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

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

V

VA Department of Veterans Affairs
VAACs Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers
VABCA Department of Veterans Affairs' Board of Contract Appeals (absorbed into CBCA)
VACS Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils
VAERS Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
VAIP Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership
VALE Voluntary Airport Low Emissions Program
VALOR Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability
VALU VA Learning University (unable to verify 12/19)
VAMS Vaccine Administration Management System
VAP Victim Assistance Program
VAPG Value-Added Producer Grants
VASP Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program
VAST Vulnerability Assessment Scoring Tool
VAU Virtual Assets Unit
VB Virtual Beach
VBA Veterans Benefits Administration
VBD Vector-borne diseases
VBOC Veterans Business Outreach Center
VBP Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
VCAB Violent Crime Analysis Branch
VCAS Violent Criminal Alien Section (changed to CAP)
VCC Virtual Card Catalog
VCCTL Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory
VCEHP Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals
VCF September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
VCI Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (changed to AVC)
VCNP Valles Caldera National Preserve
VCRS Violent Crime and Racketeering Section
VCS Veterans Canteen Service
VCSP Voluntary Classification Settlement Program
VDAP Volcano Disaster Assistance Program
VDC Veteran Directed Care program
VDP Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
VE U.S. Flu Vaccine Effectiveness
VEAC Veterans Experience Action Center (changed to VA 1-on-1: Veteran Assistance Expo)
VECS Vessel Entrance and Clearance System
VEF Vietnam Education Foundation (unable to verify 3/19)
VegDRI Vegetation Drought Response Index
VEHCS Veterinary Export Health Certification System
VEHSS Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System
VELMA Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments
VEO Veteran Employment Outcomes | Veterans Experience Office
VEPO Veteran Employment Program Office
VERA Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications
VERIFI Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative
VERITAS Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography and Spectroscopy
VESL Victims Engagement and Services Line | Virtual Earth System Laboratory
VetoViolence Violence Education Tools Online
VETS Veterans' Employment and Training Service
VET TEC Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses
VEVRAA Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act
VFC Vaccines for Children Program
VfP Volunteers for Prosperity (unable to verify 1/15)
VGLI Veterans' Group Life Insurance
VHA Veterans Health Administration
VHI Vision Health Initiative
VHP Veterans History Project  | Volcano Hazards Program
VHPD Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Program
VHS Virtual Healthy School
ViCAP Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
VICAR Violent Crime and Racketeering Section (changed to VCRS)
VICE Vehicle and Infrastructure Cash-Flow Evaluation
VICP National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
ViCTER Virtual Consortium for Translational/Transdisciplinary Environmental Research
VIIRS Visible Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite
VIP Value of Construction Put in Place Survey | Veterinary Innovation Program  | Village Infrastructure Protection | Volunteers in Park program
ViPER Virus Particle Exposure in Residences | Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover
VIPR Virtual Incident Procurement
VIPS Visual Intellectual Property Search | Volunteers in Police Service (unable to verify 8/18)
VIReC VA Information Resource Center
VIS Vaccine Information Statements
VISA Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
VISION Virtual SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, and Other respiratory viruses Network
VISTA Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (unable to verify 3/17) | Volunteers in Service to America
VITA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Grant Program
VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
VIVS Vessel Information Verification Service
VJO Veterans Justice Outreach Program
VLM Veterans Legacy Memorial
VMAP Vegetation Management Action Portal
VMBIP Vaccine Management Business Improvement Project (page archived)
VMLRP Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
VMS Vehicle & Mobility Systems Department
VMT Vehicle Miles Traveled
VNS Victim Notification System
VOA Voice of America
VOI/TIS Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Program
VOICE Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (changed to VESL)
VORTEX-SE Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast
VPA-HIP Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program
VPAT Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
VPGC Veterinary Pest Genomics Center (unable to verify 1/24)
VPI Virtual Platform Initiative (unable to verify 1/20)
vPIC Product Information Catalog and Vehicle Listing
VPO Office of Verification, Planning, and Outreach
VPOTUS Vice President of the United States
VPP Voluntary Protection Programs
VPPPGB Verification, Post-processing and Product Generation Branch
VQEG Video Quality Experts Group
VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
VRAP Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (terminated 3/14)
VRC Vaccine Research Center
VRRAP Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program
VRTAC-QE Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment
VRTAC-QM Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management
VRTC Vehicle Research and Test Center
VS Veterinary Services
VSAC Value Set Authority Center
VSAT Vulnerability Self-Assessment Tool
VSCC Visa Security Coordination Center
VSD Vaccine Safety Datalink | Victim Services Division
VSE Visitor Spending Effects
VSFS Virtual Student Federal Service
VSGP Veterinary Services Grant Program
VSO Virtual Solar Observatory
VSP Vessel Sanitation Program  | Visa Security Program
VSPB Viral Special Pathogens Branch
VSPS Veterinary Services Process Streamlining
VSPTS-Net Visa Security Program Tracking System
VSR Vehicle Safety Research
VSRT Victim Services Response Team
VSSRP Victim Services Statistical Research Program
VSTL Voting System Test Laboratories
VTA Victims of Terrorism Abroad
VTD Voting District Project
VTO Vehicle Technologies Office
VTP Veterans Transportation Program
VTR Versatile Test Reactor
VTrckS Vaccine Tracking System
VTT Vicarious Trauma Toolkit
VVSG Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
VWAC Victim and Witness Assistance Council
VWAP Victim Witness Assistance Program
VWP Visa Waiver Program