperability Specification being developed by OGC to support interoperability of GIS systems in a heterogenous computing environment.
OHQ — Office of Healthcare Quality (OHQ) An office of the Department of Health and Human Services. This office works to improve healthcare.
OHV — Off-highway vehicle (OHV) or off-road vehicle Any motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other…
OHV — Off-road vehicle (OHV) designations OPEN: Vehicles are allowed without restrictions. LIMITED: Vehicle travel off existing roads and trails would be allowed only for authorized or permitted…
OI — Opportunistic Infection (OI) or Opportunistic Condition An infection or cancer that occurs in persons with weak immune systems due to HIV, cancer, or immunosuppressive drugs such as corticosteroids or…
OLE — Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Object Linking and Embedding developed by Microsoft. Allows objects from one application to be embedded within another (e.g.
OMB — Office of Management and Budget (OMB) The office within the executive branch of the Federal government that prepares the President's annual budget, develops the Federal government's fiscal…
OMG — Object Management Group (OMG) The Object Management Group is a computing industry collaboration to promote object-oriented interoperability among heterogeneous computing environments.
OPA — Oil Pollution Act (OPA) The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) was signed into law in August 1990, largely in response to rising public concern following the Exxon Valdez incident.
OPP — Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) The Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) regulates the use of all pesticides in the United States and establishes maximum levels for pesticide residues in…
OPPT — Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), formerly the Office of Toxic Substances, was formed in 1977 with the primary responsibility for…
OPPTS — Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substance (OPPTS) plays an important role in protecting public health and the environment from potential…
ORD — Office of Research and Development (ORD) The Office of Research and Development (ORD) is the scientific and technological arm of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ORI — Originating Agency Identifier (ORI) Number This number is assigned by the FBI and is your agency's identifier. The first two letters are your state abbreviation, the next three numbers are your…
ORV — Off-road vehicle (ORV) Off-road vehicles are any motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh…
OS — Operating System (OS) The software that the rest of the software depends on to make the computer functional. On most PCs this is Windows or the Macintosh OS.
OSCP — Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP) The Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP), newly created in January of 1999, provides coordination ,leadership, peer review, and synthesis of…
OSF — Open Software Foundation (OSF) The Open Software Foundation is an international consortium that promotes the standardization of the UNIX operating system.
OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers.
OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) One of the U.S. agencies responsible for regulation of biotechnology. The major law under which the agency has regulatory powers is the Occupational…
OSI — Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) a seven-layer hierarchical reference interface and communications model sponsored by ISO, 1984, known as the OSI Reference Model: layer 7--applications…
OSPS — Outreach and Special Projects Staff (OSPS) The Outreach and Special Projects Staff (OSPS) serves to coordinate and implement for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) the…
OSRD — Open Space Residential Design (OSRD) A form of residential subdivision that maximizes resource protection and conservation of natural areas through the use of design strategies that result in…
OSRTI — Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) manages the Superfund program.
OSW — Office of Solid Waste (OSW) The Office of Solid waste (OSW) operates under authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
OSWER — Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) The Office of the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response provides Agency-wide policy, guidance and direction for the Agency's…
OTC — Over-the-Counter Drugs (OTC) FDA defines OTC drugs as safe and effective for use by the general public without a doctor's prescription.
OTEC — Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) The process or technologies for producing energy by harnessing the temperature differences (thermal gradients) between ocean surface waters and that of…
OWS — Office of Workforce Security (OWS) Office of Workforce Security (OWS) means the agency of the Department which is charged with administering the national system of public employment offices.