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API Application Program Interface
ATO Authorization to Operate
BIA Business Impact Analysis
CC Clinical Center
CIO Chief Information Officer
CISO Chief Information Security Officer
CLC Cyberinfrastructure Leadership Committee
CMS Content Management System
COOP Continuity of Operations Planning
CRB Clinical Research Branch
CRU Clinical Research Unit
DAS Distributed Antenna System
DCIM Data Center Infrastructure Management
DCOI Data Center Optimization Initiative
DKM Data and Knowledge Management
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
Drupal Web Content Management
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
EHP Environmental Health Perpsectives
EHS Environmental Health Sciences
ELN Electronic Lab Notebooks
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAIR+ Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable, and Computable
FITARA Federal Information Acquisition Reform Act
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
GSS General Support System
HHS Health and Human Services
HPC High-Performance Computing
I&IT Informatics and Information Technology
IPS Intrusion Prevention System
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
ISSO Information Systems Security Officer
ITARG Information Technology Architecture Review Group
ITT Information Technology Team
LIMS Laboratory Information Management Systems
NAC Network Access Control
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NTP National Toxicology Program
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OOB Out-of-Band Network
ORF Office of Research Facilities
PaaS Platform as a Service
PII Personally Identifiable Information
PMO Project Management Office
PUE Power Use Effectiveness
QoS Quality of Service
SaaS Software as a Service
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
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