Center for Economic Studies (CES)

Acronyms and Definitions

 

Acronym	Full Name
ACE (or ACES)	Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
ACS	American Community Survey
ADRF	Account and Data Request Form
AES	Assets and Expenditures Survey
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHS	American Housing Survey
AR2P	Request to Add Researcher
ARTS	Annual Retail Trade Survey
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASM	Annual Survey of Manufacturers
AUX	Auxiliary Establishment
AWTS	Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
BDS	Business Dynamics Statistics
BES	Business Expenditures Survey
BOC	Bureau of the Census
BR	Business Register (same as SSEL)
BRB	Business Register Bridge
BRDIS	Business Research & Development and Innovation Survey
CARRA	Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications
CCN	Census of Construction Industries
CECON	Chief Economist
CEN	Decennial Census Long Form Sample
CES	Center for Economic Studies
CFI	Census of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
CFS	Commodity Flow Survey
CIR	Current Industrial Reports
CMF	Census of Manufactures
CMI	Census of Mining
CPS	Current Population Survey March Supplement
CRM	Clearance Request Memo
CRT	Census of Retail Trade
CSB	Compustat–SSEL Bridge
CSR	Census of Services
CSvD	Computer Services Division
CUT	Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities
CWH	Census of Wholesale Trade

Acronym	Full Name
DID	Data Integration Division
DOC	Department of Commerce
DSD	Demographic Surveys Division
ECF	Employer Characteristics File
EDB	Exporter Database
EHF	Employment History Files
EPCD	Economic Planning and Coordination Division
ESMPD	Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division
ESR	Enterprise Summary Report
EXP	Foreign Trade Data – Export
FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
FTD	Foreign Trade Division
GAL	Geo-coded Address List
GEO	Geography Division
HHES	Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
HSPD-12	Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12
ICF	Individual Characteristics File
ILBD	Integrated Longitudinal Business Database
IMP	Foreign Trade Data – Import
LBD	Longitudinal Business Database
LEHD	Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics
LFTTD	Longitudinal Firm Trade Transaction Database
MCD	Manufacturing and Construction Division
MEC (or MECS)	Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
MEPS–IC	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Insurance Component

Acronym	Full Name
NAICS	North American Industry Classification System
NCHS	National Center for Health Statistics
NCVS	National Crime Victimization Survey
NES	National Employer Survey
NLMS	National Longitudinal Mortality Study
NLS	National Longitudinal Survey
OCD	Ownership Change Database
OSY	Office of Security
PACE	Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
PCU	Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization
PD	Project Description
PII	Personally Identifiable Information
PIK	Protected Identification Key
PIO	Public Information Office
PMT	Potential RDC Methodological Topics
POL	Policy Office
PMT	Potential RDC Methodological Topics
POP	Population Division
PPC	Post-Project Certification
PPS	Predominant Purpose Statement
QFR	Quarterly Financial Report
QPC	Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization
QWI	Quarterly Workforce Indicators
RAD (or SIRD)	Survey of Industrial Research and Development
RDC	Reseach Data Center
RHB	Researcher Handbook

Acronym	Full Name
SAS	Service Annual Survey
SBO	Survey of Business Owners
SEC	Security Office
SEHSD	Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division
SIC	Standard Industrial Classification
SIRD (or RAD)	Survey of Industrial Research and Development
SIPP	Survey of Income and Program Participation Panels
SMT	Survey of Manufacturing Technology
SRD	Statistical Research Division
SRT	Statistical Research Topics
SSEL	Standard Statistical Establishment List
SSL	Standard Statistical Establishment List
SSS	Special Sworn Status
SSSD	Service Sector Statistics Division
SynLBD	Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database
T13	Title 13 U.S. Code
T26	Title 26 U.S. Code
TC	Thin Client
TCO	Telecommunications Office
TCUG	Thin Client User Guide
TM	Technical Memorandum
U2W	Unit to Worker
UPD	User Provided Data