Companies and Organizations
- Office of Strategic Services, World War II forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency
- The Offshore Super Series, an offshore powerboat racing organization
- Optimized Systems Software, a former software company
- Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel, dedicated to fighting desertification and drought; based in Tunis, Tunisia
- Open Spaces Society, a UK registered charity championing public paths and open spaces
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