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Acronym List

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A  
AA Author's Alterations
AAC Academic Advising Center
ABO Auxiliary Unit Budget Officer
ACM Accounting Code Manual
ACU Office of Animal Resources (Animal Care Unit)
AD&D Accidental Death and Dismemberment
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AGEP Alliance for Graduate Education and Professoriate, Iowa
AIS Administrative Information Systems, ITS
ALSD Alert LISTSERV System Directory
AMA American Marketing Association
AP Advanced Placement
AP/PO Accounts Payable and Purchasing
AP-PO Web Apps Accounts Payable and Purchasing Web Applications
AR Accounts Receivable
AS Accounting Services
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASL American Sign Language
ASP African Studies Program
AUW Associated University Women


B
BAECP-FWP Burlington Atomic Energy Commission Plant - Former Worker Program
BAIS Bachelor of Arts in Interdepartmental Studies
BC44 Annual Budget Comparison report
BO University Business Office
BS Balance Sheet


C
CADD Center for Advanced Drug Development
CAPS Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board
CASMA Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment
CashierDSS Cashier Decision Support System
CBB Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing
CBO Collegiate Budget Officer
CBT Computer Based Training
CCAD Center for Computer-Aided Design
CCM Continuing Care Management
CCTR Cost Center
CDA Council on Disability Awareness
CDA Caribbean, Diaspora, and Atlantic Studies Program
CDD Center for Disabilities and Development

CDE

Center for Diversity & Enrichment
CDS Career Development Services
CEA Center for Evaluation and Assessment
CFT Center for Teaching
CHEEC Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
CGRER Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
CHEEC Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
CHSR Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) (See Center for Health Policy and Research)
CIC Committee on Institutional Cooperation
CIC Courses In Common
CICC Critical Incident Command Center
CICS Center for International and Comparative Studies
CIMT Critical Incident Management Team
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIREH Center for International Rural and Environmental Health
CIVIC Council for International Visitors to Iowa City
CLAS College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
COGS Campaign to Organize Graduate Students
COM College of Medicine
CORP Corporation
COS Change of Status
COV Chart of Values
CQI Continuous Quality Improvement
CPC Campus Planning Committee
CR Credit
CRUSH Center for Recent US History
CSW Council on the Status of Women
CTO Clinical Trials Office
CTSA Institute for Clinical & Translational Science
CTSDMC Clinical Trials Statistical & Data Management Center
CumCompDSS Cumulative Compensation Decision Support System
CV Change Voucher


D
DACT Departmental Account
DCS Design and Construction Services
DDDEO Deans, Directors and Departmental Executive Officers
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHHS US Department of Health and Human Services
DI The Daily Iowan
DOT Department of Transportation
DPI Dots per Inch
DPS Department of Public Safety
DR Debit
DSAC Dean's Student Advisory Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
DSN Data Source Name
DSP Division of Sponsored Programs


E
EARS Effort Activity Reporting System (same as PAR)
ECATS Emergency Department Consultation and Triage System
Edeposit Electronic Deposit, Cashier¬s Office
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EHS Environmental Health & Safety
e-forms Electronic Forms
EHSRC Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
EIC Earned Income Credit
ELR Employee and Labor Relations
EMSLRC Emergency Medical Services Learning Resources Center
ENCIC Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Interdisciplinary Colloquium
EOB Explanation of Benefits
EOC Emergency Operations Center
EOM End of Month
EOY End of Year
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESL English as a Second Language
ETR Employee Time Record
ESG European Studies Group
EXP Expenditure or Expense




G
G/P Grant/Program
GAO Grant Accounting Office
GCP General Contracts Program, Office of the State Archaeologist
GHSP Global Health Studies Program
GIS Geographic Information Services
GIS Guided Independent Study, see Online Degree and Certificate Programs
GL General Ledger
GL:M General Ledger Millenium
GLBTAU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allied Union
GLDSS General Ledger Decision Support System
GPA Grade Point Average
GrantDSS Grant Decision Support System
GTCF Gene Targeting Core Facility Lab


H
HAP Highway Archchaeology Program, Office of the State Archaeologist
HAZMAT Johnson County Hazardous Material Team
HPO Health Protection Office, see Environmental Health & Safety
HR Human Resources
HRDSS Human Resources Decision Support System
HRIS Human Resources Information System
HRMSF High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Facility
HTML Hypertext Markup Language for Web Publishing


I
I-9 Employee Eligibility Verification
I2 Internet 2
IA Iowa
IACT Institutional Account
IATL Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories
IB International Baccalaureate
IBSR International Bariatric Surgery Registry
ICAEN Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network
I-CASH Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety/Health
ICRU Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU)
ICC Institute For Cinema & Culture
ICCSD Iowa City Community School District
ICLP International & Comparative Law Program
ICN ICN
ICPSR Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research and Census Data Archives
ICT Iowa City Transit
ICTS Institute for Clinical & Translational Science
IDDM Institutional Data and Data Management Workgroup, ITS AIS
IDED Iowa Department of Economic Development
IDIN Iowa Drug Information Network
IDIS Iowa Drug Information Service
IEM Iowa Electronic Markets
IGEC Iowa Geriatric Education Center
IIEP Intensive English Program
IIIB Iowa Institute for International Business
IIHR IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering
IHSPA Iowa High School Press Association
IMU Iowa Memorial Union
IOWA Improving Our Workplace Award
IP International Programs
IP Internet Protocol (Internet address)
IPAT Iowa Program for Assistive Technology
IPERS Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
IPRC Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center
IRB Institutional Review Board
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IS Income Statement
ISBRP Iowa Superfund Basic Research Program
ISIS Iowa Student Information Services
ISRC Iowa Social Science Research Center
ISU Iowa State University
ITC Instructional Technology Centers
ITP Iowa Testing Programs
ITS Information Technology Services
IWP International Writing Program


J
JPEC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center


K


L
LACMRERS Lucille A. Carver Mississippi Riverside Environmental Research Station
LASP Latin American Studies Program
LCAT Library Catalog (See InfoHawk)
LCUA Levitt Center for University Advancement
LSA Literature, Science & the Arts, Interdisciplinary Program in
LAN Local Area Network
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LOA Leave of Absence
LPI Lines per Inch
LSO Local Small Order
LWIS Libraries-Wide Information System, University Libraries


M
M3LL Millenium General Ledger
MBA MBA Programs
MCJA Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
MBTI Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator
MDAC Microsoft Data Access Components
MFK Master File Key
MIP Mathematics Incentive Program
MM Materials Management
MMLA Midwest Modern Language Association
MS1 Management Summary -- Organizational Unit report
MS1A Management Summary -- Organizational Unit report
MS2A Management Summary -- Departmental report
MS2C Management Summary -- Departmental report
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
MSTP Medical Scientist Training Program
MTDC Modified Total Direct Cost


N
NACUBO National Association of College and University Business Officers
NAEB National Association of Educational Buyers
NAL Novell Application Launcher
NASA National Aeronautic and Space Administration
NCVS National Center for Voice and Speech
NEA National Endowment for the Arts
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NMITA Neogene Marine Invertebrates of Tropical America
NSC Network/Security Contact, Departmental
NSF National Science Foundation
NWP Nonfiction Writing Program


O
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OACT Organizational Account
OASIS Online Access System for Information Sources (Replaced with InfoHawk)
ODBC Open Database Connectivity
OCRME Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
OFSA Office for Study Abroad
OIES Office of International Education and Services (See International Programs)
OISS Office of International Students and Scholars
OLAP Online Analytical Processing
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPL Operator Performance Laboratory
OPM Out-of-Pocket Maximum
ORG Organizational Unit
OSA Office of the State Archaeologist
OSFA Office of Student Financial Aid
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSL Office of Student Life
OSTC Optical Science Technology Center


P
P & S Professional and Scientific
PAR Personnel Activity Reporting system (same as EARS)
PayCV Payroll Change Voucher
PCV Procurement Card Voucher
PDQ Position Description Questionnaire
PEOPLE Philosophies and Ethics of Politics, Law, and Economics, Interdisciplinary Program Certificate
PI Principal Investigator
PICS Project for International Communication Studies
PMO Property Management Office
PO Purchase Order
POP Point of Presence
POROI Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry
PS People Soft


Q
 


R
R.A.D. Rape Aggression Defense System
RAIN Resident Assistant Information Network
RAM Random Access Memory
Req Requisition
ResNet Residence Services Network Service
REV Revenue
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quotation
ROM Read Only Memory
RVAP Rape Victim Advocacy Program


S
SA1 Statement of Account - Cash
SA2 Statement of Account - Accrual
SAC Student Activity Center, IMU
SASP South Asian Studies Program
SBA Small Business Administration
SDRC Scholarly Digital Resources Center, University Libraries
SEIU Service Employees International Union
SGO Second Grade Only
SHIP Student Health Insurance Plan
SGRE Summary of Grant Receipts and Expenditures report
SHRM Society for Human Resource Management
SLA Student Loan Accounting
SLAC Subledger Account
SLID Subledger ID
SQL Structured Query Language
SRA Supplemental Retirement Annuity
SWAT Study, Workshops and Tutoring


T
TAG Merit Referral Request form
TAPE Teaching Assistants Preparation in English
TASD Telephone Alert System Directory
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDS Transaction Detail Statement report
TEP Teacher Education Program
TIAA-CREF Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund
TIC Technology Innovation Center
TSB Targeted Small Business Program


U
U-BILL University Statement of Accounts Receivable
UBIT Unrelated Business Income Tax
UCS University Counseling Service
UCR Usual, Customary and Reasonable charges
UE/COGS United Electrical and Machine Workers Union/Campaign to Organize Graduate Students
UEHC University Employee Health Clinic
UG Undergraduate
UHL University Hygienic Lab, see State Hygienic Laboratory at The University of Iowa
UIAA Alumni Association
UICHR UI Center for Human Rights
UIDPS UI Department of Public Safety
UIEDP UI Employee Discount Program
UIHC University of Iowa Health Care
UIHC University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
UIF UI Foundation
UIRF UI Research Foundation
UIRIS University of Iowa Research Information System
ULC University Life Centers
UNI University of Northern Iowa
UOM Unit of Measure
UPO Undergraduate Programs Office
URP Urban and Regional Planning
USDA US Department of Agriculture
USDEd US Department of Education
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
USPHS US Public Health Service
USPS United States Postal Service
UWR University Wide Report


V
vBNS very high performance Backbone Network Service
VPFO Vice President for Finance and Operations
VPFUS Vice President for Finance and University Services-- changed May 2003 to Vice President for Finance and Operations (see above).


W
WebCT World Wide Web Course Tools
WebCV Web-based Change Voucher Application
WIAT Work Injury Accommodation Team
WISE Women in Science and Engineering
WRAC Womens Resource & Action Center


X,Y,Z
YTD Year to Date