| AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| ALDOT |
Alabama Department of Transportation |
| BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
| BPL |
Broadband over Power Lines |
| CCTV |
closed circuit television |
| CERT |
Consortium for Education, Research, and Technology |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulation |
| CLBI |
Central Louisiana Business Incubator |
| CLEC |
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers |
| COTM |
Contracting Officer Task Order Manager |
| DCAM |
Division of Capital Asset Management |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DMS |
dynamic message signs |
| DOT |
department of transportation |
| DSL |
Digital subscriber line |
| DSRC |
dedicated short-range communications |
| DTN |
data transmission network |
| EHIS |
electronic health information systems |
| EMR |
Electronic medical record |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Centers |
| ESP |
Emergency Service Provider |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FLHP |
Federal Lands Highway Program |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
| GHz |
Giga Hertz |
| GIS |
geographic information system |
| HAR |
highway advisory radio |
| HST |
high speed telecommunications |
| ICN |
Iowa Communications Network |
| IEEE |
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ILEC |
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers |
| ITS |
intelligent transportation systems |
| IXC |
interexchange carrier |
| Kbps |
kilobits per second |
| LaDOTD |
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |
| LAN |
local area network |
| LSU |
Louisiana State University |
| Mbps |
megabits per second |
| MDOT |
Mississippi Department of Transportation |
| MHz |
Mega Hertz |
| MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MSDDC |
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NTIA |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| POP |
point of presence |
| PPP |
Public-Private Partnership |
| PSTN |
public switched telephone networks |
| RFP |
request for proposal |
| ROADM |
Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexing Technology |
| ROW |
rights-of-way |
| SAFETEA-LU |
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users |
| SWOT |
strength, weaknesses, opportunity, and threats |
| TCA |
The Telecommunications Act |
| TDM |
time division multiplexing |
| TMC |
Transportation Management Center |
| TOC |
traffic operations centers |
| tPA |
tissue palsminogen activator |
| TTI |
Texas Transportation Institute |
| U.S. DOT |
United States Department of Transportation |
| UAP |
utility accommodation policy |
| UMC |
Mississippi Medical Center |
| USAC |
Universal Service Administrative Company |
| USACOE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USD |
University of South Dakota |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USF |
Universal Service Fund |
| USFS |
United States Forest Service |
| UTOPIA |
Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency |
| UZA |
urbanized area |
| VII |
vehicle infrastructure integration |
| VMT |
vehicle miles traveled |
| VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
| WAN |
wide area network |
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
| WIM |
weigh-in-motion |
| WiMAX |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
