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Numerical

  •  8A: Small Business Contract Award
  • 8.5 SMA: 8.5 Square Mile Area (Las Palmas Community protected by levees West of Miami & East of ENP)
  • 203 – Report to Congress
  • 216 – Paragraph referring to a re-study of the Resiliency Central and Southern Florida Project
  • 404 – USACE Regulation
  • 408 – USACE Regulation

A

  • ACSIM – Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
  • ACSIM: Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
  • ACO: Administrative Contracting Officer (Contracting Officer Category-Construction Contracting)
  • ADA: Anti-Deficiency Act
  • ADR: Alternate Dispute Resolution (contract dispute resolution option)
  • ADR: Alternate Dispute Resolution
  • A-E: Architectural - Engineer Firm
  • AED:  Assistant Executive Director (SFWMD)
  • AERC: A-E Responsibility Coordinator (used in A/E liability cases)
  • Alpha: negotiation in progress, contractor gives ideas to expedite process, aka: sole source
  • AM&R: Annual, Maintenance & Repair (Costs)
  • ARIMS: Army Records Information Management System
  • ASA:  Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
  • ASR:  Aquifer Storage & Recovery (Wells)
  • ATR: Agency Technical Review
  • ATR: Above Threshold Reprogramming

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B

  • BBCW: Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands
  • BBSEER: Biscayne Bay Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
  • BBTF:  Biscayne Bay Task Force (Miami-Dade Co)
  • BCNP:  Big Cypress National Preserve
  • BCWPA: Broward County Water Preserve Areas
  • BO:  Biological Opinion
  • BOD: Beneficial Occupancy Date
  • BCD: Basic Change Document
  • BCOES: Bid ability, Constructability, Operability, Environmental and Sustainability (Review)
  • BCOEC: Bid ability, Constructability, Operability, Environmental and Certification (Review)
  • BMAP:  Basin Management Action Plan
  • BMP:  Best Management Practice (Agricultural management practice for water quality)

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C

  • CADD: Computer Aided Design Drafting
  • CCC:  Continuing Contract Clause (Appropriations)
  • CCD:  Construction Completion Date
  • CEFMS: Corps of Engineers Financial Management System
  • CEMRS:  Corps of Engineers Manpower Requirements
  • CEPP: Central Everglades Planning Project (divided into North, South, EAA and New Water)
  • CERP: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
  • CFS: Cubic Feet per Second (Hydraulics and Hydrology)
  • CHNEP: Coastal & Heartland National Estuary Partnership
  • CLIN: Contract Line Item Number
  • COD: Contracting Officer Decisions (Contracting)
  • CICA: Competition in Contracting Act (Contracting- 1APR1985)
  • C/O: Change Order
  • CONOP: Construction Operations
  • COE: Corps of Engineers
  • COR: Contracting Officer Representative (Construction Contracting)
  • COS: Centers of Standardization
  • COWBRA:
  • CICA: Competition in Contracting Act
  • CQC: Contractor Quality Control
  • CSB: Construction Support Branch
  • CS&F: Central and Southern Florida Project (Authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1930)
  • CRF: Change Request Form
  • CWE: Current Working Estimate (Includes, Construction Contract, S&A, A-E, Contingency)
  • CWR:  Clean Water Rule (Jun 2015)
  • CWRB: Crude Work Review Board
  • CWUP:  Civilian Workload Utilization Plan

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D

  • DAPL:
  • DASB:  District Acquisition Strategy Board
  • DAWIA: Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (Contracting Certification & Training 1OCT1993)
  • D-B: Design Build (Acquisition Strategy)
  • D-B-B: Design-Bid-Build (Acquisition Strategy)
  • DCC: Deputy Chief of Contracting
  • DDC: Design During Construction
  • DEAR: Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration (Florida DEP)
  • DEP: Department of Environmental Protection (Florida State Level)
  • D&F: Determination and Finding (Contracting)
  • DFARS: DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (Contracting)
  • DLA: Defense Logistics Agency
  • DHA: Direct Hiring Authority
  • DMSTA:  Dynamic Model Storm-water Treatment Area
  • DNF: Determination of Findings (Contracting)
  • DOC: Director of Contracting
  • DOI: Department of the Interior
  • DOJ: Department of Justice
  • DOR: Designer of Record
  • DPNR: Department of Planning and Natural Resources (Virgin Islands)
  • DQC:  District Quality Control
  • DQCM: Design Quality Control Manager
  • DQCP: Design Quality Control Plan (United Faculties Guide Specifications July 2015)
  • DSAC: Dam Safety Action Classification (1-5 Classification)
  • DSPMT: Dam Safety Program Management Tools

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E

  • EAA: Everglades Agricultural Area
  • EA: Economic Analysis (Document submitted w/ DD 1391 describing cost of alternative options)
  • ECB:  Existing Condition Baseline
  • ECC: Estimated Construction Cost
  • ECI: Engineering Considerations and Instructions
  • ECU: Environmental Control Unit
  • EDR:  Engineer Documentation Report with FONSI
  • EF: Everglades Foundation (non-governmental organization)
  • EIS: Environmental Impact Statement
  • EMCS: Energy Management Control Systems
  • ENP: Everglades National Park
  • EQS: Environmental Quality Standards???
  • ERDC: Engineer Research and Development Center
  • ERP:  Environmental Resource Permit (SFWMD / FDEP)
  • ERTP: Everglades Restoration Transition Plan
  • E&S: Energy and Sustainability
  • ESA: Endangered Species Act
  • ESIT:  Everglades Strategic Issue Tracker
  • ESP: Environmental Special Projects
  • ETL:  Engineer Technical Lead

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F

  • FACA: Federal Advisory Committee Act (Passed in 1972)
  • FAR: Federal Acquisition Regulation (Contracting)
  • FBR: Fully Burdened Rate
  • FCC: Florida Conservation Coalition
  • FCCE: Flood Control and Coastal Emergency
  • FDACS:  Florida Department of Agriculture & Commerce
  • FEB: Flow Equalization Basin (SFWMD’s Holding Reservoirs by STAs and Canals)
  • FEM: Facilities, Equipment, and Maintenance
  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FFP: Firm Fixed Price (Contract Type-Governments’ most preferred)
  • FLMS: Florida Lake Management Society
  • FONSI:  Finding of No Significant Impact (Elevation)
  • FP&L: Florida Power and Light (South Florida Electric Utility)
  • FPT: Functional Performance Testing (Commissioning)
  • FRM: Flood Risk Management
  • FRR: Facility, Repair, and Renovation
  • FUDS: Formerly Used Defense Site (Military Ecological Cleanup)
  • FWCC: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • FWI: Funded Work Item (Resource Management)
  • (US) FWS: US Department of Fish and Wildlife Service

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G

  • G2G:  Government to Government (US with Native American Tribes)
  • GFP: Government Provided Equipment
  • G&A: General Administration
  • GOA: Government Accounting Office
  • GY: Guidance Year

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H

  • HAB: Harmful Algal Bloom
  • HABITATS: Harmful Algal Bloom Interception, Treatment and Transformation System
  • HCA: Head of Contracting Activity
  • HERO:  Heritage & Environmental Resources Office (Tribes)
  • HH: Hydraulics and Hydrology
  • HMTF: Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (Appropriations by Congress with
  • HTRW: Hazardous, Toxic, Radioactive Waste
  • H&H – Hydrology and Hydraulics
  • HMGP – Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
  • HQ – Headquarters
  • HUD – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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I

  • IAR:  Implemental Adaptive Restoration
  • ICC – Increased Cost of Compliance
  • ICW – Inspection of Completed Works
  • IDIQ: Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (Contract Type)
  • IDR:
  • IDS: Integrate Delivery Schedule
  • IDT:
  • IFRMC – Intergovernmental  Flood Risk Management Committee
  • IGE: Independent Government Estimate
  • IH: Industrial Hygienist
  • IFP: Invitation for Bid (lowest bid is awarded)
  • IMD:  Integrated Manning Document
  • INAV: Inland Navigation
  • IRL-S: Indian River Lagoon (South)

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J

  • J&A: Justification & Approval
  • JOC: Job Order Contract

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K

  • KO: Contracting Officer
  • KOSEBCC: Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades-Big Cypress Coordination Team (FWC)
  • KRR: Kissimmee River Restoration
  • KTR: Contractor

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L

  • LCCA: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • LECSA: Lower East Coast Service Area
  • LID: Low Impact Development
  • LKB:  Lower Kissimmee Basin
  • LONIN: Lake Okeechobee Net Inflow Forecast 
  • LOOPS: Lake Okeechobee Operations Screening –Modeling software for lake levels
  • LORS: Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule (as of 2008)
  • LOSA: Lower Okeechobee Service Area
  • LOSOM: Lake Okeechobee System Operation Manual
  • LOWRP: Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Plan
  • LPTA: Low Price Technically Acceptable
  • LRWRP: Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project
  • LSAC: Levee Safety Action Classification
  • LTM: Long Term Monitoring
  • LOMA – Letter of map amendment
  • LOMC – Letter of Map Change
  • LOMR – Letter of Map Revision
  • LOMR-F – Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill
  • LRR – Limited Re-evaluation Report
  • LSO – Levee Safety Officer
  • LSPM – Levee Safety Program Manager

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M

  • MATOC: Multiple Award Task Order Contract
  • MCA: Military Construction- Army
  • MFL: Minimum Flow Level
  • MGD:  Million Gallons per Day
  • MILCON: Military Construction
  • MIPR: Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
  • MTIOF:  Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (or MToIoF)
  • MWD: Modified Waters Deliveries (Restore water flow to NE Shark River Slough)
  • MX: Maintenance
  • MDCP – Maintenance Deficient Correction Program
  • MIP – Mapping Information Platform
  • MNUSS – Map Needs Update Support System
  • MSC – Major Subordinate Command
  • MSC – Map Service Center

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N

  • NAD: National Inventory Dams
  • NEEPP:  Northern Everglades & Estuaries Protection Program
  • NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act (a process to follow for projects)
  • NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
  • NPS: National Park Service
  • NTP: Notice to Proceed
  • NTE: Not to Exceed
  • NAFSMA – National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
  • NCLS – National Committee on Levee Safety
  • NEMA – National Emergency Managers Association
  • NFHL – National Flood Hazard Layer
  • NFIP – National Flood Insurance Program
  • NFIRA – National Flood Insurance Reform Act 1994
  • NFPC – National Flood Proofing Committee
  • NFRMP – National Flood Risk Management Program
  • NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
  • NHMA – Natural Hazard Mitigation Association
  • NMFS – National Marine Fisheries Service
  • NOAA – National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NRCS – Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • NWS – National Weather Service

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O

  • OAWP: Office of Agricultural Water Policy (FDACS Agency – Chris Pettit)
  • OBR: On-Board Review
  • O&M RRR – Repair, Reusable, & Replacement
  • ODMS:
  • OERI: Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (DOI Agency – Adam Gelber)
  • O&M: Operations and Maintenance
  • OTMP: Operational Testing Monitoring Phase
  • OWW: Okeechobee Waterway

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P

  • P2: COE PM software (formerly known as promise)
  • PA: Program Amount & Programmatic Agreement
  • PAB: Program Advisory Board
  • PACES: Parametric Cost Estimation System
  • PACR: Post Authorization Change Report
  • PARCs: Principal Assistants Responsible for Contracting (Contracting)
  • PBC:  Palm Beach County
  • PCF: Paperless Contract File (Contracting)
  • PCO: Procurement Contracting Officer (Contracting Officer Category)
  • PDA: Preliminary Damage Assessments
  • P&D: Program and Design
  • PDBP:  Project Delivery Business Process
  • PDR: Parametric Design Report (Charrette prior to MILCON 1391 submittal)
  • PDT: Project Delivery Team
  • PED: Pre-Construction & Engineering Design
  • PFMA:
  • PIR: Project Implementation Reports (Bridge the gap between conceptual design and detailed design required for construction of CERP)
  • PM:  Performance Measure
  • PM-M: Project Management, Military
  • PPMD: Projects and Program Management Division
  • PPM-E: Projects and Program Management Ecosystem (Branch)
  • PO: Project Order
  • POM: Pre-Objective Memorandum (Negotiations plan done with Contracting & PM)
  • POM:  Project Operations Manuals
  • POM:  Program Objective Memorandum
  • POR: Period of Record
  • PPA: Project Partnership Agreement
  • PPCA: Pre- Project Partnership Agreement
  • PNM: Pre-Negotiation Memorandum (Contracting)
  • PRB: Project Review Board (District level review of all of Programs and individual Projects)
  • PSRP: Picayune Strand Restoration Project (West of Big Cyprus National Preserve, FL)
  • PTC: Potential Tropical Cyclone
  • PTL:  Project Technical Lead
  • PVT: Performance Verification Testing
  • P.A.L. – Provisionally Accredited Levee
  • P.L.  – Public Law
  • PAC – Post Authorization Change
  • PAS – Planning Assistance to States
  • PCA – Project Cooperation Agreement
  • PGL – Planning Guidance Letter
  • PgMP – Program Management Plan
  • PIR – Project Information Report
  • PM – Project Manager
  • PM – FEMA Procedure Memorandum
  • PMP – Project Management Plan
  • PMR – Physical Map Revision
  • PPA – Project Partnership Agreement

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Q

  • QA: Quality Assurance
  • QAR: Quality Assurance Representative (or Reports—pending context)
  • QAL: Quarterly Agency Leaders meeting (SAJ, SFWMD, DOI, ENP & FWS Directors)
  • QC: Quality Control
  • QCS: Quality Control System
  • QET: Quarterly Executive Team meeting (SAJ CDR and SFMWD Director & Staff)
  • QMS: Quality Management System (Construction Quality Tracking Tool)
  • QQTD: Quality, Quantity, Timing and Distribution (Terms to think of water in S. Florida)


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R

  • R&D: Research and Development
  • RDT&E: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
  • REA: Request for Equitable Adjustment
  • REAT: Regional Environmental Acquisition Tool (SAD- Shared amongst the Division)
  • RFP: Request for Purchase
  • RMS: Resident Management System (Construction Tracking Tool)
  • ROD:  Record of Decision (NEPA & Agency Reviews)
  • ROM: Rough Order of Magnitude
  • RSM:  Reservoir Sediment Management
  • RTA: Ready to Advertise

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S

  • S&A: Supervision and Administration
  • SACS:  South Atlantic Coastal Study
  • SAD: South Atlantic Division
  • SAJ: South Atlantic Jacksonville (District)
  • SAM: South Atlantic Mobile (District)
  • SARBO: 
  • SAS: South Atlantic Savannah (District)
  • SATOC: Service Award Task Order Contract
  • SAW: South Atlantic Wilmington (District)
  • SBA: Small Business Advisor
  • SCCF: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (Fort Meyers, FL)
  • SCR: Special Contract Requirements
  • SFER: South Florida Ecosystem Restoration
  • SFNRC:  South Florida Natural Resources Center (Part of ENP)
  • SFWMD: South Florida Water Management District (known as “the District”)
  • SJRWMD: Saint John’s River Water Management District (NE FL)
  • SFRPC: South Florida Regional Planning Council
  • SLR:  Sea Level Rise
  • SOM:  System Operating Manuel (i.e.:  Lake O, Kissimmee, Chain of lakes)
  • SPOE:
  • SLE: Saint Lucie Estuary (C-44, East Coast, Stuart, FL)
  • SRM: Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization
  • SSEB: Source Selection Evaluation Board
  • STA: Storm water Treatment Area
  • STOF:  Seminole Tribe of Florida
  • SWFP: Southwest Protection Feature (Levees, dykes and canals in PSRP)
  • SWIF: System Wide Improvement ?
  • SWPP: Storm Water Prevention Plan (part of the construction)


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T

  • TO: Task Order
  • TOC:  Technical Oversight Committee (Refers to exceedance oversight by the Stat
  • TCO: Terminating Contracting Officer (Typically the ACOs role-Contracting Officer Category)
  • TMDL: Total Maximum Daily Load (nutrient load in parts per million in metric tons)
  • THPO:  Tribal Historic Preservation Office
  • TPP: Tribal Partnership Program
  • TSP:  Tentatively Selected Plan
  • TTNS: Tamiami Trail Next Steps

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U

  • UCO: Unpriced Change Order (Contracting/Construction)
  • UFC: Unified Facilities Criteria (Construction)
  • UFGS: United Faculties Guide Specifications (USACE Quality Control Guiding Document)
  • USACE: United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • USC: United States Code (Law)
  • UAI: USACE Acquisition Instruction (Contracting)
  • USDA – U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • USFWS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • USGS – U.S. Geological survey

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V

  • VE: Value Engineering
  • VECP: Value Engineering Contract Proposal (Contractor proposal to save time &/or money)
  • VEQ: Variation in Estimated Quantities (Construction Contracting Clause)
  • VITEMA: Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency
  • VTC – Video teleconferencing

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W

 

  • WCA: Water Conservation Areas
  • WCP: Water Control Plans
  • WCM: Water Control Manuals
  • WERP: Western Everglades Restoration Plan
  • WG/SCG: Work Group / Science Coordination Group
  • WIK:  Work in Kind (for cost share w/non-fed Sponsors/partners)
  • WMA: Workface Management Analysis
  • WODNS:  Waters of the United States
  • WQBEL: water quality based effluent limitation (In reference to discharges from STA, WCAs)
  • WRAC: Water Resources Accountability and Collaboration Forum (FWC)
  • WRDA: Water Resources and Development Act
  • WRRDA: Water Resources Reform and Development Act (Every two years, even years)
  • WWP:  Workload & Workforce Planning
  • WY: Water Year

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