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

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

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R2O STI Field Driven Research to Operations Team
RA Office of Regional Affairs (changed to PC)
RAB Regulatory Affairs Branch | Review and Analysis Branch
RACA Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action
RACC Registered Apprenticeship — College Consortium
RACE Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
RACF RHIC and ATLAS Computing Facility
RAD Rental Assistance Demonstration | Reports Analysis Division | Responsible Appliance Disposal
RADInfo Radiation Information Database (discontinued 6/19)
RADS Refugee Arrivals Data System
RADV Risk Adjustment Data Validation
RADx Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics
RAF Risk Assessment Forum
RAINE Resilience and Adaptation in New England database
RAIO Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate
RAISE Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity
RAIVEN Randomized Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Efficacy Network
RAMB Research Animal Medicine Branch
RAMPAC Radioactive Material Packaging
RAMPS Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest
RAMS Rangeland Allotment Monitoring System
RAMSeS Rapid Analysis of Mission Software Systems
RANDS Research and Development Survey
RAP Rangeland Analysis Platform | Rapid Refresh | Registered Apprenticeship Program
RAPIDD Rapid Acquisition of Pre- and Post-Incident Disaster Data
RAPP Refugee Agricultural Partnership Project | Regional Agricultural Promotion Program
RAPT Real-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit | Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool
RAS Rangeland Administration System
RATB Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (defunct)
RATPAC Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate
RATS Research Application Tracking System
RAVEN Rapid Analysis of Various Emerging Nanoelectronics
RAVG Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire
RAWS Remote Automatic Weather Stations
RBC Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
RBCS Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RBEG Rural Business Enterprise Grant (unable to verify 12/19)
RBI Radiation Budget Instrument (discontinued 1/18)
RBLC RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse
RBPGL Reston Biogeochemical Processes in Groundwater Laboratory
RBRC RIKEN BNL Research Center
RBS Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RCAF Railroad Cost Adjustment Factor
RCC Regional Climate Centers
RCD Rural Community Development
RCDC Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization
RCFL Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory
RCI Reconnecting Communities Institute
RCM Regional Chemical Modeling (unable to verify 2/24) | Revenue Collections Management
RCMAP Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection
RCN Regional Collaboration Network
RCP Reconnecting Communities Pilot | Refugee Career Pathways
RCPP Regional Conservation Partnership Program
RCR Resident Characteristics Report
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RCRAInfo Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System
RCRAInfo WIETS RCRAInfo Waste Import Export Tracking System
RCS Records Control Schedules | Reusable Component Services (replaced by SSRC)
REAC/TS Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site
READ Registry of EPA Applications, Models and Data Warehouses | Resource Evaluation and Assessment Division
READI-Net Rapid environmental (e)DNA Assessment and Deployment Initiative & Network
READY Real-time Environmental Applications and Display sYstem
READY4Life Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life
REAP Reserve Educational Assistance Program | Rural Education Achievement Program
REAT Rehabilitation Escrow Administration Tracking
REB Radiation Epidemiology Branch
Recap Office of Recapitalization
RECD Rural Economic & Community Development (replaced by RD)
ReCON Real-Time Coastal Observation Network
RECON Regional Economic Conditions (defunct)
RECS Residential Energy Consumption Survey
RED Re-Engineered Discharge
ReDDDoT Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies
REDDI Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative
RedDOG Readiness and Deployment Operations Group (changed to RDB)
RED List Registration Deficient List
REDOPS Response and Defeat Operations Support
REDTI Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index
REE Research, Education and Economics
ReEDS Regional Energy Deployment System
REEIS Research, Education, and Economics Information System
REFM Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division
ReFreSH Regulatory Framework for Seed Health
REFS Bureau of Resilience, Environment, and Food Security
Reg DaRRT Regulatory Development and Retrospective Review Tracker (unable to verify 2/18)
REHAB Watershed Rehabilitation Program
REI Recycling Economic Information
REIC Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives (unable to verify 12/15)
REIS Regional Economic Information System (unable to verify 3/12; some content available via Regional Economic Accounts; see also CIESIN)
REL Regional Educational Laboratory Program
ReMIS Records Management Instruction Support
REML Reston Electron Microbeam Laboratory
REMM Radiation Emergency Medical Management
REMPD Renewable Energy Materials Properties Database
REMS Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools | Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
REMVE Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism
RENEW Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce
REO Reentry Employment Opportunities | Regional Ecosystem Office
REopt Renewable Energy Integration & Optimization
REP Radiological Emergency Preparedness | Replicating Effective Programs
REPO Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs task force
RePORT Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool
REPP Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (changed to REP) | Regional Export Promotion Program
RERC Recreation Economy for Rural Communities | Regional Energy Resource Council | Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
RERT Radiological Emergency Response Team
RES River Ecosystem Science
ReSciColl Registry of Scientific Collections
RESCUE Resources & Education for Stroke Caregivers' Understanding & Empowerment
RESEP Radiation Exposure Screening & Education Program
RESES Regional Sustainable Environmental Science (unable to verify 6/23)
RESILIENCE Robust Energy Sources for Intelligence Logistics In Extreme Novel and Challenging Environments
RESL Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (unable to verify 3/24)
RESP Rural Energy Savings Program
RESP-NET Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network
RESSED Reservoir Sedimentation Database
REST Representational State Transfer Service
RETAIN Retaining Employment and Talent after Injury/Illness Network
RETIGO REal TIme Geospatial Data Viewer
REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates
RFA Radio Free Asia | Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
RFAB Risk Factor Assessment Branch
RFCCMED Refugee Family Child Care Microenterprise Development
RIN Regulation Identifier Number | Renewable Identification Number
RINAP Rural, Insular & Native Achievement Programs
RIS Regional Innovation Strategies (changed to B2S)
RISA Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments (changed to CAP/RISA)
RISC Regulatory Information Service Center | Risk Identification and Site Criticality
RISE Railroad Information Sharing Environment | Reclamation Information Sharing Environment | Recognizing Inspiring School Employees Award
Risk MAP Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning
RIST Rainfall Intensity Summarization Tool
RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration (changed to OST-R)
RiVorS Rivers of Vorticity in Supercells
RKB Responder Knowledge Base (absorbed into LLIS)
RLCs Research Learning Centers
RLD Regulatory Affairs Law Division
RLF Revolving Loan Fund
RLTT Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
RM Bureau of Resource Management (changed to BP)
RMA Office of Risk Management and Analysis (unable to verify 5/16; likely changed to OCIA) | Records Management Assessment | Refugee Medical Assistance | Risk Management Agency
RMAP Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
RML Reston Microbiology Laboratory
RMLs Regional Removal Management Levels for Chemicals
RMOTC Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center
RMP Risk Management Plan
RMR Research, Monitoring & Regulations Division (previously, Research, Markets, and Regulations)
RMRS Rocky Mountain Research Station
RMSA Records Management Self-Assessment
RNCTEC Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex
RNECE Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence
RNPN Resilient Nation Partnership Network
RNTA Research and National Technical Assistance Program
ROAM CBP Reporting Offsite Arrival – Mobile  | Response Outreach Area Mapper
ROB Radiation Oncology Branch
RSD Radiation Safety Division | Reentry Services Division | Resilient Systems Division (unable to verify 2/16)
RSDO Rapid Spacecraft Development Office
RSDP Roadway Safety Data Program
RSEI Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators
RSFLG Recovery Support Function Leadership Group
RSG Resilient Strategies Guide
RSI Refugee School Impact | Regional Snowfall Index
RSIG Remote Sensing Information Gateway
RSIL Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory
RSL Remote Sensing Laboratory
RSLs Regional Screening Levels
RSP Radiation Sciences Program | Reimbursable Services Program
RSPCB Roadway Safety Professional Capacity Building Program
RSQA Regional Stream Quality Assessment
RSR Ryan White Services Report
RSS Raster Soil Surveys | Research Support Section
RSSP Reimbursable Screening Services Program
RSTAC Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council
RSTT Regional Seismic Travel Time
RSU Research and Support Unit (changed to Research and Support)
RSV-NET Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network
RSVP Retired and Senior Volunteers Program
RTB Research Technologies Branch | Rural Telephone Bank (defunct)
RTC Regional Test Center
RTCA Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
RTCP Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program
R-Tech First Responder Technologies Division (page archived)
RTECS Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (unable to verify 2/23)
RTL Ready to Learn
RTOFS Real-Time Ocean Forecast System
RTP Recovery to Practice (unable to verify 12/19) | Recreational Trails Program
RTR Risk and Technology Review
RUCA Rural-Urban Commuting Area
RUCC Rural-Urban Continuum Codes
RUS Rural Utilities Service
RUSLE2 Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation 2
RV Recovering Voices
RVCT Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis
RVTN-Flu Respiratory Virus Transmission Network for Influenza
RVWP Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot
RWDP Real-World Data Platform
RWHAP Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
RWIS Reclamation Water Information System (replaced by RISE)
RWQC Recreational Water Quality Criteria