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Acronym list
2-wsi Two-way satellite Internet
ABA Australian Broadcasting Authority
AbaF Australia Business Arts Foundation
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABS Australian Ballet School
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACA Australian Communications Authority
ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACE Australian Communication Exchange
ACIF Australian Communications Industry Forum
ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority
ACT Australian Capital Territory
ACTF Australian Children's Television Foundation
ADRP Anti-Doping Research Panel
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AE Additional Estimates
AFC Australian Film Commission
AFTRS Australian Film, Television and Radio School
AGD Attorney-General's Department
AGIMO Australian Government Information Management Office
AIA Art Indemnity Australia
AICC Australian International Cultural Council
AIIA Australian Information Industry Association
AIS Australian Institute of Sport
AMOL Australian Museums and Galleries Online
ANAM Australian National Academy of Music
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
ANMM Australian National Maritime Museum
ANP Advanced Networks Panel
ANU Australian National University
APC Australian Paralympic Committee
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APMA Australasian Promotion Marketing Association
APPU Asian-Pacific Postal Union
APS Australian Public Service
APSC Australian Public Service Commission
APT Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
AREN Australian Research and Education Network
ASC Australian Sports Commission
ASDA Australian Sports Drug Agency
ASDMAC Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee
ASF Australian Sports Foundation
ASI Australian Sport International
ATO Australian Taxation Office
ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
ATSIS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services
auDA .au Domain Administration
AUSFTA Australia United States Free Trade Agreement
AWA Australian Workplace Agreement
AYO Australian Youth Orchestra
BA Broadcast Australia
BAG Broadband Advisory Group
BARN Building Additional Rural Networks
BASA Backing Australia's Sporting Ability - A More Active Australia
BDF Business Development Fund
BEFR Budget Estimates and Framework Review
BES Broadcasting Engineering Services
BIAP Book Industry Assistance Plan
BITS Building on IT Strengths
BSA Broadcasting Services Act 1992
CAC Consumer Advisory Council
CARP Culture and Recreation Portal
CBF Community Broadcasting Foundation
CBP Cultural Bequests Program
CCA Commonwealth Copyright Administration
CCIF Coordinated Communications Infrastructure Fund
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDP Cultural Development Program
CDS Commonwealth Disability Strategy
CEI Chief Executive Instructions
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CeNTIE Centre for Networking Technologies for the Information Economy
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CGM Chief General Manager
CGP Cultural Gifts Program
CMC Cultural Ministers Council
CMC SWG Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group
Comtechport Commonwealth Technology Portal
CPGs Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
CPI Consumer price index
CPSU Community and Public Sector Union
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CSG Customer Service Guarantee
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CTV Community Television
CTVA Commercial Television Australia
CVACI Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry
DAB Disability Advisory Board
DABP Demand Aggregation Brokers Program
DBA Digital Broadcasting Australia
DCITA Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
DDSO Digital Data Service Obligation
DEWR Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DHH Digital Harbour Holdings Pty Ltd
DNC Distributed National Collection Program
DNS Domain Name System
DoFA Department of Finance and Administration
DOTARS Department of Transport and Regional Services
DRCS Digital Radio Concentrators Systems
DSD Defence Signals Directorate
DSTO Defence Science and Technology Organisation
EAP Employee Assistance Provider
EDGAR energy data gathering and reporting
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
ELR Education Lending Right
Email Electronic mail
EMG Executive Management Group
EMS Environmental Management System
EOI Expression of Interest
EPO Erythropoietin
ERASS Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey
ESCG Electronic Security Coordination Group
ESD Ecologically Sustainable Development
eSTG e-Security Task Group
FAL Film Australia Limited
FCHP Federation Cultural and Heritage Projects
FCP Federation Community Projects
FFC Film Finance Corporation Australia Ltd
FFFC Flying Fruit Fly Circus
FM Frequency modulation
FMA Financial Management and Accountability
FMIS Financial Management Information System
FOI Freedom of Information
FTA Free Trade Agreement
GAA Graduate Administrative Assistant
GAC Governmental Advisory Committee
GBE Government business enterprise
gbps gigabits per second
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GHz Gigahertz
GM General Manager
GSM Global systems for mobiles
HiBIS Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme
HLOG High Level Official Group
HR Human resources
HRM Human resource management
HRMC Human Resources Management Committee
IAP Internet Assistance Program
ICANN International Corporation for the Assignment of Domain Names and Numbers
ICCP Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy
ICT Information and communications technology
IIA Internet Industry Association
IMC Information Management Committee
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
IP Intellectual property
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP Internet Service Provider
IT Information technology
ITOL Information Technology Online
ITR International Telecommunications Regulations
ITU International Telecommunication Union
kbps kilobits per second
LAN Local area network
LBP Launceston Broadband Project
LGF Local Government Fund
LIMAC Low Income Measures Assessment Committee
M2005 Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games
M2006 Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
MAC Ministerial Advisory Council
MACC Media and Communications Council
MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MHz Megahertz
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MNC Multi National Corporation
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Member of Parliament
MTAA Motor Trades Association of Australia
MTETS Mobile Telecommunications Education and Training Service
NAA National Archives of Australia
NADC National Australia Day Council
NAISDA National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association
NBSIG National Broadband Strategy Implementation Group
NCA National Capital Authority
NCAF National Collections Advisory Forum
NCC National Competition Council
NCF National Communications Fund
NGA National Gallery of Australia
NICA National Institute of Circus Art
NICTA National ICT Australia
NIDA National Institute of Dramatic Art
NLA National Library of Australia
NMA National Museum of Australia
NOIE National Office for the Information Economy
NPG National Portrait Gallery
NRS National Relay Service
NSC National Security Committee
NSTC National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon)
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
NTN Networking the Nation
NZ New Zealand
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OH&S Occupational Health and Safety
OPH Old Parliament House
PAES Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
PBS Portfolio Budget Statements
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
PLR Public Lending Right
PWD People with a Disability
QLD Queensland
RAA Regional Arts Australia
RAF Regional Arts Fund
RAO Regional Arts Organisation
RBBS Regional Broadband Services
REP Regional Equalisation Plan
RFT Request for Tender
RICP Return of Indigenous Cultural Property Program
RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
ROCO Register of Cultural Organisations
RSISG Recreation and Sport Industry Statistical Group
RSTU Research Statistics and Technology Unit
RTI Regional Telecommunications Inquiry
RTIA Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Account
SA South Australia
SBS Special Broadcasting Service
SCORS Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport
SDDSO Special Digital Data Service Obligation
SELDI-TOF Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption Time-of-Flight
SES Senior Executive Service
SG3 Study Group 3
SIA Sport Industry Australia
SITA Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques
SME Small to medium sized enterprise
SMS Short Messaging Service
SRMC Sport and Recreation Ministers' Council
SSA ScreenSound Australia
SWG Statistics Working Group
TAPRIC Telecommunications Action Plan for Remote Indigenous Communities
TAS Tasmania
TECC Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre
TES Telstra Enterprise Services
TSI Telecommunications Service Inquiry
TTY Telephone typewriter
UK United Kingdom
UNESCO United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UPU Universal Postal Union
US United States of America
USA United States of America
USO Universal Service Obligation
VIC Victoria
ViCCU™ Virtual Critical Care Unit
VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
WA Western Australia
WADA World Anti-Doping Agency
WCC Workplace Consultative Committee
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
WTO World Trade Organisation
www World Wide Web
xDSL x Digital Subscriber Line