D/L Projects
Development List Projects
This glossary includes terms, acronyms, and definitions used by National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and its associated agencies. It is organized alphabetically and includes a linked table of contents for ease of navigation. Hold the control key and click the Table of Contents entry to navigate.
Terms starting with D
D&B
Dun and Bradstreet; Publishes reports concerning financial status of companies; report used to help access impact on current contractor.
D&R
Develop and Relocate
DA
Department of Army
DAASC
Defense Automatic Addressing System Center (former name of DLA Transaction Services)
DAF
Department of the Air Force
DAPA
Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment OR Distribution and Pricing Agreement
DAPS
Document Automation and Production Service (former name of DLA Document Services)
DAU
Defense Acquisition University
DAV
Disabled American Veterans
DBE
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DCAA
Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCAS
Defense Contract Administration Service
DCASMA
Defense Contract Administration Services Management Area
DCASR
Defense Contract Administration Services Region
DCMA
Defense Contract Management Agency
DCSC
Defense Construction Supply Center (Columbus, Ohio)
DD
Department of Defense Form (followed by the number of the form being used, such as DD250).
DD1155
Order for Supplies of Services/Request for Quotations
DD250
Material Inspection and Receiving Report
DDC
Defense Distribution Center (former name of DLA Distribution)
DDS
Digital Data Scan™; NIB brand of document conversion services OR Direct Delivery Shipment
DDS-2
Domestic Delivery Services
DE
Development Engineer
DeCA
Defense Commissary Agency; DeCA operates a system of nearly 300 grocery stores at military bases throughout the United States and around the world. These stores serve American military personnel, their families, retirees, and other authorized users, such as the families of former POWs. Headquartered in Ft. Lee, Virginia.
Default
A clause incorporated in federal government contracts that provides for termination of a contract because of the contractor's actual or anticipated failure to perform its contractual obligations.
Delivery Order
Order for supplies/services placed against an established contract or with federal government sources of supply. DD1155 is used for this purpose.
DESC
Defense Energy Support Center (former name of DLA Energy)
Design Review
A formal, documented, comprehensive, and systematic examination of a design to evaluate the design requirements and the capability of the design to meet these requirements and to identify problems and propose solutions
Deviation (or Request for Deviation)
To supply items that do not completely meet specification requirements.
Deviation Permit
Written authorization, prior to production or provision of a service, to depart from specific requirements for specified quantity or specified time.
DFAS
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
DIBBS
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Internet Bid Board System
Direct Labor
All work required for preparation, processing, and packaging of a commodity or work directly related to the performance of a service, excluding supervision, administration, inspecting, or shipping.
DIS
Development Information System
DISA
Defense Information Systems Agency
Disability:In
Formerly the United States Business Leadership Network
Disbursing Office
A government pay office.
DISC
Defense Industrial Supply Center (part of DLA)
DLA
Defense Logistics Agency; located at Cameron Station, Alexandria, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. DLA supplies the nation's military services and several civilian agencies with the critical resources they need to accomplish worldwide missions. DLA provides wide-ranging logistical support for peacetime and wartime operations as well as emergency preparedness and humanitarian missions.
DLA Aviation
(new name of DSCR --- Defense Supply Center Richmond)
DLA Central
(both new and old name)
DLA Disposition Services
(new name of DRMS --- Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service)
DLA Distribution
(new name of DDC --- Defense Distribution Center)
DLA Document Services
(new name of DAPS --- Document Automation and Production Service)
DLA Energy
(new name of DESC --- Defense Energy Support Center)
DLA Europe and Africa
serves as the Defense Logistics Agency's operationalized Regional Command Headquarters supporting U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command Areas of Operation (AOR)
DLA Indo-Pacific
Formerly DLA Pacific, the agency's primary liaison to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Forces Japan, and Alaska Command.
DLA Land and Maritime
new name of Defense Supply Center Columbus
DLA Logistics Information Service
new name of DLIS --- Defense Logistics Information Service)
DLA Strategic Materials
formerly DNSC, Defense National Stockpile Center
DLA Transaction Services
formerly Defense Automatic Addressing System Center
DLA Troop Support
formerly Defense Supply Center Philadelphia; provides food, clothing and textiles, medical supplies and equipment, and industrial supplies and services to government organizations.
DLIS
Defense Logistics Information Service (formerly DLA Logistics Information Service)
DNS
Domain Naming Service
DNSC
Defense National Stockpile Center (former name of DLA Strategic Materials)
DOA
Direct Order Authorization
DOAA
Direct Order Authorization Amendment
DOBE
Disability-Owned Business Enterprise
DOC
Director of Contracting
DOD
Department of Defense
DODAAC
Department of Defense Activity Address Code
DOE
Department of Energy
DOEd
Department of Education
DOJ
Department of Justice
DOL
Department of Labor
DOL WHD
Department of Labor, Wage, and Hour Division; administers labor laws, including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor provisions of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Family and Medical Leave Act (MSPA); Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA); temporary visa programs; and wage requirements of Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
DOT
Dictionary of Occupational Titles; comprehensive description of occupations and requirements
DPAP
Defense Procurement Acquisition Policy
DQ Contracts
Definite Quantity Contracts; exact quantities and delivery dates are specified; different from requirements contract or indefinite quantity contracts
DRM
Direct Report Meeting
DRMS
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (former name of DLA Disposition Services)
DSCC
Defense Supply Center Columbus (former name of DLA Land and Maritime)
DSCP
Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (former name of DLA Troop Support) DSCR --- Defense Supply Center Richmond (former name of DLA Aviation)
DT&E
Development, Test, and Evaluation
DTT
Develop, Train, and Transfer
DVA
Department of Veterans Affairs
DVD
Direct Vendor Delivery