Operator labels
Each named operator on a county report carries a label describing how they sit in the local market. The same operator can be a customer for one candidate and a competitor for another — these labels describe the operator's market posture, not their relationship to any specific candidate.
- Institution
- A hospital, school, university, or government office. Likely a customer or referral channel for most candidates; could be a competitor for in-house services.
- Active in market
- An operator actively present in this market. Could be a customer for one candidate and a competitor for another — read the candidate body for context.
- Coasting
- An operator in the market but coasting — light marketing, slow response, often founder-era ownership. Often the strongest succession-acquisition target.
- Quiet operator
- A small operator without a meaningful web presence. Hard to find through search but real.
- Quiet anchor
- A larger operator that does not market publicly. Discovered through procurement records or referrals.
- Out-of-county
- An operator based outside the county that services this market remotely.
Acronyms and programs
- 200 KAR 5 — Kentucky Administrative Regulations Title 200, Chapter 5 (Procurement)
-
The implementing regulations for state-cabinet procurement under KRS 45A. Routed through the eMARS system.
- A2L — ASHRAE 34 mildly-flammable refrigerant safety classification
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- AA — Advanced Acquirer
-
Search-fund / private-equity-tier buyer category used in our internal candidate tracking.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - AAA — Area Agency on Aging
- AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
-
Biomedical-equipment-technician credentialing body; issues the CBET certification.
Mentioned in: Madison County - AAUS — American Academy of Underwater Sciences
-
Scientific-diving consensus standards body.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - ABC
-
- Alcoholic Beverage Control — Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control governs alcohol licensing under KRS Chapter 243.
- Alcoholic Beverage Control (Kentucky)
- ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
-
Engineering-program accreditor relevant to EKU's Manufacturing Engineering BS.
Mentioned in: Madison County - ABFM — American Board of Family Medicine
- ABI — Automated Broker Interface
-
CBP electronic filing system.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - ABIH — American Board of Industrial Hygiene
-
Issues the Certified Industrial Hygienist credential.
Mentioned in: Madison County - ACA — American Canoe Association
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- ACCME — Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
- ACE — Automated Commercial Environment
-
CBP electronic trade platform.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - ACGME — Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- ACHC — Accreditation Commission for Health Care
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- ACL — Administration for Community Living (HHS)
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- ACS
-
- American Community Survey — Census Bureau 5-year estimates.
- Army Community Service (Fort Campbell)
Mentioned in: Warren County , Pulaski County , Pike County , Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Christian County , Kenton County , McCracken County , Jefferson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - ACWA — Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
-
Program Executive Office at Blue Grass Army Depot — PEO ACWA.
Mentioned in: Madison County - ADA — Americans with Disabilities Act
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- ADD — Area Development District
-
One of fifteen multi-county regional planning agencies covering all 120 Kentucky counties. ADDs administer federal aging, workforce, and economic-development pass-throughs.
Mentioned in: Pike County , Franklin County , Nelson County , Campbell County , Carter County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - ADR — Average Daily Rate
-
Hospitality industry pricing metric.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - AESC — Automotive Energy Supply Corporation
-
EV battery manufacturer ramping a Bowling Green facility through 2026.
Mentioned in: Warren County - AHA — American Hospital Association
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- AHE — Association for the Healthcare Environment
-
Issues the CHEST environmental-services credential.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - AHJ — Authority Having Jurisdiction
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- AHP — Air Hydro Power
-
Bowling Green industrial hydraulics and motor firm acquired by Houchens Industries in January 2023.
Mentioned in: Warren County - AIB — AIB International
-
Food-safety auditor and certifier.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - AICPA — American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- AIP — Airport Improvement Program
-
FAA grant program for airport capital projects.
- AMGA — American Mountain Guides Association
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- AMI — Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- AML — Abandoned Mine Lands
-
Federal reclamation program administered by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
- AOC — Administrative Office of the Courts
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- APEX
-
- Kentucky APEX Accelerator — Federal-procurement counseling program; formerly Kentucky PTAC.
- Accelerator (formerly PTAC) — DoD Procurement Technical Assistance program now APEX Accelerators
- API — American Petroleum Institute
-
Refinery-grade certifications and pressure-vessel inspection.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - APP — Advanced Practice Provider
-
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - APRN — Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
- APSU — Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tennessee)
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- AQS — American Quilter's Society
-
Headquartered in Paducah; hosts QuiltWeek.
Mentioned in: McCracken County - ARC — Appalachian Regional Commission
-
Federal-state partnership that invests in economic development across 423 counties in 13 Appalachian states, including 54 in Eastern Kentucky.
- ARC (Recovery) — Addiction Recovery Care
-
Kentucky-based statewide SUD treatment operator under federal scrutiny.
Mentioned in: Pike County - ARC POWER — Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization
-
ARC grant initiative targeting communities affected by the decline of the coal economy.
- ARH — Appalachian Regional Healthcare
- ARLP — Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
-
Tulsa-headquartered parent of Warrior Coal.
Mentioned in: Hopkins County - ARMA — Association of Records Managers and Administrators
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- ARRI — Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- AS/RS — Automated Storage and Retrieval System
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- AS9100
-
- Aerospace quality-management-system standard published by the IAQG
- Aerospace quality management system standard
- Aerospace Quality Management System standard
- AS9100D — Aerospace quality-management-system standard for production-rate machining
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
- ASL — American Sign Language
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- ASNT — American Society for Nondestructive Testing
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- ASSE — American Society of Sanitary Engineering
-
ASSE 6010 medical-gas installer credential.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - ATF — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
-
Federal license issuer for explosives manufacturing (Type 20 license).
Mentioned in: Madison County - AV — Audio-visual
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- B-Line — The Northern Kentucky craft-spirits trail
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- BBB — Better Business Bureau
- BCBA — Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- BCIF — Boyle County Industrial Foundation
-
1961-established private nonprofit acquiring and developing industrial real estate.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - BCS — Boyle County Schools
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- BCTC
-
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College
- Bluegrass Community & Technical College — Fayette-headquartered KCTCS college with a Danville campus.
- BEAD — Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
-
NTIA program with $1.086 billion Kentucky allocation.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - BESS — Battery Energy Storage System
- BEV — Battery Electric Vehicle
-
Honda BEV programs supplied by Hitachi Astemo Berea.
Mentioned in: Madison County - BG — Building Grant (project-funding form)
-
Kentucky Department of Education School Facilities Branch construction-document gates BG-1 through BG-4.
Mentioned in: Carter County - BGAD — Blue Grass Army Depot
-
Federal installation in Madison County.
Mentioned in: Madison County - BGCAP — Blue Grass Community Action Partnership
-
Nine-county Bluegrass-region regional aggregator headquartered at 111 Professional Court, Frankfort.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - BGCAPP — Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant
-
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass closure-phase program at BGAD.
Mentioned in: Madison County - BGDN — Bowling Green Daily News
- Mentioned in: Warren County
- BHDM — Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville
- Mentioned in: Hopkins County
- BHH — Baptist Health Hardin
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- BIL
-
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, P.L. 117-58.
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IIJA, P.L. 117-58)
- BIPV — Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (IIJA, P.L. 117-58)
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- BIS
-
- Bureau of Industry and Security (U.S. Commerce)
- Bardstown Independent Schools
- BLS
-
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mentioned in: Warren County , Pulaski County , Pike County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Boyle County - Bluegrass — Bluegrass region
-
Kentucky's central limestone-fed pasture region. Split into Inner Bluegrass (Fayette, Bourbon, Woodford) and Outer Bluegrass (surrounding counties).
- BMC-84 — Broker surety bond filed with the FMCSA under 49 CFR 387.307
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- BMET — Biomedical Equipment Technician
-
Hospital clinical-engineering role; CBET-certified track.
Mentioned in: Madison County - BOC — Board of Certification/Accreditation
-
CMS-deemed DMEPOS accreditor.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - BOE — Board of Education
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- BoP — Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- BPBG — Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass joint venture
-
Systems prime at BGCAPP.
Mentioned in: Madison County - BSBC — Brent Spence Bridge Corridor
-
$4.05 billion design-build led by Walsh-Kokosing JV.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - BSSC — Bluegrass State Skills Corporation
-
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development training-grant program.
- BTADD — Buffalo Trace Area Development District
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- BUS — Bardstown Utility Services
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- BWCAA — Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- CAA — Community Action Agency
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- CAC — Community Action Council
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- CACFP — Child and Adult Care Food Program
-
USDA reimbursement program for licensed child-care centers.
Mentioned in: Madison County - CAE — Certified Association Executive
-
ASAE credential.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity code
-
Five-character identifier used by DoD and other federal buyers to identify suppliers.
Mentioned in: Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Bell County , Carter County , Rowan County - CAH — Critical Access Hospital
-
CMS rural-hospital designation, typically 25 beds.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - CAPS
-
- Certified Aging in Place Specialist — NAHB credential.
- Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist — National Association of Home Builders credential.
- CARF — Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- CATL — Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- CBET — Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician
-
AAMI credential for the biomedical-equipment service candidate.
Mentioned in: Madison County - CBOC — Community-Based Outpatient Clinic
-
VA-operated outpatient facility model.
- CBP
-
- County Business Patterns — Census Bureau annual establishment-count series.
- County Business Patterns (Census)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Mentioned in: Warren County , Pulaski County , Pike County , Boone County , Hardin County , Franklin County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Carter County - CBRN — Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- CCAP — Child Care Assistance Program
-
Kentucky subsidy program reimbursed via the DCC-300 Maximum Payment Rate Chart.
- CCBHC — Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic
-
SAMHSA-defined Medicaid demonstration program.
Mentioned in: Daviess County , Franklin County , Christian County , Nelson County , Calloway County , Rowan County - CCDBG — Child Care and Development Block Grant
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- CCDP — Clinical Career Development Program
-
Baptist Health Paducah captive-pipeline program launched February 2025.
Mentioned in: McCracken County - CCHMC — Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- CCP — Certified CMMC Professional
-
Cyber-AB credential.
Mentioned in: Carter County - CCPS — Christian County Public Schools
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- CCR-MN — Covington Central Riverfront Blocks M and N
-
Mixed-use redevelopment at the former IRS site.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - CCS — Carter County Schools
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- CCTS — Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UK)
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- CDBG — Community Development Block Grant
- CDBG-DR
-
- Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery — HUD long-term recovery dollars appropriated after major disasters. Pays for housing rebuild, infrastructure, and economic recovery in the years following a FEMA declaration.
- Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (HUD)
- Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery — HUD-administered disaster-recovery channel.
- CDFI — Community Development Financial Institution
- CDI — Churchill Downs Incorporated
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- CDL
-
- Commercial Driver's License
- Commercial Driver License
- CEWS — Continuing Education and Workforce Solutions
-
HCTC workforce arm.
Mentioned in: Perry County - CEY — Murray-Calloway County Airport
-
FAA identifier.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - CFP — Capital Fund Program
-
HUD public-housing capital channel.
Mentioned in: Henderson County - CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
- CFSB — Community Financial Services Bank
- CHAP — Community Health Accreditation Partner
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- CHEST — Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Technician
-
AHE credential.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - CHFS
-
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Mentioned in: Warren County , Boone County , Madison County , Franklin County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Carter County , Henderson County , Rowan County - CHI — Catholic Health Initiatives
-
Corporate parent of CHI Saint Joseph Health; rolled up under CommonSpirit.
Mentioned in: Madison County - CHNA — Community Health Needs Assessment
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- CHP — Certified Health Physicist
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- CHW — Community Health Worker
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- CIH
-
- Certified Industrial Hygienist — Multi-year ABIH credential.
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (ABIH)
- CIS — Covington Independent Schools
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- CJIS
-
- Criminal Justice Information Services — FBI Security Policy v5.9+ governs municipal law-enforcement IT vendors.
- Criminal Justice Information Services (FBI)
Mentioned in: Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Mason County , Perry County - CLCK — Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- CLG — Certified Local Government
-
Kentucky Heritage Council and National Park Service joint designation.
Mentioned in: Mason County - CM — Construction Manager
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- CM/GC — Construction Manager / General Contractor
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- CMAR — Construction Manager At Risk
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
-
Kentucky regional behavioral-health authority.
Mentioned in: Pike County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Christian County , Fayette County , Perry County , Rowan County - CMIT — Communication, Media and Information Technology
-
$24 million building opened at Berea College 2024-25.
Mentioned in: Madison County - CMMC — Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
-
32 CFR Part 170.
Mentioned in: Boone County , Franklin County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Hopkins County , Mason County , Rowan County - CMMS — Computerized Maintenance Management System
- Mentioned in: Madison County
- CMO — Certified Municipal Officer
-
Kentucky League of Cities designation.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - CMR — Construction Manager at Risk
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- CMS
-
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Daviess County , Franklin County , McCracken County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - CMTA — Commonwealth Mechanical and Technology Associates
-
Lexington-based MEP-engineering firm.
Mentioned in: Madison County - CNA — Certified Nursing Assistant
- CNC — Computer Numerical Control
-
Precision-machining production category.
Mentioned in: Madison County - COI — Certificate of Insurance
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- COLA — Cost-of-living adjustment
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- CON — Certificate of Need
-
Kentucky's healthcare-facility regulatory regime. New hospital beds, nursing-home beds, and major medical equipment require a CON before they can be built.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Boone County , Franklin County , Nelson County , McCracken County , Jefferson County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County - COPS — Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ)
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- COT — Commonwealth Office for Technology
- CPA — Certified Public Accountant
- Mentioned in: Madison County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Kenton County , Calloway County , Carter County
- CPD — Commission on Presidential Debates
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- CPE — Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- CPF — Community Project Funding
-
House appropriations earmark mechanism.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - CRA — Certified Research Administrator
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- CRCPD — Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
-
Headquartered at 201 Brighton Park Boulevard, Suite 1, Frankfort.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - CRCST — Certified Registered Central Service Technician
-
HSPA sterile-processing credential.
Mentioned in: Madison County - CRM — Certified Records Manager
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- CSBG — Community Services Block Grant
-
HHS program administered by community-action agencies.
- CSEP — Certified Systems Engineering Professional
-
INCOSE credential.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - CSO — Combined Sewer Overflow
-
Sewer-system discharge mixing sanitary and stormwater flows under EPA enforcement.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - CTC — Community and Technical College
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- CTE — Career and Technical Education
- Mentioned in: Nelson County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Calloway County , Carter County , Perry County
- CUA — Commercial Use Authorization
-
NPS authorization under 36 CFR Part 14.
Mentioned in: Bell County - CUGA — Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
-
NPS four-letter unit code.
Mentioned in: Bell County - CUI — Controlled Unclassified Information
- CVG — Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
-
Located in Hebron, governed by the Kenton County Airport Board.
- CWA — Clean Water Act
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- CWU-27P — Cold-Weather Underwear Type 27P
-
Nomex aircrew flight-suit National Stock Number designation.
Mentioned in: Carter County - DAIL — Kentucky Department for Aging and Independent Living
- DBE — Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
-
US DOT certification under 49 CFR Part 26.
- DBHDID — Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
- DBNF — Daniel Boone National Forest
-
708,000-acre national forest covering parts of 21 Eastern Kentucky counties.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - DC — Distribution Center
- DCAA — Defense Contract Audit Agency
-
Federal cost-accounting audit authority.
- DCC — Division of Child Care
-
Kentucky CHFS unit administering ECCAP.
Mentioned in: Warren County - DCC-300 — Maximum Payment Rate Chart
-
Kentucky CCAP reimbursement rate schedule.
Mentioned in: Madison County - DCI — Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- DCIP — Defense Community Infrastructure Program
-
Department of Defense Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation grant line.
Mentioned in: Madison County - DCMA — Defense Contract Management Agency
- DCPS — Daviess County Public Schools
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- DCSA — Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
-
Administers facility clearances (FCL).
Mentioned in: Madison County - DDM — Discover Downtown Middlesboro
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- DDTC
-
- Directorate of Defense Trade Controls — U.S. State Department; administers ITAR.
- U.S. Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
- DECA — Division of Engineering and Contract Administration
-
Kentucky Finance & Administration Cabinet.
Mentioned in: Hardin County - DFARS — Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
-
DoD-specific addendum to the FAR; governs defense contracting.
- DG — Dangerous Goods
-
IATA classification for air shipment.
Mentioned in: Boone County - DHAP — Disaster Housing Assistance Program
-
HUD disaster-recovery housing program.
Mentioned in: Hopkins County - DHBC
-
- Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings, and Construction
- DHS — U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- DIS — Danville Independent Schools
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- DISCUS — Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- DLA — Defense Logistics Agency
- DLG — Kentucky Department for Local Government
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- DMC — Destination management company
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- DME — Durable Medical Equipment
- DMEPOS — Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies
- DMS
-
- Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
- Department for Medicaid Services (Kentucky CHFS)
Mentioned in: Daviess County , Franklin County , Christian County , McCracken County , Carter County - DOD — U.S. Department of Defense
- DoDEA — Department of Defense Education Activity
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- DOE — U.S. Department of Energy
- DOI — U.S. Department of the Interior
- DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice
- DOL — U.S. Department of Labor
- DOL OFLC — Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification
-
Adjudicates H-2B labor certifications and prevailing-wage determinations.
Mentioned in: Fayette County - DOT
-
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Department of Transportation
Mentioned in: Laurel County , Jefferson County , Fayette County , Bell County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County - DPAS — Defense Priorities and Allocations System
-
15 CFR 700.
Mentioned in: Carter County - DPC — Direct Primary Care
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- DPOR — Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- DR-4630 — FEMA Major Disaster Declaration 4630
-
December 2021 EF-4 tornado declaration covering Western Kentucky including Dawson Springs.
Mentioned in: Hopkins County - DR-4875 — FEMA Disaster Declaration 4875 — the May 2025 Kentucky severe-storms and tornadoes declaration
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- DRC — Disaster Recovery Center
-
FEMA-staffed walk-in center for survivors of a declared disaster.
Mentioned in: Laurel County - DRCC — Division of Regulated Child Care (Kentucky CHFS)
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- DSCR — Debt Service Coverage Ratio
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- DSISD — Dawson Springs Independent School District
- Mentioned in: Hopkins County
- DSP — Distilled Spirits Plant
-
TTB designation for a bonded distilling operation under 27 CFR Part 19.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - DSV — DSV A/S — global transport and logistics firm
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- DVK — Danville-Boyle County Airport
-
General aviation public-use airport.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - EA
-
- Enrolled Agent (IRS)
- Enrolled Agent — IRS-credentialed federal tax practitioner under Circular 230.
- EAP — Employee Assistance Program
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- EAS — Essential Air Service
-
U.S. Department of Transportation subsidy program for small-community air service.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - EBIS — East Bernstadt Independent Schools
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- EBITDA — Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- ECCAP
-
- Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership — Kentucky HB 499 employer-match program for child-care tuition.
- Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership — Kentucky HB 499 (2022) employer-match program.
- ECTC — Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (KCTCS)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- EDA — U.S. Economic Development Administration
- Mentioned in: Pike County , Franklin County , McCracken County , Campbell County , Calloway County , Carter County , Rowan County
- EDC
-
- Economic Development Corporation
- Entertainment Destination Center — Kentucky ABC 2024 statute permitting branded-cup carry-through during designated programming.
- EDD — Economic Development District (EDA designation)
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- EDO — Economic Development Organization
- Mentioned in: Pike County
- EDP — Economic Development Partnership
-
Danville-Boyle County EDP alliance.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - EEC — Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- EERE — DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- EHCIF — Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation, Inc., dba EIFKY
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- EHR
-
- Electronic health record
- Electronic Health Record
- EHS — Environment, Health, and Safety
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- EIDL — Economic Injury Disaster Loan
-
SBA disaster-loan program.
Mentioned in: Laurel County - EIN — Employer Identification Number
- Mentioned in: Pike County
- EIPA — Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
-
K-12 sign-language interpreter credential.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - EIS — Environmental Impact Statement
-
NEPA review under 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508.
Mentioned in: Bell County - EKCEP — Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program
-
WIOA local board covering 23 counties.
Mentioned in: Pike County - EKU — Eastern Kentucky University
-
Public regional university in Richmond — Kentucky's third-largest.
Mentioned in: Madison County - EKVC — Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- ELDT — Entry-Level Driver Training
-
FMCSA framework at 49 CFR Part 380.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - eMARS — Enhanced Management Administrative and Reporting System
-
Kentucky's statewide ERP and procurement system. State-cabinet vendors register, bid, and invoice through eMARS.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - EMR
-
- Experience Modification Rate — Workers' compensation experience modifier.
- Electronic Medical Record
- EMRMC — Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
-
197-bed acute-care hospital at 217 S 3rd Street, Danville.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - ENR — Engineering News-Record
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- EOR — Employer-of-record
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- EP — Estate Planning
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- EPA
-
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- EPC — Engineer-Procure-Construct
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- EPCRA — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
-
40 CFR Part 370.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - EPSB
-
- Education Professional Standards Board — Kentucky agency that licenses and disciplines educators.
- Education Professional Standards Board (Kentucky)
- ESA — Endangered Species Act
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- ESCO — Energy Services Company
- ESSER — Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- ETA — Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
-
Search-fund acquisition path.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - EVS — Environmental Services
-
Healthcare facility cleaning function.
- EWP — Emergency Watershed Protection
-
NRCS post-disaster program.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Boone County , Franklin County , Jefferson County , Calloway County , Henderson County
- FAA AIP — FAA Airport Improvement Program
- FAK — Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- FAME — Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education
-
KCTCS workforce-pipeline consortium.
- FAR — Federal Acquisition Regulation
-
The principal rulebook governing how federal agencies buy goods and services.
- FAT — Factory Acceptance Testing
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- FBO — Fixed-Base Operator
-
General aviation service provider on an airport.
- FCC — Federal Communications Commission
- FCL — Facility Clearance
-
DCSA-administered classified-information clearance for a contractor facility.
Mentioned in: Madison County - FCPS — Fayette County Public Schools
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- FDA — U.S. Food and Drug Administration
-
Quality system regulation 21 CFR 820 governs medical-device service.
- FDIC — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- FEHRM — Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization
-
Joint VA / DoD office overseeing the federal EHR rollout.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEMA Disaster Declaration — Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declaration (DR-XXXX)
-
A presidential declaration that unlocks FEMA Public Assistance and Individual Assistance funds for a specific disaster. Each declaration carries a DR number used to track reimbursement and grant administration for years afterward.
- FEMA-PA — FEMA Public Assistance
-
Stafford Act §406 reimbursement to public agencies for disaster recovery.
- FEOC — Foreign Entity of Concern
-
Inflation Reduction Act and 30D restrictions.
Mentioned in: Hardin County - FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- FF&E
-
- Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
- Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment
Mentioned in: Daviess County , Franklin County , McCracken County , Jefferson County , Carter County - FFS — Fee-for-Service
-
Medicaid reimbursement model.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - FGI — Facility Guidelines Institute
-
FGI 2022 Hospitals guidelines.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - FHWA — Federal Highway Administration
- FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standards
-
County code; Jefferson is FIPS 21111.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - fiscal court — County fiscal court
-
Kentucky's county legislative body. Adopts the county budget, sets the local tax rate, and approves major contracts.
- FIVCO — Five-County (Area Development District)
-
Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, and Lawrence.
Mentioned in: Carter County - FMCSA — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Mentioned in: Daviess County , Laurel County , Fayette County , Bell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Mason County
- FPB — Frankfort Plant Board
-
Independent multi-utility municipal procurement at 151 Flynn Avenue.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - FPDS-NG
-
- Federal Procurement Data System — Next Generation
- Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation
- FQHC — Federally Qualified Health Center
-
HRSA Section 330 designation.
Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Christian County , Nelson County , Jefferson County , Fayette County , Bell County , Campbell County , Calloway County , Carter County , Perry County , Rowan County - FRED — Federal Reserve Economic Data (St. Louis Fed)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- FRNP — Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership
-
DOE PGDP deactivation and remediation prime.
Mentioned in: McCracken County - FSC — Forest Stewardship Council
-
Sustainable-wood certification used in Berea College Ecological Renovations.
Mentioned in: Madison County - FSMA — FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- FSVP — Foreign Supplier Verification Program
-
21 CFR 1 Subpart L.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - FT — Full-Time
- Mentioned in: Warren County
- FTA — Federal Transit Administration
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- FTCA — Federal Tort Claims Act
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- FTE — Full-Time Equivalent
- Mentioned in: Pike County , Madison County , Hardin County , Franklin County , Kenton County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Carter County , Henderson County , Rowan County
- FTTH — Fiber To The Home
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- FTZ — Foreign Trade Zone
- GA — General Assembly
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- GAO — U.S. Government Accountability Office
- GBBN — Glaser, Buford, Bowles, Nicholson
-
Cincinnati architecture firm.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - GC — General Contractor
- GCC — Government Community Cloud (Microsoft 365)
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- GICSP — Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- GL
-
- General Liability insurance
- General Liability — Liability insurance line.
- GLE — Global Laser Enrichment
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- GME — Graduate Medical Education
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- GO — General Obligation
-
Taxpayer-backed municipal bond.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - GOEDC — Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- GPC — Grant Professional Certified
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- GPED — Greater Paducah Economic Development
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- GPO — Group Purchasing Organization
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- GS — General Schedule (federal civilian pay)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- GSA — U.S. General Services Administration
- Mentioned in: Warren County
- GSE — Ground Support Equipment
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- GTS — Green Tobacco Sickness
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- H-2B — Federal nonimmigrant temporary non-agricultural worker visa
-
Under Immigration and Nationality Act §101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b); statutory annual cap of 66,000 split across two halves of the fiscal year.
Mentioned in: Fayette County - HADS — Housing Authority of Dawson Springs
- Mentioned in: Hopkins County
- HAH — Housing Authority of Hazard
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- HAL — Human Patient Simulator (Gaumard HAL S5301)
-
High-fidelity simulation manikin in EKU's School of Nursing simulation lab.
Mentioned in: Madison County - HALEU — High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- HAM
-
- Housing Authority of Madisonville
- Housing Authority of Maysville
- HARC — Historic and Architectural Review Commission (Paducah)
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- HBCU — Historically Black College or University
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- HCA
-
- Hospital Corporation of America
- HCA Healthcare — Nashville-headquartered hospital company; Galen College of Nursing parent since 2020.
- HCB — Home and Community-Based (Medicaid waiver)
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- HCBS — Home and Community-Based Services
-
Medicaid waiver programs.
- HCC
-
- Hopkinsville Community College
- Henderson Community College — KCTCS member campus at 2660 South Green Street, Henderson.
- HCS
-
- Hardin County Schools
- Henderson County Schools
- Hopkins County Schools
- HCTC — Hazard Community and Technical College
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- HCV — Housing Choice Voucher
-
HUD Section 8 tenant-based program.
- HES — Hopkinsville Electric System
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- HFE — Herschend Family Entertainment Corp
-
Owner of Newport Aquarium; headquartered in Norcross, Georgia.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - HHA — Hopkinsville Housing Authority
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- HHS
-
- Hospital Housekeeping Systems — National healthcare environmental-services contractor (hhs1.com); also Health and Human Services in other federal contexts.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Bell County , Calloway County , Carter County , Rowan County - HIC — Health Innovation Center
-
NKU's 210,000-square-foot health-sciences building.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HISA
-
- Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority — Federal anti-doping and racetrack-safety authority for thoroughbred racing under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020.
- Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act
- HISD — Hazard Independent School District
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- HIWU — Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit
-
HISA's enforcement arm; operates sample collection and chain-of-custody under federal rule.
Mentioned in: Fayette County - HMG — Henderson Municipal Gas
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- HMGP
-
- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program — FEMA post-disaster mitigation funding.
- FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program — Stafford Act §404.
- HMP&L — Henderson Municipal Power & Light
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- HMX — High-Melting-point Explosive (octogen)
-
Energetics compound named in the FY26 Center of Excellence appropriation.
Mentioned in: Madison County - HNW — High Net Worth
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- home-rule city — Home-rule class city under KRS 83A
-
Kentucky's framework for incorporated cities. After 2014 reforms, cities have broader authority over local affairs subject to state preemption.
- HOPFAME — Hopkinsville chapter of FAME-USA
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- HPD — Hopkinsville Police Department
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- HPSA — Health Professional Shortage Area
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- HRC — Army Human Resources Command
-
Maude Complex at Fort Knox.
Mentioned in: Hardin County - HRM — Historical Racing Machine
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- HRSA — Health Resources and Services Administration
- HSPA — Healthcare Sterile Processing Association
-
Issues the CRCST credential.
Mentioned in: Madison County - HTC — Historic Tax Credit
-
Federal 20 percent rehabilitation credit under IRC Section 47 plus Kentucky 30 percent commercial credit under KRS 171.397.
- HUBZone — Historically Underutilized Business Zone
-
SBA program giving federal-contracting preferences to small firms located in designated economically distressed areas.
- HUD — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Kenton County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County
- HUD PIC — HUD Public and Indian Housing Information Center
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- HUD REAC — HUD Real Estate Assessment Center
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- HUD Section 202 — HUD Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program
-
Federal program funding affordable rental housing with supportive services for very-low-income seniors.
- HVAC — Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
- HVI — Heart and Vascular Institute
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- HWEA — Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- HWU — Henderson Water Utility
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- IAQG — International Aerospace Quality Group
-
Maintains the OASIS supplier registry.
- IATA — International Air Transport Association
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- IATA DGR — International Air Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- IATA-DGR — International Air Transport Association Dangerous Goods Regulations
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- IATF — International Automotive Task Force
-
IATF 16949 is the automotive quality management system standard.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - IBEW — International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- ICDBG — Indian Community Development Block Grant (HUD)
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- ICF/IID — Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- ICRA — Infection Control Risk Assessment
-
Training required for occupied-hospital construction.
- ICVC — Inclement-weather Combat Vehicle Crewman
-
DOD coverall designation.
Mentioned in: Carter County - IDA — Industrial Development Authority
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- IDEA — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- IDIQ
-
- Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity — Federal contracting vehicle.
- Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity — Federal contracting vehicle.
- Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contract
- Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity — Federal contract vehicle.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Madison County , Kenton County , Nelson County , Jefferson County - IECE — Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
-
Kentucky initial teacher-certification track at EKU.
Mentioned in: Madison County - IEP — Individualized Education Program
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- IFTA — International Fuel Tax Agreement
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- IGP — Information Governance Professional
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- IHI — Institute for Health Innovation
-
NKU EDA University Center.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - IHP — Individuals and Households Program
-
FEMA program that pays per-household assistance up to a federal cap; the FY 2025 cap is $43,600.
Mentioned in: Laurel County - IICRC — Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- IMCOM — U.S. Army Installation Management Command
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- IMDG — International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- IMLC — Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- IMLS — Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- INDOT — Indiana Department of Transportation
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- IOP — Intensive Outpatient Program
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- IPC — Institute for Printed Circuits
-
Electronics-standards body; IPC-A-610 and IPC J-STD-001.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - IRB — Industrial Revenue Bond
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- IRP — International Registration Plan
-
Apportioned commercial-vehicle registration.
Mentioned in: Bell County - ISO — International Organization for Standardization
- Mentioned in: Warren County
- ITAR — International Traffic in Arms Regulations
-
22 CFR 120-130.
- ITM — Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance
-
NFPA 25 framework for water-based fire-protection systems.
- Jackson Purchase — Jackson Purchase region
-
Far-western Kentucky's eight-county region between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, acquired from the Chickasaw in 1818.
- JCAHO — Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
-
Now branded The Joint Commission.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - JCPS — Jefferson County Public Schools
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- JPEC — Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- judge-executive — County judge-executive
-
Kentucky's chief elected executive at the county level. Presides over fiscal court and signs procurement contracts.
- JV — Joint Venture
- KACo — Kentucky Association of Counties
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- KACP — Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- KAIA — Kentucky Automotive Industry Association
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- KAIC — Kentucky Aerospace Industry Consortium
-
Seeded with a $1.5 million OLDCC grant.
Mentioned in: Boone County - KAR — Kentucky Administrative Regulations
-
The codified regulations issued by Kentucky executive-branch agencies.
Mentioned in: Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Franklin County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Rowan County - KARP — Kentucky Association of Regional Programs
-
Trade body for Kentucky's CMHCs.
- KARR — Kentucky Alliance of Recovery Residences
- KASS — Kentucky Association of School Superintendents
- KBEMS — Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- KBN — Kentucky Board of Nursing
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- KBT — Kentucky Bourbon Trail
- KBTCT — Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- KCADV — Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence
-
Rebranded ZeroV in April 2023.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - KCDHH — Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- KCED — Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- KCJEA — Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association
- KCPS — Kenton County Public Schools
-
Countywide K-12 district; KSBA AgencyID 93.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - KCPSS — Kentucky Certified Peer Support Specialist
-
KRS 209A and 908 KAR.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - KCSC — Kentucky Center for Safe Schools
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- KCTCS
-
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System — 16-college system serving every region of Kentucky with technical training and two-year transfer programs.
- Kentucky Community & Technical College System
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Boone County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Christian County , Kenton County , McCracken County , Jefferson County , Fayette County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Henderson County , Hopkins County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - KCU — Kentucky Christian University
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- KDA
-
- Kentucky Distillers' Association
- Kentucky Department of Agriculture
- KDE — Kentucky Department of Education
- Mentioned in: Boone County , Franklin County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Mason County
- KDFWR — Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
- KDMS — Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- KDPR
-
- Kentucky Department of Parks — Operates Kentucky's state-park system including resort parks, state historic sites, and state recreation areas.
- Kentucky Department of Parks and Recreation
- KDVA — Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs
- KEDC — Kentucky Educational Development Corporation
- KEDFA — Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority
-
State authority that approves tax-incentive packages for business expansion and relocation.
Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Christian County , Kenton County , Nelson County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Hopkins County , Mason County , Rowan County - KEEP — Kentucky Equine Education Project
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- KEIA — Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act
-
KEDFA sales-and-use-tax-refund incentive program.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - KEMI — Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance
- KETS — Kentucky Education Technology System
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- KGMC — Kentucky Gateway Museum Center
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- KHBPA — Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- KHC
-
- Kentucky Housing Corporation
- Kentucky Heritage Council — Functions as the state SHPO.
Mentioned in: McCracken County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Hopkins County , Mason County - KHIC — Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation
-
22-county Appalachian Kentucky CDFI at 362 Old Whitley Road, London.
Mentioned in: Laurel County - KHRC — Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- KIA — Kentucky Infrastructure Authority
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- KIT — Kentucky Information Technology master-agreement program
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- KLC — Kentucky League of Cities
- Mentioned in: Boone County , Jefferson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Mason County
- KMBO — Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (FAA identifier 1A6)
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- KMHA — Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- KMLF — Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival
-
Annual Memorial Day weekend festival in Pineville since 1931.
Mentioned in: Bell County - KNEDA — Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- KOHS — Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
- KORA
-
- Kentucky Open Records Act — KRS 61.870–61.884.
- Kentucky Open Records Act (KRS 61.870–61.884)
Mentioned in: Jefferson County , Fayette County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Mason County , Perry County - KORH
-
- Kentucky Recovery Housing
- Kentucky Office of Recovery Housing
- KOSHA — Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- KPCA — Kentucky Primary Care Association
-
Headquartered at 651 Comanche Trail, Frankfort.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - KPDI — Kentucky Product Development Initiative
- KRADD — Kentucky River Area Development District
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- KRCC — Kentucky River Community Care
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- KRS — Kentucky Revised Statutes
-
Kentucky's codified state laws as enacted by the General Assembly.
Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Kenton County , Nelson County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - KRS 45A — Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 45A (Kentucky Model Procurement Code)
-
The state statute governing how Kentucky's public agencies buy goods and services.
- KSBA — Kentucky School Boards Association
- Mentioned in: Franklin County , Kenton County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Hopkins County , Mason County
- KSBCI — Kentucky State Bank Capital Investment lender
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- KSD — Kentucky School for the Deaf
-
Kentucky Department of Education state agency since 1823.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - KSFCC — Kentucky School Facilities Construction Commission
- KSFM — Kentucky State Fire Marshal
- KSP — Kentucky State Police
-
Statewide law-enforcement agency; primary law enforcement in counties without a sheriff's patrol division.
- KSU — Kentucky State University
-
HBCU and 1890 land-grant founded 1886; in active restructuring under SB 185.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - KTA — Kentucky Thoroughbred Association
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- KY ABC — Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- KY DMA — Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- KY DOT — Kentucky Department of Transportation
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County
- KY PTAC — Kentucky Procurement Technical Assistance Center
-
Housed at The Center for Rural Development.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - KY-ELAP — Kentucky Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- KYCO — Kentucky College of Optometry
-
University of Pikeville.
Mentioned in: Pike County - KYCOM — Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine
-
University of Pikeville.
- KYMEA — Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- KYTC — Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Mentioned in: Pike County , Kenton County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Hopkins County , Mason County , Perry County
- LASO — Local Agency Security Officer
-
CJIS role.
Mentioned in: Perry County - LAUS
-
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics (BLS)
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics — BLS state and county series.
- LBL
-
- Land Between the Lakes — 170,000-acre USFS-managed national recreation area between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley in western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee.
- Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area — USDA Forest Service unit since the 1999 transfer from TVA.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - LCB — Licensed Customs Broker
-
CBP-administered exam and license.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - LCPS — Laurel County Public Schools
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- LCRH — Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County
- LCRR — Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
-
EPA service-line inventory regime.
Mentioned in: Henderson County - LCSW — Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Hardin County , Franklin County , Christian County , Boyle County , Perry County , Rowan County
- LEA — Local Education Agency
- LEED — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
-
USGBC green-building rating; Berea College's Deep Green building is LEED Platinum.
Mentioned in: Madison County - LEED-AP — LEED Accredited Professional
-
USGBC credential cited for the Berea College Vendor-Qualified trades candidate.
Mentioned in: Madison County - LEHD — Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (Census)
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- LEP — Limited English Proficient
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- LEX — Blue Grass Airport (IATA code)
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- LEX1 — Amazon LEX1 Fulfillment Center
-
Lexington 24/7 returns operations; commuter-shift demand driver.
Mentioned in: Madison County - LFP — Lithium Iron Phosphate (battery chemistry)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- LFUCG — Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
-
The consolidated city-county government created by 1974 ballot referendum.
Mentioned in: Fayette County - LG&E — Louisville Gas & Electric
-
PPL Corporation subsidiary.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - LIHEAP — Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- LKLP — Leslie-Knott-Letcher-Perry Community Action Council
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- LL.M. — Master of Laws
-
Post-JD specialty law degree.
Mentioned in: Boone County - LLCEDA — London-Laurel County Economic Development Authority
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- LMB — Limbach Holdings (Nasdaq ticker)
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- LMFT — Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- LMG — Louisville Metro Government
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- LMHA — Louisville Metro Housing Authority
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- LMPD — Louisville Metro Police Department
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- LMR — Land Mobile Radio
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- LMS — Learning Management System
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- LMU — Lincoln Memorial University
-
Private comprehensive university in Harrogate, Tennessee — DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Dental Medicine, Duncan School of Law.
Mentioned in: Bell County - LMU-CVM — Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- LMU-DCOM — Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- LOTO — Lockout-Tagout
-
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - LPCC — Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Hardin County , Franklin County , Christian County , Boyle County , Perry County , Rowan County
- LPN — Licensed Practical Nurse
- LRAA — Louisville Regional Airport Authority
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- LRC
-
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
- Legislative Research Commission
- LSA — Local Services Ads
-
Google paid-lead product for service businesses.
- LTAC — Long-Term Acute Care
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- LTACH — Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- LTADD — Lincoln Trail Area Development District
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- LTC — Long-Term Care
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- LTCH — Long-Term Acute-Care Hospital
- LTV — Loan-to-Value
- MAC — Medicare Administrative Contractor
-
Palmetto GBA serves Kentucky.
Mentioned in: McCracken County - MAT — Medication-Assisted Treatment
-
SAMHSA-approved opioid-use-disorder protocol.
Mentioned in: Pike County - MATOC — Multiple Award Task Order Contract
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- MCC — Madisonville Community College
-
KCTCS member college.
Mentioned in: Hopkins County - MCCC — Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
-
Prestonsburg-HQ 14-county Community Mental Health Center.
Mentioned in: Pike County - MCCH — Murray-Calloway County Hospital
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- MCIDA — Murray-Calloway County Industrial Development Authority
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- MCO — Managed Care Organization
-
Kentucky Medicaid panel.
Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Hardin County , Franklin County , Christian County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Calloway County , Carter County , Perry County , Rowan County - MCPS — McCracken County Public Schools
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- MCS
-
- Maker's Mark, Buffalo Trace, and other peer Sazerac brands — Not used in this report; Barton 1792 is the Sazerac Nelson-resident plant.
- Mason County Schools
- MCSA — Mid-America Conversion Services Alliance
-
DOE PGDP support prime.
Mentioned in: McCracken County - MCTC — Maysville Community and Technical College
- MELCO — MELCO HVAC US Inc.
-
U.S. manufacturing subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
Mentioned in: Mason County - MEP
-
- Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing — Specialty-trade scope category.
- Manufacturing Extension Partnership — NIST regional program.
- Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering trades
- MES — Murray Electric System Plant Board
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- METUS — Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US LLC
-
Mitsubishi-Trane joint venture distributing the downstream heat-pump product line.
Mentioned in: Mason County - MFP — Master Facility Plan
-
Ephraim McDowell Health's $120 million capex plan announced October 2024.
- MGPI — MGP Ingredients
-
Parent of Luxco and Lux Row Distillers.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - MHI
-
- Median Household Income
- Median household income
Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Campbell County - MILCON — Military Construction
-
Defense appropriation line for new federal construction.
Mentioned in: Madison County - MISD — Murray Independent School District
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- MIW — Mental Inquest Warrant (Kentucky)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- MMRC — Morgan-Menifee-Rowan County (Regional Industrial Park)
-
1996 three-county compact under Governor Paul Patton.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - MOT — Maintenance of Traffic
-
Work-zone traffic-control discipline.
- MOU — Memorandum of Understanding
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- MRO
-
- Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul — Aviation services category.
- Medical Review Officer — Federally credentialed physician who reviews drug-test results under 49 CFR Part 40.
- MSA
-
- Master Service Agreement — SD1 procurement vehicle for design contracts under $500,000.
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
Mentioned in: Kenton County , Jefferson County , Fayette County , Campbell County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County - MSD — Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- MSHA — Mine Safety and Health Administration
- MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- MSP
-
- Managed Service Provider — IT-services delivery model.
- Managed Services Provider
- MSRRA — Military Spouses Residency Relief Act
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- MUTCD — Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- MWBE — Minority/Women Business Enterprise
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- NADCAP — National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program
-
PRI special-process accreditation.
- NAEA — National Association of Estate Agents
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County
- NAESM — National Association of Estate Sale Management professionals
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NAHB — National Association of Home Builders
- Mentioned in: Madison County
- NAHRO — National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
- NAICS — North American Industry Classification System
-
The six-digit code system used by federal agencies to classify businesses by industry.
Mentioned in: Warren County , Pulaski County , Pike County , Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Kenton County , McCracken County , Jefferson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County , Rowan County - NAID — National Association for Information Destruction
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- NAP — North American Properties
-
Owner of Newport on the Levee; headquartered in Cincinnati.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - NAPIA — National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- NAPO
-
- National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals
- National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals
- NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- NASBA — National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NASMM — National Association of Senior Move Managers
- NBI — National Bridge Inventory
-
FHWA.
Mentioned in: Mason County - NBIS — National Bridge Inspection Standards
-
23 CFR 650 Subpart C.
Mentioned in: Mason County - NCA — National Cemetery Administration
-
Within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - NCAA — National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NCBFAA — National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- NCCER — National Center for Construction Education and Research
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- NCI — National Cancer Institute
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- NCS — Nelson County Schools
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- NDAA — National Defense Authorization Act
-
FY26 appropriated $903 million for the Center of Excellence for Energetics at BGAD.
Mentioned in: Madison County - NDT
-
- Non-Destructive Testing — Aerospace and industrial inspection category.
- Nondestructive testing
- NEA — National Endowment for the Arts
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- NEH — National Endowment for the Humanities
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- NEKCAA — Northeast Kentucky Community Action Agency
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- NELAP — National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NEMT
-
- Non-Emergency Medical Transport
- Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , McCracken County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Mason County , Perry County - NEPA — National Environmental Policy Act
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NES — Nonemployer Statistics
-
Census Bureau series on businesses without paid employees.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - NETA — InterNational Electrical Testing Association
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- NFPA — National Fire Protection Association
-
NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code.
- NHL — National Historic Landmark
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- NHSC — National Health Service Corps
-
HRSA loan-repayment program for clinicians in shortage areas.
- NIC — National Interpreter Certification
-
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf credential.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - NICET — National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
- NICU — Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- NIGP — National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
- NISPOM — National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
-
32 CFR Part 117; governs FCL-cleared contractors.
Mentioned in: Madison County - NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NKADD — Northern Kentucky Area Development District
- NKCES — Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- NKU — Northern Kentucky University
- NKWD — Northern Kentucky Water District
-
Regional water authority for Kenton, Boone, and Campbell.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - NKY — Northern Kentucky
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- NLC — Nurse Licensure Compact
- NMMA — National Marine Manufacturers Association
-
Certified Boat Technician program.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NP — Nurse Practitioner
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- NPI — National Provider Identifier
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- NPS — National Park Service
- NRCME
-
- National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners — FMCSA registry of clinicians authorized to perform DOT physicals.
- National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (FMCSA)
Mentioned in: Laurel County , Fayette County , Bell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Hopkins County - NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
-
USDA agency.
Mentioned in: Franklin County - NRHP — National Register of Historic Places
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- NRT — National Recreation Trail
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- NSF — National Science Foundation
- NSLP — National School Lunch Program (USDA)
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- NSPIRE — National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate
-
HUD.
Mentioned in: Mason County - NSTM — Non-Redundant Steel Tension Member
-
Formerly called fracture-critical member.
Mentioned in: Mason County - NTIA — National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- OA — Office of Apprenticeship (US DOL)
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- OASIS — Online Aerospace Supplier Information System
-
IAQG aerospace-certification registry (AS9100D).
Mentioned in: Madison County - OCTC — Owensboro Community and Technical College
-
KCTCS member institution.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - ODM — Ohio Department of Medicaid
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- ODOT — Ohio Department of Transportation
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- OEHRM — Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization
-
VA program office for the federal EHR rollout.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OFAC — Office of Foreign Assets Control (U.S. Treasury)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- OIG
-
- Office of Inspector General — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Office of Inspector General (Kentucky CHFS)
- Kentucky Office of Inspector General — CHFS facility-licensure authority.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Franklin County , Kenton County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Bell County - OJP — Office of Justice Programs (DOJ)
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- OLDCC — Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
-
DoD defense-community grant office.
Mentioned in: Boone County - OMT — Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
- Mentioned in: Rowan County
- OMU — Owensboro Municipal Utilities
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- OPI — Over-the-phone interpretation
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- OPS — Owensboro Public Schools
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Calloway County , Carter County
- OSJA — Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- OSMRE — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
-
U.S. Department of the Interior.
Mentioned in: Perry County - OSP
-
- Outside Plant — NAICS 237130 fiber-optic installation lane.
- Office of Sponsored Programs (Murray State)
- OSPA — Office of Sponsored Programs Administration (UK)
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- OUPV — Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels
-
USCG license tier below Master; OUPV-50T covers six-or-fewer passengers on inland and near-coastal waters.
- OVC — Ohio Valley Conference
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- OVPR — Office of the Vice President for Research (UK)
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- P&Z — Planning and Zoning
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- PA
-
- Physician Assistant
- Public Adjuster — State-licensed insurance professional who represents the policyholder; under KRS 304.9-430.
- PADD
-
- Pennyrile Area Development District
- Purchase Area Development District
- PAH — Barkley Regional Airport (Paducah)
-
FAA identifier.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - PCATC — Perry County Area Technology Center
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- PCDC — Pike County Detention Center
- Mentioned in: Pike County
- PCH — Pineville Community Health Center
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- PCI — Poarch Creek Indians Federal Services
-
Tribally-owned 8(a) parent of Fortis Industries.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - PCMH — Patient-Centered Medical Home
- PCS
-
- Permanent Change of Station (military reassignment)
- Permanent Change of Station — Military household-goods move.
- Personal Care Services (Medicaid)
- Perry County Schools
- PDGM — Patient-Driven Groupings Model
-
CMS Medicare home-health reimbursement methodology.
- PE — Professional Engineer
- Pennyrile — Pennyrile (Pennyroyal) region
-
Western Kentucky region named for the pennyroyal mint. Covers the karst landscape between the Western Coal Field and the Jackson Purchase.
- PEO — Program Executive Office
-
PEO ACWA manages the BGCAPP closure mission.
Mentioned in: Madison County - PGDP — Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
-
DOE site under cleanup; workforce roughly 1,400.
Mentioned in: McCracken County - PHA — Public Housing Authority
- PHMSA — Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- PHP — Partial Hospitalization Program
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- PILOT — Payment In Lieu Of Taxes
-
Property-tax abatement vehicle.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - PIS — Paducah Independent Schools
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- PIT — Powered Industrial Truck
-
OSHA forklift-operator training under 29 CFR 1910.178.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - PLC — Programmable Logic Controller
- PM — Project Manager
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- PMA — Parts Manufacturer Approval
-
FAA approval to manufacture aircraft replacement parts.
Mentioned in: Boone County - PMC — Pikeville Medical Center
- Mentioned in: Pike County
- PMI — Philip Morris International
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- PoP — Place of Performance
-
Federal-procurement coding for where contract work is performed.
- POWER — Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (ARC initiative)
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- PPAP — Production Part Approval Process
-
Automotive supplier-quality submission process under IATF 16949.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - PPF — Paint Protection Film
- Mentioned in: Boone County
- PPL — PPL Corporation
-
Allentown, Pennsylvania-headquartered utility parent.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - PPS — Prospective Payment System
-
CMS rate methodology applied to CCBHCs and other facility types.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - PRIDE — Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment
-
USACE Lake Cumberland shoreline cleanup program.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - PSC
-
- Public Service Commission — Kentucky utility regulator.
- Kentucky Public Service Commission
- PSM — Process Safety Management
-
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - PTAC — Procurement Technical Assistance Center
-
Predecessor to the APEX Accelerator program.
Mentioned in: Madison County - PTIN — Preparer Tax Identification Number (IRS)
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- PUCO — Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- PVA — Property Valuation Administrator
-
Kentucky's elected county property-tax assessor.
- PVN — Preferred-Vendor Network
-
Insurance-carrier vetted-contractor program (State Farm, Allstate, USAA, Kentucky Farm Bureau).
Mentioned in: Laurel County - QBP — Quality Bonus Payment
-
CCBHC PPS payment add-on tied to quality-measure performance.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - QM — Quality measure
-
SAMHSA's 22-measure CCBHC set.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - RAD — Rental Assistance Demonstration (HUD)
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- RAP — Registered Apprenticeship Program (US DOL)
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- RCM
-
- Revenue Cycle Management — Medical billing, credentialing, and prior-authorization.
- Revenue cycle management
- RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
-
40 CFR Part 260-272.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - RDX — Research Department Explosive (hexogen)
-
Energetics compound named in the FY26 Center of Excellence appropriation.
Mentioned in: Madison County - REAC — Real Estate Assessment Center
-
HUD physical inspection program for public housing.
Mentioned in: Carter County - RFI — Request for Information
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- RFP
-
- Request for Proposals
- Request for Proposal
Mentioned in: Warren County , Boone County , Hardin County , Franklin County , Kenton County , McCracken County - RID — Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
- Mentioned in: Boyle County
- RISE
-
- Recovery, Independence, Support, and Engagement — Kentucky 1915(i) Medicaid State Plan Amendment SPA KY 24-0010.
- Recovery, Independence, Support and Engagement (Kentucky 1915(i) initiative)
- RMA — Risk Management Association
-
Publishes Annual Statement Studies industry benchmarks.
- RMP — Risk Management Plan
-
EPA 40 CFR Part 68.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - RMTC
-
- Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
- Rural Medical Training Collaborative — ACGME Rural Recognition List administering body.
- RN — Registered Nurse
- ROTC — Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- RPO — Registered Practitioner Organization
-
Cyber-AB registration.
Mentioned in: Carter County - RVBH — RiverValley Behavioral Health
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- SACSCOC — Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- SAM — System for Award Management
-
SAM.gov is the federal contractor registration system.
- SAM.gov — System for Award Management
-
Federal contractor registration portal.
- SAMHSA — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Mentioned in: Daviess County , Franklin County , Bell County , Calloway County , Perry County , Rowan County
- SBA
-
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Small Business Administration
Mentioned in: Warren County , Pulaski County , Pike County , Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Franklin County , Kenton County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - SBA 504 — Small Business Administration 504 loan
-
SBA loan structure for real estate and large equipment, delivered through Certified Development Companies. Long fixed terms.
- SBA 7(a) — Small Business Administration 7(a) loan
-
SBA's main loan-guarantee program. Used for working capital, equipment, real estate, and business acquisition up to $5 million.
- SBA Microloan — SBA Microloan Program
-
SBA-funded loans up to $50,000 delivered through nonprofit intermediaries for very small businesses and startups.
- SBDC — Small Business Development Center
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Daviess County , McCracken County , Laurel County , Jefferson County , Fayette County
- SBDS — Small Business Dynamics Statistics (Census)
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- SBHC — School-Based Health Center
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- SBP — Survivor Benefit Plan (DoD)
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- SCADA — Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- SCB — Sherman-Carter-Barnhart
-
Lexington architecture firm; architect of record on both Laurel County school districts.
Mentioned in: Laurel County - SCC — Somerset Community College
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- SCRA — Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- SD1 — Sanitation District No. 1
-
Regional sanitary and stormwater authority for Kenton, Boone, and Campbell.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - SDE
-
- Seller's Discretionary Earnings — Common small-business valuation cash-flow metric.
- Seller's discretionary earnings
- SDF — Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
-
FAA airport code for Standiford Field; UPS Worldport site.
Mentioned in: Jefferson County - SDIT — School District Income Tax
-
Ohio levy assessed by school district of residence.
Mentioned in: Campbell County - SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
-
SBA set-aside category.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Madison County , Hardin County , Nelson County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County - SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- Section 106 — Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
-
Federal review required for any federally funded work affecting a National Register property.
Mentioned in: Hopkins County - SERVS — Kentucky Statewide Emergency Radio Voice System
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- SHPO — State Historic Preservation Office
- Mentioned in: Mason County
- SHRM-CP — Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- SKCTC — Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College
-
KCTCS member; Middlesboro and Pineville campuses.
Mentioned in: Bell County - SKED — Southeast Kentucky Economic Development
-
Regional revolving-loan and CDFI lender that financed the All Boats Service Center 2022 succession.
- SLCGP
-
- State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (CISA / FEMA)
- State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
- SLFRF
-
- State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA)
- State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds — American Rescue Plan Act.
- SMCRA — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- SMM-C — Senior Move Manager - Certified
-
NASMM credential.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - SNF — Skilled Nursing Facility
- SOAR
-
- Shaping Our Appalachian Region — Nonprofit regional initiative covering 54 counties in Eastern Kentucky. Coordinates federal and state economic-recovery funding.
- Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th)
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Christian County , Laurel County , Bell County , Perry County - SOR — State Opioid Response
-
SAMHSA grant program.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - SoS — Secretary of State
-
Kentucky business-entity registry.
- SOTI — Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
-
36 CFR 67 and 36 CFR 68.
Mentioned in: Mason County - SOW — Statement of Work
-
Federal contracting solicitation component.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - SPA
-
- State Plan Amendment — Medicaid SPA KY 24-0010 approves Kentucky's 1915(i) RISE benefit.
- State Plan Amendment (CMS)
- SPD — Sterile Processing Department
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- SPEDA — Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development Authority
- Mentioned in: Pulaski County
- SQF — Safe Quality Food
-
GFSI-recognized food-safety certification scheme.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - SRNA — State Registered Nurse Aide
- Mentioned in: Perry County
- SRO — School Resource Officer
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- SRP — State Resort Park (Kentucky)
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- SSC — Space Science Center
-
Morehead State Ronald G. Eaglin Space Science Center.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - SSO — Sanitary Sewer Overflow
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- SSP — System Security Plan
-
NIST SP 800-171 documentation.
Mentioned in: Carter County - STBG — Surface Transportation Block Grant
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- STF — Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
-
FSMA rule under 21 CFR Part 1 Subpart O.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - STIC — Skills Training Investment Credit
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- STR — Short-Term Rental
- Mentioned in: Pike County , Boone County , Nelson County , McCracken County , Bell County , Campbell County , Boyle County , Carter County
- SUD — Substance Use Disorder
- SUP — Special-Use Permit
-
USFS under 36 CFR 251 Subpart B; USACE under 36 CFR 327.
Mentioned in: Rowan County - SWKEDC — South Western Kentucky Economic Development Council
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- SWPPP — Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
- T-CSCT — Trauma-Informed Care Specialist Training
-
Behavioral-health environmental-services credential.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - TAA — Trade Adjustment Assistance
-
Department of Labor dislocated-worker program.
Mentioned in: Madison County - TAB — Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing
-
HVAC commissioning.
Mentioned in: Mason County - TAM — Total Addressable Market
- Mentioned in: Pike County
- TCA — Tennessee Code Annotated
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation
- Mentioned in: Bell County
- TennCare — Tennessee Medicaid program
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- TGS — Targeted Group Small Business
-
KYTC small-business certification program.
Mentioned in: Kenton County - TIB — Transfer-In-Bond
-
TTB movement of distilled spirits between bonded premises under 27 CFR 19.402-19.407.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - TIF — Tax Increment Financing
- Mentioned in: McCracken County
- TMMK — Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
-
Georgetown, Kentucky assembly plant referenced as the multi-shift-childcare comparable.
- TMS — Transportation Management System
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- TOBA — Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- TRAINS
-
- Transitional Retraining and Adjustment Initiative for the New Workforce (KCTCS)
- Training Resource Allocation Including Numerous Skills — KCTCS-administered employer-reimbursable workforce training grant.
- TRICARE — Department of Defense military health program
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- TSP — Thrift Savings Plan
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- TTAI — Toyota Boshoku America, Inc.
-
Toyotetsu is the historical brand for TTAI's stamping operations.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - TTB
-
- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau — US Treasury bureau regulating distilled spirits.
- U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
- TTMA — Toyotetsu Mid America
- Mentioned in: Daviess County
- TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- TWIC — Transportation Worker Identification Credential
-
TSA credential for port and certain freight-facility access.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - UAA — Uniform Accountancy Act
-
NASBA mobility framework.
Mentioned in: Calloway County - UAW — United Auto Workers
- UCC — Uniform Commercial Code
-
Article 9 governs perfection of security interests in collateral.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - UCP — Unified Certification Program
-
DBE certification.
Mentioned in: Mason County - UEI
-
- Unique Entity Identifier — The federal identifier (replaced DUNS in 2022) used to register a business in SAM.gov for federal awards.
- Unique Entity Identifier (SAM.gov)
Mentioned in: Boone County , Madison County , Hardin County , Daviess County , Bell County , Carter County , Rowan County - UFCW — United Food and Commercial Workers
-
Local 23-D represents Heaven Hill production workers.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - UK — University of Kentucky
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- UofL — University of Louisville
- Mentioned in: Jefferson County
- UPIKE — University of Pikeville
- Mentioned in: Pike County
- URNCD — Urban Renewal and Community Development
-
Danville URNCD Agency.
Mentioned in: Boyle County - USACE
-
- United States Army Corps of Engineers — Federal agency responsible for navigable waterways, flood control, and many lakes and dams in Kentucky.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mentioned in: Pulaski County , Pike County , Jefferson County , Campbell County , Calloway County , Carter County , Henderson County , Mason County , Perry County , Rowan County - USAREC — U.S. Army Recruiting Command
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- USAspending — Federal procurement transparency platform (USAspending.gov)
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- USCG — U.S. Coast Guard
- USCIS — United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- USDA — U.S. Department of Agriculture
- USDA Rural Development — United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development
-
Federal agency providing loans, grants, and loan guarantees for rural housing, business, and community-facility projects. Often pairs with SBA on rural deals.
- USDA-RD — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
- Mentioned in: Laurel County
- USDOT — U.S. Department of Transportation
- USEC — United States Enrichment Corporation
-
Predecessor of Centrus Energy.
Mentioned in: Daviess County - USFS
-
- United States Forest Service — USDA agency that manages National Forests; in Kentucky, primarily the Daniel Boone National Forest.
- U.S. Forest Service
- USFWS — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- USGBC — U.S. Green Building Council
-
Issues LEED and LEED-AP.
Mentioned in: Madison County - USGS — United States Geological Survey
- Mentioned in: Calloway County
- USW — United Steelworkers
- Mentioned in: Henderson County
- VA — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- VAMC — VA Medical Center
- Mentioned in: Campbell County
- VBOC — Veterans Business Outreach Center
-
SBA program at The Center for Rural Development.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - VOB — Veteran-Owned Business
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- VOC — Volatile Organic Compound
-
Low-VOC documentation is part of Berea College Ecological Renovations specifications.
Mentioned in: Madison County - VOSB — Veteran-Owned Small Business
-
SBA federal-contracting set-aside category.
Mentioned in: Madison County - VR&E — Veteran Readiness and Employment
-
VA program supporting Veteran-owned business launch.
Mentioned in: Pulaski County - VRI — Video remote interpretation
- Mentioned in: Fayette County
- WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
- WAV — Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle
- Mentioned in: Carter County
- WC — Workers' Compensation
- Mentioned in: Kenton County
- WDB — Workforce Development Board
- Mentioned in: Hardin County
- WFR — Wilderness First Responder
- WHD — Wage and Hour Division (U.S. Department of Labor)
- Mentioned in: Christian County
- WIC — Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
- Mentioned in: Madison County
- WIOA — Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
- Mentioned in: Pike County , Madison County , Hardin County , McCracken County , Bell County , Campbell County , Mason County , Perry County
- WKCTC
-
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College (Paducah)
- WKEC — West Kentucky Educational Cooperative
- WKU — Western Kentucky University
- Mentioned in: Warren County
- WKVC — Joseph 'Eddie' Ballard Western Kentucky Veterans Center
- Mentioned in: Hopkins County
- WOSB — Woman-Owned Small Business
-
SBA set-aside category.
- WTP — Water Treatment Plant
- Mentioned in: Franklin County
- WWATERS — Water Resource Information loan and reporting system
-
KIA's program-tracking platform.
Mentioned in: Nelson County - WWTP — Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Mentioned in: Nelson County
- ZYN — Swedish Match North America nicotine-pouch brand
- Mentioned in: Daviess County