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ACES |
Automated Current Employment Statistics (CES) |
ACSCI |
Association for Computer-based Systems for Career Information |
ADP |
Automatic Data Processing |
AE |
All Employees (CES) |
AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
AHE |
Average Hourly Earnings (CES) |
AJB |
America's Job Bank |
ALC |
Alien Labor Certification |
ALEX |
Automated Labor Exchange |
ALMIS |
America's Labor Market Information System |
AME |
Average Monthly Employment |
AOH |
Average Overtime Hours (CES) |
AQW |
Average Quarterly Wages |
ARCS |
Annual Refiling Control System |
ARS |
Annual Refiling Survey (ES-202) |
ASCA |
American School Counselors' Association |
ASU |
Area of Substantial Unemployment |
ATB |
America's Talent Bank |
AVA |
American Vocational Association |
AWE |
Average Weekly Earnings (CES) |
AWH |
Average Weekly Hours (CES) |
AWOH |
Average Weekly Overtime Hours (CES) |
AWW |
Average Weekly Wages |
BAT |
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training |
BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Department of Commerce) |
BEL |
Business Establishment List (Program - LMI; ES-202) |
BES |
Bureau of Employment Statistics |
BME |
Benchmark Employment |
BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BLS-790 |
Also known as Current Employment Statistic (CES) program |
BOLT |
Basic Occupational Language Training |
BYE |
Benefit Year Ending |
C/S OIS |
Client Server Occupational Information System |
CAI |
Computer-Assisted Instruction) |
CATI |
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CES) |
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
CBP |
County Business Patterns |
CCDs |
Census County Divisions |
CCS |
Code Change Supplement (produced from the Annual Refiling Control File) |
CEA |
Council of Economic Advisors |
CES |
Current Employment Statistics (Program) |
CESEP |
CES Employment/Population |
CETA |
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CIDS |
Career Information Delivery Systems |
CIP |
Classification of Instructional Programs (Education) |
CIS |
Career Information System |
CMSA |
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (Census) |
COCs |
Central Office Clearance Firms (OES) |
COW |
Class of Worker or Class of Wage (OES) |
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
CPI-U |
Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers |
CPI-W |
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers |
CPS |
Current Population Survey |
CPSEP |
CPS Employment/Population (LAUS) |
CPVEA |
Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 |
CV |
Coefficient of Variation |
CY |
Calendar Year |
DB |
Data Base |
DBES |
Division of Business Establishment Systems |
DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.) |
DFSMS |
Division of Federal/State Monthly Surveys |
DIME |
Dual Independent Map Encoding (Census) |
DLAUS |
Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics (also known as LAUS) |
DLFS |
Division of Labor Force Statistics |
DMIES |
Division of Monthly Industry Employment Statistics |
DMP |
Defense Manpower Policy (Number 4) |
DOC |
Department of Commerce |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DOL |
Department of Labor |
DOT |
Dictionary of Occupational Titles |
DUA |
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (UI) |
E&E |
Employment and Earnings (publication) |
E&T |
Employment and Training |
E/P Ratio |
Employment/Population Ratio |
EB |
Extended Benefits (UI) |
ECC |
Economic Code Change |
ECI |
Employment Cost Index |
ED |
Enumeration District |
EDP |
Electronic Data Processing |
EDS |
Estimates Delivery System (OES) |
EDWAA |
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act |
EEA |
Emergency Employment Act |
EEI |
Employment and Earnings Inadequacy (Index) |
EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
EER |
Entered Employment Rate |
EIN |
Employer Identification Number |
ERR |
Employer Relations Representative |
ES |
Employment Service (Job Service) |
ES-202 |
Covered Employment and Wages Program (BLS -- Fed/State Program) |
ESP |
Employment Service Potential |
ESR |
Employment Service Representative |
ESSI |
Employment Security Systems Institute |
ETA |
Employment and Training Administration (DOL) |
FE |
Female Employees (CES) |
Fed |
Federal Reserve Board |
FEIN |
Federal Employer Identification Number |
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
FLSA |
Fair Labor Standards Act |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
FSC |
Federal Supplement Compensation (UI) |
FTE |
Full-time Equivalent |
FUTA |
Federal Unemployment Tax Act |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GATB |
General Aptitude Test Battery |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GED |
General Education Diploma |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GNP |
Gross National Product |
HRIC |
Human Resource Investment Council |
I/O |
Industry/Occupation (Matrix) |
I/O |
Input/Output |
IAPES |
International Association of Personnel in Employment Security |
ICDM |
Improved Career Decision Making (workshops) |
ICESA |
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies |
IJB |
Interstate Job Bank |
INA |
Information Not Available |
IUR |
Insured Unemployment Rate |
JB |
Job Bank |
JEC |
Joint Economic Committee |
JS |
Job Service |
JTPA |
Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 |
LA |
Labor Area |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LASER |
Labor market information Adapted to Skill-based Employment Relationships |
LAUS |
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (Program - LMI) |
LF |
Labor Force |
LLSIL |
Lower Living Standard Income Level |
LMA |
Labor Market Area |
LMI |
Labor Market Information |
LO |
Local Office |
LSA |
Labor Surplus Area |
MA |
Metropolitan Area (CPS) |
MBA |
Maximum Benefit Amount (UI) |
MEEI |
Multi-Establishment Employer Indicator (ES-202) |
MFSW |
Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker |
MFW |
Migrant Farm Worker |
MLR |
Monthly Labor Review |
MLS |
Mass Layoff Statistics (Program - LMI) |
MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area |
MSE |
Mean Square Error |
MWR |
Multiple Worksite Report (BEL project, ES-202) |
NA |
Not Applicable |
NAFTA |
North America Free Trade Agreement |
NCDG |
National Career Development Guidelines |
NCES |
National Center for Education Statistics |
NCEUS |
National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics |
NCSC |
National Crosswalk Service Center |
NEC |
Not Elsewhere Classified |
NECC |
Non-Economic Code Change (ES-202) |
NGA |
National Governor's Association |
NO |
National Office (USDOL) |
NOICC |
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee |
NSA |
Non-Seasonally Adjusted |
NTIS |
National Technical Information Service |
O*NET |
The Occupational Information Network |
OCR |
Optical Character Reader |
OES |
Occupational Employment Statistics (Program - BLS) |
OEUS |
Occupational Employment and Unemployment Statistics (CPS) |
OFO |
Office of Field Operations |
OIS |
Occupational Information System |
OJT |
On-the-Job Training |
OLMID |
Occupational Labor Market Information Database |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OOB |
Out-Of-Business |
OOH |
Occupational Outlook Handbook |
OOQ |
Occupational Outlook Quarterly |
OOS |
Out-Of-Scope |
OS |
One-Stop |
OS/LMI |
One-Stop/Labor Market Information (System) |
OSCC |
One-Stop Career Center |
OSH |
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Survey |
PC |
Personal Computer |
PIC |
Private Industry Council (JTPA) |
PMSA |
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area |
PNC |
Presumed NonCovered [Employment] (CES) |
PPI |
Producers Price Index |
PW |
Production Worker (CES) |
PY |
Program Year |
QC |
Quality Control (UI) |
QTR |
Quarter |
QUI |
Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Address File |
R&D |
Research and Development |
R&E |
Research and Evaluation |
R&S |
Research and Statistics |
RFPs |
Request for Proposals |
RMSE |
Root-Mean-Square Error |
RO |
Regional Office (USDOL) |
RTE |
Reported Total Employment (OES) |
RU |
Report Unit (ES-202) |
SA |
Seasonally Adjusted |
SAS |
Statistical Analysis System |
SAT |
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
SCANS |
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills |
SDA |
Service Delivery Area (JTPA) |
SESA |
State Employment Security Agency |
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
SJTCC |
State Job Training Coordinating Council |
SMAEU |
State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (news release) |
SOC |
Standard Occupational Classification |
SOICC |
State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee |
SPSS |
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
SSN |
Social Security Number |
STARS |
State Time-series Analysis and Review System (BLS Fed/State -- LAUS) |
STE |
Summed Total Employment (OES) |
STI |
State Training Inventory |
STW |
School-to-Work |
STWOA |
School-To-Work Opportunities Act |
TDE |
Touch-tone Data Entry |
TDD |
Touch-Tone Data Delivery |
TJTC |
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program |
TUR |
Total Unemployment Rate |
UC |
Unemployment Compensation (UI) |
UCFE |
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees |
UDAG |
Urban Development Action Grant |
UDB |
Universe Data Base (ES-202) |
UI |
Unemployment Insurance |
UR |
Unemployment Rate |
USDOL |
United States Department of Labor |
USES |
United States Employment Service |
VEA |
Vocational Education Act |
VER |
Veterans Employment Representative |
VOC-ED |
Vocational Education |
VPO |
Vocational Preparation and Occupations |
VQ |
Voluntary Quit (UI, BLS) |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
WBA |
Weekly Benefit Amount |
WC |
Worker's Compensation |
WF |
Workforce |
WIT |
Workforce in Transition |
W-P |
Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 |