GAO - Government Accountability Office
GPO - Government Publishing Office (http://www.gpo.gov/)
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulations
CCR - Central Contractor Registry (now part of SAM)
SAM - System for Award Management (sam.gov)
APA - Administrative Procedures Act
CMIA - Cash Management Improvement Act
FFATA - Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (usaspending.gov)
FAPIIS - Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
FGCA - Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement (Act)
GPRA - Government Performance and Results Act
GPRAMA - GPRA Modernization Act
ADA - Antideficiency Act
FAC - Federal Audit Clearinghouse
FRA - Federal Register Act; posting for notice and comment
GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAGAS - Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards
SEFA - Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
MOU/MOA - Memoranda of Understanding/Agreement
ASAP - Automated Standard Application for Payments
PMS - Payment Management System
FFR - Federal Financial Report
PPR - Performance Progress Report
CAP - Corrective Action Plan (in the context of audit findings)
CAP - Cost Allocation Plan (in the context of indirect costs in a budget)
Cognizant Agency - Federal agency that, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. Provides dominant amount of funding.
Supplant - A substitution of money from one source, replacing another
Supplement - Adding additional money to a program
Material Noncompliance - Willful disregard of regulations