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- AIS - Aquatic Invasive Species
- AMS - Agricultural Marketing Service (Department of Agriculture)
- ANS - Aquatic Nuisance Species
- ANSTF - Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
- APHIS - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Department of Agriculture)
- ARS - Agricultural Research Service (Department of Agriculture)
- BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs (Department of the Interior)
- BLM - Bureau of Land Management (Department of the Interior)
- CABI - Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International; known as Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux prior to 1986
- CBP - Customs and Border Protection (Department of Homeland Security)
- CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Department of Health and Human Services)
- CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; now known as NIFA (Department of Agriculture)
- DC - District of Columbia
- DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
- DHS - Department of Homeland Security
- DOC - Department of Commerce
- DOD - Department of Defense
- DOE - Department of Energy
- DOL - Department of Labor
- DOI - Department of the Interior
- DOS - Department of State
- DOT - Department of Transportation
- EO - Executive Order
- EDRR - Early Detection and Rapid Response
- EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
- EPMT - Exotic Plant Management Team (Department of Interior)
- EPPC - Exotic Plant Pest Council
- ERS - Economic Research Service (Department of Agriculture)
- FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- FDA - Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services)
- FICMNEW - Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
- FS - Forest Service (Department of Agriculture)
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior)
- IFAS - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- IPM - Integrated Pest Management
- IPPC - International Plant Protection Convention
- ISAC - Invasive Species Advisory Committee
- ITAP - Federal Interagency Committee on Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
- MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- NAL - National Agricultural Library (Department of Agriculture)
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure; 1994-2012 (Department of the Interior)
- NIFA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture; formerly known as CSREES (Department of Agriculture)
- NIH - National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services)
- NISC - National Invasive Species Council
- NISIC - National Invasive Species Information Center (Department of Agriculture)
- NLM - National Library of Medicine (Department of Health and Human Services)
- NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce)
- NPS - National Park Service (Department of the Interior)
- NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service (Department of Agriculture)
- PBS - Public Broadcasting System
- PCA - Plant Conservation Alliance
- PPQ - Plant Protection and Quarantine (Department of Agriculture)
- RRISC - Reduce Risks from Invasive Species Coalition
- SI - Smithsonian Institution
- UN - United Nations
- US/U.S. - United States
- USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers (Department of Defense)
- USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
- USGS - United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior)
- WRA - Weed Risk Assessment
- WSSA - Weed Science Society of America
- WWCC - Western Weed Coordinating Committee