OA
(ASC HQ) Office of Administration
OAD
Ocean Assessments Division
OAG
Ocean Applications Group
OALOS
(UN) Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
OAR
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OAS
Organization of American States
OASDI
Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance
OCA
Office of Consumer Affairs
OCA/PAC
Oceans and Coastal Areas/Program Activity Center
OCD
Operational Capability Demonstration
OCEANS
Ocean Circulation Evolution Analysis and Nowcast System
OCN
Oregon Coastal Natural
OCR
Office of Civil Rights
OCR
Optical Character Recognition
OCRM
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
OCRM
Office of Coastal Resource Management
OCS
Office of the Chief Scientist
OCS
Outer Continental Shelf
OCSE
Office of Child Support Enforcement
OCSEAP
Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program
OCTS
Ocean Color and Temperature Sensor
OD
Overfishing Definition
ODA
Open Document Architecture
ODAS
Ocean Data Acquisition System
ODDS
(NOAA) Oceanographic Data Distribution System
ODFW
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
ODNRI
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute
OEA
Office of External Affairs
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OEN
Operational Evaluation Network
OES
(NOS) Ocean and Earth Sciences
OFCCP
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program
OFCF
(Japan) Overseas Fisheries Cooperation Foundation
OFCM
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
OFIS
Office of Fisheries Information Systems
OFPP
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OGE
Office of Government Ethics
OGP
Office of Global Programs
OHS
Occupational Health Services
OICD
Office of International Cooperation and Development
OIG
Office of Inspector General
OLA
(NOAA) Office of Legislative Affairs
OLDEPESCA
(Latin American Organization for the Development of Fisheries)
OLDEPESCA
Organizacion Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Pesquero
OLO
Our Living Oceans
OMA
(IEP) Office of Multilateral Affairs
OMA
(NOS) Office of Marine Assessments
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
OMBP
Office of Management, Budget and Planning
OMZ
Oxygen Minimum Zone
ONCO
Office of NOAA Corps Operations
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OOC
Operational Oceanography Center
OOS
Office of Ocean Services
OOSDP
Ocean Observing System Development Panel
OP
Obligated Position
OPA
Office of Public Affairs
OPA
Oil Pollution Act (of 1990)
OPAC
On Line Payment and Collection System
OPB
Officer Personnel Board
OPB
Officer Promotion Board
OPC
(NOS) Ocean Products Center
OPC
Optical Particle Counter
OPDIN
Ocean Pollution Data and Information Network
OPF
Official Personnel Folder
OPI
Oregon Production Index
OPM
Office of Personnel Management
OPPRC
Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Convention
OPTOMA
Ocean Prediction through Observation, Modeling and Analysis
OR
Oceanic Research
OR&F
Operations, Research and Facilities
ORCA
(NOS) Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment
ORCAFORCE
Oceanic Research and Conservation Action FORCE
OREAP
(Calif.) Ocean Resources Enforcement Advisory Panel
OREHP
(Calif.) Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program
ORI
Oceanographic Research Institute
ORSL
(URI) Ocean Remote Sensing Laboratory
ORSTOM
Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer
ORTA
Office of Research and Technology Applications
OSAA
Operational Satellite Active Archive
OSB
(NRC) Ocean Studies Board
OSC
Ocean Science Committee
OSC
Orbital Science Corporation
OSCR
Ocean Surface Current Radar
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (or Act)
OSI
Open Systems Interconnect
OSLR
Ocean Science in Relation to Living Resources
OSP
(Hawaii) Office of State Planning
OSP
Ocean Sampling Program
OSP
Oceans Studies Plan
OSP
Optimum Sustainable Population
OSP
Outstanding Scholar Program
OSRA
Oil Spill Risk Analysis
OSSE
Observing System Simulation Experiment
OSSM
On-Scene Spill Model
OSSPRE
(NSF) Ocean Sciences Strategic Plan for Research and Education
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OSV
Offshore Supply Vessels
OT
Overtime
OTC
Oxytetracycline
OTEC
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OTH
Over-the-Horizon
OUR
(NOAA) Office of Undersea Research
OWCP
Office of Workers' Compensation Program
OY
Optimum Yield