AFR |
Annual financial report |
APG |
Annual performance goal, or agency priority goal |
API |
Annual performance indicator |
APR |
Annual performance report |
ASAP |
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel |
BPA |
Blanket purchase agreement |
CCP |
Commercial crew program |
CCTS |
Commercial crew transportation system |
CEO |
Chief operating officer |
COSO |
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations |
CRM |
Continuous risk management |
CRO |
Chief risk officer |
DM |
Decision maker |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
EKV |
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle |
EP |
Experienced personnel |
ERM |
Enterprise risk management |
EROM |
Enterprise risk and opportunity management |
ES&H |
Environmental safety and health |
EXT |
External |
FMFIA |
Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act |
GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
GMD |
Ground-based midcourse defense |
GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
GPRAMA |
GPRA Modernization Act |
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
IG |
Inspector general |
IIA |
Institute of Internal Auditors |
INT |
Internal |
IR |
Infrared |
IRM |
Institutional risk management |
ISL |
Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. |
ISS |
International Space Station |
IT |
Information technology |
ITAR |
International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JWST |
James Webb Space Telescope |
KPI |
Key performance indicator |
LOC |
Loss of crew |
LOM |
Loss of mission |
MDA |
Missile Defense Agency |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
OIG |
Office of Inspector General |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
P(LOC) |
Probability of loss of crew |
P(LOM) |
Probability of loss of mission |
PMC |
President's Management Council |
PPR |
Portfolio performance review |
PRA |
Probabilistic risk assessment |
RIDM |
Risk-informed decision making |
RACI |
Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed |
RM |
Risk management |
R-O |
Risk and opportunity |
SAR |
Strategic annual review |
SLS |
Space Launch System |
SMA |
Safety and Mission Assurance |
SoA |
Statement of assurance |
SOAR |
Strategic objectives annual review (referred to externally as simply “strategic review”) |
SOFIA |
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
STEM |
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
TBD |
To be determined |
TCA |
Technology capability assessment |
TRIO |
Technical Research, Integration, and Operations |
TRL |
Technology readiness level |
UK |
United Kingdom |
US |
United States |
UU |
Unknown and/or underappreciated |
WBS |
Work breakdown structure |