Contents

Abbreviations

ACDA

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

CRS

Congressional Research Service

CTR

Cooperative Threat Reduction

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOT

Department of Transportation

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

FSU

former Soviet Union

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NIS

Newly Independant States

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NSF

National Science Foundation

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OPIC

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

TDA

Trade and Development Agency

USAID

U.S. Agency for International Development

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USIA

U.S. Information Agency

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