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NACEM North American Climate Extremes Monitoring (unable to verify 6/21)
NACEPT National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (unable to verify 12/19)
NACHHD National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council
NACIC National Counterintelligence Center (merged into ONCIX, then into NCSC)
NACIDD National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters
NACIE National Advisory Council on Indian Education | National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
NACIQI National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
NACMH National Advisory Council on Migrant Health
NACO Name Authority Cooperative Program
NACOSH National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health
NACS National Agricultural Classification Survey | Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division
NACSD National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters
NACTEP Native American-Career and Technical Education Program
NAD National Address Database | National Appeals Division
NADC National Animal Disease Center
NADL Native American Direct Loan
NADM North American Drought Monitor
NADP National Atmospheric Deposition Program
NADPRP National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program
NADRC National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center
NADS National Advanced Driving Simulator
NAEFS North American Ensemble Forecast System
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAETC Native American Employment and Training Council
NAFDS National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy
NAFRI National Advanced Fire and Resource Institute
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement (replaced by USMCA)
NAGB National Assessment Governing Board
NAGP National Animal Germplasm Program
NAGPRA National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
NAHLN National Animal Health Laboratory Network
NAHMS National Animal Health Monitoring System
NAHRS National Animal Health Reporting System
NAI NASA Astrobiology Institute (unable to verify 10/20)
NAIAC National AI Advisory Committee
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NAII National Artificial Intelligence Institute
NAIP National Adult Immunization Plan | National Agriculture Imagery Program
NAIRR National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource
NAIRRTF National AI Research Resource Task Force (unable to verify 1/24)
NAL National Agricultural Library
NAL@ED Native American Language Grant
NALDC National Agricultural Library Digital Collections
NALO National Applications Liaison Office
NALRC Native American Language Resource Center
NAM North American Mesoscale
NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NaMES National Marine Ecosystem Status
NAMRS National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System
NAMs New Approach Methods
NAMSS National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys
NamUs National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
NANC North American Numbering Council
NAO National Applications Office (defunct) | North Atlantic Oscillation
NAP National Action Plan for Open Government | National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking | Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program | Nutrition Assistance Program
NAPAP National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (unable to verify 8/18)
NAPCS North American Product Classification System
NAPHS National Action Plan for Health Security
NAPMP National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program
NAQFC National Air Quality Forecast Capability
NAQI National Air Quality Initiative
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NAREL National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory
NARI NASA Aeronautics Research Institute
NARIP National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Act Record Improvement Program
NARMS National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria
NARP National Agriculture Release Program
NARR North American Regional Reanalysis
NARS National Aquatic Resource Surveys
NAS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NaSCoRD Sodium System and Component Reliability Database
NASCTN National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network
NASERC National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center
NASIS National Soil Information System | Native American Student Information System
NASM National Air and Space Museum
NASNTI Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program
NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service | National Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance System | National Automotive Sampling System | Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample
NASS GES National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System
NASS-PHS Integrated Assessment Subsystem-Public Housing Assessment System
NATA National Air Toxics Assessment
NATCARB National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System
National DPP National Diabetes Prevention Program
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NATRS National Adenovirus Type Reporting System
NatSec Cyber National Security Cyber Section
NATTS National Air Toxics Trends Stations
NATTT North America Tapestry of Time and Terrain
NAVCEN Navigation Center
NAWQA National Water-Quality Assessment Program
NAWQA NLC National Water-Quality Assessment Program National Liaison Committee (unable to verify 3/24)
NAWS National Agricultural Workers Survey
NBAC National Bioethics Advisory Commission (replaced by PCBE, then PCSBI)
NBACC National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
NBAF National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
NBAM National Broadband Availability Map
NBB Nutritional Biomarkers Branch
NBC National Benefits Center | National Business Center (changed to IBC)
NBCCEDP National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
NBCS Navajo Birth Cohort Study
NBCUS National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
NBD-PWG NIST Big Data Public Working Group
NBEL National Biomass Estimator Library
NBEOC National Business Emergency Operations Center
NBFAC National Bioforensic Analysis Center (merged into NBACC)
NBHQF National Behavioral Health Quality Framework (unable to verify 3/19)
NBI National Bridge Inventory
NBIB National Background Investigations Bureau (merged into DCSA)
NBIC National Biosurveillance Integration Center (archived)
NBII National Biological Information Infrastructure (defunct as of 1/12)
NBIS National Bridge Inspection Standards
NBISC NASA Biological Institutional Scientific Collection
NBL New Brunswick Laboratory Program Office
NBM National Broadband Map (discontinued 12/18; replaced by Fixed Broadband Deployment map)
NBO NOAA Budget Office
NBP National Biomonitoring Program
NBPI Northern Border Prosecution Initiative (unable to verify 5/18)
NBR National Bison Range
NBRC Northern Border Regional Commission
NBS National Beneficiary Survey | National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System
NBSB National Biodefense Science Board (changed to NPRSB; reverted back to NBSB)
NBSDB National Building Stone Database (unable to verify 11/22)
NBTCC National Biological Threat Characterization Center (merged into NBACC)
NBTS New Beginning for Tribal Students
NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCC National Combined Councils | National Computer Center | National Coordinating Center for Communications
NCCA National Coastal Condition Assessment
NCCAD National Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Capabilities Analysis Database (unable to verify 6/23)
NCCAM National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (changed to NCCIH)
NC CASC North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
NCCC National Civilian Community Corps
NCCCP National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
NCCDPHP National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NCCI National Correct Coding Initiative
NCCIC National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (defunct as of 8/11) | National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (unable to verify 6/19; possibly changed to CISA Central)
NCCIES National Climate Change Interpretation and Education Strategy
NCCIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
NCCOE National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
NCCOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NCCR National Childhood Cancer Registry | National Coastal Condition Reports
NCCS National Center for Computational Sciences (changed to OLCF)
NC CSC North Central Climate Science Center (changed to NC CASC)
NCCT National Center for Computational Toxicology (changed to CCTE)
NCCV National Climate Change Viewer
NCCWSC National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (changed to NCASC)
NCD National Council on Disability | Noncommunicable Diseases
NCDC National Climatic Data Center (merged into NCEI)
NCDDC National Coastal Data Development Center (merged into NCEI)
NCDF National Center for Disaster Fraud
NCDRST NIOSH Center for Direct Reading and Sensor Technologies (changed to CDRST)
NCDS National Center for Data Services
NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment (unable to verify 12/19) | National Center on Elder Abuse
NCEAI National Council for Expanding American Innovation (changed to CI2)
NCEC National Climate Extremes Committee
NCECDTL National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
NCECR John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution
NCEE National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance | National Center for Environmental Economics
NCEF National Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility
NCEH National Center for Environmental Health
NCEHC National Center for Ethics in Health Care
NCEI National Centers for Environmental Information
NCELA National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
NCEM National Center for Electron Microscopy
NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction | National Cholesterol Education Program (unable to verify 10/14)
NCEPCR National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
NCER National Center for Education Research | National Center for Environmental Research (unable to verify 12/19)
NCERC National Criticality Experiments Research Center
NCI National Cancer Institute | National Compliance Initiative (changed to NECI)
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NCID National Center for Infectious Diseases (defunct; absorbed by NCHHSTP, NCIRD, NCPDCID, and NCZVED) | National Court Interpreter Database
NCIJTF National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force
NCIPC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
NCIRA NCPS Cloud Interface Reference Architecture
NCIRC National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center
NCIRD National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
NCIRP National Cyber Incident Response Plan
NCISS National Cyber Incident Scoring System
NCITE National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center
NCITF National Counterintelligence Task Force (pdf; see p.2)
NCITSPSD National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities
NCIX Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (merged with NCSC)
NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NCJS National Center for Judicial Security
NCL Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
NCLB No Child Left Behind (unable to verify 9/24)
NClimDiv NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database
NCLIS National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (defunct as of 3/08)
NCLR National Clandestine Laboratory Register
NCMAS National Commission on Military Aviation Safety (unable to verify 10/21)
NCMHD National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (changed to NIMHD)
NCMRR National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
NCMVS NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety (changed to CMVS)
NCN NOAA Continuously Operating Reference Stations Network
NCNR NIST Center for Neutron Research
NCO NCEP Central Operations
NCOA National Change of Address
NCOD National Contaminant Occurrence Database
NCORP NCI Community Oncology Research Program
NCP National Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention | National Continuity Programs | National Oil & Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
NCPAW National Center for Productive Aging and Work
NCPC National Capital Planning Commission | National Counterproliferation Center (changed to NCBC)
NCPDCID National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (merged into NCEZID)
NCPFCE National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
NCPHI National Center for Public Health Informatics (changed to PHITPO, then PHSIPO)
NCPN National Clean Plant Network
NCPPCC National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council
NCPS National Center for Patient Safety | National Cybersecurity Protection System
NCPTSD National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (changed to PTSD)
NCPTT National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
NCPV National Center for Photovoltaics
NCPW National Consumer Protection Week
NCR National Capital Region
NCRA NCI Council of Research Advocates
NCRAR National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
NCRC National Climate-Computing Research Center | Office of National Capital Region Coordination
NCRDS National Coal Resources Data System
NCRFO National Center for Radiation Field Operations
NCRL NOAA Central and Regional Libraries (unable to verify 9/24; link now goes to NOAA Library website)
NCRMP National Coral Reef Monitoring Program
NCRN NSF-Census Research Network
NCRP National Corrections Reporting Program
NCRPIS North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
NCRR National Center for Research Resources (defunct; see org. history)
NCRTM National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
NCS National Children's Study | National Clandestine Service (unable to verify 1/21) | National Communications System (changed to OEC) | National Compensation Survey
NCSA National Center for Statistics and Analysis | National Collection Service Areas
NCSACW National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
NCSC National Counterintelligence and Security Center
NCSD National Cyber Security Division (unable to verify 12/13)
NCSER National Center for Space Exploration Research (defunct) | National Center for Special Education Research
NCSES National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
NCSIA National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
NCSMMN National Coordinated Soil Moisture Monitoring Network
NCSS National Computer Security Survey | National Concussion Surveillance System | National Cooperative Soil Survey
NCSSLE National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
NCST National Construction Safety Team
NCSWIC National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators
NCS-X National Crime Statistics Exchange
NCTC National Conservation Training Center | National Counterterrorism Center
NCTECD National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development (changed to Tribal Child Care Capacity Building Center)
NCTIC National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (unable to verify 3/19)
NCTR National Center for Toxicological Research | NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
NCTSI National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative
NCUA National Credit Union Administration
NCVAS National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics
NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
NCVRW National Crime Victims' Rights Week
NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey
NCVSP National Census of Victim Service Providers
NCWCP NOAA Center for Weather & Climate Prediction
NCWES National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy
NCZVED National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (merged into NCEZID)
NDA National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive
NEFSC Northeast Fisheries Science Center
NEGP National Education Goals Panel (defunct; UNT has archived some material)
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
NEHHOR Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
NEHRS National Electronic Health Records Survey
NEI National Emissions Inventory | National Export Initiative (unable to verify 1/20) | National Eye Institute
NEIC National Earthquake Information Center | National Enforcement Investigations Center
NEISS National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
NEISS-WORK National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - Occupational Supplement
NEJAC National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
NEL Nutrition Evidence Library (changed to NESR)
NEMESIS National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System
NEMI National Environmental Methods Index
NEMS National Energy Modeling System
NEMSAC National EMS Advisory Council
NEMSIS National Emergency Medical Services Information System
NEO Near-Earth Object Program (defunct as of 4/17; see CNEOS)
NEON National Ecological Observatory Network | National Expansion of Employment Opportunities Network | Near Earth Orbit Network
NEOWISE Near-Earth Objects Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NEP National Estuary Program | National Exercise Program
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NEPAG NASA Electronic Parts Assurance Group
NEPHTN National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
NEPIS National Environmental Publications Information System (merged into NSCEP)
NEPP NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging
NEQsys Northeast Quantum Systems Center
NERDE National Economic Resilience Data Explorer
NERFC Northeast River Forecast Center
NERI National Estuaries Restoration Inventory (unable to verify 2/18)
NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory (unable to verify 12/19)
NERRC National Economic Research & Resilience Center
NERRS National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NERSC National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
NES National Export Strategy | Nonemployer Statistics
NESARC-III National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III
NESC NASA Engineering and Safety Center
NESD Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics
NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NESDOCS NESDIS Directives Online Collaboration System (changed to NESDIS Policies, Procedures, and Plans)
NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NESR Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review
NESS National Enterovirus Surveillance System | Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security
NESST National Ecosystem Services Strategy Team
NEST Nuclear Emergency Support Team
NET New Electronic Titles
NETCCN National Emergency Tele Critical Care Network (changed to NETN)
NETF National Explosives Task Force
NETI National Enforcement Training Institute
NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory
NETN National Emergency Telemedicine Network
NETP National Educational Technology Plan
NETWG Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group
NEUP Nuclear Energy University Programs
NEVI National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program
NEW Native Employment Works
New ERA Empowering Rural America program
NEW VISTAS Neighborhood Enrichment with Vision Involving Services, Treatment, and Supervision
NEWIS NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheets (discontinued 5/23)
NEWS National Experimental Wellbeing Statistics
NEX NASA Earth Exchange
NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar
NExT NCI Experimental Therapeutics Program
NIC National Ice Center (changed to USNIC) | National Information Center | National Institute of Corrections | National Intelligence Council
NICC National Interagency Coordination Center
NICCC National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction
NICE National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education
NICEATM NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods
NICER Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NICHSR National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System
NID National Inventory of Dams
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDB NIH Intramural Database
NIDC National Isotope Development Center
NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NIDCR National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
NIDILRR National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
NIDIS National Integrated Drought Information System
NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (changed to NIDILRR)
NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIEM National Information Exchange Model
NIES National Indian Education Study
NIETC National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor
NIF National Ignition Facility
NIFA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NIFC National Interagency Fire Center
NIFL National Institute for Literacy (defunct; some content continued in LINCS)
NIFSI National Integrated Food Safety Initiative
NIFTT National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer (absorbed into WFMRDA FFE 02/14)
NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan (unable to verify 2/23)
NIPRB Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Operation
NIRP Nuclear Incident Response Program
NIRSQ National Institute for Research on Safety and Quality (unable to verify 12/21)
NIS National Identification Services | National Immunization Survey | National Incidence Study (unable to verify 12/23; see Child Welfare library catalog) | National Inmate Survey | National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample
NISAR NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
NISC National Invasive Species Council
NISIC National Invasive Species Information Center
NISIMS National Invasive Species Information Management System (retired 4/19; replaced by VMAP)
NISP National Industrial Security Program
NISPPAC National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST ARC NIST Alternatives for Resilient Communities
NISTIR National Institute of Standards and Technology Interagency Report
NISVS National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
NITAAC NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center
NITAM National Insider Threat Awareness Month
NITRD Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
NITTF National Insider Threat Task Force (
NITT-TA Now Is The Time Technical Assistance Center (unable to verify 3/19)
NIV Nonimmigrant Visa
NIVW National Influenza Vaccination Week
NIWQP National Irrigation Water Quality Program (unable to verify 8/17)
NJCDA National Juvenile Court Data Archive
NJRP National Judicial Reporting Program
NJTTF National Joint Terrorism Task Force
NKSIP North Korean Serials Databases (temporarily unavailable as of 9/24)
NKUDIC National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (unable to verify 5/15)
NLA National Lakes Assessment
NLAE National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
NLAPH National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health
NLB Native Lifestyle Balance
NLCD National Land Cover Database
NLDAS North American Land Data Assimilation System
NLE National Library of Education | National Library of Energy (discontinued)
NLEAD National Law Enforcement Accountability Database
NLG National Leadership Grants for Libraries (changed to NLG-L)
NLG-L National Leadership Grants for Libraries
NLI National Land Imaging Program
NLIC National Lead Information Center
NLLAP National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program
NLM National Library of Medicine
NLMC National Labor-Management Conference
NLMS National Longitudinal Mortality Study
NLOT National Fire Line Officers Team
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NLRC National Legal Resource Center (discontinued)
NLS National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | National Longitudinal Surveys
NLSCYA National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult
NLSI NASA Lunar Science Institute (changed to SSERVI)
NLSM National Longitudinal Survey of Older and Young Men
NLSP NASA Life Science Portal
NLSW National Longitudinal Survey of Mature and Young Women
NLSY National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
NLTS2 National Longitudinal Transition Study-2
NMAC National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group
NMAfA National Museum of African Art
NMAI National Museum of the American Indian
NMAM NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
NMAO NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations (changed to OMAO)
NMB National Mediation Board
NMDB National Mortgage Database
NMED Nuclear Material Events Database
NMFN National Multimodal Freight Network
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service | National Mortality Followback Survey
NMHSS National Mental Health Services Survey
NMHSUPL National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory
NMI NNDSS Modernization Initiative (unable to verify 6/21)
NMIC National Minerals Information Center
NMIHS National Maternal and Infant Health Survey
NMIO National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office
NMME North American Multi-Model Ensemble
NMMR National Mine Map Repository
NMMSS Nuclear Materials Management & Safeguards System
NMNH National Museum of Natural History
NMO New Mexico Operations
NMP National Mesonet Program
NMREC National Maritime Resource and Education Center (unable to verify 7/20)
NMS National Museum Survey
NMTC New Market Tax Credit Program
NMVTIS National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
NN National Network | Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Program
NNA National Nature Assessment
NNAS National Nursing Assistant Survey
NNCO National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
NNCP National Name Check Program
NNCSS National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System
NNDC National Nuclear Data Center
NNDSS National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
NNF National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program
NNHS National Nursing Home Survey
NNI National Nanotechnology Initiative | Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy
NNL National Natural Landmarks Program
NN/LM National Network of Libraries of Medicine
NNMI National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
NNPP Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
NNPTC National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers
NNRRC National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSS Nevada National Security Site
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA ENC NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts
NOAAGlobalTemp NOAA Merged Land Ocean Global Surface Temperature Analysis
NOAA's ARC NOAA’s Air Resources Car
NOB Neuro-Oncology Branch
NOC National Ocean Council (defunct or inactive 1/17, WH transition) | National Operations Center
NOC-DRS National Operations Center Division of Resource Services (absorbed by NOC)
NODC National Oceanographic Data Center (merged into NCEI)
NODD NOAA Open Data Dissemination
NOHRSC National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
NOHSS National Oral Health Surveillance System
NOIRS National Occupational Injury Research Symposium
NOMADS National Operational Model Archive and Distribution System
NOMEC National Strategy for Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council
NOMS National Occupational Mortality Surveillance
NOP National Observer Program | National OPSEC Program | National Organic Program
NOPP National Oceanographic Partnership Program
NOPREN Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network
NOPUS National Occupant Protection Use Surveys
NORA National Occupational Research Agenda
NORMS National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System (unable to verify 5/20)
NOROCK Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
NORS National Outbreak Reporting System | Network Outage Reporting System
NOS National Ocean Service
NOSA NOAA Observing System Architecture (unable to verify 1/22)
NOSC NOAA Observing Systems Council
NOTAM Notice to Air Missions
NOTC National Offshore Training Center
NOTP National Offshore Training Program
NPL National Priorities List
NPMS National Pipeline Mapping System
NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (replaced by JPSS)
NPP Nuclear & Particle Physics Directorate
NPPD National Protection and Programs Directorate (changed to CISA)
NPPLAP National Plant Protection Laboratory Accreditation Program
NPPSD North Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database
NPPTL National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government (archived at UNT) | Naval Petroleum Reserves
NPRA National Program Retrospective Assessment | Nonprofit Research Activities Survey
NPRC National Personnel Records Center
NPREC National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (unable to verify 2/18)
NPREP National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NPRP National Pretrial Reporting Program (relaunched 2021; previously changed to SCPS)
NPRSB National Preparedness and Response Science Board (changed back to NBSB)
NPS National Pain Strategy | National Park Service | National Participants Survey (unable to verify 4/22) | National Prisoner Statistics | Nonpoint source pollution
NPS-8 National Prisoner Statistics program
NPSAB National Park System Advisory Board
NPSAS National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
NPSL NASA Parts Selection List
NPS-RTCA National Park Service – Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance
NPSS National Partnership for Student Success
NPTEC Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex
NPTO National Petroleum Technology Office (unable to verify 1/08; likely absorbed into SCNGO)
NPWC National Prevailing Wage Center
NPWRC Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NREN National Research and Education Network (unable to verify 7/16)
NREPP National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (discontinued)
NREVSS National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System
NRF National Response Framework
NRFC National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
NRFU Nonresponse Followup Operation
NRGR NIMH Repository & Genomics Resource
NRHEEC National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
NRI National Resources Inventory | National Risk Index | Nationwide Rivers Inventory | Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (unable to verify 12/19)
NRIC Natural Resource Investment Center (unable to verify 8/17)
NRM Natural Resource Manager
NRMC National Risk Management Center
NRMRL National Risk Management Research Laboratory (unable to verify 12/19)
NRNP National Road Network Pilot Program
NRO National Reconnaissance Office
NROC Natural Resources Office of Communications
NRP National Residue Program for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products
NRPB National Recording Preservation Board
NRPC National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
NRR Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
NRRC National Reentry Resource Center | Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (changed to NNRRC)
NRRSS National River Restoration Science Synthesis (defunct)
NRS National Runaway Safeline | Natural Resources & Science | Natural Resources Section | Northern Research Station
NRSA National Rivers and Streams Assessment
NRSS National Roadway Safety Strategy | Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate
NRT NSF Research Traineeship
NRUM National Resource Use Monitoring
NSD National Security Division, DOJ | National Security Division, ICE | National Security Division, USDA
NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health
NSE Nuclear Science & Engineering Division
NSEB National Security Education Board
NSECE National Survey of Early Care and Education
NSEERS National Security Entry-Exit Registration System
NSEP National Security Education Program
NSERL National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
NSES National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship
NSF National Science Foundation
NSF-PAR NSF Public Access Repository
NSFG National Survey of Family Growth
NSFLTP Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program
NSGO National Sea Grant Office
NSGP Nonprofit Security Grant Program
NSHAPC National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients
NSHM National Seismic Hazard Model
NSI Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative | Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative
NSIA National Security and International Affairs Division (defunct or inactive 1/17, WH transition)
NSID National Security Investigations Division (changed to NSD)
NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
NSIDS National Survey Of Indigent Defense Systems
NSIP National Streamflow Information Program (changed to FPS) | Nutrition Services Incentive Program (unable to verify 3/18)
NSIR National Security and Intelligence Research Team (unable to verify 5/23)
NS-ISA Non-SDN Iranian Sanctions Act List
NSISS National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding (unable to verify 2/18)
NSL National Sedimentation Laboratory
N-SLCT NASA Sea Level Change Team
NSLDS National Student Loan Data System (unable to verify 2/20; likely merged into studentaid.gov)
NSLP National School Lunch Program
NSLS-II National Synchrotron Light Source II
NSLTCP National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (changed to NPALS)
NSM National Security Memoranda
NSMBB Newborn Screening and Molecular Biology Branch
NS-MBS List Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List
NSMO National Survey of Mortgage Originations
NSMP National Strong-Motion Project
NSMV National Security Multi-Mission Vessels
NSNSD Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division
NSOAAP National Survey of OAA Participants
NSOPF National Study of Postsecondary Faculty
NSOPR National Sex Offender Public Registry (changed to NSOPW)
NSOPW Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
NSP National Public Transportation Safety Plan | National Security Programs | National Survey of Prosecutors | Neighborhood Stabilization Program
NSpC National Space Council
NSPD National Security Professional Development
NSPIRE National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate
NSPIRES NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System
NS-PLC List Non-SDN Palestinian Legislative Council List
NSPS National Special Pathogen System (unable to verify 1/24)
NSR New Source Review | Nuclear Science References
NSRC Nanoscale Science Research Center
NSRCF National Survey of Residential Care Facilities
NSRCG National Survey of Recent College Graduates
NSRDB National Solar Radiation Database
NSRE National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (unable to verify 9/24)
NSRL NASA Space Radiation Laboratory | National Software Reference Library
NSRS National Spatial Reference System
NSS National Security Science | National Settlement Service | National Shelter System
NSSATS National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services
NSSC NASA Shared Services Center | National Supply Service Center
NSSDCA NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive
NSSE National Special Security Events
NSSH National Soil Survey Handbook
NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory
NSSP National Strategy for Suicide Prevention | National Syndromic Surveillance Program
NSSRN National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
NSST Near-surface Sea Surface Temperature
NST Nanoscience and Technology Division | Nation-State Threat Center
NSTAC National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
NSTC National Science and Technology Center (changed to NOC) | National Science and Technology Council | National Semiconductor Technology Center | Nuclear Security Technology Complex
NSTCS National Survey of Tribal Court Systems
NSTF Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility
NSTIC National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (changed to TIG)
NSTS National Source Tracking System
NSTTC Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls
NSTX-U National Spherical Torus eXperiment - Upgrade
NSU National Security Unit (unable to verify 2/21)
NSUBS National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats
NSWP National Space Weather Program
NSYC National Survey of Youth in Custody
NTA National Taxpayer Advocate (changed to TAS) | National Technical Assistance | Non-Traditional Agent
NTAC National Threat Assessment Center
NTACT National Technical Assistance Center on Transition