Glossary terms: B
396 federal contracting terms, acronyms, and government names that start with B. Each links to a plain-language definition with live federal records.
- B502 (Special Studies - Air Quality)
- B503 (Special Studies - Intelligence)
- B504 (Special Studies - Cost/Economic Analysis)
- B505 (Special Studies - Environmental Assessment)
- B506 (Special Studies - Legal/Legislative)
- B507 (Special Studies - Natural Resource)
- B509 (Special Studies - Organizational/Administrative)
- B510 (Special Studies - Mobilization/Preparedness)
- B511 (Special Studies - Chemical/Biological)
- B513 (Special Studies - Nuclear)
- B516 (Special Studies - Policy Review/Development)
- B517 (Special Studies - Scientific Data)
- B519 (Special Studies - Technology)
- B520 (Special Studies - Weapons System)
- B537 (Special Studies - Data Collection/Analysis)
- B539 (Special Studies - Housing/Community Development)
- B540 (Special Studies - Trade Issue)
- B541 (Special Studies - Accounting/Financial Management)
- B599 (Special Studies - Other)
- BA (Basic Agreement)
- BAA (Broad Agency Announcement)
- Baca County (CO) (Colorado)
- Bacon County (GA) (Georgia)
- Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Northeast)
- BAFO (Best and Final Offer)
- Bailey County (TX) (Texas)
- Baker County (FL) (Florida)
- Baker County (GA) (Georgia)
- Baker County (OR) (Oregon)
- Bakersfield (California)
- Bakersfield, CA Metro (Bakersfield, CA)
- Baldwin County (AL) (Alabama)
- Baldwin County (GA) (Georgia)
- Ballard County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Baltimore (Maryland)
- Baltimore City (MD) (Maryland)
- Baltimore County (MD) (Maryland)
- Baltimore FTZ (FTZ 74)
- Baltimore/Washington International Airport (Port 1303)
- Bamberg County (SC) (South Carolina)
- Bandera County (TX) (Texas)
- Bangor (Maine)
- Bangor FTZ (FTZ 58)
- Banks County (GA) (Georgia)
- Banner County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Bannock County (ID) (Idaho)
- Baraga County (MI) (Michigan)
- Barber County (KS) (Kansas)
- Barbour County (AL) (Alabama)
- Barbour County (WV) (West Virginia)
- Barceloneta Municipio (PR) (Puerto Rico)
- Barksdale AFB (Air Force installation)
- Barnes County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Barnstable County (MA) (Massachusetts)
- Barnwell County (SC) (South Carolina)
- Barona Band of Mission Indians (Pacific)
- Barranquitas Municipio (PR) (Puerto Rico)
- Barren County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Barron County (WI) (Wisconsin)
- Barrow County (GA) (Georgia)
- Barry County (MI) (Michigan)
- Barry County (MO) (Missouri)
- Bartholomew County (IN) (Indiana)
- Barton County (KS) (Kansas)
- Barton County (MO) (Missouri)
- Bartow County (GA) (Georgia)
- Base Alameda (Base · 11th District — Pacific Southwest)
- Base Boston (Base · 1st District — Northeast)
- Base Charleston (Base · 7th District — Southeast & Caribbean)
- Base Galveston (Base · 8th District — Gulf Coast & Inland)
- Base Honolulu (Base · 14th District — Hawaii & Pacific)
- Base Ketchikan (Base · 17th District — Alaska)
- Base Kodiak (Base · 17th District — Alaska)
- Base Miami Beach (Base · 7th District — Southeast & Caribbean)
- Base Portsmouth (Base · 5th District — Mid-Atlantic)
- Base Seattle (Base · 13th District — Pacific Northwest)
- Base Year
- Bastrop County (TX) (Texas)
- Bates County (MO) (Missouri)
- Bath County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Bath County (VA) (Virginia)
- Bath VA Medical Center (VAMC 528A8)
- Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
- Baton Rouge FTZ (FTZ 154)
- Baton Rouge, LA Metro (Baton Rouge, LA)
- Battle Creek (Michigan)
- Battle Creek FTZ (FTZ 43)
- Battle Creek VA Medical Center (VAMC 515)
- Baxter County (AR) (Arkansas)
- Bay County (FL) (Florida)
- Bay County (MI) (Michigan)
- Bay Mills Indian Community (Northeast)
- Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (VAMC 516)
- Bay St. Louis (Mississippi)
- Bayamon Municipio (PR) (Puerto Rico)
- Bayfield County (WI) (Wisconsin)
- Bayh-Dole Act (Bayh-Dole Act (Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act))
- Baylor County (TX) (Texas)
- Beadle County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Beale AFB (Air Force installation)
- Bear Lake County (ID) (Idaho)
- Beaufort (South Carolina)
- Beaufort County (NC) (North Carolina)
- Beaufort County (SC) (South Carolina)
- Beaumont FTZ (FTZ 215)
- Beaumont, TX Metro (Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX)
- Beauregard Parish (LA) (Louisiana)
- Beaver County (OK) (Oklahoma)
- Beaver County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Beaver County (UT) (Utah)
- Beaverhead County (MT) (Montana)
- Becker County (MN) (Minnesota)
- Beckham County (OK) (Oklahoma)
- Beckley VA Medical Center (VAMC 517)
- Bedford County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Bedford County (TN) (Tennessee)
- Bedford County (VA) (Virginia)
- Bee County (TX) (Texas)
- Belknap County (NH) (New Hampshire)
- Bell County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Bell County (TX) (Texas)
- Belleville (Illinois)
- Bellevue (Nebraska)
- Bellevue, NE
- Bellingham FTZ (FTZ 129)
- Belmont County (OH) (Ohio)
- Beltrami County (MN) (Minnesota)
- Ben Hill County (GA) (Georgia)
- Benewah County (ID) (Idaho)
- Bennett County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Bennington County (VT) (Vermont)
- Benson County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Bent County (CO) (Colorado)
- Benton County (AR) (Arkansas)
- Benton County (IA) (Iowa)
- Benton County (IN) (Indiana)
- Benton County (MN) (Minnesota)
- Benton County (MO) (Missouri)
- Benton County (MS) (Mississippi)
- Benton County (OR) (Oregon)
- Benton County (TN) (Tennessee)
- Benton County (WA) (Washington)
- Benzie County (MI) (Michigan)
- Bergen County (NJ) (New Jersey)
- Bering Straits Native Corporation (Alaska)
- Berkeley County (SC) (South Carolina)
- Berkeley County (WV) (West Virginia)
- Berks County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Berkshire County (MA) (Massachusetts)
- Bernalillo County (NM) (New Mexico)
- Berrien County (GA) (Georgia)
- Berrien County (MI) (Michigan)
- Berry Amendment
- Bertie County (NC) (North Carolina)
- Best Value
- Best Value Tradeoff
- Bethel Census Area (AK) (Alaska)
- Bethesda (Maryland)
- Bexar County (TX) (Texas)
- Bibb County (AL) (Alabama)
- Bibb County (GA) (Georgia)
- BIC (Best-in-Class)
- Bid Opening
- Bid Protest
- Bienville Parish (LA) (Louisiana)
- Big Bend Border Patrol Sector (Marfa)
- Big Horn County (MT) (Montana)
- Big Horn County (WY) (Wyoming)
- Big Stone County (MN) (Minnesota)
- Bilateral Modification
- Billings (Montana)
- Billings County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Billings, MT Metro (Billings, MT)
- Biloxi (Mississippi)
- Biloxi VA Medical Center (VAMC 520)
- Biloxi, MS Metro (Gulfport-Biloxi, MS)
- Bingham County (ID) (Idaho)
- Birmingham (Alabama)
- Birmingham FTZ (FTZ 98)
- Birmingham VA Medical Center (VAMC 521)
- Birmingham, AL Metro (Birmingham-Hoover, AL)
- Bismarck (North Dakota)
- Black Hat Review
- Black Hawk County (IA) (Iowa)
- Blackfeet Nation (Plains)
- Blackford County (IN) (Indiana)
- Bladen County (NC) (North Carolina)
- Blaine County (ID) (Idaho)
- Blaine County (MT) (Montana)
- Blaine County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Blaine County (OK) (Oklahoma)
- Blaine Rail Port of Entry (Port 3004)
- Blaine-Pacific Highway Port of Entry (Port 3004)
- Blair County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Blanco County (TX) (Texas)
- Bland County (VA) (Virginia)
- Bleckley County (GA) (Georgia)
- Bledsoe County (TN) (Tennessee)
- Blount County (AL) (Alabama)
- Blount County (TN) (Tennessee)
- Blue Earth County (MN) (Minnesota)
- Blue Grass Army Depot (Army installation)
- Blue Team
- BOA (Basic Ordering Agreement)
- BOA (Basic Ordering Agreement)
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Office of Inspector General (Fed Reserve OIG)
- Bois Forte Band of Chippewa (Plains)
- Boise (Idaho)
- Boise County (ID) (Idaho)
- Boise FTZ (FTZ 130)
- Boise VA Medical Center (VAMC 531)
- Boise, ID Metro (Boise City, ID)
- Bolivar County (MS) (Mississippi)
- Bollinger County (MO) (Missouri)
- Bon Homme County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Bona Fide Need Rule
- Bond County (IL) (Illinois)
- BONDING
- Bonner County (ID) (Idaho)
- Bonneville County (ID) (Idaho)
- Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
- Boone County (AR) (Arkansas)
- Boone County (IA) (Iowa)
- Boone County (IL) (Illinois)
- Boone County (IN) (Indiana)
- Boone County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Boone County (MO) (Missouri)
- Boone County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Boone County (WV) (West Virginia)
- BOP Central Office (Administrative Facility)
- BOP Grand Prairie Office (Administrative Facility)
- Borden County (TX) (Texas)
- Border Security (National Security)
- Bosque County (TX) (Texas)
- Bossier Parish (LA) (Louisiana)
- Boston (Massachusetts)
- Boston FTZ (FTZ 27)
- Boston Logan International Airport (Port 0401)
- Boston, MA Metro (Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH)
- Botetourt County (VA) (Virginia)
- Bottineau County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Boulder County (CO) (Colorado)
- Boulder, CO Metro (Boulder, CO)
- Boundary County (ID) (Idaho)
- Boundary Protection
- Bourbon County (KS) (Kansas)
- Bourbon County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Bowie County (TX) (Texas)
- Bowman County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Box Butte County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Box Elder County (UT) (Utah)
- Boyd County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Boyd County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Boyle County (KY) (Kentucky)
- BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement)
- BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement)
- BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement)
- BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement)
- Bracken County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Bradford County (FL) (Florida)
- Bradford County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Bradley County (AR) (Arkansas)
- Bradley County (TN) (Tennessee)
- Branch County (MI) (Michigan)
- Brantley County (GA) (Georgia)
- Braxton County (WV) (West Virginia)
- Brazoria County (TX) (Texas)
- Brazos County (TX) (Texas)
- Breach response team establishment and training (OMB circular requirement)
- Breathitt County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Breckinridge County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Bremer County (IA) (Iowa)
- Bremerton (Washington)
- Brevard County (FL) (Florida)
- Brevard County FTZ (FTZ 136)
- Brewster County (TX) (Texas)
- Bridge Contract
- Bridgeport (Connecticut)
- Bridgeport (2) FTZ (FTZ 262)
- Bridgeport FTZ (FTZ 76)
- Bridgeport, CT Metro (Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT)
- Briscoe County (TX) (Texas)
- Bristol Bay Borough (AK) (Alaska)
- Bristol Bay Native Corporation (Alaska)
- Bristol City (VA) (Virginia)
- Bristol County (MA) (Massachusetts)
- Bristol County (RI) (Rhode Island)
- Broadband (Infrastructure)
- Broadwater County (MT) (Montana)
- Bronx County (NY) (New York)
- Brooke County (WV) (West Virginia)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (DOE installation)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
- Brookings County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Brooks Act
- Brooks Act (Brooks Act (Architect-Engineer Selection))
- Brooks County (GA) (Georgia)
- Brooks County (TX) (Texas)
- Broome County (NY) (New York)
- Broomfield County (CO) (Colorado)
- Broward County (FL) (Florida)
- Brown County (IL) (Illinois)
- Brown County (IN) (Indiana)
- Brown County (KS) (Kansas)
- Brown County (MN) (Minnesota)
- Brown County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Brown County (OH) (Ohio)
- Brown County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Brown County (TX) (Texas)
- Brown County (WI) (Wisconsin)
- Brownsville (Texas)
- Brownsville FTZ (FTZ 62)
- Brownsville Port of Entry (Gateway) (Port 2301)
- Brownsville Rail Port of Entry (Port 2301)
- Brownsville, TX Metro (Brownsville-Harlingen, TX)
- Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center (VAMC 546)
- Brule County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Brunswick County (NC) (North Carolina)
- Brunswick County (VA) (Virginia)
- Brunswick FTZ (FTZ 144)
- Bryan County (GA) (Georgia)
- Bryan County (OK) (Oklahoma)
- Buchanan County (IA) (Iowa)
- Buchanan County (MO) (Missouri)
- Buchanan County (VA) (Virginia)
- Buckingham County (VA) (Virginia)
- Buckley AFB (Air Force installation)
- Buckley Space Force Base (Space Force installation)
- Bucks County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Budget Amendment
- Budget Authority
- Budget Data (BUDG)
- Budget Justification
- Budget Period
- Buena Vista City (VA) (Virginia)
- Buena Vista County (IA) (Iowa)
- Buffalo (New York)
- Buffalo County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Buffalo County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Buffalo County (WI) (Wisconsin)
- Buffalo FTZ (FTZ 23)
- Buffalo Rail Port of Entry (Port 0901)
- Buffalo-Niagara Falls Port of Entry (Peace Bridge) (Port 0901)
- Buffalo, NY Metro (Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY)
- Bullitt County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Bulloch County (GA) (Georgia)
- Bullock County (AL) (Alabama)
- Buncombe County (NC) (North Carolina)
- Bureau County (IL) (Illinois)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education
- Bureau of Industry and Security
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Bureau of Mines
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO)
- Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
- Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
- Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
- Bureau of the Census
- Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS)
- Burke County (GA) (Georgia)
- Burke County (NC) (North Carolina)
- Burke County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Burleigh County (ND) (North Dakota)
- Burleson County (TX) (Texas)
- Burlington (Vermont)
- Burlington County (NJ) (New Jersey)
- Burlington FTZ (FTZ 55)
- Burnet County (TX) (Texas)
- Burnett County (WI) (Wisconsin)
- Burns Paiute Tribe (Northwest)
- Burt County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Business Transformation Agency
- Butler County (AL) (Alabama)
- Butler County (IA) (Iowa)
- Butler County (KS) (Kansas)
- Butler County (KY) (Kentucky)
- Butler County (MO) (Missouri)
- Butler County (NE) (Nebraska)
- Butler County (OH) (Ohio)
- Butler County (PA) (Pennsylvania)
- Butte County (CA) (California)
- Butte County (ID) (Idaho)
- Butte County (SD) (South Dakota)
- Butts County (GA) (Georgia)
- Buy American
- Buy American Act
- Byrd Amendment