appendix b

SP-4102 Managing NASA in the Apollo Era

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Abbreviations and Acronyms Cited in Text*

AACB Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board ADP Automatic Data Processing (Equipment) AO Administrative Operations ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD) ATM Apollo Telescope Mount BOB U.S. Bureau of the Budget COF Construction of Facilities CPFF Cost- Plus- Fixed- Fee CSC U.S. Civil Service Commission DHEW U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare DOD U.S. Department of Defense DOT U.S. Department of Transportation DSN Deep Space Network EEO Equal Employment Opportunity FAA Federal Aviation Agency (or Administration) FY Fiscal Year GAO U.S. General Accounting Office GE General Electric Corporation JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory KSC Kennedy Space Center LOR Lunar Orbit Rendezvous MOL Manned Orbiting Laboratory (DOD) MSC Manned Spacecraft Center MSF Manned Space Flight NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERVA Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NMI NASA Management Instruction NSF National Science Foundation OAO Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (NASA) OART Office of Advanced Research and Technology (NASA) OMB Office of Management and Budget OMSF Office of Manned Space Flight (NASA) OSSA Office of Space Science and Applications (NASA) OTDA Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition (NASA) PAD Project Approval Document PCG Planning Coordination Group (NASA) PCSG Planning Coordination Steering Group (NASA) PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique PFP Program and Financial Plan POP Program Operating Plan PP BS Planning- Programming- Budgeting System PPP Phased Project Planning PSAC President's Science Advisory Committee PSG Planning Steering Group (NASA) R&D Research and Development RFP Request for Proposal RIF Reduction in Force SEB Source Evaluation Board SRT Supporting Research and Technology SSASC Space Science and Applications Steering Committee (NASA) SST Supersonic Transport STAC Science and Technology Advisory Committee (NASA) STG (President's) Space Task Group TIE Technical Integration and Evaluation TWA Trans-World Airlines V/STOL Vertical or Short Take-Off and Landing (aircraft)

* This list omits abbreviations and acronyms cited only in the paragraph in which they are identified.

AACB	Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board
ADP	Automatic Data Processing (Equipment)
AO	Administrative Operations
ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD)
ATM	Apollo Telescope Mount
BOB	U.S. Bureau of the Budget
COF	Construction of Facilities
CPFF	Cost- Plus- Fixed- Fee
CSC	U.S. Civil Service Commission
DHEW	U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
DOD	U.S. Department of Defense
DOT	U.S. Department of Transportation
DSN	Deep Space Network
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunity
FAA	Federal Aviation Agency (or Administration)
FY	Fiscal Year
GAO	U.S. General Accounting Office
GE	General Electric Corporation
JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KSC	Kennedy Space Center
LOR	Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
MOL	Manned Orbiting Laboratory (DOD)
MSC	Manned Spacecraft Center
MSF	Manned Space Flight
NACA	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERVA	Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application
NMI	NASA Management Instruction
NSF	National Science Foundation
OAO	Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (NASA)
OART	Office of Advanced Research and Technology (NASA)
OMB	Office of Management and Budget
OMSF	Office of Manned Space Flight (NASA)
OSSA	Office of Space Science and Applications (NASA)
OTDA	Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition (NASA)
PAD	Project Approval Document
PCG	Planning Coordination Group (NASA)
PCSG	Planning Coordination Steering Group (NASA)
PERT	Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PFP	Program and Financial Plan
POP	Program Operating Plan
PP BS	Planning- Programming- Budgeting System
PPP	Phased Project Planning
PSAC	President's Science Advisory Committee
PSG	Planning Steering Group (NASA)
R&D	Research and Development
RFP	Request for Proposal
RIF	Reduction in Force
SEB	Source Evaluation Board
SRT	Supporting Research and Technology

SSASC	Space Science and Applications Steering Committee (NASA)
SST	Supersonic Transport
STAC	Science and Technology Advisory Committee (NASA)
STG	(President's) Space Task Group
TIE	Technical Integration and Evaluation
TWA	Trans-World Airlines
V/STOL	Vertical or Short Take-Off and Landing (aircraft)