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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
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
DANA Database for Air Quality and Noise Analysis
DAP Digital Analytics Program | Division of Advertising Practices | Donations Acceptance Program
DAPA Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents
DAPIP Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs
DAPPS Demographic Analysis & Population Projection System
DAR Defense Access Road Program | Division of AIDS Research
DARA Data Aggregation Reference Architecture (unable to verify 11/17)
DARRP Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program
DARS Division of Applied Regulatory Science
DART Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (unable to verify 10/22) | Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis | Double Asteroid Redirection Test
DAS Data and Analytical Solutions Division (unable to verify 4/20) | 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
DATE Division of Academic and Technical Education
DATIM Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring
DAV Data Access Viewer | Division of Antivirals
DAVID Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery | Digital Application for Victim Witness Identification
DAVR Division of Applied Veterinary Research
DAWN Drug Abuse Warning Network
DAWSON Docket Access Within a Secure Online Network
DB Dermatology Branch (unable to verify 10/17)
DB1B Airline Origin and Destination Survey
DBB Defense Business Board
DBCAB Developmental Biology and Congenital Anomalies Branch
DBCMS Division of Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science
DBD Division of Bacterial Diseases
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
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
DDT Division of Diabetes Translation | Drug Development Tool
DDTC Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
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 | Design, Estimating and Construction | Development Experience Clearinghouse
DECA Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
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)
DECRS Drug Establishments Current Registration Site
DED Deferred Enforced Departure | Division of Economic Development
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
DEER Digital Equity Education Roundtables
DEHS Division of Environmental Health Services
DEHSP Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice
DEI Disability Employment Initiative | Division of Economic Independence
DELTA Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances program
DELTA FOCUS Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States
DG Division of Gastroenterology
DGA Dietary Guidelines for Americans | 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 | Division of Graduate Education
dGen Distributed Generation Market Demand
DGHA Division of Global HIV/AIDS (changed to DGHT)
DGHP Division of Global Health Protection
DGHT Division of Global HIV & TB
DGIEP Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Errors Products (changed to DG)
DGM Division of Grants Management
DGMH Division of Global Migration Health
DGMQ Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (changed to DGMH 10/23)
DGSS Office of Discretionary Grants and Support Services
DGU DigitalGov University
DHAC Division of Health Assessment and Consultation (changed to DCHI)
DHAG Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
DHAP Disaster Housing Assistance Program | 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)
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
DHDS Disability and Health Data System
DHDSP Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
DHIS Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (replaced by OPHDST)
DHM1 Division of Hematologic Malignancies 1
DHM2 Division of Hematologic Malignancies 2
DHMG Division of Housing Mission and Goals
DHN Division of Hepatology and Nutrition
DHOT Division of Hematology Oncology Toxicology
DHP Division of HIV Prevention
DHPS Division of Health Professions Support (unable to verify 5/23)
DHQP Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
DHRD IWG Digital Health R&D Interagency Working Group
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DHS Program Demographic and Health Surveys Program
DHSCM Disaster Human Services Case Management
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
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
DIDRI Division of Infectious Disease Readiness and Innovation
DIDSR Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability
DIEA Division of Internal Evaluation and Assessment
DIEPD Division of Indian Energy Policy Development (unable to verify 11/16; likely changed to DEMD)
DIF Deposit Insurance Fund | 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)
DIMSpec Database Infrastructure for Mass Spectrometry
DINAP Division of Indian and Native American Programs
DIPHR Division of Intramural Population Health Research
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
DJS Division of Jurisdictional Support
DKI-US-PBARC Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
DLC Depository Library Council
DLHWC Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program
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 | Division of Laboratory Systems
DLT Distance Learning and Telemedicine
DLTR Division of Land Titles and Records (changed to BLTR)
DMA Division of Management Authority
DMC Dairy Margin Coverage | Disproportionate Minority Contact
DMCSP Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program
DMEP Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products (merged into DGE)
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 | Division of Materials Research
DMS Debt Management Services | Division of Mathematical Sciences
DMSE Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DMV Diplomatic Motor Vehicle Program
DPC Domestic Policy Council
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
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
DPH Division of Population Health
DPHCD Division of Public Health Capacity Development (unable to verify 12/12)
DPHID Division of Public Health Information Dissemination (unable to verify 12/19)
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
DPIE Division of Public Interest Examinations
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
DPOE Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (transferred to Pratt Institute)
DPP Division of Psychiatry Products (changed to DP)
DPRC Data Protection Review Court
DPRP Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program
DPS Division of Partnership Support  | 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
DPT-II Division of Pharm-Tox for Immunology and Inflammation
DPT-N Division of Pharm/Tox for Neuroscience
DPT-NPD Division of Pharm/Tox for Nonprescription Drugs
DPT-OCHEN Division of Pharmacology/Toxicology or Cardiology, Hematology, Endocrinology and Nephrology
DPTO-ID Division of Pharm/Tox for Infectious Diseases
DPT-OII Division of Pharm/Tox for Immunology and Inflammation
DPT-ON Division of Pharm/Tox for Neuroscience
DPT-RPURM/SM Division of Pharmacology-Toxicology for Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine/Specialty Medicine
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
DRBC Delaware River Basin Commission
DRC Disaster Recovery Center | Disaster Response Center | Division of Residue Chemistry
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
DRES Division of Real Estate Services
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)
DRGR Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting
DRH Division of Reproductive Health
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 | Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
DRM Detention and Removal Management (unable to verify 12/13)
DRO Direct Report Offices
DRO-CHEN Division of Regulatory Operations for Cardiology, Hematology, Endocrinology, and Nephrology
DRO-ID Division of Regulatory Operations for Infectious Diseases
DRO-II Division of Regulatory Operations for Immunology and Inflammation
DRO-NPD Division of Regulatory Operations for Nonprescription Drugs
DRO-OD Division of Regulatory Operations for Oncologic Diseases
DRO-ON Division of Regulatory Operations for Neuroscience
DRO-RPURM Division of Regulatory Operations for Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine
DRO-SM Division of Regulatory Operations for Specialty Medicine
DRP Division of Regulatory Policy | Drought Response Program
DRPC Division of Regulatory and Policy Coordination
DRRP Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects
DRRS Division of Readiness and Response Science
DRS Data Repository Systems | Division of Refugee Services | Division of Research and Statistics | Dynamic Regulatory System
DRSC Division of Regulatory Science and Compliance
DRTM Division of Rheumatology and Transplant Medicine
DRU Disaster Recovery Unit
DRUM Defense-Related Uranium Mines