| Acronym | |
Meaning |
| 108 contract | |
Title I services contract under the authority of Section 108, P.L. 93-638. |
| A-87 | |
OMB Circular A-87, Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments. Latest copy. |
| ACHP | |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| AFA | |
Annual Funding Agreement |
| AI/AN | |
American Indian and Alaska Native |
| BIA | |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| CEQ | |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CFR | |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHSDA | |
Contract Health Services Delivery Area |
| CWA | |
Clean Water Act |
| CWF | |
Consolidated Working Fund account |
| DEH | |
Division of Environmental Health |
| DFEE | |
Division of Facilities and Environmental Engineering (formerly IHS HQ, Office of Environmental Health and Engineering) |
| DFS | |
Dental Fluoride Tracking System |
| DHHS | |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DOI | |
Department of the Interior |
| DOJ | |
Department of Justice |
| DOL | |
Department of Labor |
| DOT | |
Department of Transportation |
| DSFC | |
Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction |
| E.O. | |
Executive Order |
| EA | |
Environmental Assessment |
| EEB | |
Environmental Engineering Branch (formerly IHS HQ, Sanitation Facilities Construction Branch) |
| EFA | |
Engineering Funding Agreement |
| EIS | |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EPA | |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAR | |
Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| FDS | |
Facility Data System |
| FMB | |
Financial Management Branch |
| FOIA | |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FONSI | |
Finding of No Significant Impact |
| FR | |
Federal Register |
| FY | |
Fiscal Year |
| GAO | |
General Accounting Office |
| Grey Book | |
Indian Health Service. "Guidance for Title I Self-Determination Contract Negotiations for the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program and/or Projects." EEB, DFEE, OPH. Latest copy. |
| HIP | |
Home Improvement Program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| HPS | |
Housing Priority System |
| HQ | |
Headquarters |
| HUD | |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IAG | |
Interagency Agreement |
| IHS | |
Indian Health Service |
| IPA | |
Intergovernmental Personnel Act - Temporary assignments of employees between federal agencies, State, local, Indian tribal governments, institutions of higher learning, and other eligible organizations |
| ISO | |
International Organization for Standardization |
| MOA | |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOA Guidelines | |
Indian Health Service. Guidelines for the Utilization of the Memorandum of Agreement by the Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, Working Draft. EEB, DFEE, OPH. Latest copy. |
| MOU | |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAGPRA | |
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act |
| NEPA | |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NHPA | |
National Historic Preservation Act |
| NPDES | |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPDWR | |
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations |
| O&M | |
Operation and Maintenance |
| OEHE | |
Office of Environmental Health and Engineering |
| OGC | |
Office of the General Counsel |
| OMB | |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OMB Circular A-87 | |
Office of Management and Budget. Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments. Latest copy. |
| OPAC | |
Online Payment and Collection |
| OPDIVs | |
Operating Divisions |
| OSHA | |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
| OTSG | |
Office of Tribal Self-Governance, IHS |
| P.L. 100-713 | |
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988 |
| P.L. 103-399 | |
Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act |
| P.L. 104-330 | |
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (P. L. 104-330; 25 U.S.C. 4101 et. seq.) |
| P.L. 86-121 | |
Indian Sanitation Facilities Act of 1959 |
| P.L. 93-638 | |
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act |
| P.L. 94-437 | |
Indian Health Care Improvement Act |
| PDS | |
Project Data System |
| PFA | |
Project Funding Agreement |
| PHS | |
Public Health Service |
| POR | |
Program of Requirements |
| PSFA | |
Programs, Services, Functions, and Activities |
| PWSID | |
EPA Public Water System identification |
| RCRA | |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| ROW | |
right-of-way |
| RRM | |
Resources Requirement Methodology |
| RUS | |
Rural Utilities Service, USDA (one of several agencies that were formerly Farmer's Home Administration) |
| SD/SG | |
Self-Determination/Self-Governance. Refers to tribes that assume responsibility for an IHS program under P.L. 93-638 Title I (SD) or Title III (SG). |
| SDI | |
Sanitation Deficiency Inventory |
| SDS | |
Sanitation Deficiency System |
| SDWA | |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SFC | |
Sanitation Facilities Construction |
| SFCB | |
Sanitation Facilities Construction Branch |
| SGDP | |
Self-Governance Demonstration Project |
| SHPO | |
State Historic Preservation Officer |
| Subpart J | |
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 25, Chapter V, Part 900, Contracts under the Indian Self-determination And Education Assistance Act (25 CFR 900); Subpart J--Construction, Sections 900.110 to 900.148. |
| TAC | |
Tribal Advisory Committee |
| TDHE | |
Tribally Designated Housing Entity (formerly Indian Housing Authority) |
| THPO | |
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer |
| USC | |
United States Code |
| USDA | |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Yellow Book | |
Indian Health Service. "Guideline for the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program under the Title III Self-Governance Demonstration Project." EEB, DFEE, OPH. Latest copy. |
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