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Glossary of Acronyms Released by the International Communications and Information Policy Division Bureau of Business and Economic Affairs July 10, 2000

ACICIP: Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy. ACTPN: Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations ACTS: American Council for Trade in Services APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum   BAFT: Bankers's Association for Foreign Trade CCIA: Computer & Communications Industry Association CIA: Central Intelligence Agency CITEL: Inter-American Telecommunications Commission COE: Council of Europe CSIS: Center for Strategic and International Studies DOC: U.S. Department of Commerce ITA: International Trade Administration NTIA: National Telecommunications and Information Administration PTO: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office TA: Technology Administration NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology DOJ: U.S. Department of Justice EBRD: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EETIS: Electronics, Electrical, Telecommunications and Information Technology Sectors ESI: Economic Strategy Institute EU: European Union DG XIII: Directorate General XIII - Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research FCC: U.S. Federal Communications Commission FTAA: Free Trade Agreement of the Americas FTC: U.S. Federal Trade Commission GBDe: Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce GII: Global Information Infrastructure GIIC: Global Information Infrastructure Commission GIS: Global Information Society HIIP: Harvard Information Infrastructure Project IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number ILPF: Internet Law and Policy Forum IMF: International Monetary Fund IMO: International Maritime Organization IMSO: International Mobile Satellite Organization Inmarsat, Ltd.: the successor operator of the commerical satellite business of IMSO INTELSAT: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization ISOC: The Internet Society ITAA: Information Technology Association of America ITAC: International Telecommunications Advisory Committee. These three subsectors of ITAC parallel the three subsectors of the ITU: ITAC-D: ITU Telecommunications Development Sector ITAC-R: ITU Radiocommunication Sector ITAC-T: Telecommunications Standardization Sector ITC: U.S. International Trade Commission ITI: Information Technology Industry Council ITRE: The Institute of Telecommunications Resellers in Europe ITU: International Telecommunication Union ITU-D: ITU Development Sector ITU-R: ITU Radiocommunication Sector ITU-T: ITU Telecommunications Standardization Sector MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement NII: National Information Infrastructure OAS: Organization of American States OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OSTP: U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy SBCA: Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association SNCR: Satellite Network Cost Recovery SOA: Summit of the Americas TABD: TransAtlantic Business Dialogue TACD: TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue TDA: U.S. Trade and Development Agency TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association TRA: Telecommunications Resellers Association USEU: U.S. Mission to the European Union USOECD: U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development USTR: Office of the United States Trade Representative USTTI: United States Telecommunications Training Institute WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization WITSA: World Information Technology and Services Alliance WTO: World Trade Organization WWICS: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [end of document] Economic and Business Affairs | Department of State