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ANNUAL REPORT FY 2001

APPENDIX 5
GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations

AIMS Apprenticeship Information Management System

AJB America’s Job Bank

ALMIS America’s Labor Market Information System

APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASP Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy

ATUS American Time Use Survey

AWBA Average Weekly Benefit Amount

BAT Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training

BCCP Business Continuity and Contingency Plans

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

BtB Business-to-Business

CATI Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview

CCI Correct Coding Initiative

CDC Center for Disease Control

CE Consumer Expenditure

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CFO Chief Financial Officer

CFOA Chief Financial Officers Act

CHOICES Clearinghouse on Implementation of Child Care and Elder Care Services

CO Compliance Officer

CPI Consumer Price Index

CPI-I Consumer Price Index – Improvement

CPI-R Consumer Price Index – Revised

CPS Current Population Survey

CRA Construction Resource Analysis

CRC Civil Rights Center

CY Calendar Year

DCC Dependent Care Connection

DOD U.S. Department of Defense

DOEd U.S. Department of Education

DOJ U.S. Department of Justice

DOL U.S. Department of Labor

DOLAR$ Department of Labor Accounting and Related Systems

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

DRG Diagnostic Related Group

DTAA Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance

DVOP Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program

EC Enterprise Community ECI Employment Cost Index

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EER Entered Employment Rate

EO Equal Opportunity

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act

ES U.S. Employment Service

ESA Employment Standards Administration

ETA Employment and Training Administration

EZ Empowerment Zone

FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FECA Federal Employees’ Compensation Act

FERSA Federal Employment Retirement Security Act

FESAC Federal Economics Statistics Advisory Committee

FFMIA Federal Financial Management Improvement Act

FMFIA Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FMLA Family Medical Leave Act

FY Fiscal Year

GAO U.S. General Accounting Office

GMRA Government Management Reform Act

GPRA Government Performance and Results Act

GSA General Services Administration

HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

HVRP Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Project

ILAB Bureau of International Labor Affairs

ILO International Labor Organization

IMIS Integrated Management Information System

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service

IPEC International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor

IRS Internal Revenue Service

IT Information Technology

IV&V Independent Verification and Validation

JOLTS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

JTPA Job Training Partnership Act

LAUS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

LMI Labor Market Information

LMRDA Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

LPD Lost Production Days

LVER Local Veterans’ Employment Representative

LWDII Lost Workday Injury and Illness

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area

MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration

MSPA Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

NAFTA-TAA North American Free Trade Agreement – Transitional Adjustment Assistance

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NFDL Non-Fatal Days Lost

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NLSY National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

NMHPA Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act

NORA National Occupational Research Agenda

NSTWO National School-to-Work Office

OASAM Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management

OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OCIA Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations

OCIO Office of the Chief Information Officer

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OES Occupational Employment Statistics

OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

OIG Office of the Inspector General

OLMS Office of Labor-Management Standards

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OPA Office of Public Affairs

OPM Office of Personnel Management

OPR Office of Policy and Research OSBP Office of Small Business Programs

OSEC Office of the Secretary

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OWCP Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs

PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

PPI Producer Price Index

PRM Periodic Roll Management

PWBA Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

PY Program Year

QCM Quality Case Management

SBA Small Business Administration

SDA Service Delivery Area

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

SESA State Employment Security Agency

SIC Standard Industrial Classification

SIMPOC Statistical Information and Monitoring Program

SOII Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

SOL Office of the Solicitor

SPIR Standard Program Information Report

SQSP State Quality Service Plan

SSA Social Security Administration

STAWRS Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System

STW School-to-Work

TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance

TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

TAP Transition Assistance Program

TAPR Trade Adjustment Participant Report

UI Unemployment Insurance

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

USPS U.S. Postal Service

UTF Unemployment Trust Fund

VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

VETS Veterans’ Employment and Training Service

VPP Voluntary Protection Program

WARN Workers Adjustment Retraining Notification Act

WB Women’s Bureau

WDPM Workforce Development Performance Measures

WHISARD Wage Hour Investigator Support and Reporting Database

WIA Workforce Investment Act

WPRS Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services

WtW Welfare-to-Work

YO Youth Opportunity Grants

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