Glossary of terms, acronyms and initialisms

ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

AC

Companion of the Order of Australia

ADRI

Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative

AFDA

Administrative Functions Disposal Authority

a/g

acting

AGIFT

Australian Government Interactive Functions Thesaurus

AGLS

Australian Government Locator Service

AM

Member of the Order of Australia

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

AO

Officer of the Order of Australia

APS

Australian Public Service

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

AWA

Australian Workplace Agreement

CAARA

Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities

CITRA

International Conference of the Round Table on Archives

DEWR

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

DIRKS

Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems

EDMS

Electronic document management system

EL

Executive Level

e-permanence

The Archives’ suite of recordkeeping policies, standards, guidelines and products

FMA Act

Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

FOI

Freedom of Information

GST

Goods and services tax

ICT

Information and communications technology

IT

Information technology

KPMG

Archives’ contracted internal auditor

metadata

Descriptions of data which need to be captured with electronic records to ensure they remain identifiable and accessible over time

MP

Member of Parliament

OH&S

Occupational health and safety

PARBICA

Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives

PhotoSearch

Archives’ photographic database

PSM

Public Service Medal

QC

Queen’s Counsel

RecordSearch

Archives’ database of record items, record series and record creators

RNA

‘retain as national archives’

SC

Senior Counsel

SES

Senior Executive Service

TTY

Teletypewriter

UNESCO

United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Vrroom

Virtual Reading Room, an education website