Tools for Transparency: Know Your Acronyms & Hashtags

Some of these are helpful, some are not. Check out the article for some good Twitter hashtags as well.


"GOVERNMENT SPECIFIC ACRONYMS

OGD - Open Government Directive
EO - Executive order
PAC - Political Action Committee
GAO - General Accounting Office
GSA - General Services Administration
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
CRS - Congressional Research Service
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
POIA - Public Online Information Act
CIO vs CTO - Chief Information Officer - Chief Technology Officer
GIS - Geographic Information System
OSS/FOSS - Open Source Software
TOS - Terms of Service"