| A |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| AAWI |
Average annualised wage increase |
| ABA |
Australian Broadcasting Authority |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACA |
Australian Communications Authority |
| ACC |
Australian Crime Commission |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AGD |
Attorney General’s Department |
| Agency survey |
The agency survey for the State of the Service Report 2002–03 |
| AGO |
Australian Greenhouse Office |
| AHL |
Aboriginal Hostels Limited |
| AIATSIS |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| AIFS |
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AIR |
Australian Industrial Registry |
| AIRC |
Australian Industrial Relations Commission |
| ANZSOG |
Australian and New Zealand School of Government |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APS Commission |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APSED |
Australian Public Service Employment Database |
| ARPANSA |
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency |
| AQIS |
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| ATSIS |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services |
| AWA |
Australian workplace agreement |
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| B |
| BOM |
Bureau of Meteorology |
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| C |
| CA |
Certified agreement |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CDAC |
Career Development Assessment Centre |
| CEI |
Chief executive instructions |
| CIO |
Chief information officer |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| Code |
APS Code of Conduct embodied in s. 13 of the Public Service Act 1999 |
| Commissioner’s Directions |
Public Service Commissioner’s Directions |
| CRS |
CRS Australia |
| CSA |
Child Support Agency |
| CSS |
Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme |
| Customs |
Australian Customs Service |
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| D |
| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| DCITA |
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
| DDSN |
Defence disability staff networks |
| Defence |
Department of Defence |
| DEH |
Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| DEST |
Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DHA |
Defence Housing Authority |
| DIMIA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| Directions |
Public Service Commissioner’s Directions |
| DIRKS |
Designing and implementing recordkeeping systems |
| DITR |
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources |
| DOTARS |
Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DPP |
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
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| E |
| EL |
Executive level employees |
| Employee survey |
The employee survey for the State of the Service Report 2002–03 |
| EEO |
Equal employment opportunity |
| EOWA |
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency |
| |
| F |
| FaCS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| Family Court |
Family Court of Australia |
| Finance |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FSANZ |
Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
| |
| G |
| Gazette |
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |
| GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| |
| H |
| Health |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| HR |
Human resources |
| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| HRM |
Human resource management |
| Humphry Review |
Review of the whole of government information technology outsourcing initiative
– Richard Humphry AO (December 2000) |
| |
| I |
| ICAC |
Independent Commission Against Corruption |
| ICCT |
Indigenous Communities Coordination Taskforce |
| ICT |
Information and communication technology |
| IMSC |
Information Management Strategy Committee |
| IP Australia |
Intellectual Property Australia |
| IPAA |
Institute of Public Administration Australia |
| IT |
Information technology |
| ITSA |
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia |
| JCPAA |
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit |
| |
| K |
| KPI |
Key performance indicators |
| |
| M |
| MAC |
Management Advisory Committee |
| MRT |
Migration Review Tribunal |
| |
| N |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NED |
Nominal expiry date |
| NESB |
Non-English speaking background |
| NLA |
National Library of Australia |
| NMA |
National Museum of Australia |
| NNTT |
National Native Title Tribunal |
| NOHSC |
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission |
| NOIE |
National Office for the Information Economy |
| |
| O |
| OEA |
Office of the Employment Advocate |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OH&S |
Occupational health and safety |
| Ombudsman |
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman |
| ONA |
Office of National Assessments |
| the Order |
Senate Order on departmental and agency contracts |
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| P |
| PM&C |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| PRC |
Promotion review committee |
| Protective Service |
Australian Protective Service |
| PS Act |
Public Service Act 1999 |
| Regulations |
Public Service Regulations |
| |
| R |
| RRT |
Refugee Review Tribunal |
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| S |
| SRC Commission |
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission |
| SELC |
Senior Executive Leadership Capability Framework |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SFPARC |
Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee |
| |
| T |
| Treasury |
Department of the Treasury |
| TSRA |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
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| V |
| Values |
APS Values embodied in s.10 of the Public
Service Act 1999 |
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| W |
| WDP |
Workplace diversity program |
| WR |
Workplace relations |
