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

The most current, extensive and fully-linked listing of U.S. government agency, office, program and publication acronyms.

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DAI Division of Anti-Infectives (older link archive)
DAIDS Division of AIDS
DAIT Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
DALTCP Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy (changed to BHDAP)
DAM Division of Applied Mechanics
DAP Digital Analytics Program (older link archive; archive2) | Division of Advertising Practices | Donations Acceptance Program
DAPA Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (older link archive)
DAPIP Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs
DAPPS Demographic Analysis & Population Projection System
DAR Defense Access Road Program (older link archive) | Division of AIDS Research (older link archive)
DARA Data Aggregation Reference Architecture (unable to verify 11/17)
DARRP Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program
DARS Division of Applied Regulatory Science (older link archive)
DART Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (unable to verify 10/22; older link archive; archive2) | Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis | Double Asteroid Redirection Test (older link archive; archive2)
DAS Data and Analytical Solutions Division (unable to verify 4/20; older link archive) | Disclosure Avoidance System
DASH Data and Specimen Hub | Division of Adolescent and School Health
DASIS Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (unable to verify 8/21; some content migrated to datafiles.samhsa.gov and samhsa.gov/data)
DA-TC Data Analytics Technology Center
DATIM Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring (older link archive)
DAV Data Access Viewer | Division of Antivirals (older link archive)
DAVID Digital Application for Victim Witness Identification
DAVR Division of Applied Veterinary Research (older link archive)
DAWN Drug Abuse Warning Network (older link archive)
DAWSON Docket Access Within a Secure Online Network
DB Dermatology Branch (unable to verify 10/17)
DB1B Airline Origin and Destination Survey (older link archive)
DBB Defense Business Board
DBCAB Developmental Biology and Congenital Anomalies Branch
DBCMS Division of Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science
DBD Division of Bacterial Diseases (older link archive)
DBDPHG Division of Blood Disorders and Public Health Genomics
DBE Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
DBFTF Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force
dbGaP Database of Genotype and Phenotype
DBGT Developmental Biology, Genetics & Teratology Branch (unable to verify 12/12)
DBH Division of Behavioral Health
DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
DBLS Office of Davis Bacon and Labor Standards
dbMHC Database of Major Histocompatibility Complex (discontinued; data available via ftp)
DBNBR Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research (merged into DNB)
DBP Discretionary Bridge Program | Division of Biomedical Physics
DBPR Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response (unable to verify 3/13)
DBR Division of Bank Regulation (older link archive)
DBRUP Division of Bone, Reproductive, and Urologic Products (unable to verify 5/20)
DBS Demographic & Behavioral Sciences Branch (changed to PDB) | Division of Behavioral Surveillance (unable to verify 6/14)
dbSNP Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
DBSVB Developmental Biology and Structural Variation Branch (changed to DBCAB)
dbVAR Database of Genomic Structural Variation
DDP Dairy Donation Program (unable to verify 7/23) | Data Download Program
DDPHSS Deputy Director for Public Health Science and Surveillance (replaced by OPHDST)
DDSA Data-Driven Safety Analysis (older link archive)
DDT Division of Diabetes Translation (older link archive) | Drug Development Tool
DDTC Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (older link archive; archive2)
DDTP Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
DEA Division of Extramural Activities, NCI | Division of Extramural Activities, NIAID | Drug Enforcement Administration
DEALS Division of Epidemiology, Analysis, and Library Services (absorbed into DPHID)
DEB Division of Environmental Biology
DEBA Digital Economy Board of Advisors
DEC Departmental Enforcement Center (older link archive) | Design, Estimating and Construction | Development Experience Clearinghouse
DECA Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications (older link archive)
DECCS Defense Export Control and Compliance System
DECLIC Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization
DECRM Division of Environmental and Cultural Resources Management (changed to BECRM; older link archive)
DECRS Drug Establishments Current Registration Site (older link archive)
DED Deferred Enforced Departure (older link archive) | Division of Economic Development (older link archive; archive2)
DEDP Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention
DEEB Disease Eradication and Elimination Branch (unable to verify 6/15)
DEEOIC Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (older link archive)
DEER Digital Equity Education Roundtables
DEHS Division of Environmental Health Services
DEHSP Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (older link archive)
DEI Disability Employment Initiative | Division of Economic Independence (older link archive)
DELTA Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances program (older link archive; archive2)
DELTA FOCUS Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States (older link archive)
DEM Digital Elevation Models (older link archive; archive2) | Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
DEMD Division of Energy and Mineral Development (older link archive; archive2)
DEMO Demonstration Grants for Indian Children (older link archive)
DEO CDC Division of Emergency Operations (older link archive; archive2; archive3; archive4)
DEOB Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch (older link archive)
DEP Directorate of Enforcement Programs (older link archive; archive2)
DEPORT Detention Enforcement and Processing Offenders by Remote Technology (unable to verify 2/21)
DEPR Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research
DER Division of Enterprise Regulation (older link archive) | Division of Extramural Research (NICHD) | Division of Extramural Research (NIDA) (older link archive)
DERA Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (older link archive)
DERC Distributed Energy Research Center (older link archive)
DER-CF Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework
DERS Data Element Registry Services (decommissioned 3/22; older link archive)
DERT Division of Extramural Reseach & Training (older link archive)
DES Division of Engineering Services
DESCRM Division of Environmental Services and Cultural Resources Management
DESI Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument | Dynamic Ensemble-based Scenarios for Impact-based Decision Support Services
DESPR Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (older link archive) |
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research (changed to DIPHR)
DETER Deployable Expedient Traffic Entry Regulator
DETO Desert Tortoise
DevCan Probability of Developing or Dying of Cancer
DEWS Drought Early Warning Systems
DFAM Division of Fire and Aviation Management
DFAP Discrimination Financial Assistance Program
DG Division of Gastroenterology (older link archive)
DGA Dietary Guidelines for Americans (older link archive; archive2) | Division of Grants and Agreements
DGB Disinformation Governance Board
DGC Data Governance Committee
DGCG Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology
DGE Division of General Endocrinology (older link archive) | Division of Graduate Education
dGen Distributed Generation Market Demand
DGHA Division of Global HIV/AIDS (changed to DGHT)
DGHP Division of Global Health Protection (older link archive)
DGHT Division of Global HIV & TB (older link archive; archive2)
DGIEP Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors Products (changed to DG)
DGM Division of Grants Management
DGMH Division of Global Migration Health (older link archive)
DGMQ Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (changed to DGMH 10/23)
DGSS Office of Discretionary Grants and Support Services
DGU DigitalGov University (older link archive; archive2; archive3; archive4; archive5)
DHAC Division of Health Assessment and Consultation (changed to DCHI)
DHAG Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
DHAP Disaster Housing Assistance Program (older link archive) | Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (changed to DHP)
DHC Demographic and Housing Characteristics File | Division of Health Communications (changed to DPEO, then reverted to DHC; older link archive)
DHC-A Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A
DHC-B Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File B
DHCPP Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (older link archive)
DHDS Disability and Health Data System (older link archive)
DHDSP Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (older link archive)
DHIS Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (replaced by OPHDST; older link archive)
DHMG Division of Housing Mission and Goals (older link archive)
DHN Division of Hepatology and Nutrition (older link archive)
DHP Division of HIV Prevention (older link archive)
DHPS Division of Health Professions Support (unable to verify 5/23)
DHQP Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (older link archive)
DHRD IWG Digital Health R&D Interagency Working Group
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DHS Program Demographic and Health Surveys Program (older link archive)
DHSCM Disaster Human Services Case Management (older link archive)
DHSI Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions program
DHS TRIP Department of Homeland Security’s Travel Redress Inquiry Program
DHS VINE Department of Homeland Security Victim Information Notification Exchange
DI Directorate of Intelligence (changed to DA)
DIA Defense, Industrials, and Aerospace Section (older link archive)
DIAL Disability Information and Access Line
DIAS Division of Institution and Award Support
DIC Division of International Conservation (unable to verify 8/17)
DICE Data Ingest and Collection for the Enterprise | Digital Innovation Center of Excellence | Division of Industry and Consumer Education (older link archivee)
DIDRI Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation
DIDSR Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability
DIEA Division of Internal Evaluation and Assessment (older link archive)
DIEPD Division of Indian Energy Policy Development (unable to verify 11/16; likely changed to DEMD)
DIF Deposit Insurance Fund (older link archive) | Disability Innovation Fund
DIHS Division of International Health Security (unable to verify 1/22)
DIME Database for Incentives and Joint Marketing Exchange
DIMRC Disaster Information Management Research Center (discontinued 6/21; older link archive; archive2)
DINAP Division of Indian and Native American Programs (older link archive)
DIPHR Division of Intramural Population Health Research (older link archive)
DIPPC Division of Informatics Practice, Policy and Coordination (unable to verify 6/14)
DIR Division of Intramural Research | Drought Impact Reporter
DIRLINE Directory of Information Resources Online (discontinued)
DIRM Division of Imaging and Radiation Medicine
DIRP Division of Intramural Research Programs (unable to verify 12/15)
DIRS Disaster Information Reporting System
DIS Decision and Information Sciences Division (changed to GSS) | Decision and Infrastructure Sciences | Division of Information Systems (unable to verify 4/24)
DisMAP Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal
DiSP Dispersion Statistics on Productivity
DIV Development Innovation Ventures
DIVA Deep Intermodal Video Analytics
DIVER Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting (older link archive)
DJS Division of Jurisdictional Support (older link archive)
DKI-US-PBARC Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
DLC Depository Library Council (older link archive)
DLHWC Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program (older link archive)
DLMF Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
DLNSEO Defense Language and National Security Education Office
DLP Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division (unable to verify 12/13)
DLPSS Division of Laboratory Programs, Standards, and Services (changed to DLS)
DLR Division of Loan Repayment
DLS Disaster Legal Services | Division of Laboratory Sciences (older link archive) | Division of Laboratory Systems (older link archive)
DLT Distance Learning and Telemedicine (older link archive)
DLTR Division of Land Titles and Records (older link archive)
DMA Division of Management Authority (older link archive)
DMC Dairy Margin Coverage | Disproportionate Minority Contact (older link archive)
DMCSP Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program
DMEP Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products (merged into DGE; older link archive; archive2)
DMG Desert Managers Group (unable to verify 7/17)
DMHE Division of Metabolism and Health Effects
DMI Data Modernization Initiative | Defense Management Institute
DMICC Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee
DMID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
DMIP Division of Medical Imaging Products (changed to DMIRM)
DMIRM Division of Medical Imaging and Radiation Medicine (changed to DIRM)
DML Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory
DMM Domestic Mail Manual
DMO Division of Market Oversight
DMR Discharge Monitoring Report (older link archive) | Division of Materials Research
DMS Debt Management Services (older link archive; archive2) | Division of Mathematical Sciences
DMSE Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (older link archive)
DMV Diplomatic Motor Vehicle Program (older link archive)
DO Directorate of Operations (older link archive) | Division of Ophthalmology (older link archive)
DOC Department of Commerce | Division of Online Communications (changed to DDOC)
DOCR Departmental Office of Civil Rights
DocVal Document Validation Program
DOD Department of Defense (older link archive; archive2)
DOD SIOO Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official
DODS Distributed Oceanographic Data Systems
DOE Department of Energy | Division of Enforcement (older link archive)
DOE IP DOE Isotope Program
DOF Division of Forestry
DOH Division of Oral Health, CDC (older link archive; archive2) | Division of Oral Health, IHS
DOI Department of the Interior
DOIU Department of the Interior University
DOJ Department of Justice
DOJ/OVT Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism
DOL Department of Labor
DOQ Data, Outcomes, and Quality (unable to verify 12/18; likely replaced by SAMHSA Data and Dissemination)
DOS Department of State
DOSE Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology System (older link archive)
DoT Division of Transplantation
DOT Department of Transportation
DOT | TRCC DOT Traffic Records Coordinating Committee
DOW United States Documented Unplugged Orphaned Oil and Gas Well
DP Division of Psychiatry (older link archive)
DPAC Defense Programs Advisory Committee (unable to verify 11/23; likely replaced by ACNS)
DPACC Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Critical Care (older link archive)
DPARP Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Rheumatology Products (merged into DRTM; older link archive; archive2; archive3)
DPC Domestic Policy Council (older link archive; archive2)
DPCLD Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Division (changed to PCLFD)
DPCLO Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office (changed to DPCLD)
DPCPSI Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
DPDM Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (older link archive)
DPEI Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections (unable to verify 5/24; likely changed to DIDRI)
DPEO Division of Public Education and Outreach (reverted to DHC)
DPER Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Research
DPFD Defense Procurement Fraud Debarment Clearinghouse (older link archive; archive2)
DPH Division of Population Health (older link archive)
DPHCD Division of Public Health Capacity Development (unable to verify 12/12)
DPHID Division of Public Health Information Dissemination (unable to verify 12/19; older link archive)
DPHPI Division of Public Health Performance Improvement (unable to verify 12/18; likely changed to Division of Performance Improvement and Field Services unable to verify 5/24)
DPHSWD Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development (changed to DGHP)
DPI Division of Partnerships and Innovation
DPIA Division of Partners and Intergovernmental Affairs
DPIAC Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee
DPL Denied Persons List | Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory
DPMCDA Division of Pharmacotherapies and Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse (changed to DTMC)
DPMH Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health (older link archive)
DPOE Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (transferred to Pratt Institute)
DPP Division of Psychiatry Products (changed to DP; older link archive; archive2)
DPRC Data Protection Review Court
DPRP Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program (older link archive; archive2)
DPS Division of Partnership Support (older link archive) | Division of Pharmacovigilance and Surveillance | Division of Program Statistics
DPSI Domestic Preparedness Support Initiative
DPT-CHEN Division of Pharm/Tox for Cardiology, Hematology, Endocrinology and Nephrology (changed to DPT-OCHEN)
DPT-ID Division of Pharm/Tox for Infectious Diseases (older link archive)
DPT-II Division of Pharm-Tox for Immunology and Inflammation (older link archive)
DPT-N Division of Pharm/Tox for Neuroscience (older link archive)
DPT-OCHEN Division of Pharmacology/Toxicology or Cardiology, Hematology, Endocrinology and Nephrology
DPT-RPURM/SM Division of Pharmacology-Toxicology for Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine/Specialty Medicine (older link archive)
DQ tool HMIS CSV Data Quality Tool
DQS NCHS Data Query System
DR2 Disaster Research Response
DRA Delta Regional Authority | Division of Refugee Assistance
DRAGON Delta Research and Global Observation Network (unable to verify 11/18)
D-RAP D-Region Absorption Prediction
DRB Disclosure Review Board (older link archive)
DRBC Delaware River Basin Commission (older link archive)
DRC Disaster Recovery Center (older link archive) | Disaster Response Center | Division of Residue Chemistry (older link archive)
DRCS Disaster Response Coordination System
DRDMG Division of Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics
DREAMS Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe
DRECP Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
DRF Disaster Relief Fund
DRG Democracy, Human Rights and Governance
DRG Center Center for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (unable to verify 9/23; changed from Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance 4/21; older link archive; archive2)
DRGR Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting
DRH Division of Reproductive Health (older link archive; archive2)
DRIL Detention Reporting and Information Line
DRIS Division of Resource Integration Services
DRIVe Division of Research, Innovation, and Ventures
DRL Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (older link archive) | Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
DRM Detention and Removal Management (unable to verify 12/13)
DRO Direct Report Offices
DRPC Division of Regulatory and Policy Coordination
DRRP Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects
DRRS Division of Readiness and Response Science
DRS Data Repository Systems (older link archive) | Division of Refugee Services | Division of Research and Statistics (older link archive) | Dynamic Regulatory System
DRSC Division of Regulatory Science and Compliance
DRTM Division of Rheumatology and Transplant Medicine (older link archive)
DRU Disaster Recovery Unit
DRUM Defense-Related Uranium Mines
DSIMS Depository Selection Information Management System (older link archive)
DSIO Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight
DSIR Division of Services and Intervention Research (older link archive)
DSLD Dietary Supplement Label Database (older link archive)
DSLR Division of State and Local Readiness (older link archive; archive2; archive3)
DSM Digital Soil Mapping (older link archive)
DSMES Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (older link archive)
DSMP Deployment Stress Management Program (older link archive)
DSN Deep Space Network (older link archive)
DSNetwork Detention Services Network (unable to verify 11/21; older link archive)
DSNS Division of Strategic National Stockpile (changed to SNS; older link archive)
DSO Duck Stamp Office (older link archive; archive2)
DSOC Deep Space Optical Communications
DSP Division of Special Populations (changed to OHE) | Drug Supply Program
DSQ Dietary Screener Questionnaire
DSR Division of Safety Research (older link archive) | Division of Scientific Resources (unable to verify 5/24; likely changed to DCLSR) | Division of Scientific Review (changed to SRB)
DSRM Division of Safety and Risk Management (older link archive)
DSRR Disaster Science Responder Research Program (older link archive)
DSS Bureau of Diplomatic Security (older link archive) | Domestic Security Section (merged into HRSP) | Drug Shortages Staff (older link archive)
DSSTox Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity Database (older link archive)
DSTAC Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee
DSTDP Division of STD Prevention (older link archive)
DSU Data Science Upskilling
DSWE Landsat Level-3 Dynamic Surface Water Extent
DT Bureau of Diplomatic Technology