| DOC | Department of Commerce |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| CRREL | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| OHER | Office of Health & Environmental Research |
| DOI | Department of the Interior |
| BOR | Bureau of Reclamation |
| NBS | National Biological Service |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| DOS | Department of State |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| OARM | Office of Administration and Resources Management |
| OPPE | Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation |
| ORD | Office of Research and Development |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| MTPE | Mission to Planet Earth |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| SI | Smithsonian Institution |
| NASM | National Air and Space Museum |
| NMNH | National Museum of Natural History |
| SAO | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| SERC | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
| STRI | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| ERC | Environmental Research Center |
| USDA | Department of Agriculture |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service |
| CSREES | Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service |
| ERS | Economic Research Service |
| FS | Forest Service |
| NRCS | Natural Resource Conservation Service |
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