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Abbreviations and acronyms

ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics

AEC — Australian Electoral Commission

AFM — Advance to the Finance Minister

ANAO — Australian National Audit Office

APS — Australian Public Service

ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ATO — Australian Taxation Office

CARS — COMCAR Automated Resource System

CBMS — Central Budget Management System

CBMS-R — redeveloped Central Budget Management System

CDN — Content Delivery Network

CFS — Consolidated Financial Statements

CoPE — Centre of Procurement Excellence

CPTPP — Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

CSC — Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation

CSS — Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme

DART — Digital Annual Reporting Tool

DDoS — Distributed Denial of Service

EL — executive level

ERP — Enterprise Resource Planning

FBO — Final Budget Outcome

Finance — Department of Finance

FRSC — Financial Reporting Subcommittee

FTE — full-time equivalent

GBAU — Government Business Analytical Unit

GBE — government business enterprise

GovPDX — Government Protected Data Exchange

GST — goods and services tax

ICT — information and communications technology

IT — information technology

JCPAA — Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

LGBTI — lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex

MIE —Managed Information Environment

MOP(S) Act — Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

MYEFO — Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

NAIDOC — National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee NBN National Broadband Network

OECD — Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PACE — Productivity Automation Centre of Excellence

PAYG — Pay As You Go

PEMS — Parliamentary Expenses Management System

PBS — Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PCSS — Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme

PRSC — Performance Reporting Subcommittee

PGPA Act — Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PGPA Rule — Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

PSSAP — Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan

PSS — Public Sector Superannuation Scheme

SaaS — Software as a Service

SBWS — Shared Budget Workflow System

SDO — Service Delivery Office

SES — Senior Executive Service

SGGA — Streamlining Government Grants Administration Program

SLC — Senior Leadership Committee

SMEs — Small to medium-sized enterprises

SSIP — Shared Services Implementation Project

STP — Single Touch Payroll

WHS — work health and safety

WHS Act — Work Health and Safety Act 2011