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ATRI American Transportation Research Institute

BP British Petroleum

CDL Commercial Driver's License

COTS Commercial-off-the-shelf

CPU Central Processing Unit

CSR Customer Service Representative

CVO Commercial Vehicle Operations

CVSA Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

DAG Hazmat Direct Action Group

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

Dsrc Dedicated Short-Range Communication

DOT Department of Transportation

E-Manifest Electronic Manifest

ESCM Electronic Supply Chain Management

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FHWA Federal Highway Administration

FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

FOT Field Operational Test

FR Functional Requirement

GPS Global Positioning System

Hazmat Hazardous Materials

HM Hazardous Materials

HTA Heavier-than-Air

IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police

ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems

JPO Joint Program Office

LTA Lighter-than-Air

LTL Less-than-Truckload

MCMIS Motor Carrier Management Information System

MCT Mobile Communications Terminal

NMC Network Management Center

OBC On-board Computer

P&D Pickup and Delivery

PDA Personal Digital Assistant

PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Psrc Public Sector Reporting Center

RFID Radio Frequency Identification Device

ROI Return on Investment

SAFE Security Awareness for Enforcement

SAIC Science Applications International Corporation

SRD Systems Requirement Document

SSI Sensitive Security Information

TIH Toxic-by-Inhalation

TSSI Total Security Services International

TL Truckload

U.S. DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

VIUS Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey

WPB Wireless Panic Button

WVD Wireless Vehicle Disable



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