GAO/OSI-97-2 Investigators Guide to Sources of Information

Abbreviations

ALR Art Loss Register
ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CIS Central Index System
CLASS Consular Lookout and Support System
CRS Congressional Research Service
CTR Currency Transaction Report
DCII Defense Central and Investigations Index
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DECA Development of Espionage Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Awareness
DLR Division of Labor Racketeering
DOD Department of Defense
DOJ Department of Justice
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval
EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
e-mail electronic mail
EPIC El Paso Intelligence Center
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
EX-Im-Bank Export-Import Bank of the United States
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FIRS Fingerprint Identification Records System
FMS Financial Management Service
FPDC Federal Procurement Data Center
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GAO General Accounting Office
GILS Government Information Locator System
GPO Government Printing Office
GSA General Services Administration
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
IBIS Interagency Border Inspection System
IBM International Business Machines
ICTS International Criminal Police Organization Case-Tracking System
IFAR International Foundation for Art Research
III Interstate Identification Index
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRS Internal Revenue Service
JMIE Joint Maritime Information Element
LESC Law Enforcement Support Center
MAGLOCLEN Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network
MOCIC Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center
NADDIS Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Information System
NAIL NARA Archival Information Locator
NAILS National Alien Information Lookout System
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NCMEC National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCUA National Credit Union Administration
NESPIN New England State Police Information Network
NFIC National Fraud Information Center
NICB National Insurance Crime Bureau
NIIS Nonimmigrant Information System
NLETS National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NTC National Tracing Center
OSI Office of Special Investigations
RISS Regional Information Sharing System
RMIN Rocky Mountain Information Network
ROCIC Regional Organized Crime Information Center
SBA Small Business Administration
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SPICIN South Pacific Islands Criminal Intelligence Network
SSA Social Security Administration
TECS Treasury Enforcement Communications System
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USMS U.S. Marshals Service
USNCB U.S. National Central Bureau
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
WAIS Wide Area Information Server
WHD Wage Hour Division
WSIN Western States Information Network
WWW World Wide Web
This document was last updated April 20, 1997