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BARC |
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center |
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The Beltsville Area consists of ARS programs at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, MD; the US National Arboretum in Washington D.C.; and worksites in Chatsworth, NJ; Presque Isle, ME; and McMinnville, TN. BARC is the largest and most diversified agricultural research complex in the world. |
BATFE |
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
BAU |
Behavioral Analysis Unit |
BBG |
Broadcasting Board of Governors |
BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner. |
BEP |
Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
BER |
Biological and Environmental Research |
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The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, providing more than 40 percent of total funding for this vital area of national importance. |
BERA |
Business & Economics Research Advisor |
BES |
Basic Energy Sciences |
BFRL |
Building and Fire Research Laboratory |
BHPr |
Bureau of Health Professions |
BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
BIE |
Bureau of Indian Education |
BIMAS |
BioInformatics Molecular Analysis Section |
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A crucial component to the major advances in genomics research has been the uniting of advances in biology with those in computers, informatics and networking. As genome sequencing throughput increases, the technological burden will shift increasingly to analysis and informatics. The BioInformatics & Molecular Analysis Section (BIMAS) was established to ensure that as this process advances, the necessary computational tools and resources are available to the NIH community. The BIMAS mission is to provide guidance, support and resources to scientists throughout the NIH in the genomic and genetic analysis fields of BioInformatics. |
BIS |
Bureau of Industry and Security |
BJA |
Bureau of Justice Assistance |
BJS |
Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization. |
BNQP |
Baldrige National Quality Program |
BOP |
Federal Bureau of Prisons |
BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration |
BPD |
Bureau of the Public Debt |
BPHC |
Bureau of Primary Health Care |
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Health centers are community-based and patient-directed organizations that serve populations with limited access to health care. These include low income populations, the uninsured, those with limited English proficiency, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and those living in public housing. |
BRAC |
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission |
BRB |
Benefits Review Board |
BRD |
Biological Resource Division |
BRFSS |
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest, on-going telephone health survey system, tracking health conditions and risk behaviors in the United States yearly since 1984. Currently, data are collected monthly in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. |
BRS |
Biotechnology Regulatory Service |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
BTA |
Business Transformation Agency |
BTOP |
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program |
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) with $7.2 billion to expand access to broadband services in the United States. Of those funds, the Act provided $4.7 billion to NTIA to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure, enhance and expand public computer centers, encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service, and develop and maintain a nationwide public map of broadband service capability and availability. NTIA will make all grant awards by September 30, 2010. |
BTS |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
BVA |
Board of Veterans Appeals |