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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: For COTS SIS and Data Consultation Services Appendix B – Acronyms and Abbreviations
| 4th Estate |
| Refers to DoD organizations other than the military components, e.g., OSD AT&L Staff, defense agencies and field activities. |
| CJCS |
| Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CLIN |
| Contract Line Item Number |
| COTS |
| Commercial-off-the-Shelf |
| CRI |
| Critical: These are functions that are critical requirements and must be met for further considerations |
| DCPDS |
| Defense Civilian Personnel Data System |
| DIACAP |
| DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process |
| DoD |
| Department of Defense |
| DTS |
| Defense Travel System |
| FISMA |
| Federal Information Security Management Act (http://csrc.nist.gov/drivers/documents/FISMA-final.pdf) |
| FUN |
| Functional: A functional area that must be included in the SIS |
| GC |
| Google Cloud Services at NDU |
| IRB |
| Institutional Review Board |
| JCS |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JPME |
| Joint Professional Military Education |
| LMS |
| Learning Management System |
| MAN |
| Mandatory: These are functions that are required and must be met for further consideration |
| MSCHE |
| Middle States Commission for Higher Education |
| NDU |
| National Defense University |
| OPE |
| Operational: An operational area that must be included in the SIS for the SIS environment--closely related to hardware, software, networking, security, etc |
| OPT |
| Optional: These are functions that are "nice to have" and will be a consideration, but not a deciding factor |
| PER |
| Performance: A performance area that optimizes efficiency and leverages state-of-the-art tools to meet minimum standards/requirements for processes and transactions |
| PIA |
| Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/540016p.pdf |
| PII |
| Personally Identifiable Information |
| PoP |
| Period of Performance |
| PRE |
| Preferred: These are functions that although not required, are preferred and will differentiate between COTS SISs |
| SaaS |
| Software as a Service |
| SIS |
| Student Information System |
SaaS COTS SIS RFP 1