ACF | Administration for Children and Families |
ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
ACS | Automated Commercial System |
ACYF | Administration on Children, Youth and Families |
AFCARS | Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System |
AFS | Automated Financial Statement |
AFPS | Accounting for Pay System |
AHP | Advancing HIV Prevention |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AI/AN | American Indian/Alaska Native |
AICPA | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
AMP | Average Manufacturer Price |
AoA | Administration on Aging |
AR/AP | Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable |
ASP | Average Sale Price |
ASPE | Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
AWP | Average Wholesale Price |
AZT | Zidovudine |
C&A | Certification and Accreditation |
CAHPS | Consumer Assessment Health Plans Surveys |
CAN | Common Accounting Number |
CAPTA | Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act |
CARE | Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency |
CAS | Central Accounting System |
CBCAP | Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention |
CBP | Customs and Border Patrol |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDRH | Center for Device and Radiological Health |
CEBS | Chemical Effects in Biological Systems |
CEFO | Career Epidemiology Field Officer |
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 |
CJ | Congressional Justification |
CMP | Civil Monetary Penalties |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly Health Care Financing Administration/HCFA) |
COL | Cost of Living |
CORE | PSC Core Financial Management System |
COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CPIC | Capital Planning and Investment Control |
CPIM | Consumer Price Index Medical |
CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
CRP | Conference Room Pilot |
CRS | Clinical Reporting Systems |
CSBG | Community Services Block Grant |
CSE | Child Support Enforcement |
CSRS | Civil Service Retirement System |
CY | Calendar Year |
FACES | Family And Child Experiences Survey |
FACS | Financial Accounting Control System |
FACTS | II Federal Agencies' Centralized Trial-Balance System II |
FAIR | Federal Activities Inventory Reform |
FASAB | Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
FBWT | Fund Balance with Treasury |
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 |
FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 |
FMFIA | Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 |
FRPC | Federal Real Property Council |
FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
FUL | Federal Upper Limit |
FY | Fiscal Year |
GA | Georgia |
GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
GAO | U.S. Government Accountability Office |
GATES | Grants Administration, Tracking, and Evaluation System |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GISRA | Government Information Security Reform Act of 2000 |
GLAS | General Ledger Accounting System |
GMRA | Government Management Reform Act |
GPO | Government Printing Office |
GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 |
GSA | General Services Administration |
HapMap | Haplotype Map |
HbA1C | Hemoglobin (test for diabetes control) |
HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration (now the 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 (now HHS) |
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 of 1996 |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HPMP | Hospital Payment Monitoring Program |
HPMS | Health Plan Management System |
HR | Human Resources |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
HSB | Head Start Bureau |
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 Accountant |
IPIA | Improper Payments Information Act |
ISA | Interconnection Security Agreement |
IT | Information Technology |
ITIRB | Information Technology Investment Review Board |
ITSC | Information Technology Service Center |
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 |
MIAME Minimal | Information about a Microarray Experiment |
MIP | Medical Integrity Program |
MK | Market-based |
MMA | Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act 0f 2003 |
MMR | Measles, Mumps, and Rubella |
MOE | Maintenance of Effort |
MSIS | Medicaid Statistical Information System |
N/A | Not Applicable |
NACHGR | National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research |
NBRSS | NIH Business and Research Support System |
NBS | NIH Business System |
NCEH | National Center for Environmental Health |
NCP | Non-Custodial Parent |
NHDR | National Health Disparities Report |
NHQR | National Health Quality Report |
NHSC | National Health Service Corps |
NHGRI | National Human Genome Research Institute |
NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
NIS | National Immunization Survey |
NMEP | National Medicare & You Education Program |
NOM | National Outcome Measure |
NQMC | National Quality Measures Clearinghouse |
NREPP | National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices |
NRS | National Reporting System |
OAA | Older Americans Act |
OACT | Office of the Actuary |
OASDI | Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (Social Security) |
OASIS | Operational and Administrative System for Import Support |
OCSE | Office of Child Support Enforcement |
OGC | Office of General Counsel |
OGMP | Office of Grants Management and Policy |
OIG | Office of Inspector General |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OPDIV | Operating Division |
OPHEP | Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness |
OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
OS | Office of the Secretary |
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 |
PIR | Program Information Report |
P.L. | Public Law |
PMA | President’s Management Agenda |
PMO | Program Management Office |
PMPP | Performance Measurement Partnership Project |
PMS | Payment Management System |
PNC | Prior Notice Center |
PNSI | Prior Notice System Interface |
POA&M | Plan of Action and Milestones Report |
PP&E | Property, Plant and Equipment |
PPS | Prospective Payment System |
PRISM | Program Review Instrument for Systems Monitoring |
PRWORA | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 |
PSC | Program Support Center |
PTF | Payments to the Health Care Trust Funds |
PwC | Pricewaterhouse-Coopers |
SACWIS | Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System |
SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SARTS | State Annual Report Template System |
SAS | Statement of Auditing Standards |
SBR | Statement of Budgetary Resources |
SCHIP | State Children’s Health Insurance Program |
SCN | Sentinel Centers Network |
SDPI | Special Diabetes Program for Indians |
SDW | Special Disability Workload |
SECA | Self-Employment Contribution Act of 1954 |
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 |
STD | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
SysBio-OM | System Biology Object Model |
SySTox-OM | System Biology Toxicology Model |
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