| ACMD | Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
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| BGS | British Geological Survey
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| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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| BMA | British Medical Association
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| BNSC | British National Space Centre
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| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
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| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority
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| CBRN | chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
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| CCC | Civil Contingencies Committee
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| CCS | Civil Contingencies Secretariat
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| CESG | Communications Electronics Security Group
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| CME | coronal mass ejection
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| CMO | Chief Medical Officer
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| CO | Cabinet Office |
| COBR | Cabinet Office Briefing Room
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| COMAH | Control of Major Accident Hazards
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| Conops | Concept of Operations
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| CoPSAC | Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees
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| CPNI | Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
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| CRR | Community Risk Register
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| CSA | Chief Scientific Adviser
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| CSOC | Cyber Security Operations Centre
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| CTC | Counter-Terrorist Check
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| DA | Devolved Administration
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| DDoS | distributed denial of service
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| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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| DH | Department of Health |
| DoS | denial of service |
| DSTL | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
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| DV | Developed Vetting |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
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| ESA | European Space Agency
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| GCHQ | Government Communications Headquarters
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| GCSA | Government Chief Scientific Adviser
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| GCSEA | Government Chief Scientific and Engineering Adviser
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| GCSS | Government Chief Social Scientist
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| GO Science | Government Office for Science
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| HPA | Health Protection Agency
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| HSC | Horizon Scanning Centre
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| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Authority
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| IED | improvised explosive device
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| JCVI | Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
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| LGA | Local Government Association
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| LGD | Lead Government Department
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| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| MRC | Medical Research Council
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| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body
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| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council
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| NHS | National Health Service
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| NIMR | National Institute for Medical Research
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| NRA | National Risk Assessment
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| NRR | National Risk Register
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| OCS | Office of Cyber Security
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| OCSIA | Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance
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| OGCIO | Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
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| PHS | Public Health Service
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| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society
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| RCUK | Research Councils UK
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| RRR | Regional Risk Register
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| SAC | Scientific Advisory Committee
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| SAG | Scientific Advisory Group on Pandemic Influenza
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| SAGE | Scientific Advisory Group in Emergencies
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| SAPER | Scientific Advisory Panel on Emergency Response
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| SC | Security Check |
| SEP | solar energetic particle
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| SITREP | Cabinet Office Situation Report
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| SMC | Science Media Centre |
| SPI | Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee
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| SSA | Space Situational Awareness
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| UKSA | UK Space Agency |
| WHO | World Health Organisation
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