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DIMA Annual Report 1999-2000

Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms

A-L

AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABTC  APEC Business Travel Card
ACM Australasian Correctional Management
ACS Australian Customs Service
ACS Australasian Correctional Services
ADV Australian Declaratory Visas
ALO Airline Liaison Officer
ASFF Australian Stocks and Flows Framework
AE Additional Estimates
AFP Australian Federal Police
AIC Australian Institute of Criminology
AME Adult Migrant English Program
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
ANZ Australia and New Zealand
APC Advance Passenger Clearance
APC Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants
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 Common Administrative Services
CHO Complaints Handling Officers
CIO Chief Information officer
CIS Country Information Services
CPSU Community and Public Sector Union
CRF Consolidated Revenue Fund
CRS Clothing Reimbursement Scheme
CRSS Community Refugee Settlement Scheme
CSC Computer Sciences Corporation Limited
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
   
DAEC Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs 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 Officer
HIC Health Insurance Commission
HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
   
IAAAS Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme
IASS Immigration Advisory Services Scheme
IC Intergovernmental Consultations
ICSE Integrated Client Services Environment
IDC Immigration Detention Centre
IHSS  Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy
IMIRS Integrated Management Information and Reporting System
IOM International Organisation for Migration
IPRC Immigration Processing and Reception Centre
IRT Immigration Review Tribunal
IT Information Technology
ITSI Information Technology Security Instruction
IVRU Interactive Voice Response Unit
   
LEE Locally engaged employee
LSIA Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia

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