Appendix J - Acronyms
A
- ACF Administration for Children and Families
- ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
- AFCARS Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
- AFS Automated Financial Statement
- AFPS Accounting for Pay System
- AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- AoA Administration on Aging
- AR/AP Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable
- ASP Average Sale Price
- ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- AWP Average Wholesale Price
- AZT Zidovudine
B
- BACS Budget and Accounting Classification Structure
- BCCPTA Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000
- BPD Bureau of Public Debt
- BSC Balanced Scorecard
C
- C&A Certification and Accreditation
- CAN Common Accounting Number
- CARE Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency
- CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDRH Center for Device and Radiological Health
- CERT Comprehensive Error Rate Testing
- CFBCI Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
- CFO Chief Financial Officer
- CFR Code of Federal Regulations
- CIA Corporate Integrity Agreement
- CIO Chief Information Officer
- CMP Civil Monetary Penalties
- CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)
- COL Cost of Living
- CORE PSC Core Financial Management System
- COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
- CPIM Consumer Price Index Medical
- CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
- CRP Conference Room Pilot
- CSE Child Support Enforcement
- CSRS Civil Service Retirement System
- CY Calendar Year
D
- DASIS Drug Abuse Services Information System
- DC District of Columbia
- DCIA Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
- DFO Division of Financial Operations
- DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service
- DHS Department of Homeland Security
- DMERC Durable Medical Equipment Center
- DNA Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
- DOE Department of Energy
- DOJ Department of Justice
- DOL Department of Labor
- DR Disaster Recovery
- DTaP Diphtheria Tetanus acellular Pertussis
- DUNS
E
- EBDP Entitlement Benefits Due and Payable
- e-Gov Electronic Government
- EDP Electronic Data Processing
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency
- Epi-X Epidemic Information Exchange
F
- FACES Family And Child Experiences Survey
- FACS Financial Accounting Control Systems
- FACTS II Federal Agencies' Centralized Trial-Balance System II
- FAIR Federal Activities Inventory Reform
- FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
- FCRA Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990
- FDA Food and Drug Administration
- FECA Federal Employees' Compensation Act
- FERS Federal Employees Retirement System
- FFMIA Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996
- FFS Fee-for-Service
- FI Fiscal Intermediary
- FICA Federal Insurance Contribution Act
- FIFO First In, First Out
- FMFIA Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982
- FRPC Federal Real Property Council
- FTE Full-Time Equivalent
- FY Fiscal Year
G
- GA Georgia
- GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- GAO Government Accountability Office
- GATES Grants Administration, Tracking, and Evaluation System
- GISRA Government Information Security Reform Act
- GLAS General Ledger Accounting System
- GMRA Government Management Results Act
- GPO Government Printing Office
- GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
- GSA General Services Administration
H
- HapMap Haplotype Map
- HBAIC Hemoglobin
- HCFA Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS)
- HCFAC Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control
- HCGLP Health Center Guarantee Loan Program
- HEAL Health Education Assistance Loan
- HEW Department of Health, Education and Welfare
- HHS Department of Health and Human Services
- HI Hospital Insurance
- Hib Haemophilus Influenzae type B
- HIFA Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability
- HIGLAS Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System
- HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- HPMP Hospital Payment Monitoring Program
- HR Human Resources
- HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
I
- IBNR Incurred But Not Reported
- IDDA Intra-Departmental Delegations of Authority
- IG Inspector General
- IHS Indian Health Service
- IMPAC Information for Management, Planning, Analysis, and Coordination
- IP Improper Payment
- IPA Independent Public Accountants
- IPIA Improper Payments Information Act
- ISA Interconnection Security Agreement
- IT Information Technology
- ITSC Information Technology Service Center
J
- JFMIP Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
K
L
- LAN Local Area Network
- LLP Limited Liability Partnership
- LRN Laboratory Response Network
M
- M&M Mortality and Morbidity
- MACCS Managing and Accounting Credit Card System
- MC Managed Care
- MD Maryland
- MedSun Medical Product Surveillance and Radiological Health Network
- MIP Medical Integrity Program
- MK Market-based
- MMA Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act 0f 2003
- MMR Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
N
- N/A Not Applicable
- NACHGR National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
- NBRSS NIH Business and Research Support System
- NBS NOH Business System
- NCP Non-Custodial Parent
- NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute
- NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- NIH National Institutes of Health
- NIS National Immunization Survey
- NMEP National Medicare & You Education Program
- NQMC National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
O
- OAA Older Americans Act
- OACT Office of the Actuary
- OASDI Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (Social Security)
- OGC Office of General Counsel
- OGMP Office of Grants Management and Policy
- OIG Office of Inspector General
- OMB Office of Management and Budget
- OPM Office of Personnel Management
- OS Office of the Secretary
P
- PAM Payment Accuracy Measurement
- PAR Performance and Accountability Report
- PARIS Public Assistance Reporting Information System
- PART Program Assessment Rating Tool
- PCV Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- PDUFA Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2002
- PERM Medicaid Payment Error Rate Measurement
- PHIN Public Health Information Network
- PHS Public Health Service
- PIP Program Improvement Plan
- P.L. Public Law
- PMA President's Management Agenda
- PMO Program Management Office
- PMS Payment Management System
- POA&M Plan of Action and Milestones Report
- PP&E Property, Plant and Equipment
- PPS Prospective Payment System
- PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
- PSC Program Support Center
- PTF Payments to the Health Care Trust Funds
Q
- QIO Quality Improvement Organization
R
- R&D Research and Development
- RAMP Real Property Asset Management Plan
- RSSI Required Supplementary Stewardship Information
S
- SACWIS Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System
- SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- SAS Statement of Accounting Standards
- SBR Statement of Budgetary Resources
- SCHIP State Children's Health Insurance Program
- SDPI Special Diabetes Program for Indians
- SECA Self-Employment Contribution Act
- SEDS Statistical Enrollment Data System
- SES Senior Executive Service
- SFFAS Statement of Federal Accounting Standards
- SMI Supplementary Medical Insurance
- SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
- SNS Strategic National Stockpile
- SOF Statement of Financing
- SOP Standard Operating Procedures
- SSA Social Security Administration
T
- TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- TEDS Treatment Episode Data Set
- TOP Treasury Offset Program
- TOPS Total On-Line Processing System
- TPR Termination of Parental Rights
- Treasury Department of the Treasury
- TROR Treasury Report on Receivables
- TSP Thrift Savings Plan
- TWWIA Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act of 1999
U
- UFMS Unified Financial Management System
- US United States
- USAMRIID U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
- USPSTAF United States Preventive Services Task Force
- USSGL United States Government Standard General Ledger
V
- VCP Vaccines for Children Program
- VICP Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
W, X, Y, and Z
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