| C |
| CA |
Competitive Advocate |
| CAAC |
Civilian Agency Acquisition Council |
| CACO |
Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer |
| CAD/CAM |
Computer Aided (or Assisted) Design/Computer Aided (or Assisted)
Manufacturing |
| CAD |
Computer Assisted Design |
| CAE |
Computer Aided Engineering |
| CAGE |
Contractor and Government Entity Code (formerly FSCM) |
| CAI |
Computer Assisted Instruction |
| CALS |
Computer-Aided Acquisition & Logistics Support (or System)
|
| CAS |
Cost Accounting Standards |
| CASB |
Cost Accounting Standards Board |
| CASE |
Computer Assisted Software Engineering |
| CASL |
Competition Advocate Shopping List |
| CBD |
Commerce Business Daily |
| CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
| CC |
Ceiling Cost |
| CCDR |
Contract Cost Data Report |
| CCDRS |
Contractor Cost Data Reporting System |
| CCUITT |
Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy & Telephony
|
| CDP |
Certificate in Data Processing |
| CDR |
Critical Design Review |
| CDRL |
Contract Data Requirements List |
| CEBMA |
Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association
|
| CECOM |
Communications Electronics Command (U.S. Army) |
| CECSR |
Contractor Employee Compensation System Review |
| CER |
Cost Estimating Relationship |
| CFE |
Contractor Furnished Equipment |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFSR |
Contract Funds Status Report |
| CFTC |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CICA |
Competition in Contracting Act |
| CID |
Commercial Item Description |
| CIM |
Corporate Information Management |
| CINC |
Commander In Chief CIO Chief Information Officer |
| CIPR |
Contractor Insurance/Pension Review |
| CLIN |
Contract Line Item Number |
| CNO |
Chief of Naval Operation |
| CNT |
Contract |
| CO |
Contracting Officer or Change Order |
| COB |
Close of Business |
| COBOL |
Common Oriented Business Operating Language |
| COC |
Certificate of Competency |
| COCA |
Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation |
| COD |
Cash on Delivery |
| COE |
Corps of Engineers (U.S. Army) |
| COI |
Conflict of Interest |
| com |
Cost of Money |
| COM |
Computer Output of Money |
| Comp. Gen. |
Comptroller General |
| CONAD |
Continental Air Defense Command |
| CONUS |
Continental United States |
| COTR |
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative |
| COTS |
Commercial Off the Shelf |
| CPA |
Cost Plus Award or Certified Public Accountant |
| CPAF |
Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (contract) |
| CPCM |
Certified Professional Contract Manager |
| CPFF |
Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (contract) |
| CPIF |
Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (contract) |
| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
| CP/M |
Control Program for Microprocessors |
| CPO |
Chief of Purchasing Office |
| CPPC |
Cost-Plus-Percentage-Of-Cost |
| CPR |
Cost Performance Report |
| CPSC |
Consumer Products Safety Commission |
| CPSR |
Contractor Purchasing (or Procurement) System Review |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRAG |
Contractor Risk Assessment Guide |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CRLE |
Cost Reimbursement Level-Of-Effort |
| CRS |
Congressional Research Service |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| CSCSC |
Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria |
| CSF |
Critical Success Factor |
| CSRA |
Civil Service Reform Act |
| CSSR |
Cost/Schedule Status Report |
| CY |
Critical Year |