Glossary

ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACS	Australian Customs Service
AGIMO	Australian Government Information Management Office
AGS	Australian Government Solicitor
ALRC	Australian Law Reform Commission
ANAO	Australian National Audit Office
ANTA	Australian National Training Authority
ANZSOG	Australia and New Zealand School of Government
APS	Australian Public Service
APSED	Australian Public Service Employment Database
APS Gazette	Commonwealth of Australia Public Service Gazette
ASIC	Australian Securities and Investment Commission
ATO	Australian Taxation Office
ATSIS	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service
AusAID	Australian Agency for International Development
AWA	Australian Workplace Agreement
BO	Born overseas
BO+ENFL	Born overseas and did not speak English as a first language
CAPAM	Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
CDAC	Career Development Assessment Centre
CEIs	Chief Executive Instructions
CFO	Chief Finance Officer
CIT	Canberra Institute of Technology
CMC	Commission Management Committee
COMNET	Corporate Management Network
CPSU	Community and Public Sector Union
DEWR	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
DPP	Director of Public Prosecutions
EAP	Employee Assistance Program
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunity
ELDP	Executive Leadership Development Program
EMPA	Executive Master in Public Administration
FOI Act	Freedom of Information Act 1982
FMA Act	Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
HCO	Harassment Contact Officer
HIC	Health Insurance Commission
HR	Human Resource
IAPSEN	Indigenous APS Employees Network
IEG	Indigenous Employment Group
IiP	Investors in People
ILS	Integrated Leadership System
IPAA	Institute of Public Administration Australia
ISAC	Independent Selection Advisory Committee
IT	Information Technology
JSC	Joint Selection Committee
MAC	Management Advisory Committee
MPC	Merit Protection Commissioner
NAIDOC	National Aboriginal Islander Day of Observance Committee
NOIE	National Office for the Information Economy
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety
PBS	Portfolio Budget Statement
PM&C	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
PNG	Papua New Guinea
PRC	Promotion Review Committee
PS Act	Public Service Act 1999
PSETA	Public Service Education and Training Australia
PSM	Program Public Sector Management Program
PSMPC	Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner
PWD	People with Disabilities
SELCF	Senior Executive Leadership Capability Framework
SES	Senior Executive Service
SOSR	State of the Service Report
SWIM	Senior Women in Management
VET Network	Vocational Educational and Training Network
WDP	Workplace Diversity Program
WRC	Workplace Relations Committee

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