| AAIs | Accountable Authority Instructions |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABS cat. no. | ABS catalogue number uniquely identifies each title in the ABS product range. Further details can be found on the ABS website. |
| ABS Stats App | Application that enables access to key economic indicators. Further details are on the ABS website. |
| ABW | activity based working |
| Accredited Integrating Authority | Accredited Integrating Authorities are authorised to undertake high risk data integration projects involving Commonwealth data for statistical and research purposes. Further details are on the ABS website. |
| ACLD | Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset |
| AND | Australian Network on Disability |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| APSC | Australian Public Service Commission |
| ASAC | Australian Statistics Advisory Council |
| ASD | Australian Signals Directorate |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| BITRE | Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics |
| BLADE | Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment |
| CALD | culturally and linguistically diverse |
| CDC | Canberra Data Centre |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| Census | Census of Population and Housing, conducted every five years under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905. The Census aims to measure accurately the number of people and dwellings in Australia on Census Night, and a range of their key characteristics. |
| Census PES | Census Post-Enumeration Survey. This is conducted after every Census to measure Census quality and produce high quality population estimates. |
| Commonwealth arrangements | Arrangements by which Commonwealth entities are authorised to undertake high risk data integration projects involving Commonwealth data for statistical and research purposes. Further details are on the ABS website. |
| CMS | ABS Collection Management System |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| data integration | Bringing information from different sources together for statistical and research purposes |
| DataLab | Facility delivering remote access to data and increased ability to handle large datasets with faster processing through new/external servers. Further details are on the ABS website. |
| Data61 | A data innovation group, specialising in data science and engineering |
| DDoS attack | distributed denial of service attack (against websites) |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| digital-first | 2016 Census strategy aimed at encouraging greater use of online approaches to all aspects of Census operations and delivery |
| DIIS | Department of Industry, Innovation and Science |
| DIPA | Data Integration Partnership for Australia |
| DLCD | Dynamic Land Cover Data |
| DRC | Disclosure Review Committee |
| DSBB | Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| dwelling | A dwelling is a structure which is intended to have people live in it, and which is habitable on Census night. Some examples of dwellings are houses, motels, flats, caravans, prisons, tents, humpies and houseboats. Further details are on the ABS website. |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| EL | Executive Level |
| ELG | Executive Leadership Group |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| ESAG | Economic Statistics Advisory Group |
| FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
FTE
FWE | full-time equivalent (employees)
Flexible working environments strategy |
| GA | Geoscience Australia |
| GLIDE | Graphically-Linked Information Discovery Environment. |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| HSR | Health and Safety Representative |
| HR | human resources |
| IAGDP | Indigenous Australian Government Development Program |
| IAP | Independent Assurance Panel, which consists of eminent Australian and international experts to provide extra assurance and transparency of Census data quality. The full report can be found on the ABS website. |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPS | Information Publication Scheme |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| JCPAA | Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (parliamentary committee) |
| LGBTI | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex |
| MAC | Methodology Advisory Committee |
| MADIP | Multi-agency Data Integration Project |
| MFD | multi-function device |
| N/A | not applicable |
| NationalMap | Hosted by the data.gov.au website, offers a platform for discovering and visualising a broad range of government and non-government datasets across various geographies of Australia. |
| NHSC | National Health & Safety Committee |
| outposted | An ABS officer posted to another agency |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statement |
| PGPA Act | Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
| PIMS | ABS Provider Information Management System |
| PIP | Performance Improvement Plan |
| PSSAG | Population and Social Statistics Advisory Group |
| RMS | Rehabilitation Management System |
| s. | section (legislation) |
| SBT Program | Statistical Business Transformation Program |
| SCH | Statistical Clearing House |
| SDDS | Special Data Dissemination Standard |
| SDMX API | Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange Application Programming Interface |
| SEEA | System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (UN) |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SME | Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SMG | Senior Management Group |
| SSF | State Statistical Forum |
| WHS | work health and safety |
| WHS Act | Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
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