A |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ACPMH |
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AM |
Member in the Order of Australia |
| AMH |
Australian Medicines Handbook |
| AMP |
Alcohol Management Project |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| AO |
Officer in the Order of Australia |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| ATSI |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| AWM |
Australian War Memorial |
B |
| BCP |
Business Continuity Planning |
| BEST |
Building Excellence in Support and Training |
C |
| CaIRO |
Contract and Indemnity Register Online |
| CAU |
Contract Advisory Unit |
| CCMC |
Customer care management centre |
| CCPS |
Compensation Claims Processing System |
| CEIs |
Chief Executive Instructions |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CI |
Continuous Improvement |
| CMVH |
Centre for Military and Veterans' Health |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CPSU |
Community and Public Sector Union |
| CRS |
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service |
| CSHC |
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card |
| CWGC |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
D |
| DAME EDNA |
Data Matching Enhancements and Data Base of National Activities |
| DATIS |
Drug and Therapeutics Information Service |
| DDA |
Disability Discrimination Act (1992) |
| DDS |
Direct Deductions Scheme |
| DEFCARE |
MCRS Claims Management System |
| DEFF |
Departmental Expenses Funding Frameworks |
| DFSIA |
Defence Force Income Support Allowance |
| DITR |
Department of Industry Tourism and Resources |
| DiVA |
Department's Intranet Site |
| DMIS |
Departmental Management Information System |
| DMRS |
Debt Management and Recovery System |
| DoHA |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| DOLARS |
Departmental On-line Accounting & Reporting System |
| DP |
Disability pension |
| DSD |
Defence Signals Directorate |
| DSH |
Defence Service Homes |
| DSHI |
Defence Service Homes Insurance |
| DSHIS |
Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme |
| DSRS |
Deseal/Reseal |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| DVASS |
Department of Veterans' Affairs Secure Services |
E |
| ECU |
Exceptional Case Unit |
| EDA |
Extreme disablement adjustment |
| EDM |
Electronic Document Management |
| EEO |
Equal employment opportunity |
| EL |
Executive level |
| EMG |
Executive Management Group |
| ELMNET |
Eligibility Module on the Internet |
| ESO |
Ex-service organisation |
F |
| FaCS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| FCMIS |
Fraud Case Management Information System |
| FESR |
Far Eastern Strategic Reserve |
| FLS |
File Location System |
| FMA |
Financial Management Accountability (Act) |
| FMIS |
Financial Management Information System |
| FMS |
Feedback Management System |
| FOI |
Freedom of information |
| FTE |
Full time equivalent |
G |
| GAPS |
Graduate in the Australian Public Service |
| GARP |
Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans' Pensions |
| GAVIN |
Government Agency Voice Integration Network |
| GOLS |
Government Online Strategy |
| GP |
General practitioner |
| GPH |
Greenslopes Private Hospital |
| GRM |
Garden of Remembrance |
| GRO |
Graduate Recruitment On-Line |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
H |
| HACC |
Home and Community Care |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Commission |
| HOTSPUR |
Hospital Reconciliation System |
| HR |
Human Resources |
I |
| IBM GSA |
IBM Global Services Australia |
| IDMS |
Integrated Document Management System |
| IMPRC |
Information Management Project Review Committee |
| IMSC |
Information Management Steering Committee |
| ISS |
Income Support Supplement |
| IT |
Information technology |
L |
| LAN |
Local area network |
| LMO |
Local medical officer |
M |
| MATES |
Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services |
| MCRS |
Military Compensation and Rehabilitation Service |
| MRCA |
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 |
| MRCC |
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission |
N |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NAFCOM |
National Audit and Fraud Committee |
| NATMOC |
National Treatment Monitoring Committee |
| NCIC |
National Continuous Improvement Committee |
| NERTAC |
National Ex-Service Round Table on Aged Care |
| NESB |
Non-English speaking background |
| NFCU |
National Fraud Control Unit |
| NGAC |
New South Wales Government Access Centres |
| NPS |
National Prescribing Service |
O |
| OASITO |
Office of Assets Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing |
| OAWG |
Office of Australian War Graves |
| OGIT |
Office of Government Information Technology |
| OH&S |
Occupational health and safety |
| OMPs |
Other Medical Practitioners |
| OPCs |
Outreach Program Counsellors |
| OWP |
Operational Working Party |
P |
| PAES |
Portfolio additional estimates statement |
| PAHRIS |
Personnel and Human Resources Information System |
| PAO |
Public affairs officer |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PBS |
Portfolio budget statement |
| PIC |
People Initiatives Committee |
| PIPS |
Pension Information Processing System |
| PIR |
Pensioner initiated review |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PMKEYS |
Defence Payroll System |
| POW |
Prisoner of war |
|
PRC
|
Project Review Committee |
| PSA |
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia |
| PSU |
Protective Security Unit |
| PTSD |
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
| PWD |
People with disabilities |
|
Q
|
|
QA
|
Quality Assurance |
| QCS |
Queensland Clerical Solutions |
| QDIH |
Quality Decisions in Health |
| QGAP |
Queensland Government Agents Program |
|
QMS
|
Quality Management Systems |
| QUASARS |
Quality Assurance Sampling Assessment and Recording System |
| QUM |
Quality Use of Medicines |
|
R
|
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAMMP |
Records and Mail Management Project |
| RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
| RAP |
Rehabilitation Appliances Program |
| RAPTOR |
Rehabilitation Appliances Program Terms of Reference |
| RCCS |
Repatriation Comprehensive Care Scheme |
| RCDS |
Residential Care Development Scheme |
| RDA |
Records Disposal Authority |
| RDM |
Rapid Delivery Methodology |
| REPEAT |
System for recording and updating eligibility for Gold Card, Orange Card, Commonwealth Seniors Health Card and Qualifying Service |
| RFT |
Request for Tender |
| RGH |
Repatriation General Hospital |
| RMA |
Repatriation Medical Authority |
| RPBS |
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| RPPP |
Repatriation Private Patient Principle |
| RPPS |
Repatriation Private Patient Scheme |
| RPRC |
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Reference Committee |
| RSL |
Returned & Services League of Australia |
|
S
|
| SAS |
Special Air Services |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SHIELD |
Secure Health Internet Enabled Linked Databases |
| SMRC |
Specialist Medical Review Council |
| SOCS |
Secure online communications system |
| SoP |
Statement of principles |
| SOSE |
Studies of Society and the Environment |
| SP |
Service pension |
| SRCA |
Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 |
| SRS |
Strategic Review Services |
T |
| T&PI |
Totally & permanently incapacitated |
| TERTAC |
Territory Ex-Service Round Table on Aged Care |
| TIP |
Training and Information Program |
| TMOC |
Treatment Monitoring Committee (State) |
| TMS |
Transitional Management Service |
U |
| UNMCK |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea |
| UQ |
University of Queensland |
V |
| VAN |
Veterans' Affairs Network |
| VAP |
Veteran Access Payment |
| VAPAC |
Veterans' Affairs Pharmaceutical Approvals Centre |
| VCES |
Veterans' Children Education Scheme |
| VEA |
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 |
| VHC |
Veterans' Home Care |
| VIEW |
Veterans' Information Enquiry Window |
| VMIS |
Veterans Management Information System |
| VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VPAD |
Veteran Practitioner Activity Database |
| VRB |
Veterans' Review Board |
| VSS |
Veterans' Satisfaction Survey |
| VVAA |
Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia |
| VVCS |
Vietnam Veterans' Counselling Service |
| VVCSP |
Vietnam Veterans' Children Support Program |
| VVFA |
Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia |
| VVRS |
Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme |
W |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
