Glossary

AAT: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ACT: Australian Capital Territory
AFP: Australian Federal Police
APSED: APS Employment Database
APSEDII: APSED Internet Interface
ANAO: Australian National Audit Office
ANZSOG: Australia and New Zealand School of Government
ANU: Australian National University
APS: Australian Public Service
AusAID: Australian Agency for International Development
Austrade: Australian Trade Commission
ATO: Australian Taxation Office
CAPAM: Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
CDAC: Career Development Assessment Centre
Commission: Australian Public Service Commission
Commissioner: Australian Public Service Commissioner
Commissioner’s Directions: Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999
COMNET: Corporate Management Network
CPG: Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
CPSU: Community and Public Sector Union
Defence: Department of Defence
DEWR: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
DIMA: Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
EEO: equal employment opportunity
EFP: Executive Fellows Programme
EL: Executive Level
EMPA: Executive Masters of Public Administration
FACSIA: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
FOI Act: Freedom of Information Act 1982
GSA: Government Skills Australia

HR: human resources
HREOC: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
IAPSEN: Indigenous Australian Public Service Employees Network
ICC: Indigenous Coordination Centres
IEHR Forum: Indigenous Employers Human Resources Forum
ILS: Integrated Leadership System
ISAC: Independent Selection Advisory Committee
IT: information technology
LAFIA: Leading Australia’s Future In Asia
LaLAC: Leadership and Learning Advisory Committee
LDN: Leadership Development Network
MAC: Management Advisory Committee
NAIDOC: National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee
OCSC: Office of the Civil Service Commission
OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OH&S: occupational health and safety
OH&S ACT: Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991
OIPC: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
OPDC: Office of the Public Sector Development Commission
PRC: Promotion Review Committee
PSETA: Public Service Education and Training Australia
PSM PROGRAMME: Public Sector Management Programme
SES: Senior Executive Service
the Act: Public Service Act 1999
VET: vocational education and training