- 2011 agency survey
- The agency survey conducted in June–July 2011 for the State of the Service report
- 2011 employee survey
- The random sample survey conducted in May–June 2011 for the State of the Service report, completed by 10,222 APS employees
- 2012 agency survey
- The agency survey conducted in June–July 2012 for the State of the Service report
- 2012 employee census
- The employee census conducted in May–June 2012 for the State of the Service report, completed by 87,214 APS employees
- ABCC
- Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner
- ABS
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ACLEI
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
- ACT
- Australian Capital Territory
- Act
- Public Service Act 1999
- AEC
- Australian Electoral Commission
- AGIMO
- Australian Government Information Management Office
- AHL
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited
- ANAO
- Australian National Audit Office
- ANZSCO
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
- APS200
- The APS200 comprises SES Band 3 or equivalent officers from agencies that employ staff under the Public Service Act 1999. APS200 members support the Secretaries Board by undertaking strategic projects and initiatives as cross-portfolio teams.
- APS
- Australian Public Service
- APSC
- Australian Public Service Commission
- APSED
- Australian Public Service Employment Database
- APSjobs
- APSjobs is the recruitment website for APS agencies to post employment notices.
- APS Reform Blueprint
- Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for the Reform of Australian Government Administration
- ARC
- Australian Research Council
- ASIC
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- ASQA
- Australian Skills Quality Authority
- ATO
- Australian Taxation Office
- AusAID
- Australian Agency for International Development
- AWM
- Australian War Memorial
- AWPA
- Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency
- Bargaining Framework
- APS Bargaining Framework
- BoM
- Bureau of Meteorology
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer
- CER
- Clean Energy Regulator
- CGC
- Commonwealth Grants Commission
- COAG
- Council of Australian Governments
- Code
- APS Code of Conduct (s. 13 of the Public Service Act 1999)
- Commission
- Australian Public Service Commission
- Commissioner
- Public Service Commissioner
- CSPS
- United Kingdom Civil Service People Survey
- CSS
- Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme
- Customs
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- DAFF
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- DCCEE
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
- DEEWR
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Defence
- Department of Defence
- DFAT
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- DHS
- Department of Human Services
- DIAC
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- DIISRTE
- Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
- DIT
- Department of Infrastructure and Transport
- DoHA
- Department of Health and Ageing
- DVA
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
- EAS
- Ethics Advisory Service
- EEO
- Equal employment opportunity
- EL
- Executive Level
- Engagement
- An engagement refers to the appointment of employees under section 22 of the Public Service Act 1999. Employees of agencies moving into coverage of the Act are counted as engagements.
- EOWA
- Equal Opportunity For Women in the Workplace Agency
- Exit rate
- Is calculated as the number of separations from an agency plus the number of transfers and promotions out of the agency during the reporting period, divided by the average number of employees at the beginning and end of the reporting period. It refers to ongoing employees only.
- FaHCSIA
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- FWBC
- Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate, trading as Fair Work Building and Construction
- Finance
- Department of Finance and Deregulation
- FMC
- Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
- FTE
- Full-time equivalent
- Future Fund
- Future Fund Management Agency
- Gov 2.0
- The use of new collaborative tools and approaches of Web 2.0
- Government 2.0
- See Gov 2.0
- HR
- Human resources
- HSE
- United Kingdom Civil Service Health and Safety Executive
- ICT
- Information and communications technology
- Indigenous
- A person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives.
- Indigenous Australians
- See Indigenous
- IT
- Information technology
- ITSA
- Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia
- MAC
- Management Advisory Committee
- Median
- One type of average, found by arranging the values in order and then selecting the one in the middle.
- MOPS Act
- Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MRT/RRT
- Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal
- NBA
- National Blood Authority
- Non-ongoing
- Non-ongoing employment refers to the engagement of APS employees for a specified term, for the duration of a specified task or for duties that are irregular or intermittent under section 22(2)(b) and (c) of the Public Service Act 1999.
- NOPSEMA
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- ONA
- Office of National Assessments
- Ongoing
- Ongoing employment refers to the engagement of an APS employee on an ongoing basis under section 22(2)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999.
- ORER
- Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
- PC
- Productivity Commission
- PM&C
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Promotions
- The assignment to an ongoing employee (other than a trainee) of duties at a higher classification than the employee's current classification, unless the assignment is temporary. ‘Promotions’ include advancements within a broadband.
- PSR
- Professional Services Review
- Regulations
- Public Service Regulations 1999
- Secretaries Board
- An APS leadership forum of Secretaries and the Public Service Commissioner
- Separation
- A separation occurs when an employee ceases to be employed under the Public Service Act 1999. It does not refer to employees moving from one APS agency to another.
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- SEWPaC
- Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
- Strategic Centre
- Centre for Leadership and Learning
- Temporary assignment
- Employees performing duties at a higher classification
- TEQSA
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
- Transfers
- Movement of employees at level between positions or agencies
- Treasury
- Department of the Treasury
- TSRA
- Torres Strait Regional Authority
- UK
- United Kingdom
- US
- United States of America
- Values
- APS Values (s.10 (1) of the Public Service Act 1999)
- Web 2.0
- Examples of Web 2.0 include social media and networking tools (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, blogs and wikis)
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Last reviewed:
29 March 2018