| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| P3I | Planning, Performance, Process & Innovative Solutions | In English | → Consulting → Economics |
| PACTE | Parcours d'Accès aux Carrières de la fonction publique Territoriale, hospitalière et d'État | In French | → Education |
| PAFB | Patrick Air Force Base (www.patrick.af.mil) | In English | → 358 → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| PAFG | Portsmouth Action Field Gun (www.pafg.co.uk) | In English | → Military affairs |
| PAI | Public Authority for Industry | In English | → Standardization |
| PAIiIZ | Polska Agencja Informacji i Inwestycji Zagranicznych (www.paiz.gov.pl) | In Polish | → Central administration → Finance → Poland |
| PARTAJ | Plan d'Accompagnement Régional et Territorial pour l'Avenir des Jeunes | In French | → Regional administration → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| PASTEL | Plateforme d'Assistance Technique Européenne en Lorraine | In French | → Research policy → Regional administration → France |
| PCBC | Polskie Centrum Badań i Certyfikacji (www.pcbc.gov.pl) | In Polish | → Central administration → Standardization → Poland |
| PCM | Plan Communal de Mobilité | In French | → Regional planning → Transport and postal services |
| PCPS | Plan Communal de Prévention et de Secours | In French | → Municipal administration → Firefighting |
| PCTC | Pentagon Consolidated Telecommunications Center | In English | → Telecommunications → Military affairs |
| PDUIF | Plan de Déplacements Urbains d'Ile-de-France | In French | → Transport and postal services → France |
| PECT | Plan Énergie Climat Territorial | In French | → Regional administration → Energy economics → Meteorology, climatology → Environmental protection |
| PEIA | Prosopography of Early Islamic Administration | In English | → Islam |
| PES | Public Employment Service | In English | → Labour, labour economics |
| PESC | Politique Étrangère et de Sécurité Commune = CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy | In English = GASP | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | In German = WPZiB | Wspólna polityka zagraniczna i bezpieczeństwa | In Polish = GBVB | Gemeenschappelijk Buitenlands en Veiligheidsbeleid | In Dutch = PESC | Politica Estera e di Sicurezza Comune | In Italian = SZPB | Společná zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika | In Czech = СЗБП | Спільна зовнішня та безпекова політика | In Ukrainian = SZPB | Spoločná zahraničná a bezpečnostná politika | In Slovak = PESC | Política Externa e de Segurança Comum | In Portuguese = FUSP | Felles utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitikk | In Norwegian |
In French | → European Union → International relations → Police |
| PESC | Politica Estera e di Sicurezza Comune = CFSP, GASP, WPZiB, GBVB, SZPB, СЗБП, FUSP (look above) |
In Italian | → European Union → International relations → Police |
| PESC | Política Externa e de Segurança Comum = CFSP, GASP, WPZiB, GBVB, SZPB, СЗБП, FUSP (look above) |
In Portuguese | → European Union → International relations → Police |
| PESD | Politique Européenne de Sécurité et de Défense | In French | → Military affairs → European Union |
| PFR | Prime de Fonction et de Résultat | In French | → Personnel management |
| PGPUE | Plan General de Promoción del Uso del Euskera | In English | → Language, linguistics, literature |
| PHMSA | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (www.phmsa.dot.gov) | In English | → Central administration |
| PIPAME | Pôle Interministériel de Prospective et d'Anticipation des Mutations Économiques | In French | → Central administration → Economics |
| PJ | Police Judiciaire | In French | → Police |
| PKS | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik | In German | → Statistics → Police → Criminology |
| PLA | Palestina Liberiga Armeo | In Esperanto | → Military affairs |
| PLI | Pays de la Loire Innovation | In French | → Regional administration → Engineering, technology → Research policy |
| PMC | Private Military Company = SMP | Société Militaire Privée | In French |
In English | → Military affairs |
| PMS | Professor of Military Science | In English | → Education → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| PN | Police Nationale | In French | → Police |
| PNLCC | Programme National de Lutte contre le Changement Climatique | In French | → Central administration → Meteorology, climatology → Environmental protection |
| POSA | Peloton Observatie, Surveillance & Arrestatie | In Dutch | → Police |
| POTUS | President Of The United States | In English | → Politics → Central administration |
| PP | Préfecture de Police | In French | → Police |
| PPP | Public Private Partnership = PPP | Partenariat Public-Privé | In French |
In English | → Law, jurisprudence |
| PPP | Partenariat Public-Privé = (look above) |
In French | → Law, jurisprudence |
| PQJ | Police aux Questions Juives | In French | → Police |
| PRAI | Programme Régional d'Actions Innovatrices | In French | → Regional administration → Engineering, technology |
| PRE | Police Régionale d'Etat | In French | → Police |
| PRQA | Plan Régional pour la Qualité de l'Air | In French | → Regional administration → Environmental protection → Meteorology, climatology |
| PSIG | Peloton de Surveillance et d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie | In French | → Police |
| PSIP | Public Service Internship Program | In English | → Labour, labour economics |
| PSN | Plan Stratégique National | In French | → Central administration |
| PSP | Pôle Stratégique Parisien | In French | → Military affairs |
| PTS | Police Technique et Scientifique | In French | → Police |
| PWGSC | Public Works and Government Services Canada (www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca) = TPSGC | Travaux Publics et Services Gouvernementaux Canada | In French |
In English | → Central administration → Civil engineering → Canada |
| QRF | Quick Reaction Force | In English | → Military affairs |
| RA | Regular Army | In English | → Military affairs |
| RA | Resettlement Administration | In English | → Central administration → Migrations |
| RA | Régiment d'Artillerie | In French | → Military affairs |
| RAF | Royal Air Force (www.raf.mod.uk) | In English | → Military affairs |
| RAN | Royal Australian Navy (www.navy.gov.au) | In English | → 359 → Australia |
| RAPACE | Répertoire Automatisé Pour l'Analyse des Contrefaçons de l'Euro | In French | → Police |
| RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | In English | → Police → Canada |
| RDP | Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes | In French | → Military affairs |
| RDW | Rijks Dienst voor het Wegverkeer (www.rdw.nl) | In Dutch | → Central administration → Vehicle engineering → Netherlands |
| REM | Renseignement d'État-Major | In French | → Military affairs |
| REP | Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes | In French | → Military affairs |
| REP | Reserve Enlistment Program | In English | → Military affairs |
| RER | Réseau Europe Régions | In French | → Research policy → Regional administration |
| RFDA | Revue Française de Droit Administratif | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Law, jurisprudence → France |
| RG | Renseignements Généraux | In French | → Police |
| RGD | Régie de Gestion des Données | In French | → Computer science → Knowledge management |
| RGD | Registrar's General Department | In English | → Central administration |
| RH | Rechnungshof | In German | → Central administration → Public finance |
| RH | Régiment de Hussards | In French | → Military affairs |
| RI | Régiment d'Infanterie | In French | → 356 |
| RIDS | Rockwell Integrated Defense Simulator | In English | → Military affairs → Computer simulation |
| RITA | Research and Innovative Technology Administration (www.rita.dot.gov) | In English | → Central administration → Research policy → Transport and postal services |
| RMPC | Ressources Militaires et de la Protection Civile = MCDA | Military Civilian Defence Assets | In English |
In French | → Military affairs |
| RMT | Régiment de marche du Tchad | In French | → Military affairs |
| RNA | Autoritatea Navală Română = RNA | Romanian Naval Authority | In English |
In Romanian | → Central administration → Transport and postal services |
| RNA | Romanian Naval Authority = (look above) |
In English | → Central administration → Romania |
| RNIA | Réseau National Intégré de l'Administration | In French | → Networks, communication → Central administration → Tunisia |
| RNPP | Registre National des Personnes Physiques | In French | → Central administration |
| ROEM | Renseignement d'Origine Électromagnétique | In French | → Military affairs |
| ROHUM | Renseignement d'Origine Humaine | In French | → Military affairs |
| ROIM | Renseignement d'Origine Imagerie | In French | → Military affairs |
| RORAD | Renseignement d'Origine Radar | In French | → Military affairs |
| ROSA | Romanian Space Agency | In English | → Central administration → Astronomy → Astronautics → Romania |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers Training Corps | In English | → Military affairs → Education |
| RPA | Reserve Personnel, Army | In English | → Military affairs |
| RPIMa | Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine | In French | → Military affairs |
| RPU | Rochester Public Utilities (www.rpu.org) | In English | → Municipal administration |
| RRA | Rwanda Revenue Authority (www.rra.gov.rw) | In English | → Economics → Central administration |
| RSN | Refuser Solidarity Network (www.refusersolidarity.net) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Politics → Military affairs |
| RT | Régiment de Transmissions | In French | → Military affairs → Telecommunications |
| RTT | Radio- ja televisiotekniikan tutkimus | In Finnish | → Organizations and associations → Central administration |
| SA | Sturmabteilung | In German | → Military affairs → History |
| SAAC | Secrétaire Administratif d'Administration Centrale | In French | → Central administration |
| SAC | Standardization Administration of China | In English | → Central administration → Standardization → China |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command | In English | → 358 |
| SAC | Système d'Aide au Commandement | In French | → Software → Military affairs |
| SACE | Secrétaire Administratif de Classe Exceptionnelle | In French | → Central administration |
| SAENES | Secrétaire Administratif de l'Éducation Nationale et de l'Enseignement Supérieur | In French | → Central administration → Education |
| SAFSP | Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects | In English | → 358 → United States |
| SAI | Senior Army Instructor | In English | → Education → Military affairs |
| SAIA | Slovenská Akademická Informačná Agentúra (www.saia.sk) | In Slovak | → Central administration → Slovakia |
| SAIA | Service Académique d'Inspection de l'Apprentissage | In French | → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| SAIM | Système d'Aide à Interprétation Multicapteur | In French | → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| SAIO | Service Académique d'Information et d'Orientation | In French | → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| SALVAC | Système d'Analyse et de Liens de la Violence Associée au Crime | In French | → Data → Criminology → Police |
| SAM | Service des Affaires Maritimes | In French | → Fishing, hunting |
| SAN | Syndicat d'Agglomération Nouvelle | In French | → Organizations and associations → Municipal administration |
| SANDRE | Service d'Administration Nationale des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau | In French | → Central administration → Hydrology → 627 → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| SAP | Section des Atterrissages et Parachutages | In French | → 358 → History |
| SARM | Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities | In English | → Associations → Municipal administration → Canada |
| SAS | Special Air Service | In English | → 358 → History |
| SASA | Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (www.sasa.gov.uk) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Regional administration → Agricultural sciences → United Kingdom |
| SASU | Secrétaire d'Administration Scolaire et Universitaire | In French | → Central administration → Education → Higher education, universities |
| SBA | Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov) | In English | → Central administration → Economics |
| SBZ | Sowjetische Besatzungszone | In German | → Military affairs → History |
| SCA | Service Central Automobile | In French | → Automobile manufacturing |
| SCA | Syndicat Communautaire d'Aménagement | In French | → Organizations and associations → Municipal administration |
| SCCOA | Système de Commandement et de Conduite des Opérations Aériennes | In French | → Military affairs → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| SCCRS | Service Central des Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité | In French | → Police |
| SCDC | Service Central de Documentation Criminelle | In French | → Documentation → Police → Criminology |
| SCIJ | Service Central de l'Identité Judiciaire | In French | → Police |
| SCODRACO | Section Centrale Opérationnelle de Documentation, du Renseignement et d'Analyse du Crime Organisé | In French | → Documentation → Police |
| SCRS | Service Canadien du Renseignement de Sécurité | In French | → Police → Canada |
| SCTIP | Service de Coopération Technique Internationale de Police | In French | → International relations → Police |
| SD | Services Déconcentrés | In French | |
| SD/AFSC | Space Division/Air Force Systems Command | In English | → 358 → Astronautics → United States |
| SD/SP | Space Division Directorate of Security | In English | → Military affairs → Astronautics |
| SDA | Service Départemental de l'Architecture | In French | → Regional administration → Architecture |
| SDACR | Schéma Départemental d'Analyse et de Couverture des Risques | In French | → Regional administration → Accidents, risks, safety |
| SDAG | Strategic Defense Advisory Group | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDAT | Sous-Direction Antiterroriste (de la Police Judiciaire) | In French | → Police |
| SDBDIS | Sous-Direction des Bibliothèques et De l'Information Scientifique | In French | → Central administration → Libraries → Mathematics and natural sciences |
| SDC | Strategic Defense Center | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDC | Strategic Defense Command | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDCC | Strategic Defense Command Center | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDCCC | Space Defense Command Communication Center | In English | → Military affairs → Telecommunications → Astronautics |
| SDCOC | Space Defense Command Operations Center | In English | → Military affairs → Telecommunications → Astronautics |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDI | Service Départemental Incendie | In French | → Regional administration → Firefighting |
| SDIG | Sous-Direction de l'Information Générale | In French | → Central administration → Police |
| SDIO | Strategic Defense Initiative Organization | In English | → Organizations and associations → Military affairs → Polemology |
| SDIO | Strategic Defense Initiative Office | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDIP | Strategic Defense Initiative Program | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDIS | Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours | In French | → Regional administration |
| SDIS | Sercice Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours | In French | → Regional administration → Firefighting → Traumatology |
| SDOPS | Strategic Defense Operational Planning Support | In English | → Military affairs |
| SDP | Strategic Defense Program | In English | → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| SDSC | Strategic and Defence Studies Centre | In English | → Military affairs |
| SEAMEO | Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization | In English | → International relations → Central administration → Education |
| SECED | Servicio Central de Documentación | In Spanish | → Central administration → Spain |
| SECO | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs | In English | → Economics → Central administration → 33972 |
| SEDEE | Service d'Enlèvement et de Destruction des Engins Explosifs | In French | → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| SEE | Service de l'Énergie de l'État | In French | → Central administration → Energy economics |
| SEF | Section Économique et Financière | In French | → Police → Economics → Finance |
| SEM | Société d'Économie Mixte | In French | → Economics |
| SEMWS | Survivable, Endurable Missile Warning System | In English | → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| SENACYT | Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología | In Spanish | → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology |
| SESSI | Service des Études et des Statistiques Industrielles | In French | → Central administration → Statistics → Industry, industrial policy |
| SETAF | Southern Europe Task Force | In English | → Military affairs |
| SETC | State Employees Trades Council | In English | → Labour, labour economics |
| SETC | State Employment and Training Commission | In English | → Central administration → Labour, labour economics → Education |
| SFPD | San Francisco Police Department (www.sfgov.org/police) | In English | → Police |
| SGA | Secrétaire Général d'Administration | In French | |
| SGAR | Secrétariat Général pour les Affaires Régionales | In French | → Regional administration |
| SGASU | Secrétaire Général d'Administration Scolaire et Universitaire | In French | → Education → Higher education, universities |
| SGDN | Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale | In French | → Military affairs |
| SGDSN | Secrétariat Général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale | In French | → Military affairs |
| SHFG | Society for History in the Federal Government | In English | → Organizations and associations → Central administration → History |
| SIC | Système d'Information et de Commandement | In French | → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| SICA | Système d'Information et de Commandement des Armées | In French | → Software → Military affairs |
| SICF | Système d'Information pour le Commandement des Forces | In French | → Software → Military affairs |
| SICOP | Service d'Information et de Communication de la Police Nationale | In French | → Police → Central administration |
| SIE | Speciaal Interventie Eskadron | In Dutch | → Police |
| SIER | Service Interdépartemental d'Exploitation Routière | In French | → Transport and postal services |
| SIF | Service Informatique Fédéral | In French | → Computer science → Central administration |
| SIFC | Service de l'Instruction des Forces Canadiennes | In French | → Education → Military affairs → Canada |
| SIG | Service d'Information du Gouvernement | In French | → Knowledge management → Central administration |
| SILL | Socle Interministériel de Logiciels Libres | In French | → Central administration → Software → France |
| SIMAP | Système d'Information pour les Marchés Publics | In French | → Knowledge management |
| SIOC | Système d'Information Opérationnel et de Commandement | In French | → Software → Military affairs |
| SIPPEREC | Syndicat Intercommunal de la Périphérie de Paris pour l'Électricité et les RÉseaux de Communication | In French | → Municipal administration → Electrical engineering → Networks, communication → Telecommunications → France |
| SIR | Système d'Information Régimentaire | In French | → Software → Military affairs |
| SKKM | Staatliches Krisen- und Katastrophenschutzmanagement | In German | → 35175 → Police → Central administration |
| SLK | Salzburger Landeskorrespondenz | In German | → Regional administration → Austria |
| SLOA | Súdánská lidově osvobozenecká armáda = APLS | Armée Populaire de Libération du Soudan | In French = SPLA | Sudan People's Liberation Army | In English = ELPS | Ejército de Liberación del Pueblo de Sudán | In Spanish |
In Czech | → Political parties and movements → Military affairs |
| SMA | Service Militaire Adapté | In French | → Military affairs |
| SMA | Supply Management, Army | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Military affairs |
| SMH | Society for Military History | In English | → Organizations and associations → History → Military affairs |
| SMI | Structure Militaire d'Intégration | In French | → Military affairs |
| SMP | Société Militaire Privée = PMC (look above) |
In French | → Military affairs |
| SMR | Stratégie Ministérielle de Réforme | In French | → Politics → Central administration |
| SN | Sûreté Nationale | In French | → Police |
| SNEM | Service National des Endémies Majeures | In French | → Central administration → Infectious diseases |
| SNM | Service National Maquis | In French | → Political parties and movements → Military affairs → History |
| SOC | Système OTAN de Classification | In French | → Military affairs |
| SODSIM | Strategic Offense-Defense Simulation | In English | → Military affairs → Military engineering |
| SOE | Special Operations Executive | In English | |
| SOF | Special Operations Forces | In English | → Military affairs |
| SOL | Service d'Ordre Légionnaire | In French | → Police |
| SORIA | Système d'Optimisation du Renseignement Interarmées | In French | → Military affairs |
| SOUTHCOM | Southern Command | In English | → Military affairs |
| SPA | Social Policy Analysis | In English | → Politics |