- 2007 agency survey
- The agency survey conducted in June–July 2007 for the State of the Service report
- 2007 employee survey
- The employee survey conducted in May–June 2007 for the State of the Service report
- 2008 agency survey
- The agency survey conducted in June–July 2008 for the State of the Service report
- 2008 employee survey
- The employee survey conducted in May–June 2008 for the State of the Service report
- AAT
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- AATB
- Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
- AAWI
- Average annualised wage increase
- ABARE
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- ABCC
- Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner
- ABR
- Australian Business Register
- ABS
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ACA
- Annual Compliance Arrangement (ACA) Initiative
- ACC
- Australian Crime Commission
- ACCC
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- ACIAR
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
- ACLG
- Australian Council of Local Government
- ACMA
- Australian Communications and Media Authority
- Act
- Public Service Act 1999
- ACT
- Australian Capital Territory
- ADF
- Australian Defence Force
- AEC
- Australian Electoral Commission
- AELM
- APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
- AEND
- Australian Employers Network on Disability
- AFC
- Australian Film Commission
- AFPCS
- Australian Fair Pay Commission Secretariat
- AGD
- Attorney-General’s Department
- AGEBF
- Australian Government Employment Bargaining Framework
- AGIMO
- Australian Government Information Management Office
- AGOSP
- Australian Government Online Service Point
- AHL
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited
- AIATSIS
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- AIFS
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- AIHW
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- AIMS
- Australian Institute of Maritime Science
- AIR
- Australian Industrial Registry
- ALGA
- Australian Local Government Association
- ANAO
- Australian National Audit Office
- ANMM
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- ANSTO
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- ANZSCO
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
- ANZSOG
- Australia and New Zealand School of Government
- AOFM
- Australian Office of Financial Management
- APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APS
- Australian Public Service
- APSED
- Australian Public Service Employment Database
- APVMA
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
- AQIS
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
- ARAC
- Australian Research Advisory Council
- ARC
- Australian Research Council
- ARPANSA
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
- ASADA
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
- ASEAN
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASIC
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- ASIO
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- ATO
- Australian Taxation Office
- ATSB
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- AusAID
- Australian Agency for International Development
- AUSFTA
- Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
- AUSTRAC
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
- Austrade
- Australian Trade Commission
- AWA
- Australian Workplace Agreement
- AWM
- Australian War Memorial
- BoM
- Bureau of Meteorology
- BPTC
- Business Process Transformation Committee
- BRS
- Bureau of Rural Sciences
- CA
- Collective Agreement
- CDAC
- Career Development Assessment Centre
- CDPP
- Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
- CEIs
- Chief Executive Instructions
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer
- CGC
- Commonwealth Grants Commission
- CIU
- Cabinet Implementation Unit
- CLC
- Corporate Leadership Council
- COAG
- Council of Australian Governments
- Code
- APS Code of Conduct (s.13 of the Public Service Act 1999)
- Commission
- Australian Public Service Commission
- Commissioner
- Australian Public Service Commissioner
- Commissioner’s Directions
- Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999
- CRC
- COAG Reform Council
- CrimTrac
- CrimTrac Agency
- CSA
- Child Support Agency
- CSIRO
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- CSR
- Comprehensive Spending Review
- CSTDA
- Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement
- Customs
- Australian Customs Service
- DAFF
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- DBCDE
- Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- DCC
- Department of Climate Change
- DCITA
- Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- DEEWR
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Defence
- Department of Defence
- DEN
- Disability Employment Network
- DESC
- Development Effectiveness Steering Committee (AusAID)
- DEW
- Department of the Environment and Water Resources
- DEWHA
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- DEWR
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- DFAT
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- DHS
- Department of Human Services
- DIAC
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- DIISR
- Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Directions
- Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999
- DIRKS
- Designing and Implementing a Recordkeeping System
- DITR
- Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
- DoHA
- Department of Health and Ageing
- DOTARS
- Department of Transport and Regional Services
- DVA
- Department of Veterans’ Affairs
- EDRM
- Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) System
- EEO
- Equal employment opportunity
- EFP
- Executive Fellows Program (ANZSOG)
- EL
- Executive Level
- EMPA
- Executive Master of Public Administration (ANZSOG)
- EWC
- Export Wheat Commission
- FaCSIA
- Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- FaHCSIA
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services andIndigenous Affairs
- FBO
- Final Budget Outcome
- Federal Court
- Federal Court of Australia
- FFMA
- Future Fund Management Agency
- Finance
- Department of Finance and Deregulation
- FMC
- Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
- FOI
- Freedom of Information
- FOI Act
- Freedom of Information Act 1982
- FSANZ
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- FTA
- Free trade agreement
- FTE
- Full-time equivalent
- GBM
- Government Business Manager
- GBRMPA
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- GNI
- Gross National Income
- HILDA
- Household Income and Labour Dynamics Australia Survey
- HR
- Human resources
- HREOC
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
- HRIS
- Human Resources Information System
- ICAC (NSW)
- Independent Commission Against Corruption
- ICC
- Indigenous Coordination Centre
- ICT
- Information and communications technology
- IES
- Indigenous Employment Strategy
- IFCI
- International Forest Carbon Initiative
- ILS
- Integrated Leadership System
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- Infrastructure
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- IOM
- International Organisation for Migration
- IP
- Australia Intellectual Property Australia
- IT
- Information technology
- ITSA
- Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia
- JCPAA
- Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
- LAFIA
- Leading Australia’s Future in Asia
- LALAC
- Leadership and Learning Advisory Committee
- MAC
- Management Advisory Committee
- MDB
- Murray-Darling Basin
- MDBA
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MRT/RRT
- Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal
- MYEFO
- Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
- NAA
- National Archives of Australia
- NBA
- National Blood Authority
- NCA
- National Capital Authority
- NCC
- National Competition Council
- NCCARF
- National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
- NED
- Nominal expiry date
- NESB
- Non-English speaking background
- NETT
- National Emissions Trading Taskforce
- NGOs
- Non-government organisations
- NHMRC
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- NLA
- National Library of Australia
- NMA
- National Museum of Australia
- NNTT
- National Native Title Tribunal
- NOPSA
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority
- NRM
- Natural resource management
- NSW
- New South Wales
- NT
- Northern Territory
- NTER
- Northern Territory Emergency Response
- NWI
- National Water Initiative
- NZ
- New Zealand
- ODE
- Office of Development Effectiveness (AusAID)
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Ombudsman
- Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
- ONA
- Office of National Assessments
- OPC
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel
- ORER
- Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
- OSCAR
- Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting
- OWS
- Office of Workplace Services
- PBS
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- PEFO
- Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook
- PHIO
- Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
- PM&C
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- PNG
- Papua New Guinea
- PS Act
- Public Service Act 1999
- PSA
- Public Service Agreement
- RAM
- Royal Australian Mint
- RAMSI
- Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
- RAP
- Reconciliation Action Plan
- Regulations
- Public Service Regulations 1999
- RET
- Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
- RTO
- Registered Training Organisation
- SA
- South Australia
- SAM
- Smaller Agency Mentoring (SAM) Program
- SBR
- Standard Business Reporting programme
- SCH
- Statistical Clearing House
- SCI
- Sustainable Communities Initiative
- SCICT
- Secretaries’ Committee on Information and Communications Technology
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- SGIA
- Secretaries’ Group on Indigenous Affairs
- SPPs
- Specific Purpose Payments
- SSAT
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
- TGET
- Task Group on Emissions Trading
- Treasury
- Department of the Treasury
- TSRA
- Torres Strait Regional Authority
- UK
- United Kingdom
- UN
- United Nations
- UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- USA
- United States of America
- Values
- APS Values (s.(10)(1) of the Public Service Act 1999)
- VIC
- Victoria
- WA
- Western Australia
- WEA
- Wheat Exports Australia
- WGIR
- Working Group on Indigenous Reform (COAG)
- WITEM
- Women in IT Executive Mentoring (WITEM) Program
- WO
- Office of the Workplace Ombudsman
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