DIMA Annual Report 1998-99
Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms
AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABTC APEC Business Travel Card
ACM Australasian Correctional Management
ACS Australasian Correctional Services
ASFF Australian Stocks and Flows Framework
AE Additional Estimates
AFP Australian Federal Police
AIC Australian Institute of Criminology
AMEP Adult Migrant English Program
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
APC Advance Passenger Clearance
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
API Advance Passenger Information
APP Advanced Passenger Processing
APS Australian Protective Service
APS Australian Public Service
ASA Asylum Seeker Assistance
ASY Average Staff Years
ATO Australian Taxation Office
AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
BAP Business Advisory Panel
BASS Business Analysis and Support Section
BSC Business Skills Visa Class
BSG Business Solutions Group
CAS Commonwealth Administrative Services
CIO Chief Information officer
CIS Country information Services
CPSU Community and Public Sector Union
CRIF Consolidated Revenue Fund
CRS Clothing Reimbursement Scheme
CRSS Community Refugee Settlement Scheme
CSC Computer Science Corporation
CSS/CSM Client Services System/Client Service Manager
CSIVI Client Services Manager
CSS Community Settlement Services
CSWE Certificate in Spoken and Written English
CTEL Citizenship Telephone Enquiry Line
DFAT Department of Foreign Aff airs and Trade
DIMA Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
DPP Director of Public Prosecutions
EEO Equal employment opportunity
EFTPOS Electronic funds transfer at point of sale
ENS Employer Nomination Scheme
ESL English as a second language
ETA Electronic Travel Authority
FMIS Financial Management Information System
FOI Freedom of Information (Act)
FPU Fraud Prevention Unit
FSPI Financial Services Performance Indicators
FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GDP Gross Domestic Product
HAS Health Assessment Service
HCO Harassment Contact Off icer
Hic Health Insurance Commission
HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
IAAAS Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme
IASS Immigration Advisory Services Scheme
ICSE Integrated Client System Environment
IDC Immigration Detention Centre
IHSS Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy
IMIRS Integrated Management Information and Reporting System
IOM International Organisation for Migration
IRT Immigration Review Tribunal
IT Information Technology
ITSI Information Technology Security Instruction
IVRU Interactive Voice Response Unit
LELIVIA Law Enforcement Liaison and Movement Alerts Section
LES Locally engaged staff
LSIA Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia
MAIS Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies
MAL Movement Alert List
MARA Migration Agents Registration Authority
MAR Review of Material Assistance
MARS Migration Agents Registration Scheme
MIA Migration Institute of Australia
MIMA Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
MIRO Migration Internal Review Office
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MID Member of Parliament
MRC Migrant Resource Centre
MRT Migration Review Tribunal
MSAs Migrant Service Agencies
NAATI National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
NEPI National Exchange of Police Information
NESB Non-English-speaking background
NISS National Integrated Settlement Strategy
NOMAD National Organisational Management Database
NSCF National Staff Consultative Forum
OAA Onarrival accommodation
OcoS Overseas Conditions of Service
OH&S Occupational Health and Safety
PC Personal Computer
PD Productive Diversity
PNG Papua New Guinea
PQI Pre-Qualified Institution
PRC People's Republic of China
PSMPC Public Service and Merit Protection Commission
RMDs Regional Medical Directors
RoS Resolution of Status
RRAC Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council
RRT Refugee Review Tribunal
RSMS Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme
RSVP Review of the Student Visa Program
SAC Special Assistance Category
SAL Skilled — Australian Linked (category)
SES Senior Executive Service
SIG Secure Internet Gateway
SNR Special Need Relative
SOCOG Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
SPCs Settlement Planning Committees
STNI State/Territory Nominated Independent
TAFE Terrtiary and Further Education
TIS Translating and Interpreting Service
UN United Nations
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees