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Glossary

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)