Re: Dept of Edu Letters

[Greg Jackson <gjackson () SDCCD EDU>]

Since we’re off on a fun tangent: Actually Education Department is “ED”, both caps, in the DC vernacular. As David 
points out, DoE is Energy. Every department gets to pick its abbreviation, and “ED” dates back to the creation of the 
Department way back when.



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From: David Escalante<mailto:david.escalante () BC EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 11:53 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Dept of Edu Letters



Apropos of nothing, was just talking about this internally with a group
here that included a former employee of the Department of Energy.  She
was horrified that any of us might use the TLA "DoE" regarding Federal
Student Aid, and told us that the cool cats in Washington DC know that
"DoE" is Energy, and Education is just "Ed".  I am not a cool cat, but
am passing her comment on in case anyone wants to up their coolness
quotient....
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David Escalante