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Acronyms ACS American Community Survey AVIRIS Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis BLM Bureau of Land Management BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics BTS Bureau of Transportation Statistics CO2 Carbon dioxide ComPlan Interactive land use-transportation computer model utilized DLG Digital Line Graph (USGS) DOC U.S. Department of Commerce DOI U.S. Department of Interior DOT U.S. Department of Transportation EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPI Eastern Planning Initiative ES202 Employee Statistics 202 ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FHWA Federal Highway Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service GASB Government Accounting Standards Board GDP Gross Domestic Product GIS Geographic Information System 175
176 ACRONYMS GNP Gross National Product GPI Genuine Progress Indicator GWA Greater Wasatch Area HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development IRIS Integrated Risk Information System (EPA) ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act ITDB Intermodal Transportation Database (DOT) LEM Location Efficient Mortgage MAUP Modifiable area unit problem MPO Metropolitan planning organizations NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NCSS National Cooperative Soil Survey Program (NRCS) NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NHD National Hydrography Dataset NOx Nitric oxides NRC National Research Council NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure NWI National Wetlands Inventory (FWS) NWIS National Water Information System (USGS) QGET Quality Growth Efficiency Tools REIS Regional Economic Information System RF3 Reach File 3 (EPA) R-Maps Research Maps (HUD) SDI Group U.S. Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators SSURGO Soil Survey Geographic database (NRCS) TEA-21 Transportation and Equity Act for the Twenty-First Century USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USFS United States Forest Service USGCRP U.S. Global Charge Research Program USGS U.S. Geological Survey