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DoI

DoI

2 8.1
United States government department that manages national parks and public lands
  • proper noun
  • /diː oʊ aɪ/
  • Formal
translation icon : Departamento del Interior
  • In response to the wildfires, the DOI announced new funding for conservation efforts.
  • DoI Interior
  • DoI study
  • DoI report

Examples

  • Again, he uses an oil price much lower than the DOI study's estimate, typically $16 with a 1% rate of growth.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Shell's plan may have satisfied the DOI's requirements for a limited venture this summer.

    Academic text (2012)
  • "If done correctly, the public trust will grow in DOI decisions."

    Academic text (2010)
  • Our results, therefore, highlight the importance of this assumption to the DOI conclusions.

    Academic text (1991)
  • First, DOI estimates a 19% chance that any oil will be produced from the ANWR.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The results of DOI's analysis can be summarized as follows.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Since the release of the DOI report, a lively debate has taken place over ANWR leasing.

    Academic text (1991)
  • DoI describes the innovation decision process as five successive stages: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Steponaitis maintains that the new amendment goes far beyond what Congress authorized the DOI to do under NAGPRA.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The DOI study reports an estimate of NNEB conditional on development of $14.61 billion.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

Interior
vsDoI
  • US
57 4.6

A United States government department that manages national parks and public land

is the abbreviated form used for that agency name
8 3.8

A United States government department that protects and manages national parks and public lands

is the abbreviation used for that same agency name
8 4.2

A United States government department that manages national parks and public lands

is the common abbreviation used for that agency name

Surface Forms

DoI main

Etymology

DoI is an abbreviation of Department of the Interior, and the word interior means 'inside'. This U.S. department looks after the country's land, parks and natural resources, so DoI refers to that government office.