US Government Acronyms: C

CA	Bureau of Consular Affairs
CAB	Climate Analysis Branch
caBIG	Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid
CACFP	Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAGE	Commercial and Government Entity
CAMICC	CDC/ATSDR Minority Initiatives Coordinating Committee
CAOC	Chief Acquisition Officers Council
CAP	Civil Air Patrol
CAPPS II	Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
CARS	Car Allowance Rebate System
CASMIRC	Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center
CATC	Clean Air Technology Center
CAVC	United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
CB	Children's Bureau
CBCA	Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
CBD	Commerce Business Daily (changed to FBO)
CBER	Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
CBI	Center for Biological Informatics
CBIAC	Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (changed to CBRNIAC)
CBO	Congressional Budget Office
CBP	Customs and Border Protection
CBRNIAC	Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center
CCB	Child Care Bureau
CCC	Commodity Credit Corporation
CCDF	Child Care and Development Fund
CCDO	Community Capacity Development Office
CCEHIP	Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention
CCF	Compassion Capital Fund
CCHIS	Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service
CCID	Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
CCIPS	Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section
CCPI	Clean Coal Power Initiative
CCR	Commission on Civil Rights
CCTP	U.S. Climate Change Technology Program
CCU	Capital Case Unit
CDBG	Community Development Block Grants
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDDIS	Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
CDER	Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
CDFI	Community Development Financial Institutions
CDIAC	Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CDOM	Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets
CDP	Center for Domestic Preparedness
CDRH	Center for Devices and Radiological Health
CDS	Cataloging Distribution Service
CEA	Council of Economic Advisers
CEBB	Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (migrated to CBP)
CED	Community Economic Development Program
CEDR	Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
CEN	Bureau of the Census
CENTCOM	United States Central Command
CEOS	Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
CEPPO	Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
CEPS	Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
CEQ	Council on Environmental Quality
CER	Comparative Effectiveness Research
CERC	Columbia Environmental Research Center
CERCLIS	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Information System
CERT	Community Emergency Response Team Program
CES	Current Employment Statistics
CETEC	Topographic Engineering Center (changed to AGC)
CFA	U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
CFACT	Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends
CFBCI	Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (changed to CFBNP)
CFBNP	Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
CFDA	Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
CFIUS	Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States
CFM	Division of Contracting & Facilities Management (FWS)
CFO	Chief Financial Officers Council
CFOC	Chief Financial Officers Council
CFPB	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CFS	Commodity Flow Survey
CFSAN	National Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
CFTC	Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CHAMPVA	Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs
CHCO Council	Chief Human Capital Officers Council
CHID	Combined Health Information Database (discontinued as of 9/06)
CHIEF	Clearinghouse for Inventories & Emissions Factors
CHIP	Children's Health Insurance Program
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CIAO	Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (see NIAC)
CIC	Consumer Information Center
CIC/AG	Counterintelligence Center Analysis Group
CICA	U.S.-Mexico Border Information Center on Air Pollution
CID	U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
CIFA	Counterintelligence Field Activity (merged into DCHC)
CIGIE	Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
CIO	Chief Information Officers Council
CIPRIS	Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students (see SEVIS)
CIS	Cancer Information Service | Citizenship and Immigration Services
CIT	Center for Information Technology
CITA	Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CIV	Civil Division
CLG	Certified Local Government
CLIA	Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CMH	Center of Military History
CMHS	Center for Mental Health Services
CMM	Center for Medicare Management
CMS	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMSO	Center for Medicaid and State Operations
CMV	Center for Minority Veterans
CNCS	Corporation for National and Community Service
CNO	Chief of Naval Operations
CNPP	Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
CNS	Corporation for National and Community Service
COBRA	Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
CoCHP	Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
COGH	Coordinating Office for Global Health
CONPLAN	U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan (.pdf)
Conrail	Consolidated Rail Corporation
CONSER	Cooperative Online Serials
COOP	Continuity of Operations
COP	Coastal Ocean Program
COPS	Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
COTPER	Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness & Emergency Response
COTS	Cotton, Oilseeds, Tobacco and Seeds Division
CP3	Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships
CPB	Corporation for Public Broadcasting
CPD	Office of Community Planning and Development
CPI	Consumer Price Index
CPMS	Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service
CPO	Corrections Program Office (now part of BJA)
CPPBSD	Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
CPSC	Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSO	Cataloging Policy and Support Office
CRA	Community Reinvestment Act
CRB	Copyright Royalty Board
CRC	Civil Rights Center
CRISP	Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
CROSS	Customs Rulings Online Search System
CRP	Conservation Reserve Program
CRS	Congressional Research Service | Community Relations Service
CS	U.S. Commercial Service
CSAC	Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
CSAP	Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
CSAT	Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
CSB	Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
CSC	NOAA Coastal Services Center
CSCE	Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
CSD	Chemical Sciences Division
CSE	Office of Child Support Enforcement
CSFP	Commodity Supplemental Food Program
CSGCL	Crop Systems and Global Change Lab
CSI	Center for the Study of Intelligence
CSOS	Controlled Substance Ordering System
CSOSA	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia
CSR	Center for Scientific Review | Comprehensive School Reform Program
CSRC	Computer Security Resource Center
CSREES	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (changed to NIFA)
CSS	Crime and Safety Surveys
CSTL	Chemical Science & Technology Laboratory
CTAS	Center-TRACON Automation System
CTC	Counterterrorist Center (changed to NCTC)
CTEP	Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
CTGP	Competitive Training Grants Program
CUIO	Controlled Unclassified Information Office
CVM	Center for Veterinary Medicine
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention | Commission on Wartime Contracting
CWG	Council on Women and Girls

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Americans Revolting Against 'Global Warming' Scam

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• Fifty-six percent (56%) of Americans say they are not willing to pay more in taxes and utility costs to generate cleaner energy and fight global warming.
  
• Sixty-three percent (63%) rate creating jobs as more important than taking steps to stop global warming. For 22%, stopping global warming is more important.
  
• Fifty-two percent (52%) of all adults say it is more important to keep the cost of energy as low as possible than it is to develop clean, environmentally friendly sources of energy. But 41% disagree and say developing cleaner, greener energy sources is the priority.

Source: Rasmussen Reports

World Waking Up to 'Global Warming' Scam

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Among the many reasons President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority are so intent on quickly jamming a cap-and-trade system through Congress is because the global warming tide is again shifting. It turns out Al Gore and the United Nations (with an assist from the media), did a little too vociferous a job smearing anyone who disagreed with them as "deniers." The backlash has brought the scientific debate roaring back to life in Australia, Europe, Japan and even, if less reported, the U.S.

In April, the Polish Academy of Sciences published a document challenging man-made global warming. In the Czech Republic, where President Vaclav Klaus remains a leading skeptic, today only 11% of the population believes humans play a role. In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to tap Claude Allegre to lead the country's new ministry of industry and innovation. Twenty years ago Mr. Allegre was among the first to trill about man-made global warming, but the geochemist has since recanted. New Zealand last year elected a new government, which immediately suspended the country's weeks-old cap-and-trade program.

Wall Street Journal

New Jersey Environmentalists Turn on Each Other

But a provision of the proposed law extending similar rights to owners of preserved farms has angered major open-space groups. The issue is sensitive in a state that has spent billions of dollars on popular open-space programs designed to slow sprawling development in rural and wooded areas.

The League of Municipalities also has voiced concern that the rush to renewable energy may go too far in limiting local officials' ability to regulate the new land use.

The controversy has divided the environmental community and ensnared Gov. Jon Corzine's agriculture-secretary designee before he is even sworn in. But with President Obama, Corzine and others beating the drum on clean energy, the measure appears certain to pass.
NJ.com

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