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Acronym list
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| A/g | Acting |
| ABA | Australian Broadcasting Authority |
| AbaF | Australia Business Arts Foundation |
| ABC | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACA | Australian Communications Authority |
| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACE | Australian Communication Exchange |
| ACIF | Australian Communications Industry Forum |
| ACS | Australian Customs Service |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ACTF | Australian Children's Television Foundation |
| AE | Additional Estimates |
| AFC | Australian Film Commission |
| AGLS | Australian Government Locator Service |
| AIA | Art Indemnity Australia |
| AICC | Australian International Cultural Council |
| AIEAC | Australian Information Economy Advisory Council |
| AIIA | Australian Information Industry Association |
| AMOL | Australian Museums and Galleries Online |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANP | Advanced Networks Panel |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APPU | Asian-Pacific Postal Union |
| APRA | Australasian Performing Rights Association Limited |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| APSC | Australian Public Service Commission |
| APT | Asia-Pacific Telecommunity |
| AQIS | Australian Quarantine Inspection Service |
| ASC | Australian Sports Commission |
| ASDA | Australian Sports Drug Agency |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| ASI | Australia Sport International |
| ASPA | Australian Ski Patrol Association |
| ASTAP | APT Standardization Program |
| ASTEN | Australasian Science and Technology Exhibitors Network |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BARN | Building Additional Rural Networks |
| BCL | Broadcast Communications Limited |
| BDF | Business Development Fund |
| BITS | Building on IT Strengths |
| CAL | Copyright Agency Limited |
| CARP | Culture and Recreation Portal |
| CBF | Community Broadcasting Foundation |
| CCA | Commonwealth Copyright Administration |
| CD | Compact disc |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDP | Cultural Development Program |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc-Read Only Memory |
| CDS | Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
| CEI | Chief Executive Instructions |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CGM | Chief General Manager |
| CGP | Cultural Gifts Program |
| CHF | Swiss Francs |
| CLRC | Copyright Law Review Committee |
| CMC | Cultural Ministers Council |
| CMC SWG | Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| COF | Centenary of Federation |
| Comtechport | Commonwealth Technology Portal |
| CPSU | Community and Public Sector Union |
| CPI | Consumer price index |
| CRU | Communications Research Unit |
| CSG | Customer Service Guarantee |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CTEC | Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation |
| CTVA | Commercial Television Australia |
| CUC | Capital User Charge |
| CVACI | Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry |
| CWP | Capital Works Program |
| DCITA | Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
| DDSO | Digital Data Service Obligation |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DNC | Distributed National Collection |
| DOTARS | Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DVD | Digital Video Disc |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| ELR | Educational Lending Right |
| Electronic mail | |
| EME | Electromagnetic Energy Emissions |
| EMG | Executive Management Group |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EPO | Erythropoietin |
| EOI | Expression of Interest |
| ESA | Endorsed Supplier Arrangement |
| FCHP | Federation Cultural and Heritage Projects |
| FCP | Federation Community Projects |
| FFC | Film Finance Corporation Australia |
| FLICs | Film Licensed Investment Company Scheme |
| FM | Frequency modulation |
| FMA | Financial Management and Accountability |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| GAA | Graduate Administrative Assistant |
| GAC | Governmental Advisory Committee |
| GATS | Government Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GBE | Government business enterprise |
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| GM | General Manager |
| GOVERNET | Government Electronic Resources Network |
| GPKI | Government public key infrastructure |
| GSM | Global systems for mobiles |
| HDTV | High definition television |
| HLOG | High Level Officials Group |
| HR | Human resources |
| HRC | Human Resources Committee |
| HRM | Human resource management |
| IAP | Internet Assistance Program |
| ICOM | International Council of Museums |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| ID | Industry development |
| IDP | Industry Development Plan |
| IICGADS | International Inter-governmental Consultative Group on Anti-Doping in Sport |
| IIOTF | Information Industries and Online Taskforce |
| IMC | Information Management Committee |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation |
| IP | Intellectual property |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| IT | Information technology |
| ITO | Information Technology Officer |
| ITOL | Information Technology Online |
| ITR | International Telecommunications Regulations |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| LAN | Local area network |
| LBP | Launceston Broadband Project |
| LGF | Local Government Fund |
| LIMAC | Low Income Measures Assessment Committee |
| LMDS | Local multi-point distribution services |
| M 3006 Games | Melbourne 3006 Commonwealth Games |
| MACC | Media and Communications Council |
| MAC | Ministerial Advisory Council |
| MAI | Multilateral Agreement on Investment |
| MAVIS | Merged Audiovisual Information System |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAA | National Archives of Australia |
| NADC | National Australia Day Council |
| NAISDA | National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association |
| NCA | National Capital Authority |
| NCAF | National Collections Advisory Forum |
| NCC | National Competition Council |
| NCF | National Communications Fund |
| NESB | Non-English speaking background |
| NICTA | National ICT Australia |
| NOIE | National Office for the Information Economy |
| NPG | National Portrait Gallery |
| NRF | Network Reliability Framework |
| NRS | National Relay Service |
| NSC | National Security Committee |
| NSTC | National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon) |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NTA | National Transmission Agency |
| NTN | Networking the Nation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OH&S | Occupational Health and Safety |
| OPAI | Online Public Access Initiative |
| OPH | Old Parliament House |
| PAES | Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PECC | Project Electronic Commerce and Communications |
| PET | Polyethylene Terephthalate |
| PLR | Public Lending Right |
| POP | Point of Presence |
| PSMPC | Public Service and Merit Protection Commission |
| PWD | People with a Disability |
| QLD | Queensland |
| RAA | Regional Arts Australia |
| RABS | Remote Area Broadcasting Services |
| RADCOM | Radio Communications Management |
| RAF | Regional Arts Fund |
| RAO | Regional Arts Organisation |
| REP | Regional Equalisation Plan |
| RFT | Request for Tender |
| RICP | Return of Indigenous Cultural Property Program |
| RLSSA | Royal Life Saving Society Australia |
| ROCO | Register of Cultural Organisations |
| RSISG | Recreation and Sport Industry Statistical Group |
| RTI | Regional Telecommunications Inquiry |
| RTIA | Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Account |
| SA | South Australia |
| SBS | Special Broadcasting Service |
| SCG | Staff Consultative Group |
| SCNS | Secretaries' Committee on National Security |
| SCORS | Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport |
| SEA | Software Engineering Australia |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SITA | Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronantiques |
| SME | Small-to-medium sized enterprise |
| SRMC | Sport and Recreation Ministers' Council |
| STD | Subscriber trunk dialling |
| TAPRIC | Telecommunications Action Plan for Remote Indigenous Communities |
| TAS | Tasmania |
| TECC | Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre |
| TES | Telstra Enterprise Services |
| TIO | Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman |
| TSI | Telecommunications Service Inquiry |
| TTY | Telephone typewriter |
| TV | Television |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| UNESCO | United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UPU | Universal Postal Union |
| USA | United States of America |
| USO | Universal Service Obligation |
| USP | Universal Service Plan |
| VCR | Video cassette recorder |
| VHF | Very high frequency |
| VIC | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WADA | World Anti-Doping Agency |
| WCC | Workplace Consultative Committee |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| WTO GATS | World Trade Organisation's General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| www | World Wide Web |
Document ID: 12465 | Last modified: 6 February 2008, 9:44am