Comprehensive dictionary of government

The Dictionary of Government is a comprehensive resource that serves as an authoritative guide to the terminology, institutions, and processes that underpin the structure and function of government. This dynamic repository is designed for students, educators, professionals, and civic-minded individuals who seek to enhance their understanding of governmental systems.

Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this dictionary is to offer concise, accurate definitions and explanations of key concepts that form the bedrock of governmental studies. It spans various branches of government, political ideologies, legal frameworks, and administrative processes, providing a panoramic view of the vast landscape of public administration and policy-making.

Utilizing the Dictionary

Readers are encouraged to navigate through the dictionary by selecting terms from the alphabetized index. Each entry is not merely a definition but a gateway to a deeper understanding of government. The dictionary is formatted to foster an interactive learning experience with internal links to related topics, promoting a comprehensive educational journey.

Antarctic Convergence
Antarctic marine living resources
Automated Directives System
COOP personnel
Central Index System
Cognizant Security Authority
Command Post Exercise
Component Intelligence Program
Continuity of Government Readiness Conditions System
Counterterrorism Security Group
DHS Information Sharing Environment
DHS Intelligence Enterprise
DHS National Operations Center
DHS Operational Component
DHS Support Component
DHS mission area
DHS strategic plan
DOMESTIC SUPPORT
Defense Coordinating Officer
Department of Defense Intelligence Information System
Department of Defense information network operations
Department of Defense information network
Department of Defense support to counterdrug operations
Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Enterprise
Disaster Response Registry
Domestic Director of National Intelligence Representative
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Emergency Public Information
Emergency Support Function Annexes
Emergency Support Function Coordinator
Emergency Support Function Primary Agency
Emergency Support Function Support Agency
FOREIGN SUPPORT – STABILIZATION AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE – Includes terms related to fragility, defense and governance, counterterrorism, counter violent extremism, law enforcement, peace keeping operations, atrocity prevention, civil-military coordination and transition.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Network
Federal Coordinating Officer
Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Offices
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Resource Coordinator
Federal lands
Federal trust species
Foreign Disclosure and Release Officer
Free-flowing
Fusion Center
General Staff
Global Command-and-Control System
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
Governor’s authorized representative
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
Homeland Secure Data Network
Homeland Security Council
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
Homeland Security Information Network Intelligence Community of Interest
Homeland Security Information Network
Homeland Security Intelligence Council
Homeland Security Standing Information Needs
Hurricane Liaison Team
Incident Action Plan
Incident Command Post
Incident Command System
Incident Command
Incident Commander
Incident Management Assistance Team
Incident Management Team
Incident management
Indian land
Indian lands
Indian tribe
Information Sharing and Safeguarding Governance Board
Insider Threat Operations Center
Interoperability
Joint After-Action Report
Joint Doctrine
Joint Event Life Cycle
Joint Exercise Control Group
Joint Field Office
Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
Joint Mission-Essential Task List
Joint Mission-Essential Task
Joint Quarterly Readiness Review
Joint Task Force Commander
Joint Task Force
Joint Terrorism Task Force
Maritime Operations Center
Master Training Guide
Military Advisor’s office
Military Liaison Team
Mission Training Assessment
Mobile Emergency Response Support
Multiagency Coordination Group
Multiagency Coordination System(s)
Multinational Exercise
Multinational Force and Observers
Multinational Force
Munroe effect
National Counterterrorism Center
National Crime Information Center
National Disaster Medical System
National Exercise Program
National Incident Management System
National Information Exchange Model
National Infrastructure Coordinating Center
National Infrastructure Protection Plan
National Joint Terrorism Task Force
National Military Command Center
National Operations Center
National Preparedness Guidelines
National Preparedness Vision
National Protection and Programs Directorate
National Response Coordination Center
National Response Framework
National Security Council
National Security System
National Special Security Event
National Terrorism Advisory System management office
National Terrorism Advisory System
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
P5+1 countries
Principal Federal Official
Public Information Officer
Regional Response Coordination Centers
Rome Statute
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Sector Command Center
Sector Coordinating Council
Sector-Specific Agency
Secure Internet Protocol Router Network
Senior Accountable Official Directive System
Senior Agency Official Classified Information
Sensitive But Unclassified information
Sensitive Compartmented Information Operational Network
Special Security Officer
Special Security Representative
Special event
Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations
Stafford Act
State Coordinating Officer
State Emergency Management Agency Director
State Homeland Security Advisor
State and Major Urban Area Fusion Center
Stop Tuberculosis Partnership
Stop Tuberculosis Strategy
Strategic Guidance Statement and Strategic Plan
Strategic Information and Operations Center
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
T Visa
T-nonimmigrant status
TEMPEST
Targeted Violence Information Sharing System
Technical Surveillance Countermeasure Program Manager
Technical Surveillance Countermeasure Technician
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Program
Transportation Security Administration
U Visa
U-nonimmigrant status
U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel
U.S. Forces
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel
USA PATRIOT Act
Unified Area Command
Unified Command
Unified Coordination Group
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
United States Coast Guard
United States Customs and Border Protection
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
United States Secret Service
United States assistance- (A) any assistance under this Act, other than
United States assistance
United States border officer
United States maritime domain
United States of America geographical
United States person information
United States person
United States
Universal Task List
Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces
VA health care facility
Violence Against Women Act cancellation of removal
Violence Against Women Act self petitioner
Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Team
World Bank
aboveground storage tank
absolute risk unmitigated
absolute risk
acceptable risk
access and functional need accommodation
access information
accident
accidental hazard
act of God
act of international terrorism
act of piracy
act of terrorism
act of war
activity cycle
adaptation strategy
adaptive ecosystem management
adaptive risk
adequate security
administrative control
advanced readiness contracting
adversary
adverse event
affiliated persons
affordable readiness
after-action review
agency
agent
aggrieved person
agricultural biosecurity
agricultural disease emergency
agricultural operation
agroterrorist act
air domain awareness
air domain
air dropped bomb
air-borne improvised explosive device
alien
all crimes
all hazards
all-hazards approach
all-hazards
all-source intelligence
allotment management plan
alluvial valley floors
ammonium nitrate facility
ammonium nitrate purchaser
ammonium nitrate
animal rights extremist
animal-borne improvised explosive device
annexes
annunciator
anti-abortion extremist
anti-aircraft improvised explosive device incident
anti-aircraft improvised explosive device
anti-armor improvised explosive device incident
anti-armor improvised explosive device
anti-disturbance/ movement switch
anti-first responder improvised explosive device
anti-government extremist
anti-infrastructure improvised explosive device incident
anti-infrastructure improvised explosive device
anti-maritime improvised explosive device
anti-personnel improvised explosive device
anti-vehicle improvised explosive device incident
anti-vehicle improvised explosive device
antiterrorism
apprehend
aquaculture facility
aquaculture
aquatic nuisance species
aquatic resource education program
aquatic species
area command
area of operations
area of responsibility
areas of critical environmental concern
armed force or group
arming switch
arrival
assessment message
assessment
assignment
assistance
assumption
assured access
asylee
asylum and refugee information
asylum officer
atomic energy
atomic weapon
attack geography
attack method
attack path
attack the network operations
authorized person classified information
authorized
authorizing official special access program
automatic declassification
aviation stakeholders
background investigation
background review
backstop
bank or World Bank
barge removal contractor
barge
barometric sensor
base floodplain
baseline level of protection
baseline risk
behavioral health aftercare
beneficiary country
beneficiary developing country
benefitting species
bio-toxin
biofuel
biological hazard
biosurveillance
bioterrorism
blacklisting
blasting accessory
blasting agent
blasting cap/ detonator
booby trap
border crosser
border crossing identification card
building partnership capacity
bulk explosive
burial site
buried line sensor fiber-optic cable
buried line sensor magnetic field
buried line sensor ported coaxial cable
buried line sensor pressure/ seismic
business continuity planning
business development services
business operations
business/ operational risk
cache improvised explosive device incident
cache
calendar of events
canal structure
canine inspection
capability gap
capability overlap
capability redundancy
capacity building and advocacy activities
capacity building
capital improvement
career law enforcement officer
cargo scanning
cargo
cast explosive
catastrophic emergency
catastrophic event
catastrophic incident
cave resource
cave
certification and accreditation
chain of command
chemical agent and munition
chemical agent
chemical facility of interest
chemical hazard
chemical improvised explosive device enhancement
chemical timing switch
chemical weapon
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear consequence management
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear environment
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazard
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident
child labor
child neglect
children at risk
citizen corps
citizen of the United States
civil affairs operations
civil affairs
civil authorities
civil emergency
civil search and rescue
civil unrest
civil-military cooperation
civil-military medicine
civil-military operations
civilian internee
civilian-military
clandestine operation
clandestine physical access
classified document
classified information access
classified information
classified national security information
cleanup cost
clearing operation
climate change
close call
closed enforcement action
closure action
co-utilization agreement
coal mine
coal
coast line
coastal environment
coastal fishery management plan
coastal fishery resource
code word
cogeneration facility
collect and detect
collection management plan
collection strategy
collection
combatant command (command authority)
combatant command joint training schedule
combatant command
combating terrorism
combined
command activating switch
command center
command projectile switch
command pull improvised explosive device
command relationships
command staff
command wire improvised explosive device
commandant
commander's summary report
commerce
commercial chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear improvised explosive device enhancement
commercial service
commissioner
commodity
common operating picture
common operational picture
communicable disease
complex catastrophe
complex emergency
complex operation
comprehensive information technology network architecture
comprehensive preparedness guide 101
concealment vessel
concept of operations
concept plan
confidential source
confinement vessel
conflict prevention
conflict response
conflict transformation
consequence assessment
consequence
conservation activities
conservation
consideration
consular officer
container security device
contamination
contingency basing
contingency contract
contingency operation
contingency planning
contingency/ incident personnel
contingency
contingent liability
continuity capability
continuity facility
continuity of government
continuity of operations plan
continuity of operations
continuity personnel
continuity
continuous evaluation security
contract
controlled unclassified information
conviction
coordinate
coordinating authority
coral reef ecosystem
coral reef
coral
corporation
corrective actions
corrosive timing switch
counterdrug activities
counterdrug operations
counterdrug
counterespionage
countering violent extremism
countering weapons of mass destruction
counterinsurgency
counterinsurgency – efforts to defeat organized movements that seek to overthrow the duly constituted Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan through violent means. DOS
counterintelligence activities
counterintelligence operations
counterintelligence referral
counterintelligence
countermeasure or product
countermeasure
countermeasures
countermobility operations
counterproliferation
countersurveillance
counterterrorism
country of birth
country of chargeability
country of citizenship
country of former allegiance
country of last residence
country where you live
country
court ordered environmental impact statement
covered Federal agency
covered activity
covered chemical facility
covered communication
covered countermeasure or covered countermeasure against smallpox
covered countermeasure
covered entity
covert action
covert operation
credentialed and credentialing
credentialing
credible fear of persecution
criminal improvised explosive device incident
crisis action planning
critical action floodplain
critical asset
critical capability
critical component
critical electric infrastructure information
critical electric infrastructure
critical event
critical infrastructure protection program
critical infrastructure sectors
critical infrastructure
critical operational issue
critical planning assumption
critical program information
critical sector
critical sensitive position
critical services
critical water supply needs
criticality assessment
criticality
cross functional team
crude oil tanker
crude oil
crush wire switch
cultural affiliation
cultural items
cultural patrimony
customs waters
cyber incident
cyber security
cyber threat indicator
cybersecurity category
cybersecurity purpose
cybersecurity threat
cybersecurity violation
cybersecurity
cyberspace operations
cyberspace
daisy chain improvised explosive device
damages
data and information risk
data mining person
data model
declared event
decontamination
deep seabed
deep-draft harbor
defense critical electric infrastructure
defense critical infrastructure
defense support of civil authorities
defensive measure
deliberate planning
demilitarization
demobilization
denial of eligibility for access to National Security Information
departmental intelligence function
departmental intelligence
deportable alien
deportation
depreciated actual cost
derivative classification
design-basis threat
detainee operations
detection technology
deterrence
deterrent
developed countries
developed
developing country
development assistance
development objective
development unit
development
diplomatic visa
direct action
direct consequence
directional effect charge
directive DHS Directives System
disaster area
disaster assistance response team
disaster county
disaster or emergency
disaster recovery center
disaster recovery plan
discharge
disclosure
discovery clandestine surveillance
displaced adult
displaced child
displaced person
displacement switch
disruptive event
disseminate and communicate
dissemination matrix
distressed person
distribution utility
district
disturbance trigger
diverting environmental sustainability
division of a project
division
documented vessel
domestic article
domestic counterterrorism
domestic emergencies
domestic readiness group
domestic terrorism
domestic voyage
dual diagnosis
dual tone multi frequency improvised explosive device- (See
dual use research area of concern initial review life sciences
dual use research of concern life sciences
dual use research of concern technical review life sciences
duty to warn
dynamite
economic assistance
economic benefit of the overloading
economic consequence
efficiency measures
electric cooperative
electric initiator
electromagnetic pulse
electromagnetic spectrum
electronic and information technology
electronic initiator
electronic surveillance
electronic timing switch
elephant
elevated improvised explosive device
eligibility determination security
eligible export vessel
eligible land
eligible migrant
eligible solar, wind, waste or geothermal facility
eligible tribal consortium
emergency action
emergency change IT service
emergency change advisory board
emergency management assistance compact
emergency management system
emergency management
emergency manager
emergency medical condition
emergency medical services training education advisory council
emergency medical services
emergency operating record
emergency operations center
emergency personnel
emergency plan
emergency preparedness
emergency response providers
emergency services sector
emergency support functions
emergency work
emergency
emerging issues
enabling clause
endemic
endorsing or espousing terrorism
enforcement action
enforcement operation under chapter VII of the charter of the United Nations
enter/ entry
environment and social threat
environment of operation
environment
environmental condition
environmental planning and historic preservation decision support system
environmental planning and historic preservation document
environmental planning and historic preservation program manager
environmental planning and historic preservation requirements
environmental planning and historic preservation
environmental rights extremist
epidemic
escalation
especially hazardous cargo
essential functions
essential operating record
essential personnel
essential service provider
essential vessel
estimated net explosives weight
evacuation
evacuee
evade and evasion
evaluation
evasion
event signature development/ device profiling
event tree
event
examine
exceptional circumstances
exceptional resource
excess defense articles
exercise incident
exercise specifications
exercise-directing staff
exercise
exigent circumstances
existing dam
expedited approval facility
exploding bridge wire initiator
exploitation
exploration
explosion
explosive compounds
explosive train
explosive weapon
explosively formed projectile charge
explosives detection canine team
extraordinary circumstances – circumstances in which: (i) suspension of an investigation will be more beneficial to the domestic industry than continuation of the investigation, and (ii) the investigation is DHS
extraordinary operation and maintenance work
facilitator extremism, terrorism
facility security level
fair information practice principles
false improvised explosive device incident
feasibility assessment
feasibility risk
feasibility
federal assets
federal coordinating officer
federal emergency response official
federal resource allocation criteria policy
federally declared disaster
federally-owned corporation
female genital mutilation
file plan
financial crimes enforcement network project gateway
find improvised explosive device incident
finished intelligence
finishing action
firefighter
firing switch
first responder care
first responder
fish processing vessel
fish tender vessel
fish
fishing vessel
flame fougasse improvised explosive device enhancement
flood hazards
flood
floodplain management
floodplain
food and nutrition security
food security
foodborne illness outbreak
for official use only
force protection
forced labor
foreign agent
foreign article
foreign assistance
foreign country
foreign disaster relief
foreign disaster
foreign disclosure
foreign entity
foreign humanitarian assistance
foreign information release
foreign instrumentality
foreign intelligence entity
foreign intelligence information
foreign intelligence service
foreign intelligence
foreign internal defense
foreign military sales
foreign nation support
foreign national client
foreign national in the United States
foreign power
foreign private sector entity
foreign state
foreign terrorist organization
foreign travel
foreign vessel
formation
former beneficiary country
found/ cleared improvised explosive device
fragmentation improvised explosive device enhancement
freeboard
freight rail
frequentist probability
friendly force information
frontline employee
fuel improvised explosive device enhancement
fuel oxidizer explosive mixture
full cost
full operating capability
function
fuse and analyze
fusion center performance program
fusion center
fusion liaison officer
fusion process
general framework of regional development
genocide
geochemical surveys
geological surveys
geomagnetic storm
geophysical surveys
geospatial information
geospatial metadata
geospatial technology
global air Domain community of Interest
global fund
global health security
global maritime community of interest
global maritime situational awareness
global terrorism
governance
governing factors
government dam
government special access program security officer
grantees and lessees
grazing permit and lease
great ape
grid security emergency
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights
group
habitat enhancement
habitat establishment
habitat improvement
habitat restoration
hard mineral resource
hazard reduction
hazard
hazardous cargo
hazardous chemical or material
hazardous materials
hazardous substance
hazardous waste generator
hazardous waste
health care provider
health engagement
heat initiator
high explosive
high interest conveyance
high potential historic sites
high potential route segments
high risk country
high risk position
high-consequence target
high-level radioactive waste
hoax improvised explosive device incident
holder
homegrown violent extremist
homeland United States
homeland defense activity
homeland defense
homeland security enterprise architecture
homeland security enterprise
homeland security grant
homeland security information
homeland security intelligence priorities framework
homeland security intelligence
homeland security missions
homeland security-relevant information
homeland security
homemade chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear improvised explosive device enhancement
homemade explosive
hospital facilities
hospital
host-nation support
hostage rescue
hostage-Taking
hostage-taking
hostile act
hostile intent
human consequence
human environment
human intelligence
human tip
humanitarian and civic assistance
humanitarian assistance coordination center
humanitarian assistance
humanitarian demining assistance
humanitarian mine action
humanitarian operations center
humanitarian or peacekeeping operation
hunger strike
hydrostatic switch
identity intelligence
ignitor
immediate response authority
immediate response
immigrant visa
immigrant
immigration benefit application
immigration judge
immigration laws
immigration officer
imminent danger to the health and safety of the public
imminent danger
imminent hazard
improvised claymore
improvised explosive device associated components
improvised explosive device container
improvised explosive device enhancement
improvised explosive device explosion incident
improvised explosive device incident atmospherics
improvised explosive device incident geometry
improvised explosive device intended outcome
improvised explosive device main charge
improvised explosive device post blast analysis
improvised explosive device power source
improvised explosive device related incident
improvised explosive device sourcing
improvised explosive device tactical characterization
improvised explosive device tactical design
improvised explosive device technical categorization
improvised explosive device
improvised grenade
improvised mortar
improvised rocket
improvised weapons
in/ on improvised explosive device emplacement
inadmissible alien
incendiary
incident Objectives
incident annexes
incident driven activity
incident environmental condition
incident management
incident record IT service
incident
indicator
indigenous populations and institutions
industrial development agency
industrial security
ineligible to citizenship
informant
information access clearance
information assurance
information classification
information control
information integrity
information need intelligence
information operations intelligence integration
information operations
information safeguarding
information security operation
information security
information sharing environment
information sharing
infraGard
infrastructure liaison
infrastructure
inholding
initial operating capability
initial operational capability
initial operational test and evaluation
initial response force
initial summary employee performance rating
insider threat detection activity
insider threat oversight group
insider threat program manager
insider threat response activity
insider threat
insider
inspect
inspection
instruments of national power
insurgency
integrated border enforcement team
integrated financial operations
integrated military forces
integrated planning
integrated risk management
integrated security managements systems
integrated staff
integrity information
intelligence activities
intelligence activity
intelligence agency
intelligence analyst
intelligence and analysis Regional Director
intelligence and analysis field personnel
intelligence and analysis product
intelligence and analysis production plan
intelligence and analysis use
intelligence and analysis
intelligence assessment
intelligence collection requirement
intelligence community
intelligence component of the Department
intelligence information report reporter
intelligence information report
intelligence information sharing environment
intelligence information
intelligence operations
intelligence originator
intelligence personnel
intelligence product
intelligence questions
intelligence special access program
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance visualization
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
intelligence-led policing
intelligence-related activities
intelligence/ investigations
intelligence
intelligent transportation infrastructure
intended victim
intentional hazard
intentional killing
interagency coordination
interdiction
intergovernmental organization
intermediary country
intermediate military objective
internal security
internally displaced person
international agreement
international chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response
international cyber criminal
international marriage broker
international military education and training
international organization
international terrorism
internationally recognized core labor standards
interoperability
intervention
intrusion assessments
irregular warfare
irrigation block
irrigation water
ivory producing country
joint exercise
joint harbor operations center
joint information center
joint information system
joint operations center
joint regional strategies
joint task force
joint training
joint worldwide intelligence communications system
joint
jurisdiction
jurisdictional agency
key intelligence official
kidnapping
land domain awareness
landholding
large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
law enforcement activity
law enforcement agency
law enforcement intelligence
law enforcement officer position
law enforcement officer
law enforcement online
law enforcement personnel
law enforcement sensitive
law of war
lawful permanent resident
lawfully admitted for permanent residence
leased
least developed country
legitimate law enforcement purpose
lesson learned
letter of offer and acceptance
letter of request
levee feature
levee system
levee
level of protection
level of risk
liaison officer
light bulb/ flash bulb initiator
light sensitive trigger
likelihood statistical
likelihood
limited recipient
liquid explosive
load-serving entity
local government
logistics section- (1) Incident Command
logistics
lone offender
long-term recovery
loss
low explosive
low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker
low-visibility operations
lower-risk traveler
magnetic attachment improvised explosive device employment
magnetic contact
magnetic trigger
major disaster
major event
major hazard
major incident IT service
major information system
malicious cyber command and control
malicious reconnaissance
man-made disaster
marine environment
marine transportation system
maritime area of interest
maritime domain awareness
maritime domain
maritime security level
maritime security operations
mass atrocity response operations
mass casualty
mass killings
mechanical energy source
mechanical timing switch
medical civil-military operations
medical countermeasures
medical facility
medical services
medical surge
medical surveillance
membrane switch
method of emplacement
method of improvised explosive device identification
migrant
military chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear improvised explosive device enhancement
military departments
military engagement
military explosive
military government
military occupation
military operations
military treatment facility
military-to-military contacts
military-unique capabilities
militia extremist
mine
miner
mineral resources
minimum safe freeboard
missile
mission activity
mission area
mission assignment
mission assurance
mission capability
mission consequence
mission critical personnel
mission essential function
mission essential functions
mission need statement
mission need
mission support services
mission-essential infrastructure
mission
mitigation measure
mitigation
mobile health station
mobile offshore drilling unit
mobilization
moderate risk position
modern shipbuilding technology
modular component health care facility
monitor
monitoring station
monitoring
mortar munition
motor vessel
multihazard advisory map
multijurisdictional incident
multiple use
mutual aid and assistance agreement
named storm
national continuity coordinator
national counterintelligence executive
national defense strategy
national defense
national development strategy
national emergency
national essential function
national essential functions
national health security
national intelligence estimate
national intelligence function
national intelligence
national network of fusion centers
national planning scenarios
national preparedness
national security official
national security purpose
national security
national special security event
national system for geospatial intelligence
national transportation security incident
national vessel movement center
national virtual pointer system
national-level risk assessment
national
nationwide suspicious activity reporting initiative
native vegetation
natural disaster
natural hazard
naturalization
nautical school vessel
navigable waters of the United States
navigable waters
necessary level of protection
need for access
need-to-know
net assessment
new United Nations peacekeeping operation
non-Service health care practitioner
non-adaptive risk
non-critical sensitive position
non-electric initiator
non-federal project entity
non-governmental organization
non-homeland security missions
non-lethal weapon
non-magnetic attachment improvised explosive device employment
non-nuclear-weapon state
non-suicide improvised explosive device employment
noncombatant evacuation operation
noncombatant evacuees
nondegradation standard
nongovernmental organization
nonimmigrant visa
nonindigenous species
nonprofit organization
nonproliferation
nonresident importer
northern border
nuclear improvised explosive device enhancement
nuclear incident response team
nuclear incident
nuclear material
objective
obligation
obligee
obligor
obstacle creation improvised explosive device
occupant emergency plan
occupied territory
ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship
oceanographic research vessel
offensive counterair attack operations
offensive counterintelligence operation
offensive cyberspace operations
officer of the customs and/ or customs officer
officer of the customs
officer
offset agreement
offset
offsets
offshore facility
offshore supply vessel
oil spill response vessel
oil
omni-directional effect
open enforcement action
open source information
open-source information
open-source intelligence
operating requirements
operation under chapter VII of the charter of the United Nations
operation
operational control
operational decontamination
operational readiness
operational risk
operational test and evaluation
operations Section- (1) Incident Command
operations and support special access program
operations coordination
operations security
operations, maintenance, and replacement costs
operations/ watch center
order of deportation
organization
organizational camp
original classification authority
original classification
other senior officials
outbreak
outcrop
outer continental shelf facility
overhead improvised explosive device emplacement
overseas contingency operation
pandemic and all-hazards preparedness reauthorization act
parent
participant
participating program
partner government
passenger for hire
passenger transportation system
passive infrared switch
passive investment
passive sensor
passport
pattern analysis
peace building
peace enforcement
peace operations
peacekeeping force
peacekeeping
peacemaking
percussion initiator
persistently monitor
person-borne improvised explosive device
person
personal emergency response system
personal identity verification card
personally identifiable information
personnel security operation
petitioning spouse
phase zero
physical inspection
physical security
piracy
placement
planning phase
planning section- (1) Incident Command
planning
plastic explosive
platter charge
plunger switch
policy directive
policy
political activities
political-military
pollution
ports and waterways safety system
position sensor
post-storm assessment
postal improvised explosive device
potentially responsible party
powers of self-government
pre-positioned resources
pre-scripted mission assignment
preliminary mission need statement
preparedness
pressure release switch
pressure switch
prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism
prevention
preventive health services
preventive maintenance
preventive medicine
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