Below you will find an alphabetical listing of creative and unusual acronyms. It is evident that those responsible for naming many of these organizations or projects put some real thought into the imaginative acronyms by which they're commonly known.

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International Law Enforcement abbreviations and acronyms
Abbreviations and acronyms used by U.S. Law Enforcement Personnel

ABCD - Action for Boston Community Development (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)

ABCD - American-Born Confused Desi -- This is a term used to refer to Indian-Americans and Pakistani-Americans born in the United States, as well as other American-born South Asians from the subcontinent, including Bangladesh, and Nepal. ABCD kids are often Americanized in every regard, much to the dismay of their parents.

ABCD - Americans for Better Care of the Dying

ABCD - Asset-Based Community Development

ABCD - Association for Better Community Development

ABCD - Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (U.K.)

ACCORD - ASEAN and China Cooperative Operation in Response to Dangerous Drugs -- (ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

ACE Team - Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team

ACES - Active Civically Engaged Scholars

ACORN - Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods -- In 2009, this Virginia-based nonprofit organization ceased use of the acronym ACORN to avoid confusion with the increasingly controversial national group that is also called ACORN.

ACORN - Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

ACRE - Action with Communities in Rural England (U.K.)

ACROSS - Anime Club Regional Organization Servicing SIUE (Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville)

ADAM - Active Directory Application Mode (Computer terminology)
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
Authority Delegation and Management (British Columbia, Canada)

AGILE - Accelerating Growth, Investment, and Liberalization with Equity (Philippines)
Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement

AHEAD - Association for Higher Education and Disability

ALAS - Approach/Landing Autopilot Subsystem

ALERRT - Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training

ALERT - Acute Launch Emergency Restraint Tip
America's Law Enforcement Retiree Team
Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time

ALICE - A Large Ion Collider Experiment (Center for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland)

ALOHA - A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment -- Also known as HALE ALOHA (Hawaii Air-Sea Logging Experiment - A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment).

ALOHA - Aerial Locations Of Hazardous Atmospheres

ALOHA - Airborne Lidar Observations and Hawaiian Airglow

AMANDA - Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array -- A telescope that detects high-energy cosmic neutrinos at the South Pole, Antarctica.

AMBER - America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response -- The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in serious child-abduction cases to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child.

ANSWER - Automated Nutrition System with Earning Reconciliation

ARCHIE - Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident Evaluation

ARMS - Analyst Request Management System

ASAP - Academic Strategic Alliances Program
Action Supporting All People
Advocating Safe Alternatives for Peers
Alcohol Safety Action Program
Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals
American Society for Action on Pain
American Society of Adults with Pseudo-Obstruction
American Students for Assignment Procrastination
Angry Students for Alternative Parking
Anti Shuffling Association of Perth
Apex Students Advocating Peace (Apex High School, Apex, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
Archallagan Stoney Mountain Arrasey Preservation (Isle of Man)
Army Substance Abuse Program (U.S. Army)
Association of Student Activity Planning
Association of Students Advancement Program
Association of Students Advocating Peace
Association of Students Against Poverty
Association of Students Against Procrastination (University of Toronto)
Association of Students Against the President
Association of Students and Parent/Professionals
Association of Students And Postdocs
Association of Students and Principals
Association of Students for the Adoption of Pets
Association of Students for the Advancement of Psychology
Association of Students in Applied Psychology
Association of Students of Architecture and Planning
Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation

ASCEND - Agenda of SCience for ENvironment and Development into the 21st Century -- Also known as "ASCEND 21."

ASSET - Advanced Simulation and Software Engineering Technology

ATLAS - Advanced Test Line for Actinide Separations
Airborne Turnable Laser Absorption Spectrometer
Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids
Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software
Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System

ATOMS - Air Traffic Operations Management System

ATTIC - Alternative Technology Treatment Information Center

AWARE - Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment

AWOL - Alternative Week of Off-campus Learning

BADCATS - Burglary Auto Detail Commercial Auto Theft Section (California, U.S.A.)

BANANA - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody

BAND - Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detectors

BANDIT - Boise Area Narcotics and Drug Interdiction Task Force (Idaho, U.S.A.)

BANSHEE - Beam Accelerator for Novel Super High Energy Electron

BARK - Babworth Animal Rescue Kennels (U.K.)
Baby Animal Rescue Koalition
Backcountry Avalanche Rescue K-9s
Bandit's Adoption and Rescue of K-9s
Basic Alliance for the Rescue of K-9s
Being Advocates for Rescued K-9s
Belleville Area Rescue of K-9s (Illinois, U.S.A.)
Billings Animal Rescue Kare (Montana, U.S.A.)
Bonnie's Animal Rescue and Kennels
Bosque Animal Rescue Kennels (Texas)

BARKS - Banbury Animal Rescue and Kindness Service (U.K.)
Berwick Animal Rescue Kennels (U.K.)
Byram Animal Rescue Kindness Squad

BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit (San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.A.)
Best Available Retrofit Technology

BASIC - Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code -- A type of computer programming language.

BASIC - Boston Area Students Involved in the Community (Wellesley College)

BASIS - Battelle Automated Search Information System
Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System

BATS - Bermuda Atlantic Time Series
Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
Bomb and Arson Tracking System

BATTLE - Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement -- Also known as the DuPage County Auto Theft Task Force. (Illinois, U.S.A.)

BAYANET - Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)

BEACH - Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health

BEAMS - Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science

BEAR - Beam Experiment Aboard a Rocket
Break, Enter, Auto Theft and Robbery (Canada)

BEARS - Berkeley Experiments with Accelerated Radioactive Species

BEEF - Big Explosive Experimental Facility

BEEP - Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (computer networking term)

BENCHMARC - Biodegradation of Environmental Chemicals Modeled with Aquatic, Relative-Rate Coefficients

BENT - Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team (Oregon, U.S.A.)

BINGO - Business and Industry Non-Governmental Organizations (United Nations)

BLAST - Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

BLIMP - Boundary Layer Integral Matrix Procedure

BLOW - Booster Lift-Off Weight

BMW - Black Motivated Women

BOAT - Business Owners Against Terrorism

BOND - Brothers of a New Direction (University of Mary Washington)

BONGO - Business-Organized Non-Governmental Organization

BOXER - Bulk-Only X-ray Enhanced Region

BRASS - Basic Rapid Alarm Security System

BRAVO - Business Risk and Value of Operation in Space

BREW - Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless

BRITE - Bright Radar Indicator Terminal Equipment

BUMP - Birmingham Urban Mountain Pedalers -- A group of recreational cyclists and racers working together to build, preserve, maintain, and ride trails in the Birmingham, Alabama area.

CABIN - Chemical and Biological Information Network

CADRE - Computer-Aided Data Retrieval and Evaluation

CAJUN - Corrections and Justice Unified Network (Louisiana)

CALM - Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology

CALMS - California Methamphetamine Strategy Program

Cal-SOAP - California Student Opportunity and Access Program

CAMEO - Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations

CAMP - Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (California, U.S.A.)
Capital Asset Management Process
Capital Assets Management Program
Cleveland Area Manufacturing Program
Code Assessment and Maintenance Program
Coordinate Access Management Plan (Canada)

CAMPRS - Community Ambassadors for Manteca Parks and Recreation Services (Manteca, California, U.S.A.)

CARATS - Comprehensive Assessment and Restructure of the Air Traffic Services

CARDS - Climatological Aerological Reference Data Set

CARE - California Agency for Research in Education
Child Abduction Response Effort
Child Advocacy Research and Education
Community Action to Reach the Elderly

CARES - Case Animal Rights and Ethics Society (Case Western Reserve University)
Compensation and Retention Encourage Stability

Cargo CAT - Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team (California, U.S.A.)

CARLA - Computer-Assisted Retrieval at Los Alamos

CARPE - Central African Regional Program for the Environment

CARS - Car Allowance Rebate System -- (Also known as Cash for Clunkers)
Climate Applications Referral System
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering microscopy
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy
Community Awareness and Relocation Services
Construction Automated Records System -- Occasionally referred to as the Construction Automation Records System (North Dakota, U.S.A.)
Containment Atmosphere Recirculation System
Corrective Action Reporting System

CART - Child Abduction Response Team
Cloud and Radiation Testbed
Computer Analysis and Response Team

CASES - Computerised Administrative System Environment in Schools (Australia)

CASPER - C-130 Airborne Sensor with Palletized Electronic Reconnaissance

CAST - Clean and Sober Theatre (Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.)
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking

CAUSE - Cornell Anthropology Undergraduates Seeking Experience (Cornell University)

CHAMMP - Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics, and Model Physics

CHAMP - Community Health Air Monitoring Program
Continuous High Average-Power Microsecond Pulser plasma accelerator (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.A.)

CHAMPS - Clear Hills Agricultural Multi-plex Society (Alberta, Canada)

CHAOS - Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer

CHARGE - Combined Harrisonburg and Rockingham Gang Enforcement Unit (Virginia, U.S.A.)

CHART - Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training
Combined Humanitarian Assistance Response Training
Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (Maryland, U.S.A.)

CHEER for Character - Cooperation, Healthy mind and body, Effort, Enthusiasm, and Responsibility -- A Harlem Globetrotters' community outreach character-education program for youngsters.

CHESS - Community Health and Environmental Surveillance System

CHIEF - Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors

CHIRP - Confidential Human factors Incident Reporting Program

CHRIS - Chemical Hazard Response Information System
Cultural Heritage Resources Inventory System (Canada)

CIDER - Computer Interactive Display, Entry, and Retrieval

CLASS - Community Living Assistance and Support Service

CLEAN - Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network (Pennsylvania State Police)
Community and Law Enforcement Against Narcotics

CLEAR - Citizen and Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting (Chicago Police Department)
Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (California, U.S.A.)

CLEVER - Clinical Laboratory for Evaluation and Validation of Epidemiologic Research

COBRA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture -- Computer parlance for a standard that enables software written in different computer languages and running on multiple computers to work together.

COBRA - Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

CODES - Computerized On-site Data Entry System

COLBERT - Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill -- A treadmill on the International Space Station.

COLISEUM - Community On-Line Intelligence System for End Users and Managers

COMET - Combined Ozarks Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Team (Missouri, U.S.A.)
County of Macomb Enforcement Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)

COMMET - County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team (California, U.S.A.)

COMMIT - Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking

CONGO - Community Organized Non-Governmental Organization
Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (United Nations)

COP - Citizens On Patrol -- C.O.P. members are trained to act as extra eyes and ears for local police departments. These private citizens are volunteers that actively assist law enforcement in their communities.

COP Team - Community Outreach Program Team (California, U.S.A.)

COPE - Contingency Orbital replacement unit Protective Enclosure

COP/MOP - Conference of the Parties / Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (United Nations Climate Change Conference - Kyoto Protocol)

COPS - California Organization of Police and Sheriffs
Community Oriented Policing Services (U.S. Department of Justice)
Concerns of Police Survivors

COPS MORE - Community Oriented Policing Services - Making Officer Redeployment Effective

COSTAR - Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

COURAGE - Communities Offering United Resources Against Gang crime Everywhere
Community Opposition and United Resistance Against Gang Evils

CRAB - County Road Administration Board

CRAMP - Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program

CRASH - Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.)

CRAVE - Carcinogen Risk Assessment Verification Endeavor

CREAM - Center for Research and Education in Advanced Materials
Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Measurement
Center for Research in Economics and Management
Center for Research in Electro-Acoustic Music
Center for Research in Environmental Appraisal and Management
Center for Research in Enzyme and Microbial Technology
Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass

CREATE - Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement
Center for Research and Evaluation in the Application of Technology to Education
Center for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technologies in Education
Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education
Center for Research in Education, Arts, Technology and Entertainment (University of Central Florida)
Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence
Center for Research on Engaging Advanced Technology for Education
Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy (U.K.)
Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity
Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (Western Michigan University)
Culturally Responsive Education for All: Training and Enhancement (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)

CREST - Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
Center for Research and Education for Social Transformation
U.S. Center for Research and Education on Strategy and Technology (Also known as US-CREST)
Center for Research Education and Scientific Training
Center for Research, Education, Sadhana and Training
Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (National Science Foundation)
Center for Research in Economics and Statistics
Center for Research in Ecological Science and Technology
Center for Research in Ecological Studies and Technology
Center for Research in Education and Simulation Technologies (Minnesota, U.S.A.)
Center for Research in Engineering, Science and Technology
Center for Research in Engineering Sciences and Technology
Center for Research in Environmental Sciences and Technologies
Center for Research on Economic and Social Theory
Center for Research on Economic Sustainability and Trends (Clayton State University)
Center for Research on Embedded Systems and Technology
Center for Research on Energy and Sustainable Transportation
Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends (U.K.)
Comprehensive Regional Economic Strategies and Tactics
Contingency Real Estate Support Team
Coastal Restoration through Enhancement of Science and Technology

CREW - Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup

CRISP - Center for Research and Industrial Staff Performance
Center for Research and Instruction in Space Physics
Center for Research in Interdisciplinary Signal Processing (Duke University)
Center for Research In Security Prices
Center for Research in Society and Politics (University of California - Los Angeles)
Center for Research, Information and Service in Psychology
Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (Southern Connecticut State University)
Center for Research on Interfacial Structure and Properties (University of Missouri - Kansas City)
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (National University of Singapore)
Comprehensive Regional Information Sharing Project
Computer Resources Integrated Support Plan
Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
Consortium for Radiologic Imaging Studies of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Cross Regional Information Sharing Project (U.K.)
Current Research in Social Psychology

CROW - Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife

CROWD - Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (Baylor College of Medicine)

C-SAVE - Cortland Students Advocating for a Valuable Environment (State University of New York at Cortland)

CUBS - Case Undergraduate Biological Society (Case Western Reserve University)

CURE - Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation
Citizens to Uphold the Right to Educate (Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Citizens United for Racial Equality
Citizens United for Rail Equity
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
Citizens United for Research and Employment
Citizens United for Research Excellence
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
Citizens United for Resources and the Environment
Citizens United for Responsible Education
Citizens United for Responsible Environmentalism
Citizens United for Responsibility to the Environment (Southern Colorado, U.S.A.)
Citizens United for Rural Environment
Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange
Citizens United Reform Effort
Citizens United Resisting Euthanasia
Citizens United to Reclaim the Environment
Citizens United to Reduce Emissions of Formaldehyde Poisoning -- Formerly known as Save Us From Formaldehyde Environmental Repercussions (SUFFER).
Citizens United to Restore Economic Self-Help (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.)
Clergy United to Reclaim the Ecclesial
Clergy United for Renewal of East Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.A.)
Clergy United to Remain Effective
Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education
Coalition to Undo Racism Everywhere
Conference Upon Research and Education in World Government

CURES - Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability

CURVES - Choose and Communicate, Understand, Reason, Value, Emergency, and Surrogate -- An easily-memorized mnemonic for determining medical decision-making.

DARE - Drug Abuse Resistance Education

DART - Dallas Area Rapid Transit -- A regional transit authority providing bus and light rail service in Dallas, Texas and surrounding cities.
Delano Area Rapid Transit (California, U.S.A.)
Delaware Area Rapid Transit (Delaware, U.S.A.)
Direct Action Response Team
Dodger Area Rapid Transit (Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S.A.)
Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (Victoria, Australia)
Dublin Area Rapid Transit (Ireland)

DARTS - Digital Automated Radar Tracking System
Dixie Area Rapid Transit System (St. George, Utah, U.S.A.)

DASH - Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism (Cornell University)

DAVID - Driver and Vehicle Information Database

DAWN - Drug Abuse Warning Network

DEBITS - Deposition of Biogeochemically Important Trace Species

DIG - Durham Inner-city Gardeners (Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.)

DORIS - Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite

DOUBT - Debating On Understanding Bewildering Thoughts

DRANO - Downriver Area Narcotics Organization (Michigan, U.S.A.)

DRATT - Downriver Auto Theft Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)

DREAM - Developing and Reaching Each Aspiring Memory

DUCT TAPE - Dorks United to Create Through Theater Arts, Problem-solving, and Engineering (Cornell University)

DUMP - Dubai, Ukraine, Mexico, and Portugal

EAGLE - Erie Area Gang Law Enforcement Task Force (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

EAGLE - Export and Anti-proliferation Global Law Enforcement Task Force

ECHO - Educating Children for Healthy Outcomes
Educating Children through Homeschool Opportunities
Educating Communities on Healthy Options
Educating our Children for His Objectives
Educating the Community about Healthcare Options
Educational Concern for Hydrogen Peroxide
Educational Concerns and Health Organization
Educational Concerns for Haiti Organization
Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization
Enforcement and Compliance History Online

EDGAR - Education Department General Administrative Regulations

EDGE - Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement (Arizona, U.S.A.)

ELVIS - Electromagnetic Very Weak Instabilities Saturated
Export Licensing Voice Information System

ENTER - Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (Australia)

EPIC - Edora Pool and Ice Center (Ft. Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.)
El Paso Intelligence Center (Texas, U.S.A.)
Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center
Evaluation of Practice in Care
Evidence Photographers International Council

EPICC - Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council

EPICS - Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

ERASE - End Racism and Advance School Equity
End Racism and Sexism through Education
End Racism and Sexism Everywhere
End Racism and Stop Exploitation
Expose Racism and Advance School Excellence

ERASE Acronyms - Eliminate Redundant And Superfluous or Excessive Acronyms

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
Every Republican Is Crucial (A political action committee)

ESPRIT - European Strategic Programme for R&D in Information Technology -- (European Strategic Programme for Research and Development of Information Technology)

ESSENCE - Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics

EUCLID - European Cooperation for the Long-term in Defense

FACES - Family and Children Enrollment System

FACETS - Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)

FACT - Federation of Automated Coding Technologies
Flexible Automatic Circuit Tester
Focus Area Collaborative Team (U.S. Military acronym)

FACTS - Facilities and Company Tracking System
Factual Analysis Criminal Threat Solution
Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System

FADES - Focus on Analysis and Documentation in the Enduring Stockpile

FAGS - Fight Against General Stupidity
Fight Against Government Suppression
Fight Against Grenade Spam

FAILING - Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth

FAIR - Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act

FAITH - Fantastic Adventures In Trusting Him
Find Assurance in Trusting Him
Food Always in the Home (Philippines)
Foolish And Ignorant Theological Hogwash
Forsaking All, I Take Him

FAMOUS - French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study

FANG - Flint Area Narcotics Group (Michigan, U.S.A.)

FAST - Face, Arm, Speech Test
Federal Accounts Symbols and Titles
Foothill Air Support Team (San Gabriel Valley, California, U.S.A.)
Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test
Free and Secure Trade
Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team

FATE - Formation of Aerosols and their Transformation over Europe

FAUST - Fine Arts University Student Theater (University of Nebraska at Omaha)

FEAR - False Evidence Appearing Real

FEAR - Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act -- Also known as the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act).
Foreign Export and Recovery Task Force (California, U.S.A.)
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights

FEAT - Facility for Exotic Atom Trapping
Fuel-Efficiency Automotive Testing

FIAT - Forest Industries Association of Tasmania
Foundations of Intelligence Analysis Training

FIDLER - Field Instrument for the Detection of Low Energy Radiation

FIGS - French, Italian, German, and Spanish

FIRE - Fast Imaging Ranicon Experiment
Fun Interactive Recreational Events

FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Maps

FIRST - Federal Incident Response Support Team
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (Robotics)
Forensic Investigative Response and Support Team
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams

FISH - Forensic Information System for Handwriting

FIST - Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (Nevada, U.S.A.)

FLAG - FEMA Logistics Advisory Group
Firm Level Assistance Group (Bulgaria)
Fugitive Location and Apprehension Group (Colorado, U.S.A.)

FLAMES - Fibre Large Array Multi-Element Spectrograph

FLAP - Fatal Light Awareness Program -- This organization strives to safeguard migratory birds in the urban environment through education, research, rescue and rehabilitation.

FLEAT - Federal Law Enforcement Analyst Training

FLOPS - FLoating-Point Operations Per Second

FLOSS - Free/Libre/Open Source Software

FOCUS - Families of Clergy United in Support

FONNSI - Finding of No New Significant Impact

FONSI - Finding of No Significant Impact

FREEDOM - Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992

FROG - Frequency-Resolved Optical Grating

GAME - GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment -- (GEWEX = Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) The objectives of GAME were to understand the role of the Asian monsoon in the global energy and water cycle; improve prediction of the Asian monsoon; and assess the impact of monsoon variability on the regional hydrological cycle.

GAMETAG - Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases

GANG - Game Audio Network Guild
Center for Geometry Analysis Numerics and Graphics (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Georgia Air National Guard (Georgia, U.S.A.)
God's Anointed New Generation
God's Anointed Now Generation

GATE - GARP-Atlantic Tropical Experiment -- (GARP = Global Atmospheric Research Program) Conducted in the summer of 1974, and involving dozens of countries, GATE was a major international experiment that studied atmospheric patterns of the tropics to better understand their role in the global circulation of the atmosphere.

GEMINI - Global Emergency Management Information Network Initiative

GHOST - Gang and Habitual Offender Strike Team (Florida, U.S.A.)
Graffiti Habitual Offenders Suppression Team (Los Angeles, California)

GLAAD - Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

GLAADS - Gun Low Altitude Air Defense System

GLAD - Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (California, U.S.A.)

GLBTTQQIAAP - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Ally, Asexual, Pansexual

GLIDE - Government Land Information Data Exchange (British Columbia, Canada)

GLOBE - Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment

GLOW - Great Lights of Wellesley (Wellesley College)

GNATS - GOES Navigation Analysis and Trending System (GOES = Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)

GOAL - Ground Operations Aerospace Language

GOALS - Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
Government Online Accounting Link System

GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite
Global Omnibus Environmental Survey

GOLD - Grants On-Line Database

GONG - Global Oscillation Network Group

GRACE - Greater Reston Arts Center (Virginia, U.S.A.)
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

GRAD - Gang Renouncement and Disassociation
Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma (Minnesota, U.S.A.)

GRADE - Gang Resistance and Drug Education (Florida)

GRAIL - Gene Recognition and Analysis Internet Link

GRASP - Gang Rescue And Support Project

GRASS - Generalized Reactor Analysis Subsystem
Geographic Resources Analysis and Support System

GREAT - Gang Reporting, Evaluation and Tracking
Gang Resistance Education And Training

GREENS - Global Redevelopment with Energy Environment Sustainability

GRETA - Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array

GRIM - Growth Really Is Mediocre -- To note a "GRIM economy," as opposed to a "NICE economy" (Non-Inflationary Constant Expansion).

GRINGO - Governmentally Regulated and Initiated Non-Governmental Organizations

GRIP - Gang/Narcotics Relational Intelligence Program
Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention
Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (Orange County, California, U.S.A.)
Gang-Related Intervention Program
Gang Resistance Is Paramount
Gang Risk Intervention Program

GRIPE - Gang Reduction through Intervention, Prevention, and Education

GRIPS - Gang Response Intervention, Prevention and Suppression

GRIT - Gary Response Investigative Team (Gary, Indiana, U.S.A.)

GROW - Global Role of Women

G-SALSA - Graduate Student Association for Latino and Spanish Activities

HAARP - High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program -- HAARP is a U.S. scientific endeavor aimed at studying the physical and electrical properties of the Earth's ionosphere. It is jointly managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research. They operate a massive antenna array and research facility north of Gakona, Alaska.

HAPPY - Humanity and Pets Partnered through the Years Act

HARM - Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology

HARP - Hubble Aberration Recovery Program

HART - Humane Animal Rescue Team

HEAL - Healthcare Executives Advancing in Leadership (University of South Dakota)

HEAR - Hawaiian Ecosystems At Risk
Hazards, Equipment, Authorizations and Review Database
Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers
Higher Education Access Resources
Hospital Emergency Administrative Radio

HEAT - Fresno Help Eliminate Auto Theft Task Force (California, U.S.A.)
Help Eliminate Auto Theft (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Helpdesk Expert Automation Tool (Computer terminology)
High-Energy Antimatter Telescope
High-Enthalpy Arc Tunnel
Higher Education and Training
Higher Education Area Transit (Greensboro, North Carolina)
High-Explosive Anti-Tank projectile
HMMWV Egress Assistance Trainer -- This Humvee rollover simulator is also known as the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer. (HMMWV = High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle)
Hotspot Enforcement Action Team (Oregon, U.S.A.)

HELP - Health Emergencies in Large Populations
Health/Higher Education, Learning, Parenting assistance
Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy

HELP Miami - Hollywood Education and Literacy Project Miami (Florida, U.S.A.)

HEMP - Help Eliminate Marijuana Planting (Michigan, U.S.A.)

HITS - Homicide Information Tracking System

HOG - Harley Owners Group

HOPE - Health Omnibus Programs Extension Act of 1988
Health Opportunities for People Everywhere
Help Offering Parents Empowerment -- A support network for parents of missing children.
Helping Other People Eat
Helping Other People Educate
Helping Other People Effectively
Helping Other People Endure RSDS (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome)
Helping Other People Envision
Helping Other People Escape
Helping Other People Everyday
Helping Other People Everywhere
Helping Other People Evolve
Helping Other People Exceed
Helping Other People Excel
Helping Other People Exist
Helping Other People in Emergencies
Helping Other People in Every way
Helping Other People through Empowerment
Helping Other People with Epilepsy
Helping Other People's Enrichment
Homeless and Orphaned Pets Endeavor -- A U.S. animal adoption organization.
Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere

HOST - Hoosier Overnight Student Team (Indiana University)

HOSTS - Helping One Student To Succeed

HOUSSE - High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of Evaluation

HUNT - Huron Undercover Narcotics Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)

ICARS - Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (Canada)

ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement

IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness

IDEAS - Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs
Interior Department Electronic Acquisition System

I-HEAR - Indianapolis Higher Education Access Resources

IMAGE - Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression

IMPACT - Indiana Muslim Political Action Committee Task Force (Indiana, U.S.A.)
Integrated Model of Plumes and Atmosphere in Complex Terrain
Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (Canada)

IMPULSE - Information Management to Promote and Underpin LEA and School Effectiveness (LEA = Local Education Authority) (U.K.)

INCH - Inland Narcotics Clearinghouse (California, U.S.A.)

INSITE - International Network of Somewhere In Time Enthusiasts -- A fan club for the 1980 movie, Somewhere In Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

ISAAC - Iowa State Anime Appreciation Club
Irvine Students Against Animal Cruelty (University of California at Irvine)

JAWS - Job Access With Speech

JEWEL - Joint Endeavour for Welfare, Education and Liberation (Caribbean)

JOB - Job Opportunities for the Blind

JOINT - Josephine Interagency Narcotics Team (Oregon, U.S.A.)

JUDGE - Jurisdictions Unified for Drug and Gang Enforcement Program Evaluation (California)

JUGHEAD - Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display -- A computing term for a tool used to obtain menu information from Gopher servers.

JUSTICE - Joint Urban Strike Team Increasing Community Efforts

KIDS - Kids Information Data System (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
Kids of Inmates will Define our Society
Keep It Simple, Stupid

KOPS - Keeping Our Police Safe (Minnesota, U.S.A.)

LA IMPACT - Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (California)

LAID - Land-Atmosphere Interactions Dynamics

LASER - Learning About Safety by Experiencing Risk (U.K.)
Linking Academic Scholars to Educational Resources

LAWS - Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder

LEADERS - Lightweight Epidemiology Advanced Detection and Emergency Response System

LEAP - Law Enforcement Advocacy Partnership
Lifetime Empowerment and Awareness Program (Wellesley College)

LEGIT - Law Enforcement Gang Interdiction Task Force (Georgia, U.S.A.)

LIFE - Living In Forever Eternity

LIME - Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (Australia)

LINK - Liberty In North Korea

LINT - Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team (Oregon, U.S.A.)

LINUS - Legislative Information Notification Update System (Oregon, U.S.A.)

LULU - Locally Unwanted Land Use

LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tank

MADCAT - Multi-Agency Detail for Commercial Auto Theft (California, U.S.A.)

MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving

MAGNET - Marion Area Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team
Mid-Michigan Area Group Narcotics Enforcement Team
Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (Arizona, U.S.A.)

MAIDS - Management Automated Information Display System
Multipurpose Automatic Inspection and Diagnostic System

MAPS - Mail Abuse Prevention System
Maine Adoption Placement Service
Manx Aviation Preservation Society (Isle of Man, U.K.)
Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites -- Can also refer to Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites.
Minnesota Association of Personnel Services
Minority Association of Pre-Health Students
Modern American Poetry Site
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

MARGIN - Mid-Atlantic Regional Gang Investigators Network

MARIA - Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents

MARS - Mid-Air Retrieval System (Military acronym)
Military Affiliate Radio System
Mission Analysis and Reporting System (Military acronym)
Mobile Analytical Response System
Multifunction Acquisition and Reporting System

MarshMALLOW - Marsh Management Activities for Learning the Lifestyles of Wildlife

MARVEL - Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library

MAZE - Minnesota Association for Zombie Enthusiasts (University of Minnesota)

MedICS - Medical Information Computer System

MEND - Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

MEOW - Maximum Envelope of Water
Maximum Envelope of Winds
Moral Equivalent Of War

MERGE - Model for Evaluating Regional and Global Effects of GHG reduction policies

MERIT - Method to Extend Research in Time Award
Monitoring Earth's Rotation and Intercomparison of Techniques

MICE - Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment

MIDAS - Mobile Instrumentation Data Acquisition System
Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (U.K.)
Munich Image Data Analysis System (European Southern Observatory)

MiMoSA - Mission Modes and Space Analysis

MINICAM - Miniature Chemical Agent Monitor

MOMS - Moms Offering Moms Support

MONET - Mono County Narcotics Enforcement Team (California, U.S.A.)

MOPS - Mean of Platts Singapore -- A measure of some petroleum product pricing in Singapore.
Millions of Operations Per Second
Minimum Operational Performance Standards
Mission Operations Planning System

MORE - Mojave Off-Road Racing Enthusiast

MOSES - Massive Open Systems Environment Standards
Metropolitan Organizing Strategies Enabling Strength (Michigan, U.S.A.)
Mission Operations, System Engineering and Software
Mission Operations and Systems Engineering Support
Multi-sensor Optimal Smoothing Estimation Software

MUFFIN - Multi-User File For Interagency News

MULES - Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System

MUMS - Mothers United for Moral Support

MUSTANG - Mid-Missouri Unified Strike Team And Narcotics Group

NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (Australia)

NAILS - National Airspace Integrated Logistics Support
National Automated Immigration Lookout System

NEED - New Employment Expansion and Development -- A Canadian job creation initiative that focused on the long-term unemployed.

NESTOR - Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research -- A deep sea high-energy neutrino telescope located off the coast of Greece.

NEWBORN - Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act

NICE - National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly
Non-Inflationary Constant Expansion -- To note a "NICE economy," as opposed to a "GRIM economy" (Growth Really Is Mediocre).

NITRO - Narcotics Investigation and Trafficking of Recidivist Offenders Unit

NO GUNS - Networks Organized for Gang Unity and Neighborhood Safety

NOAH - Nitrous Oxide and Halocarbons

NOBLE - National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

OASIS - Observation at Several Interacting Scales
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OSCAR - Online Survey and Certification Automated Record
Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting (Australia)

OUST - Office of Underground Storage Tanks (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

PACE - Performance And Capital Efficiency
Police and Criminal Evidence Act
Policy Analysis for California Education
Political Action Committee for Employees
Political Action for Candidate Election
Prelaunch Automatic Checkout Equipment (NASA acronym)
Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement (Maryland, U.S.A.)
Producible Alternative to CdTe for Epitaxy -- (CdTe = cadmium telluride)
Professional Association for Childhood Education
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
Projects to Advance Creativity in Education

PACER - Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (Philippines)

PACT - Program for Assertive Community Treatment

PADRE - Protective Action Dosage Reduction Estimator

PAINT - Portland Airport Interagency Narcotic Team (Oregon, U.S.A.)

PAIR - Police Action Incident Report
Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights

PAIRS - Program for the Analysis of IR Spectra (IR = infrared)
Property Accounting, Inventory and Reporting System

PASTE - Preschool Association of Students, Teachers, and Educators

PATCH - Planned Approach to Community Health

PAVE - Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment

PAWS - Promoting Awareness With Students (University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point)

PEACE - Putting an End to Abuse through Community Efforts

PEARL - Personnel Expertise and Resource Listing
Processor and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
Professionalism, Excellence, Achievement, Role Model/Responsibility, and Leadership
Pupils Equal And Reactive to Light (medical acronym)

PERKS - Pioneers Enjoying Recreation while Keeping Sober (William Paterson University, New Jersey, U.S.A.)

PIG - Pediatric Interest Group

PIGS - Passive Infrared Guidance System
Pesticides In Groundwater Systems
Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain
Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain
Pride, Integrity, Guts, Service

PIIGS - Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain

PILOT - Payment In Lieu Of Taxes

PISCES - Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System

PLACE - Position Location Aircraft Communications Equipment

POEM - Polar-Orbiting Earth observation Mission
Portland Office of Emergency Management (Oregon, U.S.A.)

POEMS - POsitron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer

POGO - Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
Privately Owned/Government Operated

POLAR - Production Order Location and Reporting

Polar BEAR - Polar Beacon Experiment and Auroral Research

POPULAR - Power Over Poverty Under Laws of America Restored

PortPASS - Port Passenger Accelerated Service System

PRESTO - Project to Re-Engineer Space Telescope Observing

PRIDE - Passion, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence
People Recognizing Individual Diversity and Equality (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence
Personal Responsibility for Individual Dedication to Excellence
Positive attitude, Respect for others, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence
Pride, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Productivity and Responsibility Increase Development and Employment
Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence

PRIME - Private Rental Investment Mortgage and Equity
Promoting, Recruiting, and Increasing Minority Educators (Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville)

PRISM - People for the Rights of Individuals of Sexual Minorities (University of Mary Washington)
Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Personnel Resource Information System for Managers

PROGRESS - Personal Responsibility and Opportunities to Gainfully Reach Economic Self-Sufficiency

PROMISE - Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education Act

PROTECT - Program for Response Options and Technology Enhancements for Chemical/Biological Terrorism

PROTECT - Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today

PROVE - Plutonium Recovery Option Verification Exercise

PUGS - Propellant Utilization and Gauging System

PULSE - People United to Live in a Safe Environment

RACER - Remedial Action Cost Estimating Requirements

RACES - Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services

RADAR - Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Report
Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Resources

RADIUS - Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

RAGE - Regional Area Gang Enforcement (Maryland, U.S.A.)

RAID - Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (Computer terminology)
Riverside Auto theft Interdiction Detail (California, U.S.A.)

RAIN - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Nodes (Computer terminology)
Regional Access Information Network
Regional Alliance for Information Networking
Regional Automated Information Network

RAISE - Research, Analysis, Insight, Strategy, and Execution

RALPH - Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights

RAPID - Recovery Assistance Programs Information and Delivery

RAPIDS - Reengineering Acquisition, Payment and Information Disposition Systems (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)

RATE - Run After Tax Evaders (Philippines)

RATS - Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
Run After The Smugglers (Philippines)

RATTLER - Regional Auto Theft Team Law Enforcement Response -- Also known as the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force. (Arizona, U.S.A.)

REACT - Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams
Registration Enforcement And Compliance Team -- An LAPD team that monitors registered sex offenders. (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.)

REACTS - Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site

READS - Reading Evaluation and Demonstration of Success Initiative (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)

REAL ID - Rearing and Empowering America for Longevity against acts of International Destruction

REASON - Rapid Evaluation and Shipment of Nuclear Waste

RED DOG - Running Every Drug Dealer Outta Georgia (Georgia, U.S.A.)

REPAIR - Review and Evaluate Planned Annual Institution Repairs (Oregon, U.S.A.)

REWARD - Rewarding Education with Wages and Respect for Dedication (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)

RICCHE - Rhode Island Children's Crusade for Higher Education

RIDGE - Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment

RINGO - Religious International Non-Governmental Organizations
Research-oriented and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations (United Nations)

ROAD - Reaching Out Against Depression

ROAM - Restoring Our American Mustangs Act -- A government program that offers protection for wild horses and burros in the American West.

ROAR - Radio Operated Automobile Racing
Rail, Ocean, Air and Road
Reach Out, Act, Respond (An animal conservation initiative)
Reach Out and Read (A literacy program)
Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting (U.S. Social Security Administration)
Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance Network
Right of Admission Refused
Right Of Admission Reserved

ROCK - Reaching Out, Convicts to Kids

ROMEO - Real Old Motorcyclists Eating Out
Retired Old Men Eating Out

ROOST - Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (Lake Placid/Essex County, New York, U.S.A.)

ROPE - Repeat Offender Program Enforcement (Ontario, Canada)

ROSTER - Remotely Observed Signatures in the Thermosphere of Explosive Releases -- Occasionally known as Remotely Observed Signatures of Thermospheric Energy Releases.

RSVP - Regulatory Structure and Validation Project
Restartable Solid Variable Pulse (rocket engine)
Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Rice Student Volunteer Program (Rice University)

SAAFE - Sexual Assault Advocacy and Facilitative Education
Sexual Assault Awareness Facilitative Education (Valparaiso University)
Sexual Assault Awareness for Everyone (Wellesley College)

SABRE - Sexual Assault Backlog Reduction Effort (California, U.S.A.)

SACCATS - Sacramento County Auto Theft Suppression Task Force (California, U.S.A.)

SAFE - Safe and Fear-free Environment
Safety Award for Excellence
Securing America's Future Energy
Sexual Assault and Family Emergencies
Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (California)
Sexual Assault Free Environment
Sexual Awareness For Everyone
Students Advocating a Fearless Environment
Students Advocating Female Equality
Students Advocating Financial Education
Students Advocating for a heterosexism Free Enviroment
Students Advocating for Environment
Students Advocating For Equality
Students Advocating for Fair Education
Students Advocating for Free Education
Students Advocating for Freedom and Equality
Students Advocating for Funding of Education
Students Advocating for Future Empowerment
Students Against False Equality
Students Against Fees in Education
Students Allied For Educators
Students Allied for Equality
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality

SAFER - Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation
Sexual Assault Free Environment Resource
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
Students Advocating for Equality in Relationships
Students Advocating for Equitable Rebuilding
Students Advocating for Equitable Recovery

SAFETNet - Secure Automated Fast Event Tracking Network

SAFIRE - Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere using Far InfraRed Emission

SAGE - Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (Military term)
Soviet-American Gallium Experiment -- Also known as the Russian-American Gallium Experiment.
Space-Alternating Generalized EM -- (EM = Expectation-Maximization)
Strategies for Advancing Girls' Education
Stratospheric Aerosols and Gas Experiment

SAIL - Seagull Academy for Independent Living (Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A.)
Self Acceptance Is Life -- A suicide prevention program.
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (NASA acronym)
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Stanford University)
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language (Computing terminology)
Student Association for International Learning (Washington and Lee University)

SAILS - Simplified Aircraft Instrument Landing System
Strategic Analysis of Integrated Logistics Systems
Student Alumni Involved for Lake State (Lake Superior State University)
Students Advocating Information and Library Studies (Carson-Newman College)

SAINT - Sacramento Area Intelligence Narcotics Task Force (California, U.S.A.)
Sacramento Area Intelligence Narcotics Team (California, U.S.A.)
Statewide Analytical Interdiction Narcotics Team

SALAD - Students Against Lackmann Associated Dining
Students Against Leg Abuse Disorder

SALE - Students Advocating LGBTA Equality (LGBTA = Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders, and Allies)
Students Advocating Lifestyle Equality (Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania)
Students Against Lack of Education
Students Against Losing Education (University of Florida)
Students Against Low Elasticity

SALSA - Semi-Arid Land-Surface-Atmosphere
South Asian Law Students' Association
Spanish and Latino Students' Association
Spares Acquisition and Logistics Support Analysis
Students Advocating Life Without Substance Abuse
Students Advocating Living Without Substance Abuse

SALT - Science, Art, Literature Together (North Carolina, U.S.A.)
Society of American Law Teachers
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Student Athletic Leadership Team
Students Advocating Latin American Theology

SAMBO - Simultaneous Auroral Multi-Balloons Observations

SAME - Students Advocating Marriage Equality
Students Advocating the Multicultural Experience

SAMPLE - Students Advocating Marketing, Promotions, and Life Experiences

SAMSON - Simulation and Modeling Supporting Operational Needs

SANDS - Stratospheric Aitken Nuclei Detection System
Supplement to an Abbreviated New Drug Submission (Canada)
Surveillance Accident Nuclear Detection System

SANE - Standard Apple Numeric Environment
Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement (Michigan, U.S.A.)
Students Advocating a Nonreligious Ethos
Students Advocating National Equality
Students Advocating Non-Alcoholic Events (University of Michigan)
Students Advocating Nuclear Energy (Canada)
Students Against Nuclear Energy

SANTA - Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction

SARA - Service Academy Research Associate
Sexual Assault Resource Agency
Shoreline Amateur Radio Association
Single Adult Rental Assistance
South African Reward Association
South-central Alaska Radio Association (Alaska, U.S.A.)
Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

SARAH - Shock, Anger, Rejection, Acceptance, and Help -- Occasionally known as Shock, Anger, Rejection, Acceptance, and Hope.
Students Against Racism and Hatred (Australia)
Students Against Rockbridge Area Hunger (Washington and Lee University)

SAVE - Seriously Acknowledging Victim's Emotions
South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
Sportsmen Against Violating the Environment
Students Advocating and Valuing the Earth
Students Advocating for, and Valuing Equality
Students Against a Vanishing Earth
Students Against the Violation of the Environment
Students Against Vandalism Everywhere
Students Against Vector Exploitation
Students Against Violating the Earth
Students Against Violating the Environment
Students Against Violations of the Earth
Students Against Violence Everywhere
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement Programs

SAVER - Shuttle Avionics Verification and Evaluation Review

SCALE - Statutes, Cases Automated Legal Enquiry (Australia)

SCAM - Scanning and Alarm Monitoring
So-Called Alternative Medicine
South Carolina Association of Magicians (South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Standard Content Archive Management
Suffolk College Alternative Music (U.K.)
Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model

SCAR - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

SCARE - Student Created Aggression Replacement Education

SCARS - South Carolina Association of Reconstruction Specialists

SCAT - School and College Ability Test
Shelby Cobra Association of Texas
Sheriff's Community Action Team
South Carolina Association of Taxpayers
SouthCoast Anti-crime Team (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Special Community Action Team
Street Crime Abatement Team
Street Crime Attack Team
Street Crimes Arrest Team
Suffolk County Accessible Transportation (New York, U.S.A.)
Supersonic Commercial Air Transport
System Commonality Analysis Tool

SCATT - Saginaw County Auto Theft Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)
Sheriff's Combined Auto Theft Task Force (Texas, U.S.A.)
Sonoma County Auto Theft Task Force (California, U.S.A.)

Science STARS - Students Tackling Authentic and Relevant Science -- An innovative after-school science program for middle-school girls.

SCOPE - Safety-Controls Optimization by Performance Evaluation
Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence (Florida, U.S.A.)
Sikh Community Organized for Political Education (A political action committee)

SCORE - Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Service Corps of Retired Executives
Southern California Off Road Enthusiasts

SEAL - Safety Education and Aquatic Safety

SEAL - Sea, Air, and Land -- An elite special operations force of the United States Navy.

SEARCH - System for Electronic Analysis and Retrieval of Criminal Histories

SEAS - Shipboard Environmental data Acquisition System

SEEDS - South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces (Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems

SEEK - Students Enhancing Environmental Knowledge (Lake Superior State University)

SENTRI - Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection -- A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that is designed to expedite legitimate border crossings by pre-approved, low-risk travelers, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It is similar to the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) initiative on the Canada-U.S. border.

SERVE - Students Enhancing Resources for Vermillion Enrichment

SESAME - Second European Stratospheric Arctic Middle-latitude Experiment

SESAME - Severe Environmental Storms and Mesoscale Experiment

SHAPE - School for Higher and Professional Education
Shaping Health as Partners in Education
Students for Health Adventure and Physical Education (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire)
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe -- Headquarters of the NATO military organization. (NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

SHARE - Secure Homeland Access and Reporting Environment
Self-Help and Resource Exchange
Software Help for Applications, Research, and Education
Students Supporting Health and Relief Efforts (Iowa State University)

SHARP - Sexual Harassment, Assault, Rape Prevention -- A course that offers escape tactics, basic self-defense training and other instruction to help women manage and cope with issues and situations they can control.

SHEBA - Solution High-Energy Burst Assembly

SHIP - State Health Insurance assistance Programs
Statewide Head Injury Program
Student Health Improvement Program
Student Health Initiative Partnership
Student Health Initiatives Program
Student Health Insurance Plan
Student Health Insurance Program
Student Health Integrated Partnership

SHOT - Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade

SICK - Spain, Iceland, Columbia, and Kazakhstan

SIGH - Students Interested in Global Health (Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.)

SIGN - Student Interest Group in Neurology

SIGNAL - Students Interested in Growth, Networking, And Leadership

SIMON - Semi-Intelligent Mobile Observing Navigator

SIMPLE - Sustainable and Innovative Mobility Product for Low Energy consumption

SIREN - Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network
Strategic Information Response Electronic Network

SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

SLAMS - State and Local Air Monitoring System

SLAP - Service Life Assessment Program
Sounds Like A Plan
Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation
Superior Labral Anterior-Posterior (medical acronym)

SLAPP - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation

SLED - State Law Enforcement Division (South Carolina, U.S.A.)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

SLEDNET - South Lake/El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team -- A specialized multi-agency investigative drug unit in the south shore area of Lake Tahoe. (California, U.S.A.)

SLIP - Sobriety Loses Its Priority

SLOSH - Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes

SLURP - Simple Linear Unit Reservoir Program

SMART - Safety and Mission Assurance Review Team (NASA acronym)
Securities Market Automated Regulated Trading
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology -- A monitoring system for computer hard drives.
Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
Sequential Modular Architecture for Robotics and Teleoperation
Special Monitoring of Applied Response Technologies
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely -- A process for setting and achieving your goals.
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-oriented, Time-bound
Student Mentor Awareness Resource Team
Students Making a Real Transformation
Students Making a Realistic Transformation
Students Making a Realistic Transition
Students Making A Right Turn
Students Making Abstinence Real Today
Students Making Academically Rewarding Trips
Students Making Advertisements to Reduce Tobacco
Students Making All Races Tolerant
Students Making ART
Students Making Art to Reduce Transmission
Supportability Management Assessment Report Tool

SMARTT - Students Making Advancements in Renewable Transportation Technology

SMEAR - Span Mission Evaluation Action Request

SNAP - Streamlined Non-competing Award Process
Structural Network Analysis Program
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

SNARL - Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory -- A field research station near Mammoth Lakes, California. A unit in the University of California's Natural Reserve System (NRS), the Eastern Sierra facility provides opportunities for research on stream hydrology and ecology. (Mono County, California, U.S.A.)

SNARL - Suggested No-Adverse Response Level

SNORE - Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts

SNOW - School Nurses of Washington

SOAP - Sacrifice, Obedience, Affectionate, Persistant
Savor of all People
Simple Object Access Protocol
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
Society for Ottawa Anime Promotion (Ontario, Canada)
Society of Artsy People (Rockford College)
Society of Orchestra and Pipers
Spectrographic Oil Analysis Program
Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution
Student Online Art Portfolios
Student Opportunity and Access Program -- Also known as the California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) (California, U.S.A.)
Student Organization Advising Peers (University of California at Riverside)
Student Organization Appropriation Process
Student Organization for the Advocacy of Psychology
Student Organization of Addiction Professionals (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Student Orientation Activities and Programs
Student Orientation Adventure Program
Student Orientation Advisory and Planning
Student Outreach Against Poverty
Student Outreach And Prayer
Student Outreach Animal Program
Student Outreach Art Program (East Central University)
Student Outreach Assistance Program
Student Outreach to Alumni Program
Students On A Path (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire)
Students Organized Against Pollution
Students Organized Against Poverty (Indiana University)
Students Organized Against Prejudice
Students Organized Against Protest
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan -- A health care documentation system for patient information.
Summer Orientation and Advising Program
Supply Operations Assistance Program
Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program

SOAR - Science: Optimizing Academic Returns
Searchable Online Accommodation Resource
Searchable Online Archive of Recipes
Sexual Orientations Accepted and Respected (Southern New Hampshire University)
Small Organization Arts Regrants (Asian American Arts Alliance)
Society of Accident Reconstructionists
Society Organized Against Racism
Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research
Spartan Orientation, Advising and Registration (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Special Operations Aviation Regiment (U.S. Army)
Student Online Achievement Resources
Student Opportunities for Academic Research
Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards
Student Organization and Recognition Standards
Student Organization Advising and Resource Center
Student Organization Advising and Resources
Student Organization Advisory Review
Student Organization Annual Retreat
Student Organization Awards and Recognition (Cornell University)
Student Organization Awards Recognition (Colorado State University)
Student Organization for Academic Freedom
Student Organization for Advancement and Recruiting
Student Organization for Alumni Relations
Student Organization for Animal Respect
Student Organization for Animal Rights (University of Utah)
Student Organizations and Advisor Recognition
Student Orientation, Advisement and Registration
Student Orientation Advisement and Retention
Student Orientation, Advising and Registration
Student Outdoor Adventure Recreation (Plymouth State University)
Students of Addicted Relatives
Students Organized Achieving Results
Students Organized Against Racism
Students Organized Against Rape (Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.)
Students Organized Against Risks
Students Organized and Ready
Students Organized and Responsible
Students Organized Around Reading
Students Organized Around Responsibility
Students Organized for Animal Rights
Students Organized to Actively Resist
Students Organized to Assist Raising Funds
Summer of Academic Refinement
Survival Opportunities And Resources
Survivors Offering Assistance in Recovery

SOARS - Spacecraft Orbital Anomaly Reporting System (NASA acronym)

SOB - Sober Old Bag
Sober Old Bastard
Sober Old Biker
Sober Old Bitch
Sweet Old Boy

SOBER - Short Of Being Entirely Ready
Slow On the Bottle, Enjoy the Road
Son Of a Bitch: Everything's Real!
Spirituality Over Booze Equals Recovery
Student Organization for Business Ethics and Research

SOBRIETY - Stay Off Booze: Recovery Is Everything To You

SODA - Stay Out of Drug Areas
Student Organization for Deaf Awareness
Student Organization for Developing Art
Student Organization for Developing Attitudes
Student Organization for Digital Artists (New Mexico State University, U.S.A.)
Student Organization for Disability Awareness
Student Organization for Diversity in Architecture
Student Organization for Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Student Organization for the Development of the Arts
Student Organization of Dental Assistants
Students for Organ Donation Awareness
Students Organized Defending Animals
Students Organized for Developing Attitudes
Students Organized for Disability Awareness

SOFA - School of Fine Arts (Indiana University)
Sculpture Objects and Functional Art
Selectable Optical Filter Assembly
Status of Forces Agreement
Student Organization For Anthropology (Salt Lake Community College)
Student Organization for Fine Arts
Student Organization of Fine Arts
Students of Finance Association (East Tennessee State University)
Students Organized and Focused on Academics (Old Dominion University)
Students Organized for Activities
Students Organized for Art (University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh)
Students Organized for Food Autonomy
Students Organized for Fun and Amusement

SOFAS - Student Organization for African Studies (American University)
Student Organization for Furniture Academia and Styling (North Carolina State University)
Student Organized Fund Activities Sober

SOFAST - Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team

SOLAR - Student Organization Leadership, Advising and Resources (University of California at Riverside)
Student Organization Leadership and Activity Resources
Student Organization Learning and Resources

SOUP - Software of Unknown Pedigree
Student Outreach to Urban Programs
Students Organized to Unite People

SOURCE - Students Organized for Using Resources Conscientiously and Efficiently

SPACE - Spacecraft Prelaunch Automatic Checkout Equipment (NASA acronym)
Students Participating Actively in County Education (Virginia, U.S.A.)
Students Preparing for Academics and Careers in Engineering
Students Promoting Action/Community Education
Students Promoting and Advocating for Community Engagement (Vanderbilt University)
Students Promoting Astronomy Culture, and Education (University of Alberta, Canada)
Sustainable Practices in Agriculture for Critical Environments

SPADE - Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols, and Dynamics Expedition

SPARK - Senior Peers Actively Renewing Knowledge (University of Missouri at Kansas City)
Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids
Spreading Power, Activism, Respect, and Knowledge
Students Promoting Academic Readiness in Kids
Students Promoting Academic Recognition at King
Students Promoting Achievement, Ambition, Responsibility and Knowledge
Students Promoting Action and Resource Knowledge
Students Promoting Action, Responsibility and Knowledge
Students Promoting Activism, Reform and Knowledge
Students Promoting Activism, Rights, and Knowledge
Students Promoting Alcohol Responsibility and Knowledge
Students Promoting All Religious Knowledge (University of Northern Colorado)
Students Promoting Animal Respect and Kindness
Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge (Canada)
Students Promoting Awareness, Reflection and Knowledge (University of Michigan)
Students Promoting Awareness, Rights, and Knowledge

SPARKS - Students Promoting Awareness, Responsibility, Knowledge and Service

SPARKS - Students Promoting Awareness, Responsibility, Knowledge and Success

SPEAK - Students Performing, Experiencing, and Acquiring Knowledge
Students Promoting Eating disorders Awareness and Knowledge (University of Utah)
Students Promoting Education Among Kids
Students Promoting Education and Knowledge
Students Promoting Education through Awareness and Kindenss
Students Promoting Empathy, Action, and Knowledge (Columbia University)
Students Promoting Empowerment and Knowledge
Students Promoting Engagement through Activism and Knowledge
Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville (University of Tennessee - Knoxville)
Students Promoting Equal Action and Knowledge
Students Promoting Equality, Acceptance and Kindness
Students Promoting Equality Acceptance Knowledgeably
Students Promoting Equality, Action and Knowledge
Students Promoting the Environment and Acceptance through Knowledge

SPEAKS - Students Promoting Education, Awareness, and Knowledge of Sexual risks

SPEAR - School / Police Emergency Action Response (Canada)
School Program Evaluation and Research (University of Kansas)
Singapore Prison Emergency Action Response
Stanford Positron Electron Asymmetric Ring (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.)
Students Promoting Education and Awareness about Rape (Pennsylvania State University)
Students Promoting Educational Advancement and Research (Southern Illinois University - Carbondale)
Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Recycling (Vanderbilt University)
Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility
Students Promoting Equity through Aid and Research
Students Promoting Excellence, Advocacy and Reflection in Service (Florida State University)

SPEARs - Students Promoting Early Alumni Relationships

SPECIES - Social, Physical, Emotional, Career, Intellectual, Environmental, and Spiritual

SPICE - Spacelab Payload Integration and Coordination in Europe
Students Promoting an Improved Campus Experience (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Students Promoting Increased Community Empowerment
Students Promoting Individual Career Enhancement
Students Promoting Intelligent Choices and Education
Students Promoting Intelligent Choices and Experiences
Students Promoting Intelligent Choices Everyday
Students Promoting Inter-Cultural Exchanges
Students Promoting International and Cultural Exchange
Students Promoting International and Cultural Exploration
Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (Texas Tech University)

SPIDER - Sexual Predator Internet Decoy Enforcement in Riverside (California, U.S.A.)

SPIKE - Science Planning Interactive Knowledge Environment
Students Promoting Independence, Knowledge, and Equality (Augsburg College)
Students Promoting Interest in Kendo Exercises

SPIN - Suspect Pointer Index Network

SPIRIT - Security, Planning, and Integrated Resources for Information Technology program
Students Promoting Involvement to Reach Ideal Transformations (University of Michigan - Flint)

SPLASH - Special Program to List the Amplitude of Surge from Hurricanes
Students Preparing for Leadership and Service in Him
Students Preparing Life Around Serving Him
Students Promoting and Living a Sober High
Students Promoting Leadership and Awareness in Serving the Homeless (Susquehanna University)
Students Promoting Leadership and Awareness through Service with the Homeless
Students Promoting Life Activities Safely and Healthfully
Students Protecting Land and Sea Habitats (River Ridge High School, New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, U.S.A.)

SPLAT - Student Paintball Leagues and Teams
Students Promoting Laughter and Tolerance
Students Promoting Leadership Action Team
Students Promoting Local Artists Together
Students Pushing the Limits of Advanced Technology

SPONSOR - Sober Person Offering Newcomers Suggestions On Recovery

SPOTS - Students Promoting Others Through Service (Sloan Creek Middle School, Collin County, Texas, U.S.A.)

SPRINT - Special Police Radio Inquiry Network Terminal

SPRITE - Students Promoting Respect for Individuality Through Example (University of Arizona)

STAGE - South Tahoe Area Ground Express -- A public transportation service in the South Lake Tahoe area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Later known as BlueGO. (California and Nevada, U.S.A.)

STAND - Sacramento Taking Action Against Nicotine Dependence
Students Taking A New Direction
Students Taking Action Against Nicotine Dependence
Students Taking Action for National Democracy
Students Taking Action for New Development
Students Taking Action for Nursing Diversity (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Students Taking Action Not Dropping Out
Students Taking Action Not Drugs
Students Taking Action Now Dammit!
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur
Students Taking Action Now = Democracy!
Students Taking Action Now for a Difference
Students Taking Action Now for Democracy
Students Together Able, Not Disabled

STAND-UP - Students Taking A No Drug-Use Policy

STAND UP - Students Taking Action Now Defending a Unified Planet

STAR - Science-based Threat Analysis and Response
Science Theater Art Recreation
Secure Trade in the APEC Region -- (APEC = Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)
Sheriff's Team of Active Retirees
Space Telescope Axial Replacement
Special Tactics And Response Team
Special Treatment and Recovery
Staff Training, Assistance Review Program
Stipends for Training Aspiring Researchers
Students Tackling Academic Recovery
Students Tackling Academic Requirements
Students Tackling Academic Responsibilities
Students Tackling Advanced Research
Students Tackling Altercations Responsibly
Students Tackling Autism Research
Students Talking About Relationships
Students Tutoring, Assisting and Recruiting
Studies, Training, Analysis, and Research
Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results
Supporting Teachers with Academic Resources
Supporting Teachers with Anytime/Anywhere Resources

STAR Tech - Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results by Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

STARE - Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment

STARRY - Society for Telescopes and Astronomical Research and Recreation at Yale (Yale University)

STARS - Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
Save The Animals Rescue Society
Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (Canada)
Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors
Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System
State Technology Assistance Resource System
State Training and Registry System
Strategic Team Against Rape and Sexual Assault (Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.)
Student Tour guides and Admissions Representatives
Student Transition And Retention Services
Students and Technology in Academia, Research and Service
Students Tackling Academics and Reaching Success
Students Tackling AIMS and Reaching Success
Students Tackling At-Risk Situations
Students Taking a Right Stand
Students Taking Action for Real Security!
Success Through Alumni Recruiting Students
Supporting Teachers Across Rural Schools
Supporting Teachers and Reaching Students
Supporting Teachers and Reconstructing Schools
Supporting Teachers and Reforming Systems
Supporting Teachers in Achieving Results with Students
Surveillance Target Attack Radar System

START - Safety and Technical Assessment for Readiness of Technology
Savings Today And Rewards Tomorrow (U.S. Bank)
Scientific and Technical Advisory and Response Team
Security Through Advanced Research and Technology
Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team (Vermont, U.S.A.)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Students Tackling Abortion Realities Today
Students Tackling Abusive Relationships Together (Texas, U.S.A.)
Students Talking About Respect and Tolerance (Montana, U.S.A.)
Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team

STAT - Students Taking Action Today

STELA - System for Tracking Export License Applications

STEP - Sheriff's Tactical Enforcement Personnel (Tulare County, California, U.S.A.)
Skills Training and Employment Program
Solar Terrestrial Energy Program
Striving To Educate People (University of Iowa)
Students Tackling Eating Problems
Students Tackling Education Program
Students Tackling Environmental Problems
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting

STEPS - Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety
Statewide Technical Education Program Services

STING - Strike Team Investigative Narcotics Group (Michigan, U.S.A.)

STOP - Safe Tables Our Priority
Safety Training Observation Program
Security Tracking of Office Property
Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors Violence Against Women Program
Stop This Outrageous Purge
Stop Transmission of Polio
Stop Turning Out Prisoners (Florida, U.S.A.)
Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy
Students Tackling Ordinary Problems (New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Students Taking on Poverty
Students Taking On Prevention
Students Taking on Problems
Students Taking Opportunity for Prevention
Students Talking Out Problems

STOP Obesity Alliance - Strategies to Overcome and Prevent Obesity Alliance

STORM - Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement

STRIDE - Special Transit Ride -- The Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) operates this transportation service for qualified persons with disabilities in the Duluth, Minnesota area.

STRIP - Silvicultural Treatment Regime Initiative Project (British Columbia, Canada)

STRIPES - Student Tigers Rallying, Interacting, and Promoting Education and Service (Louisiana State University)

STRIVE - Science Teachers Research Involvement for Vital Education

STUD - Students Tackling Underage Drinking

STUPID - Spain, Turkey, UK, Portugal, Italy, and Dubai
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Portugal, Ireland, and Dubai

SUFFER - Save Us From Formaldehyde Environmental Repercussions -- Later known as Citizens United to Reduce Emissions (CURE) of Formaldehyde Poisoning.

SULLY - Sooners United for Leadership, Loyalty and You

SUMMIT - Sierra Unified Major Marijuana Investigation Team (California, U.S.A.)

SURE - Shuttle Users Review and Evaluation

SURF - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.)

SURF Board E - Students United for Representation to the Fremont Board of Education (Fremont, California, U.S.A.)

SWAG - Scientific Wild Ass Guess
Sophisticated Wild Ass Guess
Souvenirs, Wearables And Gifts
Stuff We All Get
Stupid Wild Ass Guess

SWAMP - Serving with a Mainstream Perspective (A political action committee)
Students With A Motivational Purpose

SWAP - Semantic Web Application Platform -- Also known as Semantic Web Area for Play.
Severe Weather Avoidance Plan
Sheriff's Work Alternative Program
Solar Wind Analyzer Around Pluto (NASA acronym)
Source Water Assessment Program

SWATH - Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull

SWEET - SEEDS Workgroup on Early Education Technology -- (SEEDS = Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems)

SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
South Western Identity Theft and Fraud Task Force (Nevada, U.S.A.)
States Working Interstate Fraud Together (Florida, U.S.A.)

SWIM - Surface Water Improvement and Management (Florida, U.S.A.)

SWIM - System-Wide Information Management

TABLE - Tsukuba Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment

TAILS - To Adopt Is Life Saving

TALON - Theater Application: Launch On Notice -- A U.S. missile.

TARGET - Tri-Agency Resource Gang Enforcement Team (Orange County, California, U.S.A.)

TARGETS - Terminal Area Route Generation, Evaluation and Traffic Simulation

TART - Tahoe Area Rapid Transit -- A public transportation service serving the Lake Tahoe area in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. (California, U.S.A.)

TARTS - Tipton Amateur Repertory Theatre Society -- It became known as "Tipton Arts" after they were forced to change the catchy acronym by which their group was known when certain individuals complained that TARTS was sexist and derogatory. (U.K.)

TAVERN - Test and Verification Environment for Remote Networks

TEAM - Technically Evaluated Advisory Materials
Technologies Enabling Agile Manufacturing
Timber Exporters' Association of Malaysia
Tools for Electronic Application Management
Total Employer Account Management
Total Estimation and Allocation Mechanism
Total Exposure Assessment Model

TEAMS - Temporary Emergency Assignment Management System (British Columbia, Canada)

TEAM-CPR - Thermal, Etiological, Asphyxiation, Mechanical, Chemical, Psychological, and Radioactive

TIARA - Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities

TIER - Treasury Information Executive Repository (U.S. Department of the Treasury)

TIGER - Timely, Information Gathering, Examination, and Reporting
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference

TIGERS - Trials of Innovative Government Electronic Regional Services

TIPS - Tennessee Infant Parent Services
Terminal Information Processing System

TIPSY - Table Interpolation Program for Stand Yield (British Columbia, Canada)

TITANS - Theoretical Institute for Thermonuclear and Nuclear Studies

TNT - Tactical Narcotics Team
Tactical Negotiations Team
Traverse Narcotics Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)

TOPS - Telecommunications Ordering and Pricing System
Transistorized Operational Phone System

TRADE - Training Resources and Data Exchange -- A U.S. network designed to foster the exchange of fire-related training information and resources.

TRAP - Taskforce for Regional Auto theft Prevention (California, U.S.A.)

TRAP - Test Release Agreement Program (Wisconsin, U.S.A.)

T-RATT - Tulare Regional Auto Theft Task Force (California, U.S.A.)

TREES - TRopical Ecosystem Environmental observations by Satellite

TRENDS - Treatment Regime Evaluation Numerical Decision Support (Canada)

TRIDENT - Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team (Colorado, U.S.A.)

TRIM - Terrain Resource Information Management (British Columbia, Canada)
Terrain Resource Information Mapping
Timber Resource Inventory Model -- A computer model used to assess the state of timber resources in forests.
Total Records and Information Management
Total Risk Integrated Methodology

TRIP - Tax Refund Intercept Program
The Road Information Program
Token Ring Interface Processor (Computer terminology)
Transit and Rail Inspection Pilot program -- A U.S. rail security technology study.

TRIPS - Travel Reporting and Information Processing System
Travel Request Information Processing System (Australia)
Travel Risk Planning System

TRUST - Technologies for Restoring Users' Security and Trust in Health Information Act (U.S.A.)

T-SOAR - Trinity Students Organized Against Racism

UPSET - Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (Michigan, U.S.A.)

USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act

US-VISIT - United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology

VALIANT - Valley Inter-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (Oregon, U.S.A.)

VERONICA - Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives -- A search engine system for thousands of Gopher servers.

VIPS - Virginia Innocence Project Student Group (University of Virginia)

VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Siege

VISA - Vietnamese International Students Association

VORTEX - Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment

WAG - Wild Ass Guess

WAGES - Work and Gain Experience in the Summer (Nebraska, U.S.A.)

WARM - Wharton And Rice Mentoring (Rice University)

WARN - Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act

WARP - Weather and Radar Processor

WATCH - Washington Access To Criminal History

WAVE - Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement Team
Working Against Violent Elements (Illinois)

WEAVE - Water and Energy: Atmospheric, Vegetative, and Earth

WeCAN - We Care About Newtown (Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.A.)

WHOOP - Women Helping Out Other People (Texas A&M University)

WHOOPS - Women Helping Others Overcome Personal Struggles

WIMP - Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device (Computer terminology)
Windows/Icons/Mouse Programming (Computer terminology)
Women In Management in Publishing
Women in Mennonite Pastorates

WIMPs - Women in Management Positions
Women in Medical Physics
Women In Medicine Planners
Women In Moderately Poor Shape
Women In Music Professional Society

WISE - Women in Science and Engineering
Women In Search of Equity for Military In Divorce
Women in Search of Excellence
Association of Women in Security Electronics
Women In Self-Employment
Women in Islamic Spirituality and Equality
Women In Sports and Events
Women in Successful Enterprises
Women In Support of Each Other
Women in Support of Education (Ouray, Colorado, U.S.A.)
Women in Support of Empowerment
Women in Support of Enterprise
Women in Support of Equality
Women in Sustainability and the Environment
Women In Sustainable Energy
Women Interested in Successful Employment
Women Investing In Security And Education
Womens' Initiative For Self Empowerment

WISER - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
Women In Safe and Equal Relationships
Women in Science and Engineering Research
Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program
Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable
Women in Science Enabling Research
Women in Science, Engineering and Research
Women in Search of Education, Relating
Women in Secondary Education and Research
Women in Social and Economic Research
Women In Steady Exercise Research
Women in Support of Each other's Recovery
Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement

WISEST - Women in Science and Engineering System Transformation (University of Illinois at Chicago)

WISP - Winter Icing and Storms Programs
Women in Irish Society Project
Women in Scholarly Publishing
Women in Science Program
Women In Science Project (Dartmouth College)
Women in Search of Peace (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Women in Search of the Paranormal
Women in Solidarity with Palestine
Women in Space Program
Women's International Strike for Peace
Women's International Study of the Paranormal

WITS - Washington State Court Interpreters and Translators Society
Women and Infants Transmission Study
Women in Technology and Science
Women in the Sciences
Women In The Services
Women in the Solution
Women in the Spirit
Women in Today's Society
Women in Transition Seminars
World Instructor Training Schools

WRAP - Water Resources Applications Project
Web Ready Appliances Protocol
Whippet Rescue and Placement -- A dog rescue and adoption organization.
Wireless Robust Authenticated Protocol -- Occasionally referred to as the Wireless Robust Authentication Protocol.

WRIST - Weather Radar Identification of Severe Thunderstorms

WRITE - Waste Reduction Innovative Technology Evaluation (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

WRITE - WONCA Rural Information Technology Exchange (WONCA = World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians)

YOURS - Youth Outreach Undergraduates Reshaping Success (Cornell University)

YOYO - You're On Your Own

ZITS - Zero Innovation and Technologically Shortsighted Society -- This is not an actual organization--It's more of a mindset.