LibGuides: GovSpeak: A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms & Abbreviations: B

B24IC	Biointelligence and Biosecurity for the Intelligence Community program
B2S	Build to Scale Program
B2U	Battery Second-Use Repurposing Cost Calculator
B3	Bioeconomy, Bioenergy, Bioproducts Programs
B&B	Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study
B&I	Business and Industry Loan Guarantees
BAB	Build America Bureau
Baby FACES	Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Study
BACS	Bioinformatics and Computational Science program
BAER	Burned Area Emergency Response
BAM	Body and Mind (unable to verify 11/24)
BARC	Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
BARD	Boating Accident Report Database \| Braille and Audio Reading Download
BARDA	Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
BAS	Boundary and Annexation Survey \| Business Applications Solution
BASE	Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation Study
BASINS	Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources
BASO at LBNL	Bay Area Site Office at LBNL (reverted to BSO 6/23)
BASO at SLAC	Bay Area Site Office at SLAC
BAST	Best Available and Safest Technologies
BATFE	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
BATLab	Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory
BATS	Bomb Arson Tracking System
BAU	Behavioral Analysis Unit

BB	Biologics Branch (unable to verify 4/20)
BBB	Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Branch
BBCB	Division of Biomedical Technology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
BBD	Biosystems and Biomaterials Division
BBDB	Behavioral and Brain Development Branch (unable to verify 5/16; likely merged into Brain Development Research Consortium)
BBEBP	Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Emerging Biotechnology Policy Division (unable to verify 12/22)
BBG	Broadcasting Board of Governors (changed to USAGM)
BBL	Bird Banding Laboratory
BBNP	Better Buildings Neighborhood Program
BBPSB	Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch
BBRA	Budget Based Rent Adjustments
BBRB	Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch
BBS	North American Breeding Bird Survey
BBSP	Block Boundary Suggestion Project
BBTD	Biosciences and Biotechnology Division
BC	C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (changed to CWBYCTP) \| Bureau of Competition
BC3	Building Component Cost Community (unable to access/verify 4/20)

BCA	Biosurveillance Coordination Activity (unable to verify 6/14)
BCAP	Biomass Crop Assistance Program (unable to verify 2/23)
BCAT	Building Code Adoption Tracking
BCBB	Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (unable to verify 11/16)
BCC	Better Climate Challenge
BCCI	Border Community Capital Initiative
BCD	Business Conditions Digest
BCFB	Biotechnology Core Facility Branch (unable to verify 5/24)
BCI	Better Contracting Initiative (unable to verify 2/25) \| Blue Carbon Inventory Project
BCJI	Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program
BCL	Building Component Library \| Bureau of Certification and Licensing
BCM	Bulk Chemical Manufacturer Reports
BCN	Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Branch
BCOE	FBI Biometric Center of Excellence (unable to verify 3/22, possibly replaced by PRSU)
BCP	Basic Center Program \| Bureau of Consumer Protection
BCPRU	Biological Control of Pests Research Unit
BCRAT	Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
BCRC	Benefits Coordination & Recovery Center
BCRS	Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service (merged into BHW)
BCS	Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
BCSB	Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch
BCSC	National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center
BCSRB	Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research Branch (changed to BCN)
BCTD	Biomolecular and Computational Toxicology Division
BD IWG	Big Data Interagency Working Group
BDAC	Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee
BDC	Broadband Data Collection
BDF	Biomedical Data Fabric Toolbox

BDFWO	Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office
BDM	Business Employment Dynamics
BDP	Big Data Program (changed to NODD; changed from Big Data Project)
BDS	Business Dynamics Statistics
BDSS	Bulk Data Storage System
BD-STEP	Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program
BE	Biological Evaluation \| Bureau of Economics
BEA	Bank Enterprise Award \| Bureau of Economic Analysis
BEACON	Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification
BEAD	Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
BEAM	Bacteria, Enterics, Amoeba, and Mycotics
BEARFACTS	BEA Regional Fact Sheets
BEC	Business Email Compromise
BECCAL	Bose Einstein Condensates & Cold Atoms Lab
BECON	Biomedical Engineering Consortium (defunct as of 11/08)
BECP	Building Energy Codes Program
BECRM	Branch of Environmental and Cultural Resources Management (changed to DESCRM)
BEDES	Building Energy Data Exchange Specification
BEDI	Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (discontinued)
BEEF	Big Explosives Experimental Facility
BeefGEM	Beef Gas Emissions Model
BEES	Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability
BEETS	BPA Energy Efficiency Tracking System
BEG	Border Enforcement Grant (unable to verify 6/24)
BEIS	Biogenic Emission Inventory System
BEMP	Bison and Elk Management Plan
BenMAP-CE	Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program - Community Edition
BEopt	Building Energy Optimization Tool
BEP	Bureau of Engraving and Printing
BER	Biological and Environmental Research

BERA	Business & Economics Research Advisor (unable to verify 12/23)
BERD	Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey
BES	Basic Energy Sciences \| Branch of Environmental Services \| Business Expenses Survey
BESAC	Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
BEST	Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (replaced by "check eligibility" page) \| Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (changed to I&M, then ECO) \| Biologics Effectiveness and Safety System \| Border Enforcement Security Task Force
BETO	Bioenergy Technologies Office
BETTER	Better Extraction from Text Towards Enhanced Retrieval
BFELoB	Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (unable to verify 2/24)
BFEM	Budget Formulation and Execution Manager (unable to verify 8/18)
BFET	Blended Finance for the Energy Transition (unable to verify 2/25)
BFNUF	Biomass Feedstock National User Facility
BFP	Bridge Formula Program
BFPD	Branded Food Products Database
BFRDP	Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
BFRL	Building and Fire Research Laboratory (absorbed into EL)
BFS	Bureau of the Fiscal Service \| Business Formation Statistics
BFWR	Branch of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Recreation
BGBS	Better Grants Better Service
BGLP	Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations
BGN	U.S. Board on Geographic Names
BGSEEF	Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
BHA	Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (unable to verify 2/25)
BHC	United States-México Border Health Commission
BHCC	Behavioral Health Coordinating Council (unable to verify 4/19)
BHCCO	988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office
BHDAP	Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy
BHL	Biodiversity Heritage Library
BHP	Basic Health Program
BHPr	Bureau of Health Professions (merged into BHW)
BHSIS	Behavioral Health Services Information System (unable to verify 10/14)
BHSO	Brookhaven Site Office
BHW	Bureau of Health Workforce
BHWET	Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training

BIA	Board of Immigration Appeals \| Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIBCO	Monographic Bibliographic Record Program
BIC	Best-in-Class
BIDEH	Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health
BIDS	Binational Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Program \| Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (changed to BACS) \| Business Information Database System (unable to verify 3/24)
BIE	Bureau of Indian Education
BIEC	Border Interagency Executive Council
BIF	Bank Insurance Fund (merged into DIF)
BIFAD	Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (unable to verify 2/25)
BIG	Boating Infrastructure Grant Program
BIL	Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Biden archive)
BIMAS	BioInformatics Molecular Analysis Section (unable to verify 8/18)
BIML	Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
BIMO	Bioresearch Monitoring
BIO	Biosciences Division \| Directorate for Biological Sciences
BioAMS	National Resource for Biomedical Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
BioEco	Biodiversity and Ecosystems Informatics Working Group (unable to verify 1/18)
BioEPIC	Biological and Environmental Program Integration Center
BioLINCC	Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center
BIP	Balancing Incentive Program \| Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (unable to verify 2/23) \| Branch of Irrigation and Power \| Bridge Investment Program
BIRBD	Division of Biomedical Informatics, Research, and Biomarker Development
BIRD HLS	U.S.-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Homeland Security
BIRDS	Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (defunct 12/23)
BIRLS	Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (pdf; see also, non-gov site)
BIRRS	Biomedical Informatics and Regulatory Review Science
BIS	Biomedical Informatics Section \| Bureau of Industry and Security
BISON	Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (replaced by GBIF)
BITB	Behavioral and Integrative Treatment Branch (defunct)
BI-TC	Biometric and Identity Technology Center
BITMAP	Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program

BJA	Bureau of Justice Assistance
BJS	Bureau of Justice Statistics
BLAST	Basic Local Alignment Search Tool \| Battery Lifetime Analysis and Simulation Tool
BLI	Blue Lightning Initiative
BLIP	Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer
BLM	Bureau of Land Management
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLTR	Branch of Land Titles and Records
BMAP	Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program
BMBL	Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
BMD	Biomolecular Measurement Division \| Borders and Maritime Security Division (page archived)
BMDM	Branch of Monitoring and Data Management
BMDR	Ballistic Missile Defense Review (unable to verify 2/25)
BMDS	Benchmark Dose Software
BMGR	Basic Mechanisms of Genome Regulation (changed to GBMGD)
BMIS	Bioresearch Monitoring Information System \| Bond Management Information System
BMS	Bank Management System \| Baseline Measurement System
BNI	Beneficiary Notices Initiative
BNL	Brookhaven National Laboratory
BNM	Broadcast Notice to Mariners
BNQP	Baldrige National Quality Program (changed to BPEP)
BOC	Bureau of the Census
BOD	Binding Operational Directive

BOEM	Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
BOEMRE	Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Bureau (replaced by BOEM and BSEE)
BOGS	Branch of Geospatial Support
BOI	Beneficial Ownership Information
BOLD	Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure
BOP	Federal Bureau of Prisons
BOR	Bureau of Reclamation
BORSTAR	Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue
BORTAC	Border Patrol Tactical Unit
BOSC	Board of Scientific Counselors
BP	Bureau of Budget and Planning
BPA	Bonneville Power Administration
BPAC	Biological and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee
BPC	U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission (inactive or defunct 2/17)
BPD	Building Performance Database \| Bureau of the Public Debt (merged into BFS)
BPEP	Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
BPHC	Bureau of Primary Health Care

BPN	Business Partner Network (unable to verify 10/12)
BPP	Bioproduct Pilot Program \| North American Bird Phenology Program
BPPC	Border Patrol Processing Coordinator
BPR	Biological and Physical Resources
BPS	Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study \| Building Permits Survey \| Division of Biological & Physical Sciences \| Office of the Biological Policy Staff
BPYI	Blue Pacific Youth Initiative
BQMS	Biotechnology Quality Management System
BQP	Biomarker Qualification Program
BR	Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial Report)
BR&D	Biomass Research & Development
BRAC	Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (unable to verify 12/19)
BRACE	Building Resilience Against Climate Effects
BRAD	Biomedical / Biobehavioral Research Administrator Development Program (unable to verify 11/16)
BRADS	Biospecimen Repository Access and Data Sharing (unable to verify 2/24)
BRAG	Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants
BRAIN	Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative
BRB	Benefits Review Board \| Biometric Research Branch (changed to BRP) \| Biostatistics Research Branch

BRC	Bioenergy Research Center \| Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (defunct, archived at UNT) \| Breastfeeding Report Card
BRD	Biological Resource Division (changed to EMA) \| Biological Resources Division \| Broadband R&D
BRDIS	Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey
BRE	Book-Rich Environments Initiative
BREATHE	Building Resilient Environments for Air and Total HEalth
BREP	Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program
BRFSS	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
BRIAR	Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range
BRIC	Biological Research in Canisters \| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
BRIC DTA	Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Direct Technical Assistance
BRIDG	Bimonthly Records and Information Discussion Group
Bridge2AI	Bridge to Artificial Intelligence
BRIDGE C2	Building Research in Implementation and Dissemination to close Gaps and achieve Equity in Cancer Control
BRIDGE Train	Building Research and Innovation for Development, Generating Evidence, and Training (unable to verify 2/25)
BRIDGE-U	Bringing Research to Impact for Development, Global Engagement, and Utilization (unable to verify 2/25)
BRInE	Brine Research Instrumentation and Experimental Laboratory
BRL	Basic Research Laboratory (unable to verify 11/23)
BRP	Behavioral Research Program \| Binational Relations Programs \| Biometric Research Program
BRR	Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
BRS	Biotechnology Regulatory Service \| Branch of Resource Solutions \| Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic
BRSS TACS	Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy
BSB	Biomolecular Screening Branch (changed to PTB)
BSC	Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR (defunct/unable to verify 11/24) \| Board of Scientific Counselors, NCHS
BSCD	Biological Sciences and Career Development Program (unable to verify 8/17)
BSC ID	Board of Scientific Counselors, Infectious Diseases
BSE	Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ("Mad Cow Disease")
BSEE	Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
BSI	Border Security and Immigration Policy
BSIC	Broader Social Impacts Committee
BSMD	Biology and Soft Matter Division (unable to verify 8/18)

BSO	Berkeley Site Office at LBNL (reverted back from BASO at LBNL 6/23)
BSP	Bank Supervision Policy \| Burn Severity Portal \| Business Service Providers
BSPB	Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch
BSR	Division of Behavioral and Social Research
BSRM	Bank Systemic Risk Monitor
BSRT	Behavioral Sciences and Rehabilitation Technologies Program (unable to verify 8/17)
BSSD	Biological Systems Science Division
BSTEM	Bank Stability and Toe Erosion Model
BT23	2023 Billion-Ton Report
BTA	Broadband Technical Assistance \| Bureau of Trade Analysis
BTAI	Behavioral Threat Assessment Integration (unable to verify 10/24)
BTC	Benefits Tax Counsel
BTFA	Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
BTID	Business Transformation and Innovation Division
BTLS	Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study
BTO	Building Technologies Office
BTOP	Broadband Technology Opportunities Program; changed to BroadbandUSA
BTOS	Business Trends and Outlook Survey
BTRIC	Buildings Technology Research & Integration Center
BTS	Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BTWG	Binational Technical Working Group
Budget LoB	Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (unable to verify 2/24)
BUILD	Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (changed to RAISE; reverted to BUILD 1/25)
BUVC	Building Upgrade Value Calculator
BVA	Board of Veterans Appeals
BVP	Bulletproof Vest Partnership
BWC	Body-Worn Camera Toolkit
B-WET	Bay Watershed Education and Training
BWIP	U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program
BWT	Border Wait Times
BXA	Bureau of Export Administration (changed to BIS)