US Government Acronyms: R

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RA	Reserve Affairs
RAT Board	Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
RBS	Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RD	Rural Development
REAC	Real Estate Assessment Center
REAC/TS	Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site
RECD	Rural Economic & Community Development (replaced by RD)
REE	Research, Education and Economics
REIC	Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives
REIS	Regional Economic Information System
REL	Regional Educational Laboratory Program
RePORT	Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool
RFR	Reportable Food Registry
RHS	Rural Housing Service
RIC	Rural Information Center
RICHS	Rural Information Center Health Service (defunct; see Wayback Machine)
RISC	Regulatory Information Service Center
RITA	Research and Innovative Technology Administration
RMA	Risk Management Agency
ROBO	Releases of Beneficial Organisms in the United States and Territories
ROJ	Office of Field Operations, Labor Dept.
ROTC	Reserve Officer Training Corps
RRB	Railroad Retirement Board
RSA	Rehabilitation Services Administration
RSVP	Retired and Senior Volunteers Program
RUS	Rural Utilities Service

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US Government Acronyms: P

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PACER	Public Access to Court Electronic Records
PAM	Office of Acquisition and Property Management
PARIS	Public Assistance Reporting Information System
PBGC	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
PBS	Public Buildings Service
PC	Peace Corps
PCAST	President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCBE	President's Council on Bioethics
PCC	Panama Canal Commission
PCIE	President's Council on Integrity and Effiency (changed to CIGIE)
PCII	Protected Critical Infrastructure Information
PCLO	Privacy and Civil Liberties Office (changed to OPCL)
PCLOB	Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (unable to verify 8/09)
PCPID	President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
PECAD	Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division
PECE	Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts
PedNSS	Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System
PEPFAR	President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PFIAB	President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PFPA	Pentagon Force Protection Agency
PHA	Public Housing Agency (see PIH)
PharmPAC	Pharmacist Professional Advisory Committee
PHIL	Public Health Image Library
PHIN	Public Health Information Network
PHMSA	Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Adminsitration
PHPPO	Public Health Practice Program Office (defunct; see Wayback Machine)
PHPS	Public Health Prevention Service
PHS	Public Health Service (see OPHS)
PHTN	Public Health Training Network
PIA	Privacy Impact Assessments
PIADC	Plum Island Animal Disease Center
PIDB	Public Interest Declassification Board
PIH	Office of Public and Indian Housing
PIN	Public Integrity Section
PLLI	National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (archive)
PM	Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
PMB	Office of Policy, Management and Budget
PMEL	Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
PMI	President’s Malaria Initiative
PNGV	Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
PNNL	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNSS	Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
POTUS	President of the United States
POW/MP	Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel
PPD	Pentagon Police Department
PPQ	Plant Protection and Quarantine
PRAO	Professional Responsibility Advisory Office
PRC	Postal Regulatory Commission
PRM	Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
PSC	Program Support Center
PSN	Project Safe Neighborhoods
PTFP	Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
PTO	Patent and Trademark Office
PUMS	Public Use Microdata Samples
PWBA	Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (changed to EBSA)
PWSD	Public Workforce System Dataset

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Politically Correct Slogans Riddle School Booklet

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I opened it, wanting to make sure I was familiar with the guidelines regarding bullying, drugs, classroom disruptions and other legitimate school concerns. Instead, I was greeted by a full page of mind-numbing, politically correct mumbo-jumbo under the headline, "The Challenge of Excellence -- Be Positive!" ... >

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Americans side with Republicans on 6 of top 10 issues; tied on abortion—Rasmussen Poll

Issue	Democrats	Republicans
Health Care	47%	37%
Education	44%	37%
Social Security	43%	37%
Abortion	41%	41%
Economy	39%	45%
Taxes	39%	44%
Iraq	37%	45%
Nat'l Security	36%	51%
Gov't Ethics	29%	35%
Immigration	29%	43%

Just about half a year ago during the presidential election, the Republicans had the lead in 0 or 1 of these issues, depending on the week the poll was taken. So this shows a tremendous amount of progress by the GOP.

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Top 10 College Majors by Starting Salary

Top 10 most profitable college majors and the average starting salary:

1. Chemical engineering, $55,900
2. Electrical engineering, $52,899
3. Mechanical engineering, $50,672
4. Computer science, $50.046
5. Accounting, $45,723
6. Economics/Finance, $45,191
7. Civil engineering, $44,999
8. Business administration, $38,850
9. Marketing, $36,260
10. Liberal arts majors, $30,828

Source: National Association of Colleges & Employers

Britain = Mediocrity: Public Against School System That Would Allow Gifted Students to Excel

Instead of building new grammar schools for the most able, we should concentrate on improving education for all children by introducing setting and streaming in every secondary school so that children of similar academic ability in particular subjects are taught together	60%
We should open new grammar schools all over the country and reintroduce the 11-plus exam so that regardless of their background the most able children would go to a specialist school that will provide them with an excellent education	36%
No opinion	4%

Source: Populus / The Times
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,503 British adults, conducted from Jun. 1 to Jun. 3, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

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