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Incident Action Plan - An oral or written plan containing general objectives reflecting the overall strategy for managing an incident. It may include the identification of operational resources and assignments. It may also include attachments that provide direction and important information for management of the incident during one or more operational periods. Also called IAP.
Incident Command Post - The field location where the primary functions are performed. The ICP may be co-located with the incident base or other incident facilities. Also called ICP.
Incident Command System - A standardized on-scene emergency management construct designed to aid in the management of resources during incidents. Also called ICS.
Incident Command System - A standardized, on-scene, all-hazard incident management concept. ICS, required by HSPD-5 and delineated in the National Incident Management System (NIMS), is based upon a flexible, scalable response organization providing a common framework within which people can work together effectively. ICS has been summarized as a first-on-scene structure; that is, where the first person on scene is in charge until the incident is resolved or responsibility is transferred to a more-qualified individual. Also called ICS.
Incident Command - Entity responsible for overall management of the incident. Consists of the Incident Commander, either single or unified command, and any assigned supporting staff.
Incident Commander - The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources. The Incident Commander has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations and is responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site.
Incident Commander - The person in charge of all emergency response activities during an emergency. Also called IC.
Incident Management Assistance Team - An interagency national- or regional-based team composed of subject-matter experts and incident management professionals from multiple Federal departments and agencies. Also called IMAT.
Incident Management Team - An incident command organization made up of the Command and General Staff members and appropriate functional units of an Incident Command System organization. The level of training and experience of the IMT members, coupled with the identified formal response requirements and responsibilities of the IMT, are factors in determining the “type,” or level, of IMT. IMTs are generally grouped in five types. Types I and II are national teams, Type III are State or regional, Type IV are discipline- or large jurisdiction-specific, and Type V are ad hoc incident command organizations typically used by smaller jurisdictions. Also called IMT.
Incident Management Team - The Department body that supports and manages all Department level emergency response efforts during a domestic emergency that impacts the Department. Also called IMT
Incident management - Refers to how incidents are managed across all homeland security activities, including prevention, protection, and response and recovery.
Indian land - land of Indian tribes, or Indian individuals, which are either held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States.
Indian lands - lands of Indian tribes or Indian individuals which are either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States.
Indian tribe - any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaskan Native village or regional or village corporation (as defined in, or established under, the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act) that is recognized by the United States as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
Indian wars - the campaigns, engagements, and expeditions of the United States military forces against Indian tribes or nations, service in which has been recognized heretofore as pensionable service.
Information Programs Center - The transmission facility at a post abroad responsible for secure command and control messaging systems and other assigned telecommunications duties. Also
Information Sharing and Safeguarding Governance Board - Department’s senior governance and decision-making body for all departmental information sharing and safeguarding issues develops and oversees the implementation of the Department’s information sharing and safeguarding strategy, establishes goals and priorities relating to information sharing and safeguarding, and ensures consistency in information sharing and safeguarding policy and procedures both within the Department and between the Department and other Federal agencies, State and local governments, and private sector and international partners.
Information Technical Center - The office at posts abroad responsible for the technical portion of the transmission facility. Also called ITC.
Insider Threat Operations Center - intra-departmental operations center responsible for performing and managing the insider threat activities of the DHS Support Components and coordinating the insider threat activities of the DHS Operational Components managed by the Senior Insider Threat Official subject to the guidance and direction of the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis.
Integrated Country Strategies - The strategic plan developed by each mission overseas that serves as a single multi-year overarching strategy that encapsulates U.S. government policy priorities, objectives, and the means by which diplomatic engagement, foreign assistance, and other tools will be used to achieve them. The ICS is developed through a coordinated whole-of-government planning effort and is used to inform budget decisions, drive operational planning decisions, and shape performance reviews. Also called ICS.
Integrated Logistics Management System - A computerized data and tracking system used by the Office of Logistics Management in the Bureau of Administration. Also called ILMS.
Integrated Logistics Management System - A unified, Web-based information system designed to upgrade the State Department supply chain by allowing one-time data entry and shared information. These improvements affect operations in areas such as purchasing, procurement, warehousing, transportation, property management, personal effects, and Diplomatic Pouch and Mail. See lm.a.state.gov. Also called ILMS.
Integrated Logistics Management System - ILMS is a unified Web-based information system designed to upgrade the State Departments supply chain by improving processing in such areas as purchasing, procurement, warehousing, transportation, receiving, property management, personal effects, diplomatic pouch and mail. Also called ILMS.
Integrated Services Digital Network - A set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the traditional circuits of the public switched-digital network. Also called ISDN.
Integrated Services Digital Network - A telecommunications standard that can integrate data, voice, and video signals over a digital telephone line. Also called ISDN.
Intelligence Community - an element or agency of the U.S. Government identified in or designated pursuant to the National Security Act of 1947.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - The Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter- Range Missiles entered into force on June 1, 1988. The Treaty is of unlimited duration. Also called INF Treaty.
International Air Transport Association - The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The main objective of the organization is to assist airline companies to achieve lawful competition and uniformity in prices. They also regulate the shipping of dangerous goods and publish the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations manual, a globally accepted field source reference for airlines shipping hazardous materials. Also called IATA.
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards - the safeguards set forth in an agreement between a country and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the
International Atomic Energy Agency - The international organization established by treaty (the IAEA Statute) in 1957 to promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy and apply safeguards against its diversion to military purposes. Also called IAEA.
International Direct Distance Dialing - A tariffed service to assess telephone charges for long-distance international calls. The Department uses a commercial ID3 long-distance service, and callers dial a special access number to access commercial trunks. Also called ID3.
International Space Station Intergovernmental Agreement - the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the International Space Station, signed at Washington January 29, 1998.
International Voice Gateway - An international telephone network administered by DTS-PO directly linking Washington foreign affairs agency headquarters with field offices abroad via dedicated voice circuitry. The IVG Network also provides connectivity to the Department of State's Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) at Beltsville, MD. Also called IVG.
Internet Protocol address - An identifier for a computer or device on a network employing Transmission-Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/ IP). Networks using the TCP/ IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be 0 (zero) to 255. The local IP address of your computer is 127.0.0.1. Also called IP address.
Interoperability - The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to and to accept services from other systems, units, or forces, and to enable the services to operate effectively together. As applied to the Department of Defense only, the condition achieved among communications- electronics systems or items of communications-electronics equipment when information or services can be exchanged directly and satisfactorily between them and/ or their users. The degree of interoperability should be defined when referring to specific cases.
Intra-governmental Payment and Collection - A system that allows agencies to issue payments and provide collecting capabilities by going through the Department of Treasury via the Internet. Also called IPAC.

iMATRIX - The Department's IT portfolio management tool that serves as the single authoritative source for information on Department technology investments, programs, projects, and assets. It merged and replaced two legacy repositories, ITAB and eCPIC.
identical - When each respondent or group of respondents is being asked to provide the same level of information on the same subject. Identical questions do not need to be phrased exactly the same way each time they are asked, nor does each respondent need to be asked the same set of questions. USAID, FAM, 2 FAM 1163.2 )
identifiable patient safety work product - patient safety work product that- (A) is presented in a form and manner that allows the identification of any provider that is a subject of the work product, or any providers that participate in activities that are a subject of the work product; (B) constitutes individually identifiable health information as that term is defined in the HIPAA confidentiality regulations; or (C) is presented in a form and manner that allows the identification of an individual who reported information in the manner specified.
identification and authentication - Organizations must identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users or devices, and authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems. Also called IA.
identification maneuver - A maneuver performed for identification purposes.
identification media - A building or visitor pass.
identification, friend or foe - A device that emits a signal positively identifying it as a friendly. Also called IFF. See also air defense.
identification - 1. The process of determining the friendly or hostile character of an unknown detected contact. 2. In arms control, the process of determining which nation is responsible for the detected violations of any arms control measure. 3. In ground combat operations, discrimination between recognizable objects as being friendly or enemy, or the name that belongs to the object as a member of a class. Also called ID.
identification - Identification is the means by which a user provides a claimed identity to the system.
identification - The process of verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, usually as a prerequisite for granting access to resources in an IT system.
identifier - Unique data used to represent a person or devices identity and associated attributes (e.g., username).
identifying activity level - transactions in publicly traded securities at or above a level of volume, fair market value, or exercise value as shall be fixed from time to time by the Commission by rule or regulation, specifying the time interval during which such transactions shall be aggregated.
identity intelligence - The intelligence resulting from the processing of identity attributes concerning individuals, groups, networks, or populations of interest. Also called I2.
identity theft report - at a minimum, a report- (A) that alleges an identity theft; (B) that is a copy of an official, valid report filed by a consumer with an appropriate Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, including the United States Postal Inspection Service, or such other
identity theft - A fraud committed using the identifying information of another person.
identity theft - a fraud committed using the identifying information of another person, subject to such further definition as the Bureau may prescribe, by regulation.
ignitor - device designed to produce a flame or a spark to initiate an explosive train.
illicit drug trafficking - illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and other controlled substances, as such activities are described by any international narcotics control agreement to which the United States is a signatory, or by the domestic law of the country in whose territory or airspace the interdiction is occurring.
imagery exploitation - The cycle of processing, using, interpreting, mensuration and/ or manipulating imagery, and any assembly or consolidation of the results for dissemination.
imagery intelligence - The technical, geographic, and intelligence information derived through the interpretation or analysis of imagery and collateral materials. Also called IMINT. See also intelligence.
imagery - A likeness or presentation of any natural or man-made feature or related object or activity, and the positional data acquired at the same time the likeness or representation was acquired, including: products produced by space-based national intelligence reconnaissance systems; and likeness and presentations produced by satellites, airborne platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles, or other similar means (except that such term does not include handheld or clandestine photography taken by or on behalf of human intelligence collection organizations).
immediate air support - Air support to meet specific requests which arise during the course of a battle and which by their nature cannot be planned in advance.
immediate decontamination - Decontamination carried out by individuals immediately upon becoming contaminated to save lives, minimize casualties, and limit the spread of contamination. Also called emergency decontamination. See also contamination; decontamination.
immediate family member - For EVT purposes, this term applies to the spouse or domestic partner and children, including stepchildren, adopted children, and those who are or were under legal guardianship; and parents of the employee or the employees spouse or domestic partner. In the case of death EVT, the term immediate family members also applies to siblings, including stepbrothers, stepsisters, half-brothers and half-sisters of the employee, or the employees spouse or domestic partner.
immediate recovery IT service - restoration of critical information technology systems and services with such rapidity as to have no significant loss of service to the customer.
immediate response authority - A Federal military commander’s, Department of Defense component head’s, and/ or responsible Department of Defense civilian official’s authority temporarily to employ resources under their control, subject to any supplemental direction provided by higher headquarters, and provide those resources to save lives, prevent human suffering, or mitigate great property damage in response to a request for assistance from a civil authority, under imminently serious conditions when time does not permit approval from a higher authority within the United States. Immediate response authority does not permit actions that would subject civilians to the use of military power that is regulatory, prescriptive, proscriptive, or compulsory.
immediate response - Any form of immediate action taken in the United States and territories to save lives, prevent human suffering, or mitigate great property damage in response to a request for assistance from a civil authority, under imminently serious conditions when time does not permit approval from a higher authority.
immediate retirement - employee who is separated from the service, except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency.
immediate - A precedence designator restricted to telegrams of such urgency as to require immediate attention or action during normal duty hours. Immediate telegrams are not urgent enough to require attention after regular duty hours, holidays or weekends.
imminent hazard - a situation which exists when the continued use of a pesticide during the time required for cancellation proceeding would be likely to result in unreasonable adverse effects on the environment or will involve unreasonable hazard to the survival of a species declared endangered or threatened by the Secretary pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
imminent hazard - the existence of a condition relating to hazardous material that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, injury, or endangerment.
impact evaluation research - the application of research methods and statistical analysis to measure the extent to which change in a population-based outcome can be attributed to program intervention instead of other environmental factors.
impact measures - as controls become fully implemented and refined impact measures assess the impact of these controls on the Departments strategic missions and goals, often through quantifying the cost savings produced by the security program or through costs incurred from addressing security events.
impact - measure of effect or influence of an action, person, or thing on another may occur as either direct or indirect results of an action.
impasse - When the action office makes no response to an OIG recommendation, rejects it, or does not resolve it after a reasonable effort to achieve agreement, the OIG may take the issue to impasse. The impasse official for the Department is the Under Secretary for Management for the Department. The impasse official for the BBG is the Director for the International Broadcasting Bureau. The impasse official for the USIBWC is the Commissioner. The Inspector General may appeal an impasse decision in the Department and the BBG to the appropriate Deputy Secretary, or to the Secretary.
implementation disputes - any dispute between the agency and the exclusive representative.
implementation measures - are used when security controls have been defined in procedures and are in the process of being implemented. The metrics are used to demonstrate progress in implementing policies and procedures for individual security controls.
implementation - Procedures governing the mobilization of the force and the deployment, employment, and sustainment of military operations in response to execution orders issued by the Secretary of Defense.
implementation - act of putting a procedure or course of action into effect to support goals or achieve objectives.
implementation - all activity in the life cycle of a project after preliminary design, independent assessment of the preliminary design, and approval to proceed into implementation, including critical design, development, certification, launch, operations, disposal of assets, and, for technology programs, development, testing, analysis, and communication of the results.
implementing document - supplemental information that provide guidance, technical or programmatic in nature, which assist in implementing Policy Statements, Directives, and Instructions.
implementing partner organization - an entity eligible to receive assistance under this subpart which is-
implementing revenue bill or resolution - an implementing bill, or approval resolution, which contains one or more revenue measures by reason of which it must originate in the House of Representatives.
implied task - In the context of joint operation planning, a task derived during mission analysis that an organization must perform or prepare to perform to accomplish a specified task or the mission, but which is not stated in the higher headquarters order. See also essential task; specified task.
import activity summary statement - data or information transmitted electronically to the Customs Service, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary prescribes, at the end of a specified period of time which enables the Customs Service to assess properly the duties, taxes and fees on merchandise imported during that period, collect accurate statistics and determine whether any other applicable requirement of law (other than a requirement relating to release from customs custody) is met.
import and importation - to move into, or the act of movement into, the territorial limits of the United States.
import cost - the transaction value of the imported merchandise determined, when not included in the transaction value, all necessary expenses, exclusive of customs duties, of bringing such merchandise to the United States.
import sensitive agricultural product - an agricultural product- (A) with respect to which, as a result of the Uruguay Round Agreements, the rate of duty was the subject of tariff reductions by the United States and, pursuant to such Agreements, was reduced on January 1, 1995, to a rate that was not less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty that applied to such article on December 31, 1994; or (B) which was subject to a tariff rate quota on June 29, 2015.
import substitution subsidy - a subsidy that is contingent upon the use of domestic goods over imported goods, alone or as 1 of 2 or more conditions.
importer - any person engaged in the business of importing or bringing explosive materials into the United States for purposes of sale or distribution.
importer - any person who imports an agricultural commodity from outside the United States for sale in the United States as a principal or as an agent, broker, or consignee of any person.
importer - one of the parties qualifying as an importer of record.
importing authority - 1 or more entities designated by a Participant into whose territory a shipment of rough diamonds is imported as having the authority to enforce the laws and regulations of the Participant regulating imports, including the verification of the Kimberley Process Certificate accompanying the shipment.
imports - any meat, poultry, other food, animal, or plant that is imported into the United States in commercially significant quantities.
impoundment or impounding - the seizing and taking into custody of a commercial motor vehicle or the immobilizing of a commercial motor vehicle through the attachment of a locking device or other mechanical or electronic means.
imprest fund - A cash fund of a fixed amount established through an advance of funds, without appropriation change, to an authorized imprest fund cashier to effect immediate cash payments of relatively small amounts for authorized purchases of supplies and nonpersonal services.
imprest fund - A fixed or petty-cash fund in the form of currency or coin that has been advanced as Funds Held Outside of the Treasury (see also cashier advance).
imprest fund - A fixed-cash or petty cash fund in the form of currency, coin, or U.S. Government check that has been authorized by a Department of State official or USDO to an appropriately designated cashier for cash payments or other cash requirement purposes as specified in the designation. The fund is established with an advance to the cashier and may be a revolving type, replenished to the fixed amount as used, or a nonrevolving type, such as a change-making fund. An imprest fund is a method of payment, not an authorization for payment. Designations are processed.
imprisonment - being confined in or otherwise restricted to a jail, prison, half-way house, treatment facility, or another institution, on a full or part-time basis, pursuant to the sentence imposed as the result of a criminal conviction.
improper payment - Any payment that should not have been made or that was made in an incorrect amount (including overpayments and underpayments) under statutory, contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable requirements. Improper payment also includes any payment to an ineligible recipient, payment for an ineligible good or service, a duplicate payment, or payment for a good or service not received (except for such payments where authorized by law).
improvements - Additions or alterations that increase the value or change the use of a building or property or significantly improve its utility. It does not include maintenance, repair, or restoration to the original condition. Improvements create something that did not exist before.
improvements - new construction of facilities and all additions, improvements, modifications, or renovations made to existing facilities or to real property, without regard to whether they were carried out with appropriated or nonappropriated funds.
improvised claymore - improvised weapon, military or homemade, designed to explosively propel a fan shaped pattern of ball bearings or other fragmentation in an aimed direction.
improvised explosive device associated components - components that are: 1) part of an improvised explosive device or improvised weapon system; 2) the tools required to produce the components; or 3) precursors to the manufacture of improvised explosive device components to include explosives.
improvised explosive device container - item or vessel that commonly houses the whole improvised explosive device (IED) or principle components of an improvised explosive device.
improvised explosive device enhancement - optional additional component deliberately added as opposed to a secondary hazard that modifies the effects of the improvised explosive device.
improvised explosive device explosion incident - improvised explosive device (IED) incident that results in a partial or complete functioning of an improvised explosive device occurs when gaseous products are rapidly produced from a single substance (high explosives or low explosives with a fuel and oxidant).
improvised explosive device incident atmospherics - description of the demeanor of the civilian population at an IED event to include mood, absence or presence, changes in previously experienced interactions, etc.
improvised explosive device incident geometry - description of how the improvised explosive device
improvised explosive device intended outcome - immediate and direct goal or objective of an enemy’s improvised explosive device (IED) attack objectives include anti-armor, anti-vehicle, anti- infrastructure, anti-personnel, anti-aircraft, tactics - techniques - procedures (TTP) identification, and criminal.
improvised explosive device main charge - bulk explosive component of an improvised explosive device (IED) capable of providing an explosion by its own energy when initiated.
improvised explosive device post blast analysis - process of systemic photographing and collecting forensic material involved in an improvised explosive device (IED) incident.
improvised explosive device power source - source of power – that either stores or releases electrical energy – for the initiation of an improvised explosive device (IED) or improvised weapon.
improvised explosive device related incident - occurrence that involves one or more of the following types of improvised explosive device-related actions/ activities: Improvised Explosive Device, Explosion, Find, Cache, False, Hoax.
improvised explosive device sourcing - process of determining the origination point (such as a production facility or person, a geographic location, or a specific country of origin) for IED components.
improvised explosive device tactical characterization - description of how an improvised explosive device (IED) incident was conducted or planned (tactical design) to be conducted provides context for how a specific device is used/ intended (purpose of device) to be used.
improvised explosive device tactical design - specific design of an improvised explosive device (IED ) attack includes but not limited to: position of the IED, the type of IED, method of actuation, intended target, type of road segment used, concealment technique, use of secondary devices, the time of day, etc.
improvised explosive device technical categorization - description of an improvised explosive device
improvised explosive device - A weapon that is fabricated or emplaced in an unconventional manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals designed to kill, destroy, incapacitate, harass, deny mobility, or distract. Also called IED.
improvised explosive device - device placed or fabricated in an unconventional manner that incorporates in its design explosives or destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals generally consists of an explosive; power supply; switch or timer; and detonator or initiator; may incorporate military stores, but is normally devised from non-military components.
improvised grenade - improvised weapon, military or homemade, designed to explode when a restraint is removed (usually handheld, but can be projected).
improvised mortar - improvised weapon, military or homemade, designed to launch an explosive charge to the target.
improvised nuclear device - A device incorporating fissile materials designed or constructed outside of an official government agency that has, appears to have, or is claimed to be a nuclear weapon that is
improvised rocket - improvised weapon, military or homemade, designed to propel an explosive charge to the target.
improvised weapons - weapons constructed in an improvised manner designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass or distract.
in practice - to an activity normally performed in such country during the one-year period preceding the arrival of such vessel into the United States or coastal waters thereof.
in support of - Assisting or protecting another formation, unit, or organization while remaining under original control.
in writing, writing, or written - any worded or numbered expression that can be read, reproduced, and later communicated, and includes electronically transmitted and stored information.
in-conference monitoring - technical examination intended to explicitly monitor and assure the exclusivity of meetings that are confidential or secret.
in-house savings - Net life-cycle cost savings achieved by in-house agency staff using VE techniques.
in-service training - training and professional development of staff usually provided during normal working hours.
in-space transportation services - operations and activities involved in the direct transportation or attempted transportation of a payload or object from one orbit to another by means of an in-space transportation vehicle.
in-space transportation system - the space and ground elements, including in-space transportation vehicles and support space systems, and ground administration and control facilities and associated equipment, necessary for the provision of in-space transportation services.
in-space transportation vehicle - a vehicle designed — (A) to be based and operated in space; (B) to transport various payloads or objects from one orbit to another orbit; and (C) to be reusable and refueled in space.
in-transit visibility - The ability to track the identity, status, and location of Department of Defense units, and non-unit cargo (excluding bulk petroleum, oils, and lubricants) and passengers; patients; and personal property from origin to consignee or destination across the range of military operations. Also called ITV.
in/ on improvised explosive device emplacement - improvised explosive device (IED) emplaced inside or directly on an item, vehicle, building, etc.
inactive defense waste disposal site - any site (including any facility) under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy which is used for the disposal of defense waste and is closed to the disposal of additional defense waste, including any site that is subject to decontamination and decommissioning.
inactive duty training - Authorized training performed by a member of a Reserve Component not on active duty or active duty for training and consisting of regularly scheduled unit training assemblies, additional training assemblies, periods of appropriate duty or equivalent training, and any special additional duties authorized for Reserve Component personnel by the Secretary concerned, and performed by them in connection with the prescribed activities of the organization in which they are assigned with or without pay. See also active duty for training.
inactive status - Status of reserve members on an inactive status list of a Reserve Component or assigned
inadmissible alien - alien that has not been inspected and admitted to the United States who is subject to the grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
incapable of providing proper care - that a sole or surviving parent is unable to provide for the child’s basic needs, consistent with the local standards of the foreign sending country. A parent could be unable to provide proper care due to a number of reasons, including extreme poverty, mental or emotional difficulties, or long-term incarceration. See 9 FAM 502.3-3(B)(4) for additional information on the status of orphans natural parents. See also 9 FAM 502.3-4(B)(6) for a discussion of incapable of providing proper care in the context of Convention adoption cases.
incapacitating agent - A chemical agent, which produces temporary disabling conditions that can be physical or mental and persist for hours or days after exposure to the agent has ceased.
incapacitation - A physical, mental, emotional or post-surgical condition whether temporary or permanent, that is severely impairing a parents ability to continue with current living arrangements.
incendiary - chemical mixtures which are capable of causing fire.
incentive payments - direct monetary compensation made by a United States supplier of defense articles or defense services or by any employee, agent or subcontractor thereof to any other United States person to induce or persuade that United States person to purchase or acquire goods or services produced, manufactured, grown, or extracted, in whole or in part, in the foreign country which is purchasing those defense articles or services from the United States supplier.
incidence - The ultimate distributional effect of a tax, expenditure, or regulatory program.
incident Objectives - Statements of guidance and direction needed to select appropriate strategy(s) and the tactical direction of resources. Incident objectives are based on realistic expectations of what can be accomplished when all allocated resources have been effectively deployed. Incident objectives must be achievable and measurable, yet flexible enough to allow strategic and tactical alternatives.
incident annexes - Describe the concept of operations to address specific contingency or hazard situations or an element of an incident requiring specialized application of the National Response Framework.
incident awareness and assessment - The Secretary of Defense approved use of Department of Defense intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and other intelligence capabilities for domestic non- intelligence support for defense support of civil authorities. Also called IAA.
incident driven activity - specific action to stop, interdict, or otherwise respond to an incident.
incident environmental condition - description of the ambient surrounding conditions to include weather conditions such as temperature, precipitation, fog, dust, etc.
incident management - A national comprehensive approach to preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies.
incident management - management and coordination of prevention, protection, and emergency management activities associated with a specific threat, or an actual occurrence includes, for example, major disasters, emergencies, terrorist attacks, specific threats of terrorist attacks, wildland and urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies, cyber attacks, and any other occurrences.
incident record IT service - document that contains the details of an unplanned interruption to a service or reduction in the quality of service.
incident response plan - The documentation of a predetermined set of instructions or procedures to detect, respond to, and limit consequences of a malicious cyber attacks against an organizations information system(s).
incident response - Organizations must- (1) Establish an operational incident handling capability for organizational information systems that includes adequate preparation, detection, analysis, containment, recovery, and user response activities; and (2) Track, document, and report incidents to appropriate organizational officials and/ or authorities. Also called IR.
incident - A security-related incident or a visa incident.
incident - An occurrence or event, natural or manmade, that requires a response to protect life or property. Incidents can, for example, include major disasters, emergencies, terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, civil unrest, wildland and urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, tsunamis, war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies, and other occurrences requiring an emergency response.
incident - An occurrence, caused by either human action or natural phenomena, that requires action to prevent or minimize loss of life, or damage, loss of, or other risks to property, information, and/ or natural resources. See also information operations.
incident - An occurrence, natural or human-caused, that requires a response to protect life or property.
incident - An occurrence, natural or manmade, that requires a response to protect life or property.
incident - An occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft which affects or could affect the safety of operation.
incident - a crash, natural disaster, work zone activity, special event, or other emergency road user occurrence that adversely affects or impedes the normal flow of traffic.
incident - an occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or an information system; or constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of law, security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies.
incident - an occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information on an information system, or actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, an information system;
incident - any occurrence or series of occurrences having the same origin, involving one or more vessels, facilities, or any combination thereof, resulting in the discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil.
incident - either an accident or a deliberate act.
incident - natural, technological, or human-caused occurrence that may cause harm and that may require action could expand into an emergency predicated upon occurrence, and/ or a disaster based on the effectiveness of existing public safety resources.
incidental expenses - See the definition of per diem.
incidental operator - Any employee in other than a motor vehicle operator position who is required to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out assigned duties. Included in this definition are contractor employees required or authorized to operate U.S. Government vehicles under the terms of an existing contract with the Department of State.
incorporated territory - the territories to which the Constitution is fully applicable are called incorporated territories. It has been held that persons born in these territories on or after the date they became part of the United States could claim U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Section 1891, Rev. Stat., stated that - The Constitution...shall have the same force and effect within all organized Territories and in every Territory hereafter organized as elsewhere in the United States.
increment system design - operational portion of a planned system that provides partial but useful capability to the user and is interoperable with other increments of the same system.
incremental costs - Costs additional to the Service appropriations that would not have been incurred absent support of the contingency operation. See also financial management.
incremental expenses - the reasonable and proper cost of rations, fuel, training ammunition, transportation, and other goods and services consumed by such country, except that the term does
incremental hydropower - additional generation achieved from increased efficiency after January 1, 2005, at a hydroelectric dam that was placed in service before January1, 2005.
incumbent service provider - The source (i.e., agency, private sector, or public reimbursable source ) providing the service when a public announcement is made of the streamlined or standard competition.
incumbent service provider - an entity that, as of the date of submission of the application, is providing broadband service to not less than 5 percent of the households in the service territory proposed in the application.
indefinite-quantity contract - A contract used for procurements in which the exact number of deliverable items is not known at the time of contracting. The contract provides for a minimum and maximum amount of goods/ services that may be ordered under the contract.
indenture - any mortgage, deed of trust, trust or other indenture, or similar instrument or agreement
independence in daily living - the ability of a veteran, without the services of others or with a reduced level of the services of others, to live and function within such veteran's family and community.
independence - the functional ability of individuals to perform activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living without assistance or supervision.
independent contractor - a commission agent, broker, or other independent contractor who is engaged in selling, or soliciting orders for the sale of, tangible personal property for more than one principal and who holds himself out as such in the regular course of his business activities.
independent government cost estimate - estimate, prepared by government personnel independently of contractors, of the cost for goods and/ or estimate of services to be procured by contract such estimates are prepared by government personnel (i.e., independent of contractors); estimate of the cost of goods and/ or services used as a basis against which to gauge reasonableness of prospective contractors’ proposed costs; IGCEs are developed during the Project Execution Phase when a performer is being selected and should be scoped for that specific work.
independent living services – (A) independent living core services; and (B)(i) counseling services, including psychological, psychotherapeutic, and related services; (ii) services related to securing housing or shelter, including services related to community group living, and supportive of the purposes of this chapter and of the subchapters of this chapter, and adaptive housing services (including appropriate accommodations to and modifications of any space used to serve, or occupied by, individuals with disabilities); (iii) rehabilitation technology; (iv) mobility training; (v) services
independent verification and validation - verification and validation of a product or system performed by an organization that is technically, managerially, and financially independent of the development organization.
independent - that the life-cycle cost estimate is prepared by an organization independent of the project sponsor, using the same detailed technical and procurement information as the sponsor, to determine if the life-cycle cost estimate of the sponsor is accurate and reasonable.
indeterminate loss - as determined by an insurance claims adjuster certified under the national flood insurance program and in consultation with an engineer as appropriate, a loss resulting from physical damage to, or loss of, property located in any coastal State arising from the combined perils of flood and wind associated with a named storm.
indeterminate sentencing - a system by which (A) the court may impose a sentence of a range defined by statute; and (B) an administrative agency, generally the parole board, or the court, controls release within the statutory range.
indications - In intelligence usage, information in various degrees of evaluation, all of which bear on the intention of a potential enemy to adopt or reject a course of action.
indicator - 1. In intelligence usage, an item of information which reflects the intention or capability of an adversary to adopt or reject a course of action. 2. In operations security usage, data derived from friendly detectable actions and open-source information that an adversary can interpret and piece together to reach conclusions or estimates of friendly intentions, capabilities, or activities.
indicator - A particular characteristic or dimension used to measure intended changes defined by a Results Framework.
indicator - something the directs attention to or makes known.
indigenous populations and institutions - The societal framework of an operational environment including citizens, legal and illegal immigrants, dislocated civilians, and governmental, tribal, ethnic, religious, commercial, and private organizations and entities. Also called IPI.
indirect consequence - effect that is not a direct consequence of an event, incident, or occurrence, but is caused by a direct consequence, subsequent cascading effects, and/ or related decisions.
indirect cost pool - a grouping of incurred costs identified with two or more cost objectives but not identified specifically with any final cost objective.
indirect cost pool - a grouping of incurred costs identified with two or more cost objectives but not identified with any final cost objective.
indirect cost pool - a grouping of incurred costs identified with two or more objectives but not identified specifically with any final cost objective.
indirect cost pool - the accumulated costs that jointly benefit two or more programs or other cost objectives.
indirect cost rate proposal - the documentation prepared by a governmental unit or component thereof to substantiate its request for the establishment of an indirect cost rate.
indirect cost rate proposal - the documentation prepared by a governmental unit or subdivision thereof to substantiate its request for the establishment of an indirect cost rate.
indirect cost rate - a device for determining in a reasonable manner the proportion of indirect costs each program should bear. It is the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the indirect costs to a direct cost base.
indirect cost rate - the percentage or dollar factor that expresses the ratio of indirect expense incurred in a given period to direct labor cost, manufacturing cost, or another appropriate base for the same period (see also “final indirect cost rate”).
indirect cost - any cost not directly identified with a single final cost objective, but identified with two or more final cost objectives or with at least one intermediate cost objective.
indirect cost - any cost not directly identified with a single final cost objective, but identified with two or more final cost objectives or with at least one intermediate cost objective.
indirect cost - any cost not directly identified with a single final cost objective, but identified with two or more final cost objectives or with at least one intermediate cost objective.
indirect costs - costs included in a Federally negotiated indirect rate.
indirect route - The portion of any journey that deviates from a usually traveled route.
indirect travel - Personal travel done on a cost-constructive basis against official (i.e., direct) travel. Indirect travel is subject to the provisions of 14 FAM 546 and 14 FAM 585.2 as well as other Department travel regulations and policies.
individual development plan - document that identifies an employee’s short and long-term learning and development goals is developed by the employee in coordination with the employee’s supervisor.
individual health insurance coverage - health insurance coverage offered to individuals in the individual market, but does not include short-term limited duration insurance.
individual market - the market for health insurance coverage offered to individuals other than in connection with a group health plan.
individual mobilization augmentee - An individual reservist attending drills who receives training and is preassigned to an Active Component organization, a Selective Service System, or a Federal Emergency Management Agency billet that must be filled on, or shortly after, mobilization. Also called IMA.
individual practice association - a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity which has entered into a services arrangement (or arrangements) with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, psychology, or other health profession in a State and a majority of whom are licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy. Such an arrangement shall provide- (A) that such persons shall provide their professional services in accordance with a compensation arrangement established by the entity; and (B) to the extent feasible, for the sharing by such persons of medical and other records, equipment, and professional, technical, and administrative staff.
individual project - A single participant. While an individual project is sometimes warranted, this project type should be used sparingly and judiciously due to the higher overall costs. The project may be conducted in English or the language of the participants country.
individual protective equipment - In chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear operations, the personal clothing and equipment required to protect an individual from chemical, biological, and radiological hazards and some nuclear hazards. Also called IPE.
individual ready reserve - A manpower pool consisting of individuals who have had some training or
individual with a disability - person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (an “actual disability”), or a record of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity (“record of”), or an actual or perceived impairment, whether or not the impairment limits or is perceived to limit a major life activity, that is not both transitory and minor (“regarded as”).
individual - A citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
individuals traveling together project - A group of two to three (2-3) participants from the same country or different countries. An ITT may be conducted in English or the language of the participating country(ies). Also called ITT.
industrial development agency - any agency which is permitted to issue obligations the interest on which is excludable from gross income.
industrial mobilization - The transformation of industry from its peacetime activity to the industrial program necessary to support the national military objectives. See also mobilization.
industrial plant - any fixed equipment or facility which is used in connection with, or as part of, any process or system for industrial production or output.
industrial preparedness program - Plans, actions, or measures for the transformation of the industrial base, both government-owned and civilian-owned, from its peacetime activity to the emergency program necessary to support the national military objectives.
industrial preparedness - The state of preparedness of industry to produce essential materiel to support the national military objectives.
industrial research - planned search or critical investigation aimed at the discovery of new knowledge, with the objective that such knowledge may be useful in developing new products, processes, or services, or in bringing about a significant improvement to existing products, processes, or services.
industrial resources - materials, services, processes, or manufacturing equipment (including the processes, technologies, and ancillary services for the use of such equipment) needed to establish or maintain an efficient and modern national defense industrial base.
industrial security - portion of internal security that is concerned with the protection of classified information in the hands of United States industry.
industrial user - those industries identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, Bureau of the Budget, 1967, as amended and supplemented, under the category of Division D-Manufacturing and such other classes of significant waste producers as, by regulation, the Administrator deems appropriate.
industrial waste - any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a manufacturing or processing plant, other than an excluded material.
industrial waste - the solid waste generated by manufacturing and industrial and research and development processes and operations, including contaminated soil, nonhazardous oil spill cleanup waste and dry nonhazardous pesticides and chemical waste, but does not include hazardous waste regulated under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, mining or oil and gas waste.
industrial wastewater - wastewater from industrial activities such as electroplating, metal finishing, corrosion control, vehicle maintenance, and other industrial processes.
industry affecting commerce - any industry or activity in commerce or in which a labor dispute would burden or obstruct commerce or tend to burden or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce.
industry - a trade, business, industry, or other activity, or branch or group thereof, in which individuals are gainfully employed.
industry – in general, the producers as a whole of a domestic like product, or those producers whose collective output of a domestic like product constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of the product.
ineligible to citizenship - notwithstanding the provisions of any treaty relating to military service, an individual who is, or was at any time permanently debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, or the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended.
ineligible - excluded from Government contracting (and subcontracting, if appropriate) pursuant to statutory, Executive order, or regulatory authority and its implementing and supplementing regulations.
inert ingredient - an ingredient which is not active.
inertial navigation system - A self-contained navigation system using inertial detectors, which automatically provides vehicle position, heading, and velocity. Also called INS.
infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome - any condition arising from such etiologic agent.
infection - opportunistic cancers and infectious diseases and any other conditions arising from infection with such etiologic agent.
infectious disease - a disease potentially caused by a pathogenic organism (including a bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite) that is acquired by a person and that reproduces in that person.
infirmary - a place for the care of the infirm, sick or injured; hospital; an institution which operates as a
inflation - The proportionate rate of change in the general price level, as opposed to the proportionate increase in a specific price. Inflation is usually measured by a broad-based price index, such as the implicit deflator for Gross Domestic Product or the Consumer Price Index.
influence mine - A mine actuated by the effect of a target on some physical condition in the vicinity of the mine or on radiations emanating from the mine. See also mine.
influence sweep - A sweep designed to produce an influence similar to that produced by a ship and thus actuate mines.
info addressee - The post, activity, unit, or command to which a cable is directed for information by the originator.
inform consuls - A passing instruction used in collective address telegrams to request posts with regional responsibilities to forward the telegram or the information therein to constituent posts.
informant - any individual who furnishes information to an intelligence agency in the course of a confidential relationship protecting the identity of such individual from public disclosure.
information access clearance - formal certification of authorization for a government employee to have access to classified information.
information addressee - The post, activity, unit or command to whom a telegram is directed by the originator for information.
information architecture - The content organization of a website (similar to the outline for a book with chapters, subchapters, cross-references, index).
information assurance product - an IT product or technology whose primary purpose is to provide security services (e.g., integrity, authentication, confidentiality, access control, and non- repudiation); correct known vulnerabilities; and/ or provide layered defense against various categories of non-authorized or malicious penetrations of information systems or networks. Examples include products such as data encryptors, firewalls, and intrusion detection devices. Also called IA product.
information assurance-enabled product - an IT product or technology whose primary role is not security, but provides security services as an associated feature of its intended operating capabilities. Examples include products such as security-enabled web browsers, screening routers, trusted operating systems, and security-enabled messaging systems. Also called IA enabled product.
information assurance - Actions that protect and defend information systems by ensuring availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation. Also called IA. See also information operations.
information assurance - activities that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their: - Availability: timely, reliable access to services. - Integrity: protection from unauthorized change. - Authentication: verification of originator. - Confidentiality: protection from unauthorized disclosure. - Non-repudiation: undeniable proof of participation.
information classification - process by which information is determined to be classified information.
information collection budget - The vehicle through which OMB, in consultation with each Federal agency, sets annual agency goals to reduce information collection burdens imposed on the public. The Information Collection Budget serves as a management oversight tool.
information collection - Forms that collect information from the public, or impose a record keeping, reporting, or third-party information dissemination burden to the public may be considered to be information collections as defined by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. If the PRA applies, A/ GIS/ DIR must obtain the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) before anyone can use the form.
information control - authority of the agency that originates information, or its successor in function, to regulate access to the information.
information dissemination product public - book, paper, map, machine-readable material, audiovisual production, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristic, an agency disseminates to the public includes any electronic document, CD-ROM, or web page.
information dissemination product - any recorded information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, disseminated by an agency, or contractor thereof, to the public.
information environment - The aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process, disseminate, or act on information.
information government - information created, collected, processed, disseminated, or disposed of by or for a governmental body.
information infrastructure - the underlying framework, equipment, and software that an information system and related assets rely on to process, transmit, receive, or store information electronically.
information integrity - protection of information from unauthorized access or revision ensuring that the
information life cycle - the stages through which information passes, typically characterized as creation or collection, processing, dissemination, use, storage, and disposition, to include destruction and deletion.
information life cycle - the stages through which information passes, typically characterized as creation or collection, processing, dissemination, use, storage, and disposition.
information management - IM is the term used to identify all information technology assets, issues, operations, and personnel at posts abroad that are funded by the geographic bureaus or, for international organizations, the IO Bureau. Also called IM.
information management - The function of managing an organization’s information resources for the handling of data and information acquired by one or many different systems, individuals, and organizations in a way that optimizes access by all who have a share in that data or a right to that information. Also called IM.
information management - the planning, budgeting, manipulating, and controlling of information throughout its life cycle. The term encompasses both information itself and the related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information technology.
information need intelligence - data and information needed by intelligence analysts in order to answer intelligence questions.
information operations force - A force consisting of units, staff elements, individual military professionals in the Active and Reserve Components, and DOD civilian employees who conduct or directly support the integration of information-related capabilities against adversaries and potential adversaries during military operations as well as those who train these professionals. Also called IO force.
information operations intelligence integration - The integration of intelligence disciplines and analytic methods to characterize and forecast, identify vulnerabilities, determine effects, and assess the information environment. Also called IOII.
information operations - The integrated employment, during military operations, of information-related capabilities in concert with other lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision-making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own. Also called IO. See also electronic warfare; military deception; operations security; military information support operations.
information owner - Official with statutory or operational authority for specified information and responsibility for establishing the controls for its generation, collection, processing, dissemination, and disposal.
information owner - an agency official with statutory or operational authority for specified information and responsibility for establishing the criteria for its creation, collection, processing, dissemination, or disposal, which responsibilities may extend to interconnected systems or groups of interconnected systems.
information report - Report used to forward raw information collected to fulfill intelligence requirements.
information reproducibility - information capable of being substantially reproduced may also be subject to an acceptable degree of imprecision.
information requirements - In intelligence usage, those items of information regarding the adversary and other relevant aspects of the operational environment that need to be collected and processed in order to meet the intelligence requirements of a commander. Also called IR. See also priority intelligence requirement.
information resource management bureau - IRM is the functional bureau within the Department of State that manages and sets policy for all information technology issues. Also called IRM.
information resource management strategy - a strategy that demonstrates how information resources management decisions are integrated with organizational planning, budget, procurement, financial management, human resources management, and program decisions.
information resources management - the process of managing information resources to accomplish agency missions. The term encompasses an agency’s information and the related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information technology.
information resources - Information and related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information technology (IT).
information resources - The information and related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information technology, used by an organization.
information resources - information and related resources, such as personnel, equipment, funds, and information technology.
information safeguarding - measures and controls prescribed to protect classified information.
information security architecture - an embedded, integral part of the enterprise architecture that describes the structure and behavior of the enterprise security processes, information security systems, personnel, and organizational subunits, showing their alignment with the enterprise’s mission and strategic plans.
information security continuous monitoring program - the compendium of methods, tools, and techniques necessary to implement the agency information continuous monitoring strategy in a way that is sufficient to inform risk-based decisions and maintain operations within established risk tolerances. The program includes determining monitoring metrics, establishing monitoring frequencies, and developing a monitoring architecture.
information security continuous monitoring strategy - a comprehensive plan to address monitoring
information security continuous monitoring - maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, threats, and incidents to support agency risk management decisions.
information security incident - an occurrence that- (A) actually or potentially jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information such system processes, stores, or transmits; or (B) constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies with respect to an information system.
information security operation - security discipline concerned with implementation of a system of administrative policies and procedures for identifying, controlling, and protecting from unauthorized disclosure, information that is authorized protection authorized by executive order, statute, or regulation. Information security includes protection of classified, controlled unclassified, SCI, and SAP.
information security program plan - a formal document that provides an overview of the security requirements for an organization-wide information security program and describes the program management controls and common controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements.
information security requirements - information security requirements promulgated in accordance with law, or directed by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Office of Management and Budget, and, as to national security systems, the President.
information security - Operations to protect and defend information and IT systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. This includes providing for restoration of IT systems by incorporating protection, detection, and reaction capabilities.
information security - Protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide - Integrity, which means
information security - The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction, to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
information security - protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
information security - protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide — (1) Integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information nonrepudiation and authenticity; (2) Confidentiality, which means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information; and (3) Availability, which means ensuring timely and reliable access to, and use of, information.
information security - protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
information security - the protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide: integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity; confidentiality, which means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information; and availability, which means ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.
information services - actions and resources offered through the auspices of a library or information center includes providing information from a reference source, providing information in response to or in anticipation of user needs or interests, managing subscriptions to recurring information resources, and providing access to electronic and print information.
information sharing and access agreement - agreement that is used to facilitate the exchange of Information between the Department (or any element or entity within the Department) and one or more outside parties agreement type includes Memorandum of Understanding, Memorandum of Agreement, Letter of Intent, or any other form of agreement: parties include domestic or foreign entities in the private or public sector and government agencies at the Federal, State, or local level.
information sharing and access agreements repository - comprehensive departmental data set repository containing Information Sharing and Access Agreements between DHS (including any of its Components) and entities outside DHS.
information sharing environment - an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorism and homeland security information. Also called ISE.
information sharing environment - an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorism and homeland security information. The ISE was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), and its definition was amended by The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/ 11 Commission Act of 2007. Also called ISE.
information sharing environment - common framework for the sharing of terrorism and homeland security information between and among federal departments and agencies, state, local, and tribal
information sharing environment - the information sharing environment.
information sharing - exchange between entities or persons of data, information or knowledge stored within discrete information systems or created spontaneously using collaborative communication technologies includes transmission, communication, or any type of disclosure or receipt of information as well as any provision or receipt of account access to a dataset or data repository.
information superiority - The operational advantage derived from the ability to collect, process, and disseminate an uninterrupted flow of information while exploiting or denying an adversary’s ability to do the same. See also information operations.
information system component - A discrete, identifiable information technology asset (e.g., hardware, software, firmware) that represents a building block of an information system.
information system life cycle - all phases in the useful life of an information system, including planning, acquiring, operating, maintaining, and disposing.
information system owner - A person or organization having responsibility for the development, procurement, integration, modification, operation and maintenance, and/ or final disposition of an information system.
information system resilience - the ability of an information system to operate under adverse conditions or stress, even if in a degraded or debilitated state, while maintaining essential operational capabilities, and to recover to an effective operational posture in a time frame consistent with mission needs.
information system security control assessment - The testing and/ or evaluation of management, operational , and technical security controls in an information/ application system to determine the extent to which the controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the security requirements for the system.
information system security controls - Security controls (i.e., safeguards or countermeasures ) prescribed for an information system to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its information. Three types of security controls- (1) Management - These controls focus on the management of risk and the management of information system security; (2) Operational - These controls are primarily implemented and executed by people (as opposed to systems); and (3) Technical - The controls are primarily implemented and executed by the information system through mechanisms contained in the hardware, software, or firmware components of the system.
information system security manager - security official responsible for the information system security program for a specific Component, office, or contractor facility.
information system security officer program (corporate) - Designed to plan, implement, and coordinate the Departments information system security program for corporate applications and networks and to provide support for the worldwide information system security officers activities.
information system security officer - security official, either government or contractor, responsible for the security posture of a specific information system.
information system security plan - a formal document that provides an overview of the security requirements for an information system and describes the security controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements.
information system security - Protection of information systems against unauthorized access to or modification of information, whether in storage, processing, or transit, and against the denial of service to authorized users, including those measures necessary to detect, document, and counter such threats.
information system - A discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
information system - The set of agency information resources organized for the collection, storage, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, disposition, display, or transmission of information. Categories of IT systems are major applications and general support systems.
information system - a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information, whether automated or manual.
information system - a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
information system - a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information.
information system - discrete set of defined procedures and information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information business application of a computer made up of the database, application program, and manual and machine procedures, and encompasses the computer system that does the processing.
information systems center - The office responsible for unclassified computer systems or networks at posts abroad. Also called ISC.
information technology architecture - An integrated framework for evolving or maintaining existing information technology and for guiding the acquisition of new information technology in accordance with the agency’s strategic goals and information technology strategic goals. Also called ITA.
information technology architecture - An integrated framework for evolving or maintaining existing, and acquiring new, information technology to achieve the Departments strategic and information resource management goals.
information technology asset baseline - The repository for information on all Department applications. This is the official source of external reporting regarding the Departments application portfolio. Also called ITAB.
information technology asset management - IT asset management brings together physical, financial, and contractual management of IT assets in order to drive costs down and improve service levels. Managing the physical aspects of a technology asset portfolio can provide insight about what assets are in your environment, where they are physically located, to whom they are assigned, and to what extent they are being used. Also called ITAM.
information technology capital investment fund - A State Department fund appropriated by Congress, allotted exclusively for IT capital development projects. It is a part of the Departments IT Central Fund. Also called CIF.
information technology capital planning - A systematic approach to managing the risks and returns of IT investments. It is an integrated management process which provides for the continuous selection, control, life-cycle management, and evaluation of IT investments and is focused on achieving a desired business outcome.
information technology central fund - A State Department fund that is comprised of the IT Capital Investment Fund (CIF) and Expedited Passport Fee (EPF) collections. Also called CF.
information technology change control board - A centralized body of knowledgeable personnel with the appropriate authority to evaluate change requests that impact the operational stability or maintainability of IT assets controlled, managed, or supported by the Department of State. Also called IT CCB.
information technology configuration control board - The entity that manages hardware, software, and hardware/ software configuration changes to the Departments global IT environment. The IT CCB has responsibility for reviewing and approving/ disapproving changes that potentially affect the Departments global IT environment. The scope includes software and hardware products residing on unclassified, Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU), and classified infrastructures (stand-alone or networked) up to and including the Secret level of classification. Also called IT CCB.
information technology dashboard - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) website that provides information on the effectiveness of government programs and to support decisions regarding the investment and management of resources.
information technology investment management - a decision-making process that, in support of agency missions and business needs, provides for analyzing, tracking, and evaluating the risks, including information security and privacy risks, and results of all major investments made by an agency for information systems. The process shall cover the life of each system and shall include explicit criteria for analyzing the projected and actual costs, benefits, and risks, including information security and privacy risks, associated with the investments.
information technology investment - A capital IT asset acquired through the acquisition process that must be managed throughout its life-cycle.
information technology investment - an expenditure of information technology resources to address mission delivery and management support. This may include a project or projects for the development, modernization, enhancement, or maintenance of a single information technology asset or group of information technology assets with related functionality, and the subsequent operation of those assets in a production environment. These investments shall have a defined life cycle with start and end dates, with the end date representing the end of the currently estimated useful life of the investment, consistent with the investment’s most current alternatives analysis if applicable.
information technology performance measurement - The indication of what a program or project is accomplishing and whether results are being achieved while supporting business processes and strategic program and project outcomes.
information technology portfolio management - process and operation that provides leadership a better understanding of cost, risk, and capabilities of investments are aligned with the Departments mission and business strategies and outcomes are evaluated with the help of performance measures.
information technology resource - DHS budgetary resources, personnel, equipment, facilities, or services primarily used in the management, operation, acquisition, disposition, and transformation, or other activity related to the lifecycle of information technology; acquisitions or interagency agreements that include information technology and the services or equipment provided by such acquisitions or interagency agreements does not include grants to third parties which establish or support information technology not operated directly by the Federal Government.
information technology resources - all agency budgetary resources, personnel, equipment, facilities, or services that are primarily used in the management, operation, acquisition, or other activity related to the life cycle of information technology; acquisitions or interagency agreements that include
information technology services - Provides centralized management control over equipment and services for unclassified voice/ data telecommunications.
information technology strategic plan - A long-term, high-level plan that defines a systematic way an agency will use information technology to effectively accomplish the agency’s missions, goals, and objectives.
information technology system - a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, transmission, and dissemination of information in accordance with procedures, whether automated or manual. Also called IT system.
information technology tactical plan - The document, which describe the major IRM initiatives and IT projects over a three year period. The document tracks the means by which the Department of State achieves its long term goals and objectives, as outlined in the Department of State Strategic Plan and as further defined in the IT Strategic Plan.
information technology - Any equipment, software, firmware, or interconnected system of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. Also called IT.
information technology - equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information includes, but is not limited to, computers, desktop computers, personal computers, laptops, handheld computers, Personal Digital Assistants, ancillary equipment, software, still images, motion pictures, multimedia presentations, and related resources.
information type - A specific category of information (e.g., medical, proprietary, financial, investigative, contractor-sensitive, security management), defined by an organization, or in some instances, by a specific law, Executive Order, directive, policy, or regulation.
information utility - usefulness of information to its intended users.
information-related capability - A tool, technique, or activity employed within a dimension of the information environment that can be used to create effects and operationally desirable conditions. Also called IRC.
information-service employee - any person who is engaged in furnishing, disseminating, or publishing accounts, descriptions, information, or data with respect to the political, industrial, employment, economic, social, cultural, or other benefits, advantages, facts, or conditions of any country other than the United States or of any government of a foreign country or of a foreign political party or of a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of individuals organized under the laws of, or having its principal place of business in, a foreign country.
information - A combination of data, usually from multiple sources, used to derive meaningful conclusions about a system (health resources, costs, utilization of health services, outcomes of populations, etc.). Information cannot be developed without crude data. However, data must be transformed into information to allow decision-making that improves a given system.
information - Data of any type capable of being posted or transmitted on or through the Internet or a Department intranet; including data in print, graphic or pictorial, and audible form.
information - any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, electronic, or audiovisual forms.
information - any knowledge that can be communicated or documentary material, regardless of its physical form or characteristics, that is owned by, is produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government.
information - data in a usable form, usually processed, organized, structured or presented in a meaningful way knowledge or intelligence representing facts, concepts, or instructions in any medium or form suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or by automatic means.
infraGard - partnership between the FBI and businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to sharing information and intelligence to prevent hostile acts against the United States.
infraction - any knowing, willful, or negligent action contrary to the requirements of this order or its implementing directives that does not constitute a violation.
infrared imagery - That imagery produced as a result of sensing electromagnetic radiations emitted or reflected from a given target surface in the infrared position of the electromagnetic spectrum (approximately 0.72 to 1,000 microns).
infrared pointer - A low power laser device operating in the near infrared light spectrum that is visible with light amplifying night vision devices. Also called IR pointer.
infrared sensor active - line of sight detection device that emits a beam of infrared light to detect an intruder.
infrared sensor passive - visible, volumetric detection device that detects an intruder by detecting a change in background temperature caused by body heat passing through the detection zone.
infrastructure liaison - Individual assigned by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Infrastructure Protection who advises the Unified Coordination Group on regionally or nationally significant infrastructure and key resources issues.
infrastructure - framework of interdependent networks and systems comprising identifiable industries, institutions (including people and procedures), and distribution capabilities that provide a reliable flow of products and services essential to the defense and economic security of the United States, the smooth functioning of government at all levels, and society as a whole. Consistent with the definition in the Homeland Security Act, infrastructure includes physical, cyber, and/ or human elements.
ingredient statement - a statement which contains: (1) the name and percentage of each active ingredient, and the total percentage of all inert ingredients, in the pesticide; and (2) if the pesticide contains arsenic in any form, a statement of the percentages of total and water soluble arsenic, calculated as elementary arsenic. inherent risk - The potential for waste, loss, unauthorized use, or misappropriation due solely to the nature of an activity itself. Unacceptable or highly undesirable risk becomes the basis for establishing and maintaining management controls.
inherently governmental activities - An activity that is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by government personnel.
inherited personal effects - Personal effects that come into an employees possession upon the death of a family member of the employee or the employees spouse or domestic partner as defined in 3 FAM 1610, or when the family member is placed into a custodial care facility.
inholding - any right, title, or interest, held by a non-Federal entity, in or to a tract of land that lies within the boundary of a federally designated area.
initial capabilities document - any capabilities requirement document approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council that establishes the need for a materiel approach to resolve a capability gap.
initial construction - the construction of a highway, bridge, tunnel, or other facility at any time before it is open to traffic.
initial cost risk - risk associated with “cost creep” or miscalculation of initial costs that result in an inaccurate baseline against which to estimate and compare future costs.
initial equity contribution - the amount or value of contributions made by non-Federal entities for the acquisition of the asset prior to occupancy of facilities.
initial equity contribution - the amount or value of contributions made by non-profit organizations for the acquisition of the asset or prior to occupancy of facilities.
initial facility - one of the four outpatient facilities identified by the Secretary to participate in the dialysis pilot program prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
initial health evaluation - a medical and exposure history, a physical examination, and additional medical testing as needed to evaluate whether the individual has a WTC-related health condition and is eligible for treatment under the WTC Program.
initial merchant - a person that has obtained a consumer's billing information directly from the consumer
initial notice - The first demand letter from the management, financial management, or program officer at the post, bureau, or office responsible for the allotment, activity or program under which the debt arises notifying an individual or vendor of a debt owed to the Department of State. The notice informs the debtor of their due process/ rights.
initial operating capability - projected point in a program that indicates that there is major new capability with measurable program benefit available to the designated user(s).
initial operation and maintenance funds - A term used in the preparation of the construction working estimate (CWE) to cover funding for all costs expected to be incurred for routine operation and maintenance during the first year of occupancy of a new embassy compound (NEC).
initial operational capability - The first attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics that is manned or operated by an adequately trained, equipped, and supported military unit or force. Also called IOC.
initial operational test and evaluation - operational test and evaluation conducted on production or production representative articles, to determine whether systems are operationally effective and suitable for intended use by representative users to support the decision to proceed beyond Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP).
initial radiation - The radiation, essentially neutrons and gamma rays, resulting from a nuclear burst and emitted from the fireball within one minute after burst. See also residual radiation.
initial reception point - In personnel recovery, a secure area or facility under friendly control where initial reception of recovered isolated personnel can safely take place.
initial response force - The first unit, usually military police, on the scene of a terrorist incident. See also antiterrorism.
initial summary employee performance rating - summary performance rating assigned or proposed by the rating official, and documentation of accomplishments after evaluating the employee’s performance against the established performance elements.
initial unloading period - In amphibious operations, that part of the ship-to-shore movement in which unloading is primarily tactical in character and must be instantly responsive to landing force requirements. See also general unloading period.
initial visit - refers to the first time a consular officer, or person authorized to act on behalf of a consular officer, sees an U.S. citizen or national under arrest or detention.
initiate - any action reducing functions or civilian personnel positions but does not include studies, planning, or similar activities carried out before there is a reduction of such functions or positions.
initiating directive - An order to a subordinate commander to conduct military operations as directed. Also called ID.
initiation request for treasury direct - Requests by an employee to enroll in the Voluntary Payroll Savings Plan for the initial deduction must be submitted to the payroll office on Form SF-1199-A, Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form, a FAST START Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form, or electronically through Employee Express.
initiator - device that may be used to start a detonation or deflagration may or may not be a detonator.
injury - 1. A term comprising such conditions as fractures, wounds, sprains, strains, dislocations, concussions, and compressions. 2. Conditions resulting from extremes of temperature or prolonged exposure. 3. Acute poisonings (except those due to contaminated food) resulting from exposure to a toxic or poisonous substance. See also casualty.
injury - an accidental bodily injury sustained and requiring medical treatment.
inland harbor - a navigation project which is used principally for the accommodation of commercial vessels and the receipt and shipment of waterborne cargoes on inland waters. The term does not include- (A) projects on the Great Lakes; (B) projects that are subject to tidal influence; (C) projects with authorized depths of greater than 20 feet; (D) local access or berthing channels; and (E) projects constructed or maintained by nonpublic interests.
inland oil barge - a non-self-propelled vessel carrying oil in bulk as cargo and certificated to operate only in the inland waters of the United States, while operating in such waters.
inland petroleum distribution system - A multi-product system consisting of both commercially available and military standard petroleum equipment that can be assembled by military personnel and, when assembled into an integrated petroleum distribution system, provides the military with the capability required to support an operational force with bulk fuels. Also called IPDS.
inland waters of the United States - those waters of the United States lying inside the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured and those waters outside such baseline which are a part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
inmate - any person incarcerated or detained in any facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or diversionary program.
inner transport area - In amphibious operations, an area as close to the landing beach as depth of water, navigational hazards, boat traffic, and enemy action permit, to which transports may move to expedite unloading. See also outer transport area; transport area.
innovation lifecycle - the process of innovating through—(A) the identification of a need; (B) the establishment of the scope of research to address that need; (C) setting an agenda; (D) carrying out research, development, deployment, and testing of the resulting technology or innovation; and (E) carrying out an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the resulting technology or innovation.
innovative crashworthy safety barrier - a barrier, other than a guardrail or guiderail, classified by the Federal Highway Administration as 'experimental' or that was classified as 'operational' after January 1, 1985, and that meets or surpasses the requirements of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program 350 for longitudinal barriers.
inpatient responsibilities - on-call responsibilities customarily required of a physician by a community hospital as a condition of granting privileges to the physician to practice in the hospital.
inputs - The type and amount of resources that are required and used to deliver a government service.
inquiry - Incoming letter requesting information.
inquiry - process of fact finding and analysis in seeking the truth, information or knowledge about something.
insect - any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class insecta, comprisingsix-legged, usually winged forms, as for example, beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than six legs, as for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice.
insider threat detection activity - activity to ascertain whether an insider threat exists regardless of the authority under which the activity is conducted.
insider threat oversight group - intra-departmental group responsible for providing oversight, advice, and assistance to support the Insider Threat Program provided to the Under Secretary for
insider threat program manager - person responsible for the coordination of the DHS Insider Threat Program selected by the Senior Insider Threat Official (SITO).
insider threat response activity - activity to ascertain whether an insider threat exists and any activity to mitigate such a threat, regardless of the authority under which the activity is conducted.
insider threat response activity - activity to mitigate an insider threat regardless of the authority under which the activity is conducted.
insider threat - The threat that an insider will use her/ his authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to do harm to the security of the United States. This threat can include damage to the United States through espionage, terrorism, unauthorized disclosure of national security information, or through the loss or degradation of departmental resources or capabilities.
insider threat - threat that an insider will use his or her authorized access, wittingly or unwittingly, to do harm to an entity can include damage to the United States through espionage, terrorism, the unauthorized disclosure of classified national security information, or through the loss or degradation of departmental resources or capabilities.
insider - Any person with authorized access to any United States Government resource to include personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks or systems.
insider - person with authorized access to any United States Government resource includes access to personnel, facilities, information, equipment, networks, or systems.
inspect - critical examination and appraisal of an individual , place or thing either by physical or technological means, to confirm standards and/ or laws are met and to detect violations of standards and/ or laws or other deviations from a norm for regulatory authorities; it is the act of administering an official review of various criteria (such as documents, facilities, records, and any other assets) that are deemed by the authority to be related to the inspection.
inspection - The examination and testing of supplies and services to determine whether they conform to contract requirements.
inspection - examining and testing supplies or services (including, when appropriate, raw materials, components, and intermediate assemblies) to determine whether they conform to contract requirements.
inspection - process of an organized and thorough examination to assure compliance to a standard norm, laws or rules.
inspection - the comprehensive process used by the United States Customs and Border Protection to assess goods entering the United States to appraise them for duty purposes, to detect the presence of restricted or prohibited items, and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws. The process may include screening, conducting an examination, or conducting a search.
institution - any public or private institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency.
institutional entity - an institution of higher education, a public school district, a local government, a municipal utility, or a designee of 1 of those entities.
institutional grant - a grant that supports the implementation of a comprehensive science improvement plan, which may include any combination of activities for improving the preparation of minority students for careers in science.
institutional waste - material discarded by schools, nonmedical waste discarded by hospitals, material discarded by nonmanufacturing activities at prisons and government facilities, and material discarded by other similar establishments or facilities.
institutionalization for long-term care - care for an indefinite period of time for mental or other health reasons, rather than temporary rehabilitative or recuperative care even if such rehabilitation or recuperation may last weeks or months. See 9 FAM 302.8 for additional information on public charge ineligibilities.
instruction DHS Directives System - document that implements or supplements Directives, Executive Orders, regulations (e.g. Code of Federal Regulations) and Federal Register notices, by providing uniform procedures and/ or prescribing the manner or a specific plan or action for carrying out the policy, operating a program or activity, and assigning responsibilities.
instructional material - instructional content that is provided to a student, regardless of its format, including printed or representational materials, audio-visual materials, and materials in electronic or
instructor-led training - method in which an instructor teaches in person or through distance learning.
instrument approach procedure - A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually or the missed approach procedure is initiated.
instrument meteorological conditions - Meteorological conditions expressed in terms of visibility, distance from cloud, and ceiling; less than minimums specified for visual meteorological conditions. Also called IMC. See also visual meteorological conditions.
instrument - Any written document, made and executed as the expression of some legal act, such as a bond, deed, contract, or will.
instruments of national power - All of the means available to the government in its pursuit of national objectives. They are expressed as diplomatic, economic, informational and military.
instruments of national power - All of the means available to the government in its pursuit of national objectives. They are expressed as diplomatic, economic, informational, and military.
insular area - commonwealth, freely associated state, possession or territory controlled by the United States government that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia.
insurance carrier - an individual or entity engaged in the business of underwriting automobile insurance.
insurance carrier - any corporation, association, society, order, firm, company, mutual, partnership, individual aggregation of individuals, or any other legal entity that provides commercial property and casualty insurance. Such term includes any affiliates of a commercial insurance carrier.
insurance company - a company which is organized as an insurance company, whose primary and predominant business activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies, and which is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner, or a similar official or agency, of a State or territory or the District of.
insurance - National Service Life Insurance. 
insurance - a contract that provides that for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to indemnify another against loss, damage, or liability arising from an unknown or contingent event.
insured - a servicemember whose life is insured under a policy.
insurer - any firm, corporation, partnership, association, or business that is chartered or authorized to provide insurance and issue contracts or policies by the laws of a State or the United States.
insurgency - Insurgency is the organized use of subversion and violence to seize, nullify or challenge political control of a region. It is a primarily a political and territorial struggle, in which both sides use armed force to create space for their political, economic, and influence activities to be effective. Insurgency is not always conducted by a single group with a centralized, military-style command
insurgency - The organized use of subversion and violence to seize, nullify, or challenge political control of a region. Insurgency can also refer to the group itself.
integral file block - a distinct component of a file series, that should be maintained as a separate unit in order to ensure the integrity of the records. An integral file block may consist of a set of records covering either a specific topic or a range of time, such as a Presidential administration or a 5-year retirement schedule within a specific file series that is retired from active use as a group. For purposes of automatic declassification, integral file blocks shall contain only records dated within 10 years of the oldest record in the file block.
integrate and analyze - ability to establish key characteristics of, and analyze data, information, and intelligence about, hazards, threats, people, cargo, conveyances, and infrastructure within the domain includes the ability to obtain situational awareness and inform operators and decision- makers about all pertinent aspects of an event or situation.
integrated English literacy and civics education - education services provided to English language learners who are adults, including professionals with degrees and credentials in their native countries, that enables such adults to achieve competency in the English language and acquire the basic and more advanced skills needed to function effectively as parents, workers, and citizens in the United States. Such services shall include instruction in literacy and English language acquisition and instruction on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation, and may include workforce training.
integrated air and missile defense - The integration of capabilities and overlapping operations to defend the homeland and United States national interests, protect the joint force, and enable freedom of action by negating an adversary’s ability to create adverse effects from their air and missile capabilities. Also called IAMD.
integrated border enforcement team - joint unit composed of U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies whose mission is to enhance border integrity and security along the shared Canada/ United States border-between designated ports of entry-by identifying, investigating, and interdicting persons, organizations, and goods that threaten the national security of one or both countries or that are involved in organized criminal activity.
integrated construction project team - group of people with expertise in the areas of sustainable design, energy, environment, commissioning, measurement and verification, water efficiency, facilities, building materials, ventilation and thermal comfort, moisture control, day lighting, indoor air quality, construction waste, and green-building qualifications for the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of a facility project.
integrated consumable item support - A decision support system that takes time-phased force and deployment data and calculates the ability of the Defense Logistics Agency to support those plans. Also called ICIS.
integrated data environment/ global transportation network convergence - The in-transit visibility system of record providing expanded common integrated data and application services enabling a common logistics picture, distribution visibility, and materiel asset/ in-transit visibility for distribution solutions. Also called IGC.
integrated design - method of building and design planning in which all facility stakeholders participate in the design, construction, maintenance, commissioning, and deconstruction phases to properly coordinate all sustainable practices as much as possible.
integrated education and training - a service approach that provides adult education and literacy activities concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation activities and workforce training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster for the purpose of educational and career advancement.
integrated financial operations - The integration, synchronization, prioritization, and targeting of fiscal resources and capabilities across United States departments and agencies, multinational partners, and nongovernmental organizations against an adversary and in support of the population. Also called IFO.
integrated logistic support - A composite of all the support considerations necessary to assure the effective and economical support of a system for its life cycle. Also called ILS.
integrated logistics support plan - formal acquisition management document that describes the management approach for obtaining a highly supportable capability with an affordable and effective support structure.
integrated logistics support - management process, applied throughout the system’s life that bases all programmatic decisions on the anticipated mission-related and economic benefits derived over the system’s life cycle.
integrated major acquisition mission need statement - a document that- (A) identifies current and projected gaps in Coast Guard mission capabilities using mission hour targets; (B) explains how each major acquisition program addresses gaps identified under subparagraph (A) if funded at the levels provided for such program in the most recently submitted capital investment plan; and (C) describes the missions the Coast Guard will not be able to achieve, by fiscal year, for each gap identified under subparagraph (A).
integrated materiel management - The exercise of total Department of Defense-level management responsibility for a federal supply group or class, commodity, or item for a single agency, which normally includes computation of requirements, funding, budgeting, storing, issuing, cataloging, standardizing, and procuring functions. Also called IMM.
integrated military forces - to military forces that are involved in the planning or execution (or both) of operations involving participants from- (A) more than one military department; or(B) a military department and one or more of the following: (i) Other departments and agencies of the United States. (ii) The military forces or agencies of other countries. (iii) Non-governmental persons or entities.
integrated partner team - team established within the DHS requirements definition process that is formed by adding component representatives (especially those with operational perspectives) to a cross functional team; develops Operational Requirements Documents (ORDs).
integrated planning - A systematic, iterative process for understanding a situation, identifying goals and objectives, developing courses of action, allocating resources, integrating activities in space and time, and evaluating progress towards goals. Effective planning requires assessment, coordination among stakeholders, and evaluation and adjustments during the implementation process.
integrated priority list - A list of a combatant commander’s highest priority requirements, prioritized across Service and functional lines, defining shortfalls in key programs that, in the judgment of the combatant commander, adversely affect the capability of the combatant commander’s forces to accomplish their assigned mission. Also called IPL.
integrated product/ project team - multi-disciplinary team composed of representatives from appropriate functional disciplines responsible and accountable for planning, budgeting, procurement and life-cycle management of the investment to achieve its cost, schedule and performance goals working together to carry out an acquisition function may include members from both Government (including a contracting officer) and industry, after award, and may also include members of the user community or different office representatives.
integrated project team - A multi-disciplinary team with experts in project management, resource management, procurement, and other disciplines, as necessary, to evaluate all aspects of the project. The IPTs typically (1) establish or review a baseline inventory of existing assets, (2) analyze and recommend alternative solutions, (3) manage or review the acquisition, if approved, and (4) oversee the asset (or service) once in use.
integrated renewable energy system - a community-wide energy system that- (A) reduces conventional energy use; and (B) increases the use of energy from renewable sources.
integrated resource planning - in the case of a gas utility, planning by the use of any standard, regulation, practice, or policy to undertake a systematic comparison between demand-side management measures and the supply of gas by a gas utility to minimize life-cycle costs of adequate and reliable utility services to gas consumers. Integrated resource planning shall take into account
integrated risk management - structured approach that enables the distribution and employment of shared risk information and analysis and the synchronization of independent yet complementary risk management strategies to unify efforts across the enterprise.
integrated security managements systems - web-based personnel security case management tool designed to support the lifecycle of Department (DHS) personnel security and suitability cases to include the capture of information related to background checks, investigations, and final determinations.
integrated staff - A staff in which one officer only is appointed to each post on the establishment of the headquarters, irrespective of nationality and Service. See also multinational staff; joint staff.
integrated test and evaluation - planning, execution and reporting on the totality of test and evaluation events conducted on a system or equipment throughout the system technology development and acquisition.
integrated testing - collaborative planning and collaborative execution of test phases and events to provide data in support of independent analysis, evaluation, and reporting by all stakeholders, particularly the DT (contractor and government) and OT communities.
integrated textbook - a college textbook that is (A) combined with materials developed by a third party and that, by third-party contractual agreement, may not be offered by publishers separately from the college textbook with which the materials are combined; or (B) combined with other materials that are so interrelated with the content of the college textbook that the separation of the college textbook from the other materials would render the college textbook unusable for its intended purpose.
integration testing - testing in which software components, hardware components, or both are combined and tested to evaluate the interaction between them.
integration - 1. In force protection, the synchronized transfer of units into an operational commander's force prior to mission execution. 2. The arrangement of military forces and their actions to create a force that operates by engaging as a whole. 3. In photography, a process by which the average radar picture seen on several scans of the time base may be obtained on a print, or the process by which several photographic images are combined into a single image. See also force protection.
integration - the process of providing systems engineering and technical direction for a system for the purpose of achieving capabilities that satisfy program requirements.
integrity assurance - Information in an IT system is protected from unauthorized, unanticipated or unintentional modification or destruction. Integrity assurance also addresses the quality of an IT system reflecting the logical correctness and reliability of the operating system; the logical completeness of the hardware and software implementing the protection mechanisms, and the consistency of the data structures and occurrence of the stored data.
integrity information - guarding against improper information modification or destruction includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
integrity - Guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
integrity - Safeguards against improper information modification or destruction, including ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
integrity - guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
integrity - the state that exists when information is unchanged from its source and has not been accidentally or intentionally modified, altered, or destroyed.
intelink-U - Formerly known as the Open Source Information System (OSIS), Intelink-U is an interagency service provider which is used for information up to the Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) level.
intellectual property rights - copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property rights that are enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
intellectual property - an invention patentable under title 35, or any patent on such an invention, or any work for which copyright protection is available under title 17.
intellectual property - property rights in intangible creations or expressions of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, names, images, and designs used in commerce is divided into various categories such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
intelligence activities - all activities that elements of the Intelligence Community are authorized to conduct pursuant to law or Executive Order 12333, as amended, or a successor order.
intelligence activities - all activities that elements of the Intelligence Community are authorized to conduct pursuant to this order.
intelligence activity - activity that is an element of the Intelligence Community and authorized to
intelligence agency - any department, agency, or other entity of the United States involved in intelligence or intelligence-related activities.
intelligence analyst - an individual who regularly advises, administers, supervises, or performs work in the collection, gathering, analysis, evaluation, reporting, production, or dissemination of information on political, economic, social, cultural, physical, geographical, scientific, or military conditions, trends, or forces in foreign or domestic areas that directly or indirectly affect national security.
intelligence and analysis Regional Director - senior I&A manager within a geographic region responsible for managing intelligence processes, technologies, and I&A personnel to meet Intelligence Community, DHS, and state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) mission requirements. Also called I&A Regional Director.
intelligence and analysis analysis - activity whereby meaning, actual or suggested, is derived through organizing and systematically examining diverse information and applying inductive or deductive logic for the purposes of criminal investigation or assessment. Also called I&A analysis.
intelligence and analysis field personnel - employee of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A ) assigned, detailed, or deployed to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial offices physically located outside of I&A Headquarters. Also called I&A field personnel.
intelligence and analysis product - physical manifestation, regardless of form or format, of analytic efforts conducted in furtherance of the I&A mission, which represent the analytic assessment, judgment, or other analytic input of I&A or intelligence personnel, and which are intended for dissemination not included are the informal sharing of raw or unevaluated information, analyst-to- analyst exchanges, products issued by the Intelligence Watch and Warning and which may contain limited analytic content, or the sharing of third-party products. Also called I&A product.
intelligence and analysis production plan - dynamic document or database representing the proposed analytic research of I&A. Also called I&A production plan.
intelligence and analysis use - person, including DHS or other Federal Government employees assigned or detailed to I&A, contractor or subcontractor personnel assigned to or working in support of I&A, and others as approved by I&A, authorized to use electronic tools (e-mail, intranet, etc.) as part of their assigned official duties. Also called I&A use.
intelligence annex - A supporting document of an operation plan or order that provides detailed information on the enemy situation, assignment of intelligence tasks, and intelligence administrative procedures.
intelligence assessment - an intelligence-related analytical study of a subject of policy significance and does not include building-block papers, research projects, and reference aids.
intelligence asset - Any resource utilized by an intelligence organization for an operational support role.
intelligence collection activities - the collection of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information.
intelligence collection requirement - specific identified intelligence or information gap pursued through collection operations, intelligence activities, or nominated for collection by the appropriate recipient of the intelligence or information
intelligence community business system - an information system, including a national security system, that is operated by, for, or on behalf of an element of the intelligence community, including a financial system, mixed system, financial data feeder system, and the business infrastructure capabilities shared by the systems of the business enterprise architecture, including people, process, and technology, that build upon the core infrastructure used to support business activities, such as acquisition, financial management, logistics, strategic planning and budgeting, installations and environment, and human resource management.
intelligence community - All departments or agencies of a government that are concerned with intelligence activity, either in an oversight, managerial, support, or participatory role. Also called IC.
intelligence community - certain designated federal government agencies, services, bureaus, or other organizations that play a role in the gathering or use of national intelligence includes a broad range of personnel in government, the private sector and military, both domestic and foreign, including gatherers, analysts, and end-users of intelligence information.
intelligence database - The sum of holdings of intelligence data and finished intelligence products at a given organization.
intelligence discipline - A well-defined area of intelligence planning, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and reporting using a specific category of technical or human resources. See also counterintelligence; human intelligence; imagery intelligence; intelligence; measurement and signature intelligence; open-source intelligence; signals intelligence; technical intelligence.
intelligence estimate - The appraisal, expressed in writing or orally, of available intelligence relating to a specific situation or condition with a view to determining the courses of action open to the enemy or
intelligence estimate - an appraisal of available intelligence relating to a specific situation or condition with a view to determining the courses of action open to an enemy or potential enemy and the probable order of adoption of such courses of action.
intelligence federation - A formal agreement in which a combatant command joint intelligence center receives preplanned intelligence support from other joint intelligence centers, Service intelligence organizations, reserve organizations, and national agencies during crisis or contingency operations.
intelligence information report reporter - DHS personnel authorized to produce intelligence information reports (IIRs).
intelligence information report - A formatted message utilized as the primary vehicle for providing human intelligence information to the customer via automated intelligence community databases. Also called IIR.
intelligence information report - A formatted message utilized as the primary vehicle for providing human intelligence information to the customer via automated intelligence community databases. Also called IIR.
intelligence information report - information delivery vehicle used to report raw, unevaluated information related to collection requirements or national intelligence requirements to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial, partners as well as foreign and private sector consumers, as appropriate.
intelligence information sharing environment - Department approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorism and homeland security information.
intelligence information - analyzed and synthesized information that is of tactical, operational, or strategic value includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information as defined by Executive Order 12333, December 4, 1981, as amended, or by a successor order.
intelligence interrogation - The systematic process of using approved interrogation approaches to question a captured or detained person to obtain reliable information to satisfy intelligence requirements, consistent with applicable law.
intelligence method - The method used to provide support to an intelligence source or operation, and which, if disclosed, is vulnerable to counteraction that could nullify or significantly reduce its effectiveness in supporting the foreign intelligence or foreign counterintelligence activities of the United States, or which would, if disclosed, reasonably lead to the disclosure of an intelligence source or operation.
intelligence method - The method used to provide support to an intelligence source or operation, and which, if disclosed, is vulnerable to counteraction that could nullify or significantly reduce its effectiveness in supporting the foreign intelligence or foreign counterintelligence activities of the United States, or which would, if disclosed, reasonably lead to the disclosure of an intelligence source or operation.
intelligence mission management - A systematic process by a joint intelligence staff to proactively and continuously formulate and revise command intelligence requirements, and track the resulting information through the processing, exploitation, and dissemination process to satisfy user requirements. Also called IMM.
intelligence operations - The variety of intelligence and counterintelligence tasks that are carried out by various intelligence organizations and activities within the intelligence process. See also analysis and production; collection; dissemination and integration; evaluation and feedback; planning and direction; processing and exploitation.
intelligence originator - DHS Component or other department or agency of the United States Government that produced an intelligence product based on information collected in whole or in part by that entity including, but not limited to, elements of the IC).
intelligence personnel - employees, detailees, contractors, and subcontractors assigned to or working on behalf of I&A, regardless of duty location.
intelligence planning - The intelligence component of the Adaptive Planning and Execution system, which coordinates and integrates all available Defense Intelligence Enterprise capabilities to meet combatant commander intelligence requirements. Also called IP.
intelligence preparation of the battlespace - The analytical methodologies employed by the Services or joint force component commands to reduce uncertainties concerning the enemy, environment, time, and terrain. Also called IPB. See also joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment.
intelligence process - The process by which information is converted into intelligence and made available to users, consisting of the six interrelated intelligence operations: planning and direction, collection, processing and exploitation, analysis and production, dissemination and integration, and evaluation and feedback. See also analysis and production; collection; dissemination and integration; evaluation and feedback; intelligence; planning and direction; processing and exploitation.
intelligence product - physical manifestation, regardless of form of format, of analytic efforts conducted in furtherance of an intelligence activity, which represent the analytic assessment, judgment, or other analytic output of intelligence personnel, and which are intended for dissemination.
intelligence production - The integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of information from single or multiple sources into finished intelligence for known or anticipated military and related national security consumer requirements.
intelligence questions - current questions of concern (by strategic leaders or operational commanders ) about the homeland security threat or operational environment, which must be answered through the collection or production of intelligence.
intelligence report - A specific report of information, usually on a single item, made at any level of command in tactical operations and disseminated as rapidly as possible in keeping with the timeliness of the information.
intelligence reporting - Intelligence information prepared by the collector and transmitted to one or more intelligence-producing components.
intelligence reporting - Intelligence information prepared by the collector and transmitted to one or more intelligence-producing components.
intelligence requirement - 1. Any subject, general or specific, upon which there is a need for the collection of information, or the production of intelligence. 2. A requirement for intelligence to fill a gap in the command’s knowledge or understanding of the operational environment or threat forces. Also called IR. See also intelligence; priority intelligence requirement.
intelligence source - A person, organization, or technical means which provides foreign intelligence or foreign counterintelligence and which, if its identity or capability is disclosed, is vulnerable to counteraction that could nullify or significantly reduce its effectiveness in providing foreign intelligence or foreign counterintelligence to the United States. An intelligence source also means a
intelligence source - The means or system that can be used to observe and record information relating to the condition, situation, or activities of a targeted location, organization, or individual. See also intelligence; source.
intelligence special access program - special access program established primarily to protect the planning and execution of especially sensitive intelligence or counterintelligence operations or collection activities.
intelligence system - Any formal or informal system to manage data gathering, to obtain and process the data, to interpret the data, and to provide reasoned judgments to decision makers as a basis for action.
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance visualization - The capability to graphically display the current and future locations of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors, their projected platform tracks, vulnerability to threat capabilities and meteorological and oceanographic phenomena, fields of regard, tasked collection targets, and products to provide a basis for dynamic retasking and time-sensitive decision making. Also called ISR visualization. See also intelligence; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; reconnaissance; surveillance.
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance - An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. See also intelligence; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance visualization; reconnaissance; surveillance.
intelligence-led policing - the collection and analysis of information to produce an intelligence end product designed to inform law enforcement decision making at the tactical and strategic level.
intelligence-related activities - Those activities outside the consolidated defense intelligence program that: respond to operational commanders’ tasking for time-sensitive information on foreign entities; respond to national intelligence community tasking of systems whose primary mission is support to operating forces; train personnel for intelligence duties; provide an intelligence reserve; or are devoted to research and development of intelligence or related capabilities. (Specifically excluded are programs that are so closely integrated with a weapon system that their primary function is to provide immediate-use targeting data. )
intelligence/ investigations - Different from operational and situational intelligence gathered and reported by the Planning Section. Intelligence/ investigations gathered within the Intelligence/ Investigations function is information that either leads to the detection, prevention, apprehension, and prosecution of criminal activities (or the individual(s) involved), including terrorist incidents, or information that leads to determination of the cause of a given incident (regardless of the source) such as public health events or fires with unknown origins.
intelligence - foreign intelligence and counterintelligence as defined by Executive Order 12333 of December 4, 1981, as amended, or by a successor order.
intelligence - foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
intelligent transportation infrastructure - fully integrated public sector intelligent transportation system components, as defined by the Secretary.
intelligent transportation system and ITS - electronics, photonics, communications, or information processing used singly or in combination to improve the efficiency or safety of a surface transportation system.
intended victim - target of credible and specific information indicating an impending threat of intentional killing, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping directed at a person or group of people, an institution,
intent - determination to achieve an objective.
intentional hazard - source of harm, duress, or difficulty created by a deliberate action or a planned course of action.
intentional killing - deliberate killing of a specific person or group of persons.
intentional misconduct - conduct by a person with knowledge (at the time of the conduct) that the conduct is harmful to the health or well-being of another person.
inter-service support - action by one Service or element thereof to provide logistics and/ or administrative support to another Service or element thereof. See also support.
inter/ intra Agency Agreement - Refers to an Economy Act agreement representing a valid obligation against the ordering agency's appropriations which authorizes one agency to perform services or provide items to another agency either directly or by contract with a private party. (See Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) / Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).) Also called IAA.
interactive computer service - any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the Internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions.
interactive data format - an electronic data format in which pieces of information are identified using an interactive data standard.
interagency acquisition - a procedure by which an agency needing supplies or services (the requesting agency) obtains them from another agency (the servicing agency), by an assisted acquisition or a direct acquisition. The term includes — (1) Acquisitions under the Economy Act; and (2) Non- Economy Act acquisitions completed under other statutory authorities, (e.g., General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedules and Governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs)).
interagency agreement - for the purposes of this document, a written agreement entered into between two or more Federal agencies that specifies the goods to be furnished or tasks to be accomplished by one agency (the servicing agency) in support of the other(s) (the requesting agency), including assisted acquisitions as described in OMB Memorandum: Improving the Management and Use of Interagency Acquisitions and other cases.
interagency agreement - the financial details of an order, terms of reimbursement, itemized costs, and financial obligations when one agency performs services or provides items to another agency. Services and items are either provided directly or by contract with a private party then charged for reimbursement. An IAA is often used with a corresponding Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), which describes the general terms and conditions (GT&C) of the service. All parties must agree to the IAAs terms and conditions, and an authorized official from each agency involved must sign it. Also called IAA.
interagency coordination - Within the context of Department of Defense involvement, the coordination
interagency coordination - Within the context of DoD involvement, the coordination that occurs between elements of DoD, and engaged USG organizations for the purpose of achieving an objective.
interagency - Of or pertaining to United States Government agencies and departments, including the Department of Defense. See also interagency coordination.
intercity rail passenger transportation - rail passenger transportation, except commuter rail passenger transportation.
interconnection security agreement - An Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA) documents and formalizes a network or communications interconnection between parties and specifies any security safeguards needed to protect the interconnected systems. An ISA supports the MOA or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the parties.
interconnection security agreement - An agreement established between the organizations that own and operate connected IT systems to document the technical requirements of the interconnection. The ISA also supports a Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement (MOU/ A) between the organizations. Also called ISA.
interconnection service agreement - agreement between system owners that facilitates the direct connection of two or more information technology (IT) systems for the purpose of sharing data and other information resources implements a memorandum of agreement or letter of intent by describing the purposes of interconnecting the IT systems, identifying the terms under which interconnection may occur, and the methods and levels of interconnectivity, and addressing potential security risks associated with such interconnection.
interconnection - The linking of two distinct networks.
intercontinental ballistic missile - A land-based, long-range ballistic missile with a range capability greater than 3,000 nautical miles. Also called ICBM.
interdependency - mutually reliant relationship between entities (objects, persons, or groups)a relationship where the consequences of a positive or an adverse event affecting one will have cascading effects upon others.
interdiction - 1. An action to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy’s military surface capability before it can be used effectively against friendly forces, or to otherwise achieve objectives. 2. In support of law enforcement, activities conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, intercept, board, detain, or destroy, under lawful authority, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, people, cargo, and money. See also air interdiction.
interdiction - in support of law enforcement, activities conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, intercept, board, detain, or destroy, as appropriate, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, people, and cargo.
interdiction — 1. An action to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy’s military surface capability before it can be used effectively against friendly forces, or to achieve enemy objectives. 2. In support of law enforcement, activities conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, intercept, board, detain, or destroy, under lawful authority, vessels, vehicles, aircraft, people, cargo, and money. See also air interdiction.
interest in land - any ownership or possessory right with respect to real property, including ownership in fee, an easement, a leasehold, and any subsurface or mineral rights.
interest - A charge assessed that compensates the Government for the loss of use of funds when the debt is not paid timely. It accrues from the date of the delinquency.
interest - service charges, renewal charges, fees, or any other charges (except bona fide insurance) with respect to an obligation or liability.
intergovernmental affairs - Department of Homeland Security Support Component that facilitates timely and meaningful consultation by the Department and its agencies with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners.
intergovernmental organization - A group created by a formal agreement, such as a treaty, between two or more governments and established on a global, regional, or functional basis for wide-ranging or narrowly defined purposes; formed to protect and promote national interests shared by member states. Examples include the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the African Union.
intergovernmental organization - An organization created by a formal agreement between two or more governments on a global, regional, or functional basis to protect and promote national interests shared by member states. Also called IGO.
intergovernmental training - training provided by the Federal Government which permits the
interim acknowledgment - Short response acknowledging receipt of inquiry with date to expect final reply.
interim contact - the ability of a left-behind parent to communicate with or visit an abducted child during the pendency of an abduction case.
interim controls - a set of measures designed to reduce temporarily human exposure or likely exposure to lead-based paint hazards, including specialized cleaning, repairs, maintenance, painting, temporary containment, ongoing monitoring of lead-based paint hazards or potential hazards, and the establishment and operation of management and resident education programs.
interim employee performance rating - written assessment when either the employee or rating official leaves their position before the end of the performance appraisal period.
interim measure - any short-term method for the management of sewage sludge or industrial waste, which- (A) is used before implementation of an alternative system; and (B) does not require a permit under this Act.
interim services - services for reducing the adverse health effects of such abuse, for promoting the health of the individual, and for reducing the risk of transmission of disease, which services are provided until the individual is admitted to such a program.
interlibrary loan - process by which a library requests materials from, or supplies materials to, another library.
intermediary country - a country that exports raw or worked ivory that does not originate in that country.
intermediate cost objective - a cost objective that is used to accumulate indirect costs or service center costs that are subsequently allocated to one or more indirect cost pools and/ or final cost objectives.
intermediate ingredient or feedstock - a material or compound made in whole or in significant part from biological products, including renewable agricultural materials (including plant, animal, and marine materials) or forestry materials, that are subsequently used to make a more complex compound or product.
intermediate material - a material that is self-produced, used in the production of a good, and designated.
intermediate military objective - The measurable objectives that directly contribute to the achievement of theater or functional end states. They reflect objectives achievable by the command within the 5 year timeframe of a campaign plan. Also called IMO.
intermediate recovery IT service - restoration of critical information technology systems and services within 24 to 72 hours.
intermediate staging base - A tailorable, temporary location used for staging forces, sustainment and/ or
intermediate-range ballistic missile - A land-based ballistic missile with a range capability from 1,500 to 3,000 nautical miles. Also called IRBM.
intermittent parking permit - A permit that is to be used by employees either coming to the Harry S Truman building or traveling to outside annexes for meetings and not as a supplement to each bureau's individual allotment. This pass requires a letter of justification from the respective bureau executive office.
intermodal equipment interchange agreement - the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement or any other written document executed by an intermodal equipment provider or its agent and a motor carrier or its agent, the primary purpose of which is to establish the responsibilities and liabilities of both parties with respect to the interchange of the intermodal equipment.
intermodal equipment provider - any person that interchanges intermodal equipment with a motor carrier pursuant to a written interchange agreement or has a contractual responsibility for the maintenance of the intermodal equipment.
intermodal equipment - trailing equipment that is used in the intermodal transportation of containers over public highways ininterstate commerce, including trailers and chassis.
intermodal transportation - the successive transportation of a loaded container or trailer from its place of origin to its place of destination by more than one mode of transportation in interstate or foreign commerce, whether under a single bill of lading or under separate bills of lading.
intermodal - Type of international freight system that permits transshipping among sea, highway, rail, and air modes of transportation through use of American National Standards Institute and International Organization for Standardization containers, line-haul assets, and handling equipment.
intermodal - freight transit system that permits transshipping of cargo among sea, highway, rail and air modes of transportation through use of standardized containers, line-haul assets and handling equipment.
intermunicipal agency - an agency established by two or more municipalities with responsibility for planning or administration of solid waste.
internal assessment environmental compliance - assessment conducted by personnel directly associated with the evaluated activities.
internal audience - In public affairs, United States military members and Department of Defense civilian employees and their immediate families. See also external audience; public.
internal control standards - The standards issued by the Comptroller General, as revised, to establish, maintain, and evaluate systems of management control. These are applicable to all Department operations and administrative functions but are not intended to limit or interfere with duly granted authority related to developing legislation, rulemaking, or other discretionary policymaking.
internal control - A process, effected by an entity's management and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories - Effectiveness and efficiency of operations; Reliability of financial reporting; and Compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
internal control - The steps taken to provide reasonable assurance that obligations and costs are in compliance with applicable law; funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded; revenues and expenditures applicable to Departmental operations are properly recorded and accounted for; and programs are efficiently and effectively carried out in accordance with law and management policy.
internal control - a process, effected by an entity's management and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories: (1) Effectiveness and efficiency of operations; (2) Reliability of financial reporting; and (3) Compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
internal controls - the organization, policies, procedures, actions, and activities that management implements to achieve results and safeguard the integrity of their programs. Internal control is an integral component of an organization’s management that provides reasonable assurance that the following objectives are being achieved: effectiveness and efficiency of operations; reliability of financial reporting; and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Internal controls may be assessed at the entity level as well as at the process, transaction, or application level. Entity level refers to the highest organizational level in which the internal controls have an overarching or
internal defense and development - The full range of measures taken by a nation to promote its growth and to protect itself from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to its security. Also called IDAD. See also foreign internal defense.
internal fund code financial - agency defined code used to identify an individual appropriation or fund account for internal reporting.
internal rate of return - The discount rate that sets the net present value of the stream of net benefits equal to zero. The internal rate of return may have multiple values when the stream of net benefits alternates from negative to positive more than once.
internal relocation - An action taken where Department personnel and visitors are directed to remain within a building but move to a previously unidentified location of away from the danger (e.g., a conference room or auditorium on the opposite side where the danger is occurring) as a safety precaution because of outside threats. A direction to move to an internal location may occur with little or no warning.
internal security - The state of law and order prevailing within a nation.
internal system/ network - A system/ network where- (i) the establishment, maintenance, and provisioning of security controls are under the direct control of organizational employees or contractors; or (ii) cryptographic encapsulation or similar security technology provides the same effect.
internally displaced person - Any person who has been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their home or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized state border. Also called IDP.
international agreement - a comprehensive agreement concluded through negotiations at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, relating to (among other matters) the exploration for and commercial recovery of hard mineral resources and the establishment of an international regime for the regulation thereof.
international boundaries - data includes both textual information to describe, and GIS digital cartographic data to depict, both land and maritime international boundaries, other lines of separation, limits, zones, enclaves/ exclaves and special areas between States and dependencies.
international business - profit-oriented business relationships conducted across national boundaries and includes activities such as the buying and selling of goods, investments in industries, the licensing of processes, patents and trademarks, and the supply of services.
international chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response - A United States Government activity that assists a foreign government in responding to the effects from an intentional, naturally occurring, or accidental chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incident on foreign territory to save and sustain lives, stabilize the situation, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs. Also called ICBRN-R.
international chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response - United States Government activity that assists foreign governments in responding to the effects from an intentional or accidental chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incident on foreign territory. Also called ICBRN-R.
international conformity assessment procedure - a conformity assessment procedure that is adopted by an international standards organization.
international convention for safe containers - A convention held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 Dec 1972, which resulted in setting standard safety requirements for containers moving in international transport. These requirements were ratified by the United States on 3 January 1978. Also called CSC.
international cooperative administrative support services costs - Costs that cannot be directly attributed to an agency and are distributed via ICASS as either post-obligated costs or nonpost- obligated costs (refer to 6 FAH-5 H-300, Definitions). ICASS costs, if applicable, must be discussed in advance and incorporated into the DETO Agreement. Also called ICASS costs.
international cooperative administrative support services - A customer-driven, voluntary interagency mechanism for managing and funding administrative support services abroad. It gives posts the authority to determine how services are delivered, at what cost and by whom; ensures that service providers are formally accountable to the customer; and incorporates a full-cost recovery system through a no-year working capital fund (WCF). Also called ICASS.
international cooperative administrative support services - An interagency program administered by the Department of State through which the U.S. Government provides and shares the cost of common administrative support services. ICASS uses a cost-distribution system based on per capita counts, actual workload counts (such as number of kilometers driven), and other distribution factors (such as square meters occupied, or number of telephone instruments serviced) to share administrative support costs among participating agencies. Also called ICASS.
international cooperative administrative support services - ICASS is a customer-driven, voluntary interagency system for managing and funding administrative support services abroad; gives posts the authority to determine how services are delivered at what cost and by whom; has customer service standards established by the post, with the service provider formally accountable to the customer; and incorporates a full-cost recovery system through a no-year working capital fund.
international cooperative administrative support services - It is the policy of the Department of State to provide shared administrative services for U.S. Government agencies at posts abroad using a voluntary interagency mechanism for managing and funding those services, and using a full-cost recovery system which is transparent, fair, and equitable. ICASS applies to the management and funding of all shared administrative services abroad and related costs at participating agencies headquarters. ICASS involves all participating U.S. Government agencies at all posts. Also called ICASS.
international criminal court - the court established by the Rome Statute.
international cyber criminal - an individual- (1) who is believed to have committed a cybercrime or intellectual property crime against the interests of the United States or the citizens of the United States; and (2) for whom- (A) an arrest warrant has been issued by a judge in the United States; or (B) an international wanted notice (commonly referred to as a Red Notice) has been circulated by Interpol.
international financial institution - the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa.
international financial institution - the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
international financial institution - the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction.
international marriage broker - a corporation, partnership, business, individual, or other legal entity, whether or not organized under any law of the United States, that charges fees for providing dating, matrimonial, matchmaking services, or social referrals between United States citizens or nationals or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States as permanent residents and foreign national clients by providing personal contact information or otherwise facilitating communication between individuals.
international military education and training - Formal or informal instruction provided to foreign military students, units, and forces on a nonreimbursable (grant) basis by offices or employees of the United States, contract technicians, and contractors. Instruction may include correspondence courses; technical, educational, or informational publications; and media of all kinds. Also called IMET. See also United States Military Service funded foreign training.
international organization - An organization with an international membership, scope, or presence.
international organization - a public international organization or international-organization preparatory commission in which the Government of the United States participates.
international partner astronaut - an individual designated under Article 11 of the International Space Station Intergovernmental Agreement, by a partner to that agreement other than the United States, as
international standard or recommendation - an engineering standard or recommendation which is (A ) formulated and promulgated by an international organization and (B) recommended for adoption by individual nations as a national standard.
international standard-setting organization - an organization consisting of representatives of 2 or more countries, the purpose of which is to negotiate, develop, promulgate, or amend an international standard.
international standard - any standard that is promulgated by an international standards organization.
international standards organization - any organization-(A) the membership of which is open to representatives, whether public or private, of the United States and at least all Members; and(B) that is engaged in international standards-related activities.
international standards-related activity - the negotiation, development, or promulgation of, or any amendment or change to, an international standard, or an international conformity assessment procedure, or both.
international student - A student undertaking academic study outside of his or her native country.
international student - an individual who (A) is not a citizen or national of, or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United States; (B) does not provide evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service that he or she is in the United States for other than temporary purposes with the intention of becoming a citizen of, or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in, the United States; and (C) is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.
international supply chain - the end-to-end process for shipping goods to or from the United States beginning at the point of origin (including manufacturer, supplier, or vendor) through a point of distribution to the destination.
international terrorism - activities that (1) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate domestic criminal law or would violate such law if committed in the United States or a State, local, or tribal jurisdiction; (2) appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping; and (3) occur totally outside the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons
international terrorism - activities that— (1) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any State; (2) appear to be intended— (A) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (B) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (C) to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping; and(3) occur totally outside the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to coerce or intimidate, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum.
international terrorism - terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than 1 country.
international visitor - All participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program are known as international visitors(IVs). Where the terms participant or visitor are used in this text, they are interchangeable.
international voyage - a voyage by a vessel entitled to fly the flag of one country to or from a port, shipyard, offshore terminal, or other place under the jurisdiction of another country.
internationalization of curricula - the incorporation of international or comparative perspectives in existing courses of study or the addition of new components to the curricula to provide an international context for American business education.
internationally recognized core labor standards - the core labor standards only as stated in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-Up (1998).
internet (lower-case i) - Any time you connect 2 or more networks together, you have an internet.
internet (upper-case I) - The commonly accepted name for the vast collection of interconnected networks that all use the TCP/ IP protocols and that evolved from the ARPANET of the late 60s and early 70s. The Internet has no access controls and is publicly accessible.
internet - A worldwide system of computer networks. The Internet is a collection of large, medium, and
internet - publically accessible network of web content.
internet – the international computer network of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet switched data networks.
interoperability - 1. The ability to operate in synergy in the execution of assigned tasks. 2. The condition achieved among communications-electronics systems or items of communications- electronics equipment when information or services can be exchanged directly and satisfactorily between them and/ or their users.
interoperability - The ability of emergency management/ response personnel to interact and work well together. In the context of technology, interoperability also refers to having an emergency communications system that is the same or is linked to the same system that a jurisdiction uses for nonemergency procedures, and that effectively interfaces with national standards as they are developed. The system should allow the sharing of data with other jurisdictions and levels of government during planning and deployment.
interoperability - a system that enables program benefits in the form of an electronic benefit transfer card to be redeemed in any State.
interoperability - ability of systems, personnel, and equipment to provide and receive functionality, data, information and/ or services to and from other systems, personnel, and equipment, between both public and private agencies, departments, and other organizations, in a manner enabling them to operate effectively together in the realm of information technology, refers to the ability of computer different systems or databases to exchange data in a commonly understood format and the ability to act upon such data without manual intervention.
interoperability - the ability of the program to electronically share reported information, including each of the required report components, with another State if the information concerns either the dispensing of a controlled substance to an ultimate user who resides in such other State, or the dispensing of a controlled substance prescribed by a practitioner whose principal place of business is
interoperability - the ability to communicate and exchange data accurately, effectively, securely, and consistently with different information technology systems, software applications, and networks in various settings, and exchange data such that clinical or operational purpose and meaning of the data are preserved and unaltered.
interoperability - to the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged.
interoperable - the ability of civil U.S. and foreign space-based positioning, navigation, and timing services to be used together to provide better capabilities at the user level than would be achieved by relying solely on one service or signal.
interpretation - A part of the analysis and production phase in the intelligence process in which the significance of information is judged in relation to the current body of knowledge. See also intelligence process. interpretation of Federal Financial Accounting Standards - a document of narrow scope that provides clarifications of original meaning, additional definitions, or other guidance pertaining to an existing Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS).
interpreter - A language-qualified individual under contract to the Department of States Office of Language Services (A/ OPR/ LS), assigned to accompany and interpret for visitors requiring such services. Interpreters also facilitate visitors travel and help interpret American society and culture.
interrogatories - Questions posed to a person or entity - Normally, in connection with litigation, the term means written questions given to one party to an action by another party that require response in writing under oath - Cross-interrogatories are questions posed by the opposing party or the attorney of the opposing party.
interstate agency - an agency of two or more municipalities in different States, or an agency established by two or more States, with authority to provide for the management of solid wastes and serving two or more municipalities located in different States.
interstate air commerce - the transportation of passengers or property by aircraft for compensation, the transportation of mail by aircraft, or the operation of aircraft in furthering a business or vocation — (A) between a place in — (i) a State, territory, or possession of the United States and a place in the District of Columbia or another State, territory, or possession of the United States; (ii) a State and another place in the same State through the airspace over a place outside the State; (iii) the District of Columbia and another place in the District of Columbia; or (iv) a territory or possession of the United States and another place in the same territory or possession; and (B) when any part of the
interstate air transportation - the transportation of passengers or property by aircraft as a common carrier for compensation, or the transportation of mail by aircraft- (A) between a place in- (i) a State, territory, or possession of the United States and a place in the District of Columbia or another State, territory, or possession of the United States; (ii) Hawaii and another place in Hawaii through the airspace over a place outside Hawaii; (iii) the District of Columbia and another place in the District of Columbia; or (iv) a territory or possession of the United States and another place in the same territory or possession; and (B) when any part of the transportation is by aircraft.
interstate commerce - commerce between a place in a State and (A) a place in another State; or (B ) another place in the same State through another State.
interstate commerce - commerce that is: (A) between any State, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or (B) between points within the same State, territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof, or within any territory or possession, or the District of Columbia.
interstate commerce - the transportation for sale, trade, or use between any State, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof.
interstate commerce - trade, traffic, or other intercourse- (A) between a place in a State and a point in another State, or between points within the same State but through any place outside that State; or (B) within the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
interstate hazardous liquid pipeline facility - a hazardous liquid pipeline facility used to transport hazardous liquid in interstate or foreign commerce.
interstate transaction - a transaction that is initiated in 1 State by the use of an electronic benefit transfer card that is issued in another State.
intertheater airlift - The common-user airlift linking theaters to the continental United States and to other theaters as well as the airlift within the continental United States. See also intratheater airlift.
intertheater patient movement - Moving patients between, into, and out of the different theaters of the geographic combatant commands and into the continental United States or another supporting theater. See also en route care; evacuation; intratheater patient movement.
intervention - immediate action taken to confront, resolve or reduce impact by way of hindrance or modification Intervention is an effect, or force, action that modifies a situation or condition. An intervention is a process that modifies behavior or the outcome of an event.
intestate - Without having made a will; also, the term an intestate means a decedent who leaves no will.
intragovernmental payment and collection - A system that allows agencies to issue payments and provide collecting capabilities by going through the Department of the Treasury via the Internet. Also called IPAC.
intramural research - research that is conducted at DHS sites or is conducted by DHS personnel.
intranet - A private network inside a company or organization that, at a minimum, resides behind a firewall and requires a user name and password for access.
intranet - A restricted-access network that operates in the same manner as the Internet. The purpose of an intranet is to share information and computing resources within the organization without privileged information being made available to everyone with Internet access. The Department of State maintains several intranets including OpenNet, ClassNet, and POEMS. These provide Internet-like services to Department employees, designated cleared contractors, and designated cleared Foreign Service nationals. OpenNet provides e-mail access to the Internet through a firewall. Because ClassNet is used for transmission of National Security Information, there is no connection to the Internet.
intranet - private network of web content accessible only to specific persons with authorized access.
intrastate air carrier - a citizen of the United States undertaking by any means to provide only intrastate air transportation.
intrastate air transportation - the transportation by a common carrier of passengers or property for compensation, entirely in the same State, by turbojet-powered aircraft capable of carrying at least 30 passengers.
intrastate fee - any fee, tax, or other type of assessment, including per vehicle fees and gross receipts taxes, imposed on a motor carrier or motor private carrier for the renewal of the intrastate authority or insurance filings of such carrier with a State.
intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline facility - a hazardous liquid pipeline facility that is not an interstate
intratheater airlift - Airlift conducted within a theater with assets assigned to a geographic combatant commander or attached to a subordinate joint force commander. See also intertheater airlift.
intratheater patient movement - Moving patients within the theater of a combatant command or in the continental United States. See also en route care; evacuation; intertheater patient movement.
intrusion assessments - actions taken under the intrusion assessment plan to identify and remove intruders in agency information systems.
intrusion detection system - security system designed to detect the entry or attempted entry of an individual or vehicle into a protected area.
invasive physical examination - any medical examination that involves the exposure of private body parts, or any act during such examination that includes incision, insertion, or injection into the body, but does not include a hearing, vision, or scoliosis screening.
inventor - the individual or, if a joint invention, the individuals collectively who invented or discovered the subject matter of the invention.
inventory control point - An organizational unit or activity within a Department of Defense supply system that is assigned the primary responsibility for the materiel inventory management of a group of items either for a particular Service or for the Defense Department as a whole. Also called ICP.
inventory control - That phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging, requirements determinations, procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel. Also called inventory management; materiel control; materiel management; supply management.
inventory - A formal listing of all accountable property items assigned to an agency, along with a formal process to verify the condition, location, and quantity of such items. This term may also be used as a verb to indicate the actions leading to the development of a listing. In this sense, an inventory must be conducted using an actual physical count, electronic means, and/ or statistical methods.
inventory - A list of government personnel, by location, function, and position, performing either commercial activities or inherently governmental activities.
investigating official - A management official, an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigator, or security investigator or other comparable officer in the other foreign affairs agencies who is conducting an administrative inquiry. investigation - process of a thorough and systematic examination into something.
investigation - Work done by special agents in OIG/ INV. This includes, but is not limited to, receiving and investigating complaints and information concerning the possible existence of activity constituting- (1) A violation of law or regulation; (2) Mismanagement, gross waste of funds, or abuse of authority; or (3) A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
investment banker - any person engaged in the business of underwriting securities issued by other persons, but does not include an investment company, any person who acts as an underwriter in isolated transactions but not as a part of a regular business, or any person solely by reason of the fact that such person is an underwriter for one or more investment companies.
investment portfolio - grouping of investments to allow for mission effectiveness and high-level investment review, consisting of functional groups, asset types, mission types, etc.
investment, evaluation, submission and tracking system (*) - system that merges the Investment Management System and the Next-Generation Periodic Reporting System functionality and manages the Capital Planning Investment Control process used by DHS to capture, record, and report investment information captured during the capital planning and investment control process.
investment-grade rating - a rating of BBB minus, Baa3, bbb minus, BBB (low), or higher assigned by a rating agency to project obligations.
investment - any contribution or commitment of funds, commodities, services, patents, processes, or techniques, in the form of (1) a loan or loans to an approved project, (2) the purchase of a share of ownership in any such project, (3) participation in royalties, earnings, or profits of any such project, and (4) the furnishing of commodities or services pursuant to a lease or other contract.
investment - resource committed to achieve specific goals and objectives examples of an invested resource include people, assets, equipment, services, supplies, and systems.
investments in the people - government policies or programs of an eligible country that promote the health, education, and other factors which contribute to the well-being and productivity of their people, such as decent, affordable housing for all.
invoice cost - The total of the amount paid to the vendor, including related costs such as transportation or installation, if included on the vendor's initial invoice.
invoice - A bill, written document, or an electronically transmitted document, such as a facsimile copy, scanned copy, email copy, or electronic data interchange, provided by a vendor requesting payment for property received or services rendered. A proper invoice or an electronically transmitted document must meet the requirements of the Prompt Payment Act. The term invoice also includes a receiving report and delivery tickets when contractually designated as invoices.
invoice - a contractor’s bill or written request for payment under the contract for supplies delivered or services performed (see also “proper invoice”).
invoice - a written account, memorandum, list, or catalog, which is issued in connection with any commercial dealing in fur products or furs, and describes the particulars of any fur products or furs, transported or delivered to a purchaser, consignee, factor, bailee, correspondent, or agent, or any other person who is engaged in dealing commercially in fur products or furs.
involuntary servitude - a condition of servitude induced by means of- (A) any scheme, plan, or pattern
ionizing radiation - Particulate (alpha, beta, and neutron) and electromagnetic (X-ray and gamma ) radiation of sufficient energy to displace electrons from atoms, producing ions.
iron and steel products - the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials.
irregular or occasional overtime work - Overtime work that is not part of an employees regularly scheduled administrative workweek; i.e., overtime work that is scheduled after the start of the administrative workweek.
irregular or occasional overtime work - overtime work that is not scheduled in advance of an employee’s administrative workweek.
irregular warfare - A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population(s). Also called IW.
irrevocable letter of credit - a written commitment by a federally insured financial institution to pay all or part of a stated amount of money, until the expiration date of the letter, upon the Government’s (the beneficiary) presentation of a written demand for payment. Neither the financial institution nor the offeror/ contractor can revoke or condition the letter of credit.
irrigation block - an area of arid or semiarid lands in a project in which, in the judgment of the Secretary, the irrigable lands should be reclaimed and put under irrigation at substantially the same time, and which is designated as an irrigation block by order of the Secretary.
irrigation water - water made available for agricultural purposes from the operation of reclamation project facilities pursuant to a contract with the Secretary.
isolated person - An official U.S. citizen, and/ or eligible family member, or (in some cases as identified by post) a private U.S. citizen, national and/ or lawful permanent resident, who is isolated from support and who, if not recovered or assisted, is at risk for serious harm.
isolated personnel report - A Department of Defense form containing information designed to facilitate the identification and authentication of an isolated person by a recovery force. Also called ISOPREP. See also authentication; evader.
isolated personnel - United States military, Department of Defense civilians and contractor personnel
isolator - A device that inserts a break in the normal hard-wire conduction path that exists in a normal telecommunications medium. An isolator provides a temporary communications channel across that break without establishing an end-to-end metallic connection.
issuer - every person who issues or proposes to issue any security, or has outstanding any security which it has issued.
item manager - An individual within the organization of an inventory control point or other such organization assigned management responsibility for one or more specific items of materiel.
item - A letter, flat, parcel, or nonconveyable that is processed by the DPM or IMMS system (see also Mail and Correspondence).
ivory producing country - any African country within which is located any part of the range of a population of African elephants.

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